Africanus
Africanus, An.to'-ni-vs A F-ric-a'-nos, Son Of Metitis Marcellus, And Descended From Trajan, Spent His Life In Study And The Practice Of Piety And Virtue. He Served As And Consul, And Governed Africa As Proconsul. In His Eightieth Year, During The Tyrannical Reign Of The Maximini, He Was Com Pelled By ...
Ahenobarbus
Ahenobarbus, H"-la-n3-bar'-bus, Surname Of L. Domitius, And Descendants, From His Beard Laving Been Touched, And Its Colour Instantly Changed To That Of Bronze (a.$), By Castor And Pollux—on His Discrediting The Victory At Lake Regillus, With Which They Acquainted Him. (see Domitius A.) Al Doneus, C1-1-eicy-neus. 1. Pluto (as Causing ...
Alexander I
Alexander I., Al-ex-ad-der. X. Son Of Amyntas, Tenth King Of Macedonia : He Killed The Persian Ambassadors For Their Behaviour To The Women At His Father's Court : He First Made The Macedonians Prominent : He Reigned 43 Years, And Died 455 D.c. 2. Alexander Ii. Son Of Amyntas Ii., ...
Anausis
Anausis, Iimail-sis, One Of Medea's Suitors. Anaxagoras,aft-ax-ag'-er-a.s. Z. Succeeded His Father, King Megapenthes Of Argos, Sharing The Throne With Bias And Melampus, Who Had Cured The Women Of Argos Of Madness. A. A Philosopher Of Clazomenm, Born 500 A.c., Son Of Ilegesibalus, Disciple Of Anaximenes, And Preceptor Of Socrates, Euripides, ...
Andronicus Livius
Livius,andronicus, The Earliest Roman Poet, 240 A. C., Was A Greek, And The Freedman Of M. Livius Sahnator, Whose Children He Educated ; He First Turned The Fescennine Verses Into A Regular Dialogue And Dramatic Play ; He Wrote Latin Comedies And Tragedies, But His Poetry Was Obsolete In Cicero's ...
Antigonus L
Antigonus L, An-ffe-j-nus. X. A General Of Alexander, And Believed To Be The Illegitimate Son Of Philip, Alexander's Father. At The Division Of The Provinces, On Alexander's Death, 323 B.c.,antigonusreseived Pamphylia, Lycia, And Phryg,ia : He United With Antipacer And Ptolemy To Destroy Perdiccas And Eume Nes, And After Perdiccas's ...
Antipater
Antipater, An-tip'-d-m' 1. San Of Iolaus, Served Under King Philip, Ani Was Made Gene Ral By Alexander The Great, Who Set Him Over Greece And Macedonia When Hr Invaded Asia, B.c. He Warred With Sparta, And Soon After Joined Alexander. He Has Been Sus Pected Of Poisoning The King, At ...
Apina
Apina, Eti-i-na, And Apin/e, 0'4-thy, A City Of Apulia, Destroyed, With The Neighbour Ing Trica, By Diomedes ; Whence The Proverb Aisina Et Trica For Trifles. Ammo., A-fil'41-a, And Apiol/e, A-ar-d7-.t, A Town Of Italy, Taken By Tarquinius Superbus. Apion, 4,6"4-on. 1. Ptolemy (13), Descendant Of Ptolemy Lagus. 2. See ...
Apollo
Apollo, D-,60?-lo (-snis). X. Son Of Jupiter And Latona, Also Called Phoebus, And Identified With The Sun. Before His Birth Juno Raised The Serpent Python To Torment Latona, Who Was Refused A Place To Give Birth To Her Child, Till Neptune In Pity Raised The Isle Delos From The Bottom ...
Apollonis
Apollonis, Ii-fi.91-/e-72/s, A City In Lydia. Apolloni Us, D-ifol-1.3'..ni-us. T. Stoic Philo • Sopher Of Chalcis, Sent For By Antoninus Pius To Instruct His Adopted Son M. Antoninus. 2. A Geometrician Of Perga In Pamphylia, 240 0.0., Wrote Geometrical Treatises, Some Of Which Are Extant. 3. A Poet Of Naucretis, ...
Appianus
Appianus, Afi-fl-d-nus, An Historian Of Alexandria, A.d. R23: Portions Of His Roman History Are Extant. Appit Forum, Far'-um, A Village On The Appia Via, 43 Miles S.e. Of Rome. Appius, I. The Prmnomen Of An Illustrious Roman Family. 2. Claudius, Dal, Ett-us, A Famous Decemvir, Who Forcibly Con Tinued To ...
Archon
Archon, Ar'-chint, The Name Of An Athenian Magistracy, Instituted After The Death Of King Codrus, The Office Being At First For Life, Then Limited To Ten Years, And Finally One. The Archontes Were Nine In Number, Chosen Only From Those Whose Ancestors Had Been Citizens For Three Generations, Were Without ...
