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RM2AJJDCH–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Harbour and ruins of Cnidus. of Apollo and Poseidon. The great navaldefeat of Pisander by Conon (b.c. 394) tookplace off Cnidus. Pliny mentions it as a freecity (v. 104). Among the celebrated nativesof the city were Ctesias, Eudoxus, Sostratus,and Agatharchides. It is said to have beenalso called, at an early period, Triopia, fromits founder Triopas, and, in later times,Stadia. (Strab. p. 656; Paus. v. 24, 7, viii.30, x. 11.) Cnosus or Gnosus, subsequently Cnossus orGnossus (Kvaicos, Tvwaos, Kvoxrcrds, Tvutrcros :Kvdxrios, Kvuaffio
RM2AJGGKN–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . n (b.c. 323) Meleager resisted the claims of Per-he was seven days old the Moerae appeared, diccas to the regency, and was eventually asso-declaring that the boy would die as soon as the < ciatedwith the latter in this office. Shortly after-piece of wood which was burning on the hearth wards, however, he was put to death by order ofshould be consumed. Althaea, upon hearing Perdiccas. (Arrian, An. i. 4, 20, hi. 11; Curt. x. 21-29.)—3. Son of Eucrates,the celebrated writer and col-lector of epigrams, was a nativeof Gadara in Pales
RM2AJJTBR–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Hirtius wrote the Belluni Alexan-drinum: the Bella»> Africa/nwm is attributedby some to Asinius Pollio, but without any strongreason. The lost works of Caesar are :—1. Anti-cato, in reply to Ciceros Cato, which Cicerowrote in praise of Cato after the death of thelatter in 46. 2. De Analogia, or, as Cicero ex-plains it, De Iiatione Latine loquendi, dedi-cated to Cicero, contained investigations on theLatin language, and was written by Caesarwhile he was crossing the Alps. 3. Libri Au-8picioru?n, or Auguralia. 4. De Astris. 5. Apo
RM2AJJGGM–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . deathat Pompey could succeed as champion of the conservative party. That he was forced intoa policy of opportunism by the coalition ofPompey with Caesar does not merit all the con-demnation which it has received. No opposi- ! tion was possible: nor again can he rightly becharged with pusillanimity for acquiescing in j Caesars rule after the overthrow of Pompey.There was no lack of courage in his attitudeafter the death of Caesar. Still less need wequestion the sincerity of his purpose to supportswhatever person or policy was in his
![www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . as, antis (JA&as, avros), twelfth king ofArgos, son of Lynceus, grandson of Danaus,and father of Acrisius. When he informed hisfather of the death of Danaus, he was rewardedwith the shield of his grandfather, which wassacred to Hera. This shield performed variousmarvels. It was gained by Aeneas (magnigestamen Abantis, Verg. Aen. iii. 286). Abasis described as a successful conqueror and thefounder of Abae in Phocis. [Abae.] Hence (i.)Abanteus, adj. lOv. M. xv. 164). (ii.) Aban-tiades i A/3avTia57js), a descendant of Abas : hisson Ac Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJM83T/wwwflickrcomphotosinternetarchivebookimagestagsbook-as-antis-jaas-avros-twelfth-king-ofargos-son-of-lynceus-grandson-of-danausand-father-of-acrisius-when-he-informed-hisfather-of-the-death-of-danaus-he-was-rewardedwith-the-shield-of-his-grandfather-which-wassacred-to-hera-this-shield-performed-variousmarvels-it-was-gained-by-aeneas-magnigestamen-abantis-verg-aen-iii-286-abasis-described-as-a-successful-conqueror-and-thefounder-of-abae-in-phocis-abae-hence-iabanteus-adj-lov-m-xv-164-ii-aban-tiades-i-a3avtia57js-a-descendant-of-abas-hisson-ac-2AJM83T.jpg "www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . as, antis (JA&as, avros), twelfth king ofArgos, son of Lynceus, grandson of Danaus,and father of Acrisius. When he informed hisfather of the death of Danaus, he was rewardedwith the shield of his grandfather, which wassacred to Hera. This shield performed variousmarvels. It was gained by Aeneas (magnigestamen Abantis, Verg. Aen. iii. 286). Abasis described as a successful conqueror and thefounder of Abae in Phocis. [Abae.] Hence (i.)Abanteus, adj. lOv. M. xv. 164). (ii.) Aban-tiades i A/3avTia57js), a descendant of Abas : hisson Ac Stock Photo")
RM2AJM83T–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . as, antis (JA&as, avros), twelfth king ofArgos, son of Lynceus, grandson of Danaus,and father of Acrisius. When he informed hisfather of the death of Danaus, he was rewardedwith the shield of his grandfather, which wassacred to Hera. This shield performed variousmarvels. It was gained by Aeneas (magnigestamen Abantis, Verg. Aen. iii. 286). Abasis described as a successful conqueror and thefounder of Abae in Phocis. [Abae.] Hence (i.)Abanteus, adj. lOv. M. xv. 164). (ii.) Aban-tiades i A/3avTia57js), a descendant of Abas : hisson Ac
