MERUS, in Ancient Geography, a mountain of the
Hither India, hanging over the city Nyssa, built by
Bacchus, and situated between the rivers Cophen and
Indus. The name, denoting the thigh, gave rise to the
fable of Bacchus being inserted into Jupiter's thigh, and
being
Mesaraic being born twice; because in this mountain he and his army are said to have been preserved, when disease and pestilence raged in the plains below.