Argolis
Argolis And Argia, '7r-0-a, A Country Of Peloponnesus, Between Arcadia And The Legean : Its Capital Was Argos (q.v.). Argon, Ar'-gda, A Descendant Of Hercules, Reigned In Lydia Sos Years Before Gyges. Argonautie, Ar-go-narl -ea, The Heroes Who Went With Jason On The Argo (q.v.) To Colchis, 7263 B.c., Seventy-nine ...
Ariarathes I
Ariarathes I., Iir'-f-a-rd'-thes. R. A King Of Cappadocia, Gained Much Glory In Darius Ochus's Expedition Against Egypt. 2. Ariara Thes Ii., Nephew Of Ariarathes I., Was Defeated And Hanged, Aged 8o, 322 B.g., By Alex Ander's General Perdiccas. 3. Ariarathes Iii., Son Of Ariarathes Ii., After Perdiccas's Death, Recovered Cappadocia ...
Atabyris
Atabyris, A Mountain In The South-west Of Rhodes. Aractm, Eit-a-a'-ezi, A People Of Narbo Nense Gaul, On The At'ax (elude), Which Flows From The Pyrenees Into The Mediterranean. Atalanta, At-a-taw-ea. 1. A Daughter Of King Schceneus Of Scyros, Or Of Menalion, Or Of Jasus (or Jasius) And Clymene, Was Born ...
Athens
Athens, Ii-the'-me, The Capital Of Attica, Founded 1556 N.c. By Cecrops, And An Egyptian Colony : Was Called Cerro/31a From Its Founder, And Afterwards Atheism, In Honour Of Minerva (athena), Who Contested With Neptune The Right Of Naming It, When The Assembled Gods Ordered That It Should Belong To Whichever ...
Atreus
Atreus, A'-b-ens, A Son Of Pelops By Hip Podamia, Daughter Of King Cenomaus Of Pisa, Was King Of Mycenm, And Brother Of Pittheus, Trcezen, Thyestes, And Chrysippus. Hippo Damia Advised Atreus And Thyestes Murder The Illegitimate Chrysippus, And, On Their Re Fusal, Did It Herself ; But Atreus And Thyestes ...
Augustus Octavianus Cesar
Augustus (octavianus Cesar), Au-rd Tus Oc-tie-vi-d-nus I. Born 23rd Sep Tember, 63 B.c., Son Of A Senator, Octavius, And Accia, The Sister Of Julius Cmsar, Was Adopted (and Octavius Changed To Octavianus) By His Uncle Julius Ca•ar (the Dictator), Octavius, His Father, Having Died When Augustus Was But Four Years ...
Bacchus
Bacchus, Bad-chus, Generally Called Mad/ Sus By The Greeks, Was Son Of Jupiter And Semele, The Daughter Of Cadmus. Juno Per Suaded Semele, When Pregnant With Bacchus, To Ask Jupiter To Visit Her In All His Majesty : She Did So ; Jupiter Acceded, And The Mortal Semele, Unable To ...
Brutulus
Brutulus, Bra'-tails, A Samnite, Killed Himself On Being Delivered To The Romans. Brutus, L. Junius, Bra'-ius,jge-fli-u.r. I. A Son Of Al Junius And Tarquinia, Second Daughter Of King Tarquinius Priscus : His Father And Eldest Brother Were Murdered Bytarquinius Superbus, And Lucius, Unable To Avenge Their Death, Pretended To Be ...
Carellia
Carellia, Ar-ref-m-a, A Learned Lady, Cicero. Ciasan, Cd-sar. R. A Roman Patrician Family Of The Julian Gees, Descended From Talus (asca'nius), And Probably Named From The Ancestor Of The Family Having A Thick Head Of Hair (cesstir'ies). When The Family Gained The Throne Of The Roman Empire, The Name Was ...
Carthaginienses
Carthaginienses, Caste The Inhabitants Of Carthago, Car-thce-ge, (called Kara/don By The Greeks), A Celebrated City On The North Coast Of Africa, Founded From Tyre, About 85o B.c., By Dido (u. V.). It Flourished For Goo Years, And Was At Its Zenith Temp. Hannibal : During The First Punic War It ...
Castianira
Castianira, Ens' -tr-ii-nr-ra, A Thracian, Mistress Of Priam And Mother Of Gorgythion. Castor, Eas'-tor, And Pollux, Thin Sons Of Jupiter By Leda (wife Of King Tyndarus Of Sparta), To Whom The God Had Appeared In The Form Of A Swan. Leda Brought Forth Two Eggs, From One Of Which Came ...
Cenomani
Cenomani, Ce-no-nerr-ni, A Gaulish People Settled In The District Of Verona And Mantua. Censores, Cen-el-res, Two Roman Magis Trates, Whose Office (cewei'ra) Was First Insti Tuted 443 B.c. They Numbered The People, Estimated The Wealth Of Each Citizen, Drew Up The Lists Of Electors And Of The Senate, Regu Lated ...