RM2AJKMAT–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Genius of Antioch.. Coin of Antioch.Obv., head of city; rev., ram running to right; abovecrescent and star and magistrates name; date 105 =B.C. 60. stroyed by the Persian king Chosroes (a.d.540), but rebuilt by Justinian, who gave it thename of Theupolis (0eouTr<5Ais). The ancientwalls, which still surround the insignificantmodern town, are probably those built byJustinian. The name of Antiochia was alsogiven to the surrounding district, i.e. the NW.part of Syria, which bordered upon Cilicia.(Strab. pp. 749-751; Tac. Hist. ii. 8
RM2AJHP36–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Areiopagus, in theirworship at Colonus, in that at Sicyon, where apregnant ewe was offered (Paus. ii. 11, 4), andstill more in the Erinys Thelpusa or Tilphossa,they appear as ancient deities of the powers ofthe earth, but especially as deities which in angerwithheld the fruits of the earth and must by allmeans be propitiated. This explains the identi-fication of Erinys Thelpusa with Demeter (i.e.the enraged Demeter: Paus. viii. 25, 4; Schol.Soph. Ant. 126). The offerings to them at Athenswere bloodless, cakes and milk and honey mix
![www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . 1, when Ara-av and fish tus united to it his nativetown, Sicyon. The example of Sicyon wasfollowed by Corinth and many other towns inGreece, and the League soon became the chiefpolitical power in Greece. It was undoubtedlya misfortune that Aratus rejected a union withSparta and sought the aid of Macedon (seefurther under Aratus, Cleomenes, Phieo-poemen.] In the following century the Achaeideclared war against the Romans, who de-stroyed the League, and thus put an end tothe independence of Greece. Corinth, then thechief town of the Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJM71H/wwwflickrcomphotosinternetarchivebookimagestagsbook-1-when-ara-av-and-fish-tus-united-to-it-his-nativetown-sicyon-the-example-of-sicyon-wasfollowed-by-corinth-and-many-other-towns-ingreece-and-the-league-soon-became-the-chiefpolitical-power-in-greece-it-was-undoubtedlya-misfortune-that-aratus-rejected-a-union-withsparta-and-sought-the-aid-of-macedon-seefurther-under-aratus-cleomenes-phieo-poemen-in-the-following-century-the-achaeideclared-war-against-the-romans-who-de-stroyed-the-league-and-thus-put-an-end-tothe-independence-of-greece-corinth-then-thechief-town-of-the-2AJM71H.jpg "www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . 1, when Ara-av and fish tus united to it his nativetown, Sicyon. The example of Sicyon wasfollowed by Corinth and many other towns inGreece, and the League soon became the chiefpolitical power in Greece. It was undoubtedlya misfortune that Aratus rejected a union withSparta and sought the aid of Macedon (seefurther under Aratus, Cleomenes, Phieo-poemen.] In the following century the Achaeideclared war against the Romans, who de-stroyed the League, and thus put an end tothe independence of Greece. Corinth, then thechief town of the Stock Photo")
RM2AJM71H–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . 1, when Ara-av and fish tus united to it his nativetown, Sicyon. The example of Sicyon wasfollowed by Corinth and many other towns inGreece, and the League soon became the chiefpolitical power in Greece. It was undoubtedlya misfortune that Aratus rejected a union withSparta and sought the aid of Macedon (seefurther under Aratus, Cleomenes, Phieo-poemen.] In the following century the Achaeideclared war against the Romans, who de-stroyed the League, and thus put an end tothe independence of Greece. Corinth, then thechief town of the
RM2AJKXYM–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . he Spartans and take refuge with Tis-saphernes (412), whose favour he soon gained.Through his influence Tissaphernes desertedthe Spartans and professed his willingness toassist the Athenians, who accordingly recalledAlcibiades from banishment in 411. He didnot immediately return to Athens, but remainedabroad for the next 4 years, during which theAthenians under his command gained the vic-tories of Cynossema, Abydos, and Cyzicus, andgot possession of Chalcedon and Byzantium.In 407 he returned to Athens, where he wasreceived with gre
RM2AJHE82–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Gordianus II., Roman Emperor, A.D. 238.Obi., head of Gordian II., laureate, IMP. M. ANT. GORDI-ANVS AJTR. AVG.; rev., BOMAE AETEKNAE, Genius olRome. —3. Grandson of the elder Gordianus, eitherby a daughter or by the younger Gordianus.The soldiers proclaimed him emperor in July,A. D. 238, after the murder of Balbinus andPupienus, although he was a mere boy, pro-bably not more than twelve years old. He. Gordianus III., Roman Emperor, a.d. 238-244.Obv.. head of Gordian III., laureate. IMP. GORDIANVSPIVS FEL. AVG.; rev., SALVS AVGVSTI,
