Histories

They keep the customs of their fathers, adding none to them. Among other notable customs of theirs is this, that they have one song, the Linus-song,[*](This is the hymn for a slain youth (said to typify the departure of early summer), Thammuz, Atys, Hylas, or Linus; the Semitic refrain ai lenu, “alas for us,” becomes the Greek ai)/linos, from which comes the name Linus.) which is sung in +Phoenicia (region (general)), Asia Phoenicia and Cyprus [33,35] (island), AsiaCyprus and elsewhere; each nation has a name of its own for this,