Centaur
Centaur!, Cen-tau'-ri, A Fabulous People Of Thcssaly, Half-men, Half-horses, Were The Offspring Of Apollo's Son Centaurus By Stilbia, Daughter Of The Peneus, Or Of Centaurus And The Mares Of Magnesia, Or Of Ixion And The Cloud. The Shape Of The Centauri Was That Of The Upper Part Of A Man's ...
Centuria
Centuria, Cen-tier'-r-a, A Division Of The People (strictly A Hunelred)among The Romans. The Servian Distribution Of The People Into Trib'us Rus'acce And 4 Trib'us Urbo'nce Waa Purely Local ; But King Servius Tullius Made A Second Division Dependent On Property, Into Classes And Centuria, The Whole Citizens Being Regarded As ...
Cerdylium
Cerdylium, Cer-dy'-li-um, A Place Neat Amphipalis. Cerealia,.cir-e-d-/i-a, Festivals To Ceres. Ceres (-ens), Cer'-is, (or Demeter, Rii-tne Ler, Among The Greeks), The Goddess Of Corn, Was Daughter Of Saturn (cn5nus) And Rhea, And Sister Of Jupiter, To Whom She Bore Proserpine (persephane). Proserpine Was Carried Away By Pluto When She Was ...
Cleomenes I
Cleomenes I., Es7-3ne-in-es, King Of Sparta, 52o — 49x B. C., Conquered The Argives, Relieved Athens From The Pisistratidm, Bribed The Oracle To Pronounce His Colleague De Maratus Illegitimate, And Killed Himself In A Fit Of Madness. 2. Cleomenes Ii., Succeeded His Brother Agesipblis Ii. At Sparta, Was Father Of ...
Cleopatra
Cleopatra, Ell-15-23at'-ra. X. The Grand - Laughter Of Attailus, Was Married To Philip Of •acedonia After His Divorce Of Olympias, And Alt To Death By Pausanias After He Had Mur Lered Philip. 2. A Sister Of Alexander The Was Wife Of Perdiccas, And Killed By Kntigonus When Flying To Ptolemy, ...
Cloantisus
Cloantisus, Cle5-an'-thus, A Companion Of Ieneas, Progenitor Of The Cluentli At Rome. Clonia, Cl X. The Wife Of Lucullus, Divorced For Her Licentiousness. A. The Mother Of D. Brutus. 3. The Wife Of Q. Metellus, Disgraced By Her Licentiousness. 4. Lax, Lex, De Cy' Fire, By The Tribune P. Clodius, ...
Combs
Combs, Conl-bi, Or Ombi, A City Of Egypt. Combrea. Coin-bre-a, A Town Near Pailan& Cometes, S. A Centaur, Killed At The Nuptials Of Pirithaus. Z. A Son Of Thestius, Killed In The Calydonian Hunt. Cominium, Cil-rnin'-i-unz, A Town In Sam Commus, Cd-nr/n'-i-as, A Roman Knight, Wrote Some Illiberal Verses Against ...
Consul
Consul, Con'-seil, A Name Applied To Two Annual Magistrates At Rome, Instituted On Expulsion Of The Kings (tarquinfi), 50o B.c., Whose Civil And Military Powers They Inherited, While The Religious Functions Were Transferred I To The Rex Sacrilialus. Their Powers Were Equal, But They Usually Alternated Every Month In The ...
Corinthus
Corinthus, Co-rid-thus, Originally An Ancient City Of Greece, On The Middle Of The Isthmus Of Corinth (and Thence Called Elm' An's, As Midway Between The Saronicus And The Crissmus Sinus), Was Founded By Sis5-phus, Son Of 1e6lus, 1388 B.c., And Named From Corinthus, The Son Of Pelops : It Colonized ...
Cormasa
Cormasa, Cor'-nuis-a, A Town Of Pamphylia. Cormus, Car'-nzus, A River Of Assyria. Cornelia Cor-ne'-lt-a. I. Daughter Of Cinna, Was The First Wife Of Julius Caesar. 2. Daughter Of Metellus Scipio, Married P. Cras Pus, And, After His Death, Pompey : She Has Been Praised For Her Virtues. 3. Daughter Of ...
Cranon
Cranon, Crer -non, A Town Of Thessaly. Crantor, Cran'-tor. R. A Philosopher Of Soli, And Pupil Of Plato, Flourished 3ro B.c. 2. Armour-bearer Of Peleus, Killed By Demoleon. Crassipes, Cral-silfes, Surname Of The Furli. Crassus, Crasr-sus. S. Surnamed Agelastus, Ligil-as'-ins(q. V.). 2. P. Lim/suns, Pontifex Maximus 131 B.c., Fell Near ...
Cyrus
Cyrus, Cy-17/5. 1. The Elder, King Of Persia, Was Son Of Cambyses (a Man Of Obscure Birth) And Mandan& The Marriage Of His Parents Had Taken Place From The Fears Of His Grandfather Astyages (q. V.). Cyrus Was Given, As Soon As Born, To Harpagus To Be Exposed ; But ...