![www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . of Persia. [Sassanidae.] Narses {Napa-rjs), a celebrated general andstatesman in the reign of Justinian, was aeunuch. He put an end to the Gothic dominionin Italy by two brilliant campaigns, A. D. 552,553, and annexed Italy again to the Byzantineempire. He was rewarded by Justinian withthe government of the country, which he heldfor many years. He was deprived of this officeby Justin, the successor of Justinian, where-upon he invited the Lombards to invade Italy.His invitation was eagerly accepted by theirking Alboin; but it is sai Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJGADG/wwwflickrcomphotosinternetarchivebookimagestagsbook-of-persia-sassanidae-narses-napa-rjs-a-celebrated-general-andstatesman-in-the-reign-of-justinian-was-aeunuch-he-put-an-end-to-the-gothic-dominionin-italy-by-two-brilliant-campaigns-a-d-552553-and-annexed-italy-again-to-the-byzantineempire-he-was-rewarded-by-justinian-withthe-government-of-the-country-which-he-heldfor-many-years-he-was-deprived-of-this-officeby-justin-the-successor-of-justinian-where-upon-he-invited-the-lombards-to-invade-italyhis-invitation-was-eagerly-accepted-by-theirking-alboin-but-it-is-sai-2AJGADG.jpg "www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . of Persia. [Sassanidae.] Narses {Napa-rjs), a celebrated general andstatesman in the reign of Justinian, was aeunuch. He put an end to the Gothic dominionin Italy by two brilliant campaigns, A. D. 552,553, and annexed Italy again to the Byzantineempire. He was rewarded by Justinian withthe government of the country, which he heldfor many years. He was deprived of this officeby Justin, the successor of Justinian, where-upon he invited the Lombards to invade Italy.His invitation was eagerly accepted by theirking Alboin; but it is sai Stock Photo")
RM2AJGADG–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . of Persia. [Sassanidae.] Narses {Napa-rjs), a celebrated general andstatesman in the reign of Justinian, was aeunuch. He put an end to the Gothic dominionin Italy by two brilliant campaigns, A. D. 552,553, and annexed Italy again to the Byzantineempire. He was rewarded by Justinian withthe government of the country, which he heldfor many years. He was deprived of this officeby Justin, the successor of Justinian, where-upon he invited the Lombards to invade Italy.His invitation was eagerly accepted by theirking Alboin; but it is sai
RM2AJKAFT–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . e made for him, to which posterityis indebted for one of his most excellent works,the History of Animals. Meanwhile various-causes contributed to throw a cloud over thelatter years of the philosophers life. In thefirst place, he felt deeply the death of his wife,.Pythias, who left behind her a daughter of thesame name: he lived subsequently with afriend of his wifes, the slave Herpyllis, whobore him a son, Nicomachus. Another troublewas the breach in his friendship with Alexander,caused by the affair of Callisthenes. [See Alex-ande
RM2AJK3NN–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . called because an inscription notes it as Artemis Eucleia SE. of the Pnyx ; of Aphroditesacred to the Nymphs: another has been found Pandemos under the SW. of the Acropolis ; ofon it telling that part of the hill was a precinct Apollo Patrobs a little X. of the Metrobn ; ofof Zeus. The Pynx (XAvvty, a semicircular hill, Dionysus just S. of the Theatre, and ofSW. of the Areiopagus, where the assemblies of Asclepius, whose site has been excavated (dis-the people were held in earlier times, for after- j covering among other remains th
RM2AJJJA1–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . by an oligarchy of the richerclass called Hippobotae (Strab. p. 447 ; Hilt. v.77). The Athenians planted 4,000 cluruchshere in B.C. 506, who retired on the Persian invasion(Hdt. v. 77, vi. 100). Its flourishing conditionat an early period is attested by the numerouscolonies which it planted in various parts of theMediterranean. It founded so many cities in the ? peninsula in Macedonia between the Strymonicand Thermaic gulfs, that the whole peninsulawas called Chalcidice. In Italy it founded ! Cuma, and in Sicily Naxos. Chalcis was
