Hercules,  atifling  hia  adversary,  la,  In  foct,  tba  Nile
divided  into  a  thoiMMid  canala,  arid  preventing  tiia  arid
sand  from  .retnmii^  to  ita  native  deeota,  whence
again  to  come  forth  with  the  winda  and  cover  with  ita
wavea  tba  fertile  valley.  {Ceiutant,  ds  U  StU^vm^
vol.  2,  p.  41S.)  Tba  very  noaitimi  of  Antwopolu,  in-
deed, has  referenea  to  the  idantity  of  Antsna  with  the
aandaof  tbedeeeit;  for  the  plaea  waa  siinata  in  a  long
and  deep  valley  of  the  Arabian  ebain,  where  the  moal
fearful  hurricanee  and  aan^winda  were  acenatomrt  to
blow.  (Compara  ilittcr,  A-dfamds,  ad  cd.,  vol  1,  p.
779.)

AMTAoOxAa,  a  Rhodian  poet,  who  Uved  at  the  court
of  Antigooua  GoAataa,  where  he  acqnired  the  reputa-
tion of  a  gourmand.  He  composea  a  poem  entitled
TkAi^i  and  the  Boeotians,  to  whom  be  read  it,  heard
him  with  yawns.  {Miek.  Apart.  Praierb.  CeiiL,
5,  82.)  We  have  one  of  his-  epigiama  remaining.