Danae
Danae, Diin'-21.1, Daughter Of Kingacrisius Of Argos And Eurydice, Was Confined In A Brazen Tower By Her Father To Avoid Fulfilment Of An Oracle, That Her Son Would Destroy Him ; But Jupiter Wooed Her In A Shower Of Gold, And She Bore Him A Son, Perseus (q. V.). Her ...
Daphne
Daphne, Dajw-fle. X. A Daughter Of The Pe Neus, Or Of The Ladon, And 'terra, Was Beloved By Apollo, Who, Proud Of His Victory Over The Python, Had Boasted Himself Superior To Cupid's Darts, And Was Now, In Punishment, Inflamed By Him ; Daphne Fled, Pursued By Apollo, And Was ...
Dares
Dares, Dar'-ps. I. A Phrygian, Was Engaged In And Wrote A Greek History Of The Trojan War. 2. A Companion Of Ieneas, Sprung From Amy Cus, Was Celebrated As A Pugilist At The Funeral Games In Honour Of Hector, Where He Killed I3utes ; He Was Killed By Turnus In ...
Decemviri
Decemviri, Cle-cene -vir-i. X. Legibus Scri Bendis, Te'-gl-bus Seri-ben'-dis, Entered On Office 452 E.0 , To Draw Up A Set Of Laws, On The Return Of The Commissioners Sent In 454 To Collect The Laws Of Solon In Athens, In Accordance With The Terentilia Lex. All Other Magistrates Were Suspended, ...
Delos
Delos, Di'-/cs, Also Called Lagia, Ortygia, Asterla, Chlamidia, Pelasgla, Cyn Thus, And Om,thus, Was The Central Isle Of The Cyclades, North Of Naxos, And Called Delos From Its Suddenly Appearing On The Surface Of The Sea By Neptune's Power, To Give Latana V.) A Place For The Birth Of Apollo ...
Demeter
Demeter, Di-17w-ter (see Ceres). I. Surnamed Poliorcetes, (me Besieger), Son Of Antigrmus And Stratonice, Was At 22 Sent By His Father Against Ptolemy I., Who Had Invaded Syria. He Was At First Defeated, 312 B C., But Soon Gained A Victory. With No Ships He Sailed To Athens, To Which ...
Demosthenes
Demosthenes, De-moz-tka-es. 1. A Cele Brated Athenian Orator And Statesman, Born 385 B.c., Son Of A Rich Blacksmiths, Demos Thenes, And Grabble ; He Was But Seven When His Father Died, And His Fortune Was Embezzled Or Mismanaged By His Guardians. He Became A Pupil Of Ismus And Plato, And ...
Diana
Diana, Di-a'-na, Called Artemis, Ar'-tbn-is, By The Greeks, The Goddess Of Hunting, Seas Daughter Of Jupiter And Latina (q.v.), And Twin-sister Of Apollo, And Was Therefore Iden Tified With The Moon (dhabi') ; She Devoted Herself To Hunting, And Received From Jupiter, As Attendants, Sixty Of The Ocean/des And Twenty ...
Dictxus
Dictxus Mons,dic-iv-us, Or Dicte, A Mountain In Crete, The Isle Being Often Named Diclaa Arva. Jupiter(nursed In Crete) And King Minos Often Receive The Epithet Dicteezes. Lica' Amliuts, Dic-tam'-num, A Town Of North Crete, Also Named Dictynna, From A Temple Of That Goddess (diana, Or Britanuzrtis). Dictator, Die-id-tor, An Occasional ...
Digentia
Digentia, Di-ged-ti-a, A Small River Which Watered Horace's Farm, In The Country Of The Sabines. Dii, Di'-i, The Gods Of The Ancients, Are Very Numerous. Almost All The Powers Of Nature, And Every Prominent Natural Object, Terrestrial Or Celestial, Received Divine Honours, And Were Regarded, From Poetical Fancy Or From ...
Diomedeie
Diomedeie, De-d-nzi-de'-x (see Diomedes). Diomedes, Dt-b-one-des. X. Son Of Tydeus And Deklle, And Known As Tydides, Ty De-des, Succeeded Adrastus As King Of Argos ; Fought As One Of The Epigfni Against Thebes ; Went With Eighty Ships To Troy, And Exhibited Signal Bravery, Having, Under The Protection Of Minerva, ...
Eleusinia
Eleusinia, El-en-sf -nt-a, The Solemn Cele Bration Of The Mysteries To Ceres (demeter) And • Prpserpine (persephb'nd) At Eleusis, Instituted By Eumolpus (or Musmus, Or Erechtheus), Or By Triptoleinu (q.- V.), When Ceres Herself Visited Attica In Her Search For Proserpine. The Superintendence Was Vested In The Eumolpid (q. V.), ...
Emathion
Emathion, I-matit'-y-oft, Son Of Titan And Aurora, Reigned In Macedonia, And Gave His Name To Emathia. According To Some He Was A Famous Robber Destroyed By Hercules. Empedocles, Eni-fild'-d-cl,w, A Philosopher, Poet, And Historian, Of Agrigentum, 444 B.c. He Was The Disciple Of The Pythagorean Telauges, And Warmly Adopted The ...