RM2AJHA9P–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Her marriage, called the Sacred Marriage(hpbs ya.fj.os), was represented in many placeswhere she was worshipped. At her nuptialsall the gods honoured her with presents;and Ge presented to her a tree with goldenapples, which was watched by the Hes-perides, at the foot of the HyperboreanAtlas. (Paus. ii. 7, 1, viii. 22, 2; Apollod.i. 1, 5.)—In the Iliad Hera is treated bythe Olympian gods with the same reverence asher husband. Zeus himself listens to hercounsels, and communicates his secrets to her.She is, notwithstanding, far inferi
RM2AJM39T–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . It was firstcolonised by Achaeans, and afterwards byDorians from Epidaurus, whence the Doric Aegila (to. AryiAaj, a town of Laconia with a* dialect and customs prevailed in the island. It temple of Demeter, Aegilia (Ar/iAia : AlyiXitvs). 1. A demus ofAttica belonging to the tribe Antiochis, cele-brated for its figs.—2. (Ceriyotto), an island islandbetween Crete andCythera. — 3. Anisland W. of Euboeaand opposite Attica. Aegimius (A171-fiios), the mythicalancestor of the Do-rians, whose king hewas when they wereyet inhabiting thenort
RM2AJGW82–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . butgrew up one of the most profligate, as well asone of the most beautiful and brilliant, womenof her age. She was thrice married : to M.Marcellus, her first cousin, in 25; after his death(23) without issue, to M. Agrippa, by whom shehad three sons, C. and L. Caesar, and AgrippaPostumus, and two daughters, Julia and Agrip-pina; after Agrippas death, in 12, to TiberiusNero, the future emperor. In B.C. 2 Augustusat length became acquainted with the miscon-duct of his daughter, whose notorious adulterieshad been one reason why her hus
RM2AJHHY7–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . thePropontis (Xen. Anab. viii 5, 81). Ganymedes (ravvfiiSris), son of Tros andCallirrhoe, and brother of Ilus and Assaracus,was the most beautiful of all mortals, and wascarried off by the gods that he might fill thecup of Zeus, and live among the eternal gods(II. v. 265, xx. 232; Apollod. iii. 12). This isthe Homeric account; but other traditions givedifferent details. Some call him son of Laome-don, others son of Ilus, and others again ofErichthonius or Assaracus. (Eur. Tro. 822;Tzetz. Bye. 34; Hyg. Fab. 224, 271.) Themanner also
![www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Scribonius.] Lariuum (Larlnas, -atis: Larino), a town ofthe Frentani (whence the inhabitants are calledLarinates cognomine Frentani; Plin. iii. 105),on the river Tifernus, and near the borders ofApulia, subsequently a Roman municipium(Cic. pro Cluent. 4, 10), possessed a consider-able territory extending dowu to the Adriaticsea. The speech of Cicero pro Cluentio enterslargely into the local affairs of Larinum. Larissa (Adpiaffa), the name of several Pelas-gian places, whence Larissa is called in my-thology the daughter of Pelasgus Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJGRK9/wwwflickrcomphotosinternetarchivebookimagestagsbook-scribonius-lariuum-larlnas-atis-larino-a-town-ofthe-frentani-whence-the-inhabitants-are-calledlarinates-cognomine-frentani-plin-iii-105on-the-river-tifernus-and-near-the-borders-ofapulia-subsequently-a-roman-municipiumcic-pro-cluent-4-10-possessed-a-consider-able-territory-extending-dowu-to-the-adriaticsea-the-speech-of-cicero-pro-cluentio-enterslargely-into-the-local-affairs-of-larinum-larissa-adpiaffa-the-name-of-several-pelas-gian-places-whence-larissa-is-called-in-my-thology-the-daughter-of-pelasgus-2AJGRK9.jpg "www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Scribonius.] Lariuum (Larlnas, -atis: Larino), a town ofthe Frentani (whence the inhabitants are calledLarinates cognomine Frentani; Plin. iii. 105),on the river Tifernus, and near the borders ofApulia, subsequently a Roman municipium(Cic. pro Cluent. 4, 10), possessed a consider-able territory extending dowu to the Adriaticsea. The speech of Cicero pro Cluentio enterslargely into the local affairs of Larinum. Larissa (Adpiaffa), the name of several Pelas-gian places, whence Larissa is called in my-thology the daughter of Pelasgus Stock Photo")
RM2AJGRK9–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Scribonius.] Lariuum (Larlnas, -atis: Larino), a town ofthe Frentani (whence the inhabitants are calledLarinates cognomine Frentani; Plin. iii. 105),on the river Tifernus, and near the borders ofApulia, subsequently a Roman municipium(Cic. pro Cluent. 4, 10), possessed a consider-able territory extending dowu to the Adriaticsea. The speech of Cicero pro Cluentio enterslargely into the local affairs of Larinum. Larissa (Adpiaffa), the name of several Pelas-gian places, whence Larissa is called in my-thology the daughter of Pelasgus
![www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . the world. Concerning the author person-ally we know nothing; and he probably livednot earlier than the middle of the fifth centurya.d.—Ed. by Bursian, Zurich, 1867.Sera. [SericaJ Serapio, a surname of P. Cornelius ScipioNasiea, consul B.C. 138. [Scepio, No. 18.] Serapion (ScpcnriW), a physician of Alex-andria, who lived in the third century B.C. Hebelonged to the sect of the Empirici, and somuch extended and improved the system ofPhilinus that the invention of it is by someauthors attributed to him. Serapion wToteagainst Hippocrat Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJFDWJ/wwwflickrcomphotosinternetarchivebookimagestagsbook-the-world-concerning-the-author-person-ally-we-know-nothing-and-he-probably-livednot-earlier-than-the-middle-of-the-fifth-centuryaded-by-bursian-zurich-1867sera-sericaj-serapio-a-surname-of-p-cornelius-scipionasiea-consul-bc-138-scepio-no-18-serapion-scpcnriw-a-physician-of-alex-andria-who-lived-in-the-third-century-bc-hebelonged-to-the-sect-of-the-empirici-and-somuch-extended-and-improved-the-system-ofphilinus-that-the-invention-of-it-is-by-someauthors-attributed-to-him-serapion-wtoteagainst-hippocrat-2AJFDWJ.jpg "www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . the world. Concerning the author person-ally we know nothing; and he probably livednot earlier than the middle of the fifth centurya.d.—Ed. by Bursian, Zurich, 1867.Sera. [SericaJ Serapio, a surname of P. Cornelius ScipioNasiea, consul B.C. 138. [Scepio, No. 18.] Serapion (ScpcnriW), a physician of Alex-andria, who lived in the third century B.C. Hebelonged to the sect of the Empirici, and somuch extended and improved the system ofPhilinus that the invention of it is by someauthors attributed to him. Serapion wToteagainst Hippocrat Stock Photo")
RM2AJFDWJ–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . the world. Concerning the author person-ally we know nothing; and he probably livednot earlier than the middle of the fifth centurya.d.—Ed. by Bursian, Zurich, 1867.Sera. [SericaJ Serapio, a surname of P. Cornelius ScipioNasiea, consul B.C. 138. [Scepio, No. 18.] Serapion (ScpcnriW), a physician of Alex-andria, who lived in the third century B.C. Hebelonged to the sect of the Empirici, and somuch extended and improved the system ofPhilinus that the invention of it is by someauthors attributed to him. Serapion wToteagainst Hippocrat
RM2AJFCNK–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . us, or, accordingto Virgil, of Sisyphus, and grandson of Auto-lycus, was a relation of Odysseus, whom heaccompanied to Troy. After the Greeks hadconstructed the wooden horse, Sinon mutilatedhimself, in order to make the Trojans believethat he had been maltreated by the Greeks,and then allowed himself to be taken prisonerby the Trojans. He informed the Trojans thatthe wooden horse had been constructed as anatonement for the Palladium which had beencarried off by the Greeks, and that if theywould drag it into their own city, Asia wou
RM2AJJBHW–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . was founded by the Achaeans underMyscellus of Aegae, assisted by the Spartans,B.C. 710 (Strab. p. 262; Dionys. ii. 59; Ov.Met. xv. 9). Its extensive commerce, thevirtue of its inhabitants, and the excellence ofits institutions, made it the most powerful andflourishing town in the S. of Italy. It owedmuch of its greatness to Pythagoras, who esta-blished his school here. Gymnastics were cul-tivated here in greater perfection than in anyother Greek city; and one of its citizens, Blilo,was the most celebrated athlete in Greece. Itattai
RM2AJKC8C–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . prevented by her from avenging his sonAscalaphus (II. xv. 125), his son Cycnus (Hes.Sc. 455): he was imprisoned for thirteenmonths by the Aloidae ill. v. 385), and made alaughing-stock to the gods (Ov. viii. 266), whenthe partner of his disgrace was Aphrodite, her-self in many aspects a deity of alien origin.He fights oftenest on foot, but sometimes in achariot (II. v. 356, xv. 110; Hes. Sc. 109, 191;Pind. Pyth. iv. 87). Quintus Smyrnaeusnames his four horses Aitlion, Phlogios, Kona-bos, Phobos; in Homer he has two, andDeimos and P
RM2AJH7FJ–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . pedition Heracles killed the two sons ofBoreas, Calais and Zetes; and he also begotthree sons by Echidna, in the country of theHyperboreans. On his way home he landed inTroas, where he rescued Hesione from themonster sent against her by Poseidon; inreturn for which service her father Laomedonpromised hirn the horses he had received fromZeus as a compensation for Ganymedes. But,as Laomedon did not keep his word, Heracles onleaving threatened to make war against Troy.He landed in Thrace, where he slew Sarpedon,and at length returned