Epictetus
Epictetus, A Stoic Philosopher Of Hierap6lis, Originally A Slave, Was Expelled From Rome By Domitian, But Returned After His Death And Gained The Esteem Of Hadrias. And M. Aurelius ; He Opposed The Doctrine At Suicide, Which Had Been So Strongly Adopted By The Other Stoics ; Hisenchirid'ion, A Faithful ...
Etruria
Etruria, Et-rh'-ri-a, Or Tuscia, A Country Of Central Italy, Bounded N. And N. W. By The Apennines And The Macra, W. By The Tyrrhene Sea, And E. And S. By The Tiber. Its Inhabitants Were Called Tyrrheni By The Greeks, And By The Ro Mans Etrusci, And The Ancients Believed ...
Eumenides
Eumenides, Ea-nail-id-os (benevolent), The Name Given As A Euphemism To The Furies, Megara, Alecto (and, Some Add, Nemesis)- They Sprang From The Blood From The Wound Inflicted By Saturn On Ccelus, Or, According To Others, Were Daughters Of Ache Ron And Nox, Or Pluto And Proserpine, Or Chaos And Terra, ...
Euripides
Euripides, Eu-rivrel-ei, A Celebrated Tragic Poet, Born At Salamis On The Day Of The Defeat Of Xerxes' Army, 23rd September, 480 R. C.; He Studied Eloquence Under Prodicus, Ethics Under Socrates, And Physics Under Anaxa Goras ; He Applied Himself To The Drama, And His Works Became So Popular That ...
Fabius
Fabius, Ficv-i-us. X. Q. Maximus Rulli- . Anus, Max'-inn-us Rull-i-r'-nus, The First Of The Fabii Who Obtained The Surname Max'imus, ) For Lessening The Power Of The Populace At Elections. He Was Master Of The Horse Under I The Dictator L. Papirius Cursor, 325 B.c., And Successfully Engaged, Without His ...
Fortuna
Fortuna, For4/v-1/a, Called Tvche, By The Greeks, Daughter Of Oceanus Or Of The Parcae, The Goddess Of Fortune, Conferred Riches And Poverty, Blessings And Pains. At Rome He Received Particular Atter Tion, And Had Eight Temples, The First Being Erected By Tullus Hostilius. Her Most Famous Temples In Italy Were ...
Germania
Germania, Ger-ma'-ni-a, A Country Bounded W. By The Rhine, E. By The Vistilla And The Carpathians, S. By The Danube, N. Bythe Baltic And German Ocean. It Was Called Germanub Magna, Or Transrhena'net,orbar'bdra,in Con Tradistinction To Germania Pri'ma And Sic Da, The North And North-east Of Gallia Bel Gica. Its ...
Gladiatorii Ludi
Gladiatorii Ludi, Originally Combats On The Graves Of The De Ceased, Were First Introduced At Rome By The Bruti, 264 N.c. Anciently Slaves Were Mur Dered At Funerals To Propitiate The Manes With Blood ; Then It Became Customary To Make Them Kill Each Other In Combat ; And, Lastly, ...
Gordyene
Gordyene, Goralf-e'-ne, A Mountain-range Of Armenia. Gorton, Gor'-ga, Daughter Of King Feneus (q. V.) Of Calydon, Was The Mother Of Oxilus. Gorgias, Gor'-gi-as. I. The Leantine, A Celebrated Sophist And Orator, Born About 480 B.c., Son Of Carmantides, As Ambassador Suc Cessfully Solicited The Assistance Of The Athe Nians Against ...
Gortyna
Gortyna, Gordjl-na, A Town Of Crete. Gortynia, Gor-iy-sel-a, A Town Of Emathia. Gothi, Gothones, Or Guttones, Guff-0'41es (-um), A Warlike Nation Of Germany. At The Mouth Of The Vistula, Assailed The Greek Provinces Of The Roman Empire, And, Tent¢. Aurelian, Won Dada ; They Then Branched Into The Eastern Goths, ...
Hannibal
Hannibal, Han'-nh-d/. R. A Famous Car Thaginian General, Born 247 S.c., Son Of Hamilcar Bares, In Whose Camp He Was Reared, And Who Made Him Swear Undying Hatred To The Romans. At His Father's Death, 229, He Was Set Over The Cavalry In Spain, And, At 25, On Hasdrubal's Assassination, ...
Harpyle
Harpyle, Har-e-f-id, Three Winged Monsters —the Harpies—act/a, Ocylvia, And Celevia, Daughters Of Neptune And Terra. Each Had The Head Of A Woman, The Body Of A Vulture, And The Feet And Fingers Armed With Sharp Claws. They Emitted An Infectious Smell. The Harpies Were Sent By Juno To Plunder The ...
Hector
Hector, Hee'-ter, Eldest Son Of King Priam And.hecuba, Was The Bravest Of The Trojans Against The Besieging Greeks, And Was Made Generalissimo, And Slew Thirty-one Chiefs, Among Whom Was Patroclus. He Waited The Approach Of Achilles Near The Scman Gate, Though His Parents And Friends Entreated Him To Retire ; ...
Helena
Helena, Mr-62-4. A. The Most Beautiful Woman Of Her Age, Was Sprung From One Of The Eggs Brought Forth By Leda (q. V.); But, According To Some, She Was The Daughter Of Jupiter And Nemesis, And Nursed By Leda. She Was So Early Celebrated For Her Beauty That She Was ...
Heracles
Heracles, He'-ra-cles (see Hercules). Heraclida, He-ra-cli -dee, The Direct De Scendants Of Hercilles (q.v.). The Hero Left To His Son Hyllus His Claims On The Peloponnesus, And Allowed Him To Marry Eurytus's Daughter 16ie As Soon As He Came Of Age. The Children Of Hercules Were Obliged To Take Refuge ...
Hercules
Hercules, Her'-cit-lbs, Called He'racles By The Greeks, A Celebrated Hero Deified' After Death, Was Son Of Jupiter And Alemena (q. V.), And Was, By The Artifice Of Juno, Subjected To King Eurystheus Of Argos And Mycenm. He Was Reared At Tirynthus, Or Thebes, And, At Eight Years, Boldly Crushed Two ...
Hesione
Hesione, He-sr-o-ne (see Laomedon). Hesperia, Lies- '-i-a. E. A Name Applied By The Greeks To Italy, And By The Romer*s. To Spain, From Being West Of Them Respectively (from Hesperus, The Setting Sun Or Evening,— The West). The Romans Also Spoke Of Spain As Ultinza Hesperia, And Italy As Hesperia ...
Hippothoon
Hippothoon, Hip-ple-5-on, Son Of Nep Tune And Cercyon's Daughter Aripe, Was Ex Posed, But Saved And Placed On The Throne Of His Grandfather By The Friendship Of Theseus. Hirpini, Kir-fir-xi, A Sainmte Tribe, Dwelt In The South Of Sansnium, Between Apulia, Lucania, And Campania : Their Capital Was /ff.culantron. Marius, ...
Histirus
Histirus, His-tta "-us. N. Tyrant Of Mi Letus, Was Rewarded With A District In Thrace For Guarding The Bridge Of Boats When Darius Invaded Scythia, 5t3 Is.c.; Darius Afterwards Invited Him To Reside At Sum, Really To Watch Him, As He Suspected Him Of Intending A Revolt. Histimus Incited His ...
Hor4e
Hor4e, Hff -rx, Three Daughter; Of Jupiter And Themis—eunturifer, 13/a, Irene—pre Sided, As The Seasons, Over Spring, Summer, And Winter, And Were Represented As Opening The Gates Of Heaven And Of Olympus. Horatius, 1:0"-ral-ti-us. 1. Q. Flaccus, Flac'-cus, The Celebrated Roman Lyric Poet Ho Race, Was Born At Venusia, 8th ...
I C Plinius
Plinius, I. C., Sectinnus. Cun'-a'us, Generally Called The Elder Pliny, Born A.d. 13, Of A Noble Family At Verona, I Served, When Young, In The Army Germany, And Afterwards Went To Rome To Practise As A Barrister, But Devoted Most Of His Time To Severe Study. He Was In Favour ...
I P Cornelius Sura
Lentulus, I. P. Cornelius Sura , Was Consul 7i B. C., And Expelled For His Infamous Character From The Senate 63. He Joined The Catilinarians, And Was Strangled By The Senate's Orders. 2. P. Cornelius Spinther, Titer, When Consul, 57 B.c., Proposed Cicero's Recall From Exile. 3. L. Cornelius, Cons, ...
I Pyth Agoras
Pyth Agoras, I. A Famous Early Greek Philosopher, About 540-510 B.c., Was A Native Of Samos, And Son Of Mnesarchus. After Being Well Educated In Poetry, Music, Eloquence, And Astronomy, He Proceeded Abroad, And Is Said To Have Travelled Not Merely In Egypt, But Far In The East ; Return ...
Iediilius
Iediilius, E-mil'-i-us. R. A Beautiful Youth Of Sybaris, Whose Wife Met With The Fate Of Procris (q.v.. A. Censorinus, Cen.s5-fl'-uus, A Tyrant Of Sicily. 3. A Triumvir With Octa Vius (see 4. Macer, Tna'-cer, A Poet Of Verona In The Augustan Age. 5. Marcus Scauaus, Rttar'-cus Scau'-rus, A Roman; About ...
Ino Alcmena
Alcmena, Ino, Athamas, Semele, &c.). She Bore To Him Mars, Hebb', Ilithyia, And Vulcan. Indignant At His Unfaithfulness, She Retired To Eubcea, But Was Reconciled Through An Artifice, By Which He Made Her Believe He Was About To Marry Asepus's Daughter Platma (in Comme Moration Of Which The Boeotian Daa'ala ...