![www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . him to fetch the golden fleece.Pelias accordingly ordered Jason to fetch thegolden fleece, which was in the possession ofking Aeetes in Colchis, and was guarded by adragon. Jason set sail in the ship Argo,accompanied by the chief heroes of Greece. He obtained the fleece with the assistance ofMedea, whom he made his wife, and with whomhe returned to Iolcus. [For a fuller accountsee Abgonautae.] On his arrival at Iolcus,Jason, according to one account, found his agedfather still alive, and succeeded him in thekingdom (Hes. Th. 997 ; Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJGWPT/wwwflickrcomphotosinternetarchivebookimagestagsbook-him-to-fetch-the-golden-fleecepelias-accordingly-ordered-jason-to-fetch-thegolden-fleece-which-was-in-the-possession-ofking-aeetes-in-colchis-and-was-guarded-by-adragon-jason-set-sail-in-the-ship-argoaccompanied-by-the-chief-heroes-of-greece-he-obtained-the-fleece-with-the-assistance-ofmedea-whom-he-made-his-wife-and-with-whomhe-returned-to-iolcus-for-a-fuller-accountsee-abgonautae-on-his-arrival-at-iolcusjason-according-to-one-account-found-his-agedfather-still-alive-and-succeeded-him-in-thekingdom-hes-th-997-2AJGWPT.jpg "www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . him to fetch the golden fleece.Pelias accordingly ordered Jason to fetch thegolden fleece, which was in the possession ofking Aeetes in Colchis, and was guarded by adragon. Jason set sail in the ship Argo,accompanied by the chief heroes of Greece. He obtained the fleece with the assistance ofMedea, whom he made his wife, and with whomhe returned to Iolcus. [For a fuller accountsee Abgonautae.] On his arrival at Iolcus,Jason, according to one account, found his agedfather still alive, and succeeded him in thekingdom (Hes. Th. 997 ; Stock Photo")
RM2AJGWPT–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . him to fetch the golden fleece.Pelias accordingly ordered Jason to fetch thegolden fleece, which was in the possession ofking Aeetes in Colchis, and was guarded by adragon. Jason set sail in the ship Argo,accompanied by the chief heroes of Greece. He obtained the fleece with the assistance ofMedea, whom he made his wife, and with whomhe returned to Iolcus. [For a fuller accountsee Abgonautae.] On his arrival at Iolcus,Jason, according to one account, found his agedfather still alive, and succeeded him in thekingdom (Hes. Th. 997 ;
RM2AJH242–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . a), a town in Magnesia in Thessaly, at thefoot of Mt. Ossa, near the Peneus.Honor or Honos, the personification of honour at Rome. Marcellus had vowed a temple, whichwas to belong to Honos and Virtus in common ;but as the jmntiffs refused to consecrate onetemple to two divinities, he built two temples,near Porta Capcna, one of Honosâwhich was arestoration of an earlier temple dedicated byFab. Max. Verrucosus after the Ligurian war(Cic. N. D. ii. 23, 61)âand the other of Virtus: 426 HONORIA HOEAE close together, B.C. 205. (Liv. xxvi
RM2AJG2GC–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . a range of hills in the NW.of Campania near the frontiers of Latium, cele-brated for its excellent wine, the produce of thevineyards on the southern slope of the moun-tain, which have a volcanic soil. The celebratedFolernian wine came from the eastern side ofthis mountain. (Verg. Georg. ii. 143, Aen. vii.724 ; Hor. Od. i. 1, 19; Col. iii. 8.) Massicytus or Massicytes (Moo-ctikuttjj), oneof the principal mountain chains of Lycia. Massilia (MaoaaAia : MarriraAiwTns, Massili-ensis: Marseilles), a Greek city in Gallia Nar-bonensis, on
![www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . ardedthe entrance of Hades, is mentioned as earlyas the Homeric poems, but simply as the dog,and without the name of Cerberus (II. viii. 368,Od. xi. 623.) Hesiod calls him a son of Typhonand Echidna, and represents him with 50 heads.Later writers describe him as a monster withonly 3 heads, with the tail of a serpent and withserpents round his neck. Some poets againcall him many-headed or hundred-headed. Theden of Cerberus is placed on the further side ofthe Styx, at the spot where Charon landedthe shades of the departed. [Hades.] C Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJJK7E/wwwflickrcomphotosinternetarchivebookimagestagsbook-ardedthe-entrance-of-hades-is-mentioned-as-earlyas-the-homeric-poems-but-simply-as-the-dogand-without-the-name-of-cerberus-ii-viii-368od-xi-623-hesiod-calls-him-a-son-of-typhonand-echidna-and-represents-him-with-50-headslater-writers-describe-him-as-a-monster-withonly-3-heads-with-the-tail-of-a-serpent-and-withserpents-round-his-neck-some-poets-againcall-him-many-headed-or-hundred-headed-theden-of-cerberus-is-placed-on-the-further-side-ofthe-styx-at-the-spot-where-charon-landedthe-shades-of-the-departed-hades-c-2AJJK7E.jpg "www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . ardedthe entrance of Hades, is mentioned as earlyas the Homeric poems, but simply as the dog,and without the name of Cerberus (II. viii. 368,Od. xi. 623.) Hesiod calls him a son of Typhonand Echidna, and represents him with 50 heads.Later writers describe him as a monster withonly 3 heads, with the tail of a serpent and withserpents round his neck. Some poets againcall him many-headed or hundred-headed. Theden of Cerberus is placed on the further side ofthe Styx, at the spot where Charon landedthe shades of the departed. [Hades.] C Stock Photo")
RM2AJJK7E–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . ardedthe entrance of Hades, is mentioned as earlyas the Homeric poems, but simply as the dog,and without the name of Cerberus (II. viii. 368,Od. xi. 623.) Hesiod calls him a son of Typhonand Echidna, and represents him with 50 heads.Later writers describe him as a monster withonly 3 heads, with the tail of a serpent and withserpents round his neck. Some poets againcall him many-headed or hundred-headed. Theden of Cerberus is placed on the further side ofthe Styx, at the spot where Charon landedthe shades of the departed. [Hades.] C
RM2AJJEJR–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . d by Antigonus. (Diod. xviii. 23,xx. 37.)—4. Daughter of Antiochus III. theGreat, married Ptolemy V. Epiphanes, 193.— 5. Daughter of Ptolemy V. Epiphanes andNo. 4, married her brother Ptolemy VI. Philo-metor, and on his death, 140, her other brotherPtolemy VI. Physcon. She was soon afterwardsdivorced by Physcon, and fled into Syria.— 6. Daughter of Ptolemy VI. Philometor and ofNo. 5, married first Alexander Balas (150), theSyrian usurper, and on his death DemetriusNicator. During the captivity of the latter inParthia, jealous of th
RM2AJJG5T–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . etaitot «lfAH caixxcrz TEouernMe- Circc and OdysBcuH, and his Companions. (From anundent bua-rclief.j sister of Aeetes, lived in the island of Aeaea,upon which Odysseus was cast. His companions, 9. Clrco oBcrinK the Cup. (Ooll 8 PomftUmO, pi. 7i.) whom he sent to explore the land, tasted of tin-magic cup which Circe offered them, and were CITIUM 233 forthwith changed into swine, with the excep-tion of Eurylochus, who brought the sad newsto Odysseus. The latter, having received fromHermes the root moly, which fortified himagainst en
RM2AJFY4D–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . PENEUS Peneleos (UrjviAews), son of Hippalcmus and Asterope, and one of the Argonauts. He wasthe father of Opheltes, and is also mentionedamong the suitors of Helen. (Apollod. i. 9, 16 ;Paus. ix. 5, 8.) He was one of the leaders ofthe Boeotians in the war against Troy, where heslew Ilioneus and Lycon, and was wounded byPolydamas. (II. ii. 494, xix. 487.) He is saidto have been slain by Eurypylus, the son ofTelephus. Penelope (UriveXSirri, Tl(ve6irri, TIr)veA6ireia.),daughter of Icarius and Periboea of Sparta,married Odysseus, king
RM2AJJ9A6–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . well as magicalincantation, is set down as their inventioniClem. AL Strom, i. 132). Other accountstransfer them to Mount Ida in Crete, of whichisland they are said to have been the originalinhabitants (Diod. v. 64 ; Plin. vii. 197 ; C. I. G.2374). With this tradition, no doubt, is con-nected their confusion with the Curetes (Strab.p. 466; Paus. v. 7, 6). Their number appearsto have been originally three: Celmis (thesmelter), Damnameneus (the hammer), andAcmon (the anvil). Their number was after-wards increased to five, ten (five ma
![www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . n upon his winged horse, but felldown upon the earth. [Bellerophon.] Pe-gasus, however, continued his flight to heaven.—The connexion of Pegasus with the Pluses inGreek mythology was simply that he producedwith his hoof the inspiring fountain Hippo-crene. The story about this fountain runs asfollows. When the Muses engaged in a contestwith the daughters of Pierus on Mount Heli-con, all became darkness when the daughters ofPierus began to sing ; whereas during the songof the Muses, heaven, the sea, and all therivers stood still to l Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJFYG1/wwwflickrcomphotosinternetarchivebookimagestagsbook-n-upon-his-winged-horse-but-felldown-upon-the-earth-bellerophon-pe-gasus-however-continued-his-flight-to-heaventhe-connexion-of-pegasus-with-the-pluses-ingreek-mythology-was-simply-that-he-producedwith-his-hoof-the-inspiring-fountain-hippo-crene-the-story-about-this-fountain-runs-asfollows-when-the-muses-engaged-in-a-contestwith-the-daughters-of-pierus-on-mount-heli-con-all-became-darkness-when-the-daughters-ofpierus-began-to-sing-whereas-during-the-songof-the-muses-heaven-the-sea-and-all-therivers-stood-still-to-l-2AJFYG1.jpg "www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . n upon his winged horse, but felldown upon the earth. [Bellerophon.] Pe-gasus, however, continued his flight to heaven.