Interrex
Interrex, Id-ter-rex, An Occasional Magis. Trate At Rome, Entrusted With The Government During Any Vacancy Of The Throne Or Consul Ship. To, Daughter Et Tita"ohus (or Of Ihsus), Called Phifrom's, From Her Brother Ph5reneus, Was Priestess Of Juno At Argos. The Goddess Discovered The Intrigues Of Io With Jupiter, Who, ...
Iphigenia
Iphigenia, 46ht-gi.sze-a, Daughter Of Aga Memnon And Clytemnestra, Was Offered In Sacrifice, In Obedience To The Soothsayer's Advice, When The Greek Fleet Against Troy Was De Tained By Contrary Winds At Aulis, By Her Father, To Appease Diana, Whom He Had Offended By Killing A Favourite Stag. Agamemnon Only Consented ...
Iphitus
Iphitus, -fihf-tus. U. Son Of King Eurytus Of Cechalla. After His Sister 1618 (q. V.) Was Refused To Hercules, Eurytus's Oxen Were Stolen By Autolycus, And Hercilles Was Sus Pected Of The Theft. Iphitus, Being Sent In Search Of Them, Gained The Favour Of Hercules, Whom He Met, By Advising ...
Isthmia
Isthmia, Istle-rii-a, Greek National Games, Named From Being Celebrated On The Isthmus Of Corinth, And Instituted 1326 B.c. To Com Memorate The Burial Of Melicerta (q. V.). After Being For A Time Interrupted, They Were Rein Stituted By Theseus In Honour Of Neptune (poseidon). They Were Celebrated Every Third Or ...
J Ulianus
J Ulianus, Jh'-11-d-nus. 1. Son Of Julianus Constantinus, Generally Spoken Of As 7ulian The Apostate, And Brother Of Constantinus (i), Bons A.d. 330, Escaped The Massacre Which At Tended The Elevation Of The Latter's Sons, And Was Privately Reared With His Brother Gallus In Christian Principles, But Is Said To ...
Jamblichus
Jamblichus, Janz'-bri-ehtes, A Greek Writer On The Life Of Pythagoras, Mysteries Of The Egyptians, &c. He Was A Great Favourite With The Emperor Julian, And Died A.b. 363. Janrculum, Ja-nrc'41-zum, One Of The Seven His Of Rome, Was Joined To The City By Aneus Martius By The Bridge Subridus (on ...
Jason
Jason, Ja.'-50/2, A Celebrated Hero, Son Of King )eson Of Iolchos And Alcimede, The Daughter Of Cretheus And Tyro. Before Her Marriage With Cretheus, Tyro Had Born Two Sons, Pelias And Neleus, To Neptune ; And On King Cretheus's Death Perfas Usurped His Throne, The Lawful Heir, Ieson, Being Banished. ...
Junones
Junones, Jfi-no'-nes, The Protecting Genii (see D.wsion) Of The Roman Women. Jupiter, Called Zeus By The Greeks, The Most Powerful Of The Pagan Gods, Was Son Of Saturnus (q. V.) And Ops, And Saved From His Father (who Wished To Devour Him At Birth) By Ops Giving Him A Stone, ...
Laomedon
Laomedon, /a-elli-l-eign, King Of Troy, Son Of King Ilus, Married The Scamander's Daughter Strymo, Who Bore Him Priam, Hesitine, &c. In Building Troy's Walls He Was Aided, At Jupiter's Order, By Apollo And Neptune (then In Banishment From Heaven), Whom He Refused Their Promised Reward ; Whereon Neptune Sent A ...
Legio
Legio, A Corps Of Soldiers In The Roman Army, The Numbers Of Which Varied At Various Times. Under Romulus It Consisted Of 30o Horse And 3,00o Foot, Afterwards Augmented To 4,000 When The Sabines Were Incorporated ; In The Wars With Hannibal It Varied From 4,000 To 6,000. During The ...
Lycambes
Lycambes, (see Archilochus). Lvction, King Of Arcadia, Son Of Pelasgus And Melibcea, Built Lyasera At The Base Of Mount Lycmus, And Was Changed Into A Wolf By Jupiter For Offering Human Victims On Pan's Altars, Or For Once Serving Up Human Flesh To Jupiter To Test His Divinity, When Once ...
Lyctus
Lyctus, Lye-lus, A Town In The East Of Crete, The Residence Of Idomeneus (lye' Nos). Lycurgus, L9-cur'-gas. Z. A King Of Ne Miea, Raised From The Dead By Iesculapius. 2. A King Of The Edones In Thrace, Son Of Dryas, Notorious For His Cruelty And Impiety ; Tried To Abolish ...
M Antonius Gnipho
Antonius Gnipho, M., Ern-a-lif-ris T. A Poet Of Gaul, Taught Rhetoric At Rome. 2. An Orator, Grandfather Of The Triumvir Anto Nius (6), Fell In The Civil War's Of Marius. 3. M., Eldest Son Of The Preceding, Obtained, By Means Of Cotta And Cethegus, From The Senate The Office Of ...
M Porcius Cato
Cato, M. Porcius, Foe-a-us, After. Wards Censor1us, Cen-si-el-us (or The Censor), From His Having Held That Office ; Born 234 B.c., Was Qumstor Under Africanus Against Carthage, And Fought Against The Celtiberians And Greece. He Was Famous For His Temperance, And When Censor He Behaved Very Rigorously, And Opposed All ...
M Tullius Cicero
Cicero, M. Tullius, A-cir-0, R. Born At Arpinum, 3rd Of January, Zo6 S.c.. Was Son Of A Roman Knight And He!via. And Lineally Descended From The Ancient Kings Of The Sabines ; He Was Taught Philosophy By Philo, And Law By M Ucius Scmvela ; Acquired Miaary Knowledge Under Sulla ...
Marius
Marius, Mar'-i-res. E. C., Born Near Ar Pinum, Of Obscure Parents, 157 B.c. ; Distin Guished Himself At The Siege Of Numantla, 134, Under Scipio, Who Predicted His Future Great Ness. He Was Elected Tribune Of The Plebs 119; And By His Marriage With Julia, Aunt Of Julius Casar, Obtained ...
Mars
Mars, Mars, Also Ma'mers, !weevers Or Fievors, Called A'ris Ilus) By The Greeks, God Of War, Was Son Of Jupiter And Juno, Or Of Juno Alone. He Was Reared By Priapus. His Trial For The Murder Of Hali Rhahlus Led To The Establishment Of The Ar1o Aligns At Athens. He ...
Migipsa
Migipsa, -see, King Of Numidia, X48 —xx8 N.c., Left His Kingdom To His Two Sons, Adherbal, Hiempsal, And To Jugurtha. Minors, Mid'-as, King Of Phrygia, Son Of Gordius. He Was Allowed By Bacchus, For His Hospitality To The God's Teacher Sil6nus, To Choose Whatever Gift He Pleased, And Asked For ...
Minerva
Minerva, Mtaten"-va, Called A Mina By The Greeks, The Goddess Of Wisdom, War, And The Liberal Arts, And The Art Of Weaving (see Arachne), Sprang, Full-grown And Fully Armed, From Jupiter's Brain After He Had Devoured Arens (q.v.). The God's Skull Was Opened For Her Birth By Vulcan, And She ...
Mithras
Mithras, Rizi'-thrds, The Persian Sun-god. Mithridates I., Miek-ri-dtictes, Second King Of Pontus, Son And Successor Of Ariobar Zanes I. 2. Mithrioates Ii., King Of Pontus, B.c., Grandson Of (r), Was Slain By Antigonus I.3. 141ithridates Iii., Son And Successor Of (a), Conquered Cappadocia And Paphlagonia, And Died 266. 4. Mitnainezrzs ...
Neptunus
Neptunus, Nefrtre-nus, Called Ptiseeatni By The Greeks, Was Son Of Saturn And Ops, And Brother Of Jupiter, Pluto, And Juno. He Was Devoured By His Father The Day Of His Birth, But Vomited Up By The Potion Administered By Metis. On Jupiter's Deposition Of Saturn, Neptune Received The Dominion Of ...
Odysseus
Odysseus, Ef-dys'-seus (see Ulysses). Mager, A "-li-ger, King Of Thrace, Was Father Of Orpheus And Linus. Cerkg'rliis Is Used For Thracian. Cenalus, Ee-bli-lus, King Of Sparta And Father Of Tyndareus. (e'balis,cebill'ius, Or Des, Is Equivalent To Spartan, And Is Applied Also To The Spartan Colony Tarentum, And To The Sabines, ...
Olympia
Olympia, O-/y7/2'13/-a A Small Plain In Elis, North Of The Alpheus And East Of The Cladeus, Containing The Sacred Grove (alas) And Temple (olym;bie'um), With The Famous Colossal Statue (fifty Cubits High), By Phidias, Of Jupiter (olym Plus). The Statue, One Of The Most Perfect Spe Cimens Of Greek Art, ...
Oricum
Oricum, Ur-al-cum, A Coast City Of Elyria.. Origenes, D,ri-ge-nes, A Greek Father, Origen, Celebrated For His Humility, Learning, And Genius ; Suffered Martyrdom A.d. 254 He Wrote Commentaries, Homilies, The Hex Al/a (six Parallel Versions Of The Bible), &c. Orion, .5-ri'-on, Or 0-ri'-on, A Famous Giant And Hunter, Reputed Son ...
Ostia
Ostia, Os'-fi-a, A Town Built By King Ancus Martins At The Mouth Of The Tiber, Sixteen Miles By Land From Rome, Of Which It Became The Port ; It Also Rose To Importance From Its Salt-works. Ostaacismos, Os-trri-cis'-mos, A Peculiar Mode Of Exile Introduced At Athens By Clisthe'nes, Sto N.c., ...