—The connexion of Pegasus with the Pluses inGreek mythology was simply that he producedwith his hoof the inspiring fountain Hippo-crene. The story about this fountain runs asfollows. When the Muses engaged in a contestwith the daughters of Pierus on Mount Heli-con, all became darkness when the daughters ofPierus began to sing ; whereas during the songof the Muses, heaven, the sea, and all therivers stood still to l Stock Photo")
RM2AJFYG1–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . n upon his winged horse, but felldown upon the earth. [Bellerophon.] Pe-gasus, however, continued his flight to heaven.—The connexion of Pegasus with the Pluses inGreek mythology was simply that he producedwith his hoof the inspiring fountain Hippo-crene. The story about this fountain runs asfollows. When the Muses engaged in a contestwith the daughters of Pierus on Mount Heli-con, all became darkness when the daughters ofPierus began to sing ; whereas during the songof the Muses, heaven, the sea, and all therivers stood still to l
RM2AJK01T–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Barbosthenes, a mountain E. of Sparta. Barbula, Aemilrus. 1. Q., consul b.c. 317,when he subdued Apulia, and consul again in311, when he fought against the Etruscans.—2. L., consul in 281, carried on war against theTarentines, Samnites, and Sallentines.—3. M.consul in 230, fought against the Ligurians. Barca, the surname of Hamelcar, the fatherof Hannibal, is probably the same as theHebrew Barak, which signifies lightning. Hisfamily was distinguished as the Barcinefamily, and the democratical party, whichsupported this family, as t
RM2AJGN2K–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . enaeum, or sacredenclosure of Dionysus near the theatre, andwhich was hence called the Street of Tripods.(Paus. i. 20, § X.) Of these temples only twonow remain: the monument of Thrasyllus, andthe monument of Lysicrates, which stood inthe street itself. It appears that this streetwas formed entirely by a series of such monu-ments, and that from the inscriptions engravedon the architraves the dramatic chronicles ordidascaliae were mainly compiled. The monu-ment of Lysicrates is of the Corinthian order.It is a small circular building
![www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . ide of the Trojans, interfering to pro-tect Paris and Aeneas, and to save from defile-ment the body of Hector (II. iii. 380; v. 311,xxiii. 185). [See alsounder Paris and Venus.] Eastern Origin.—The myths of Aphroditeas presented in Greek literature result from amixture of Greek and Oriental (chiefly Semitic)mythology. Many Eastern nations worshippeda deity who was at once the goddess of fruit-fulness and generation and also of the moon orof the star Venus. Such was the Babylonish APHRODITE S3 Belit (the feminine of Baal), who appea Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJKJBN/wwwflickrcomphotosinternetarchivebookimagestagsbook-ide-of-the-trojans-interfering-to-pro-tect-paris-and-aeneas-and-to-save-from-defile-ment-the-body-of-hector-ii-iii-380-v-311xxiii-185-see-alsounder-paris-and-venus-eastern-originthe-myths-of-aphroditeas-presented-in-greek-literature-result-from-amixture-of-greek-and-oriental-chiefly-semiticmythology-many-eastern-nations-worshippeda-deity-who-was-at-once-the-goddess-of-fruit-fulness-and-generation-and-also-of-the-moon-orof-the-star-venus-such-was-the-babylonish-aphrodite-s3-belit-the-feminine-of-baal-who-appea-2AJKJBN.jpg "www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . ide of the Trojans, interfering to pro-tect Paris and Aeneas, and to save from defile-ment the body of Hector (II. iii. 380; v. 311,xxiii. 185). [See alsounder Paris and Venus.] Eastern Origin.—The myths of Aphroditeas presented in Greek literature result from amixture of Greek and Oriental (chiefly Semitic)mythology. Many Eastern nations worshippeda deity who was at once the goddess of fruit-fulness and generation and also of the moon orof the star Venus. Such was the Babylonish APHRODITE S3 Belit (the feminine of Baal), who appea Stock Photo")
RM2AJKJBN–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . ide of the Trojans, interfering to pro-tect Paris and Aeneas, and to save from defile-ment the body of Hector (II. iii. 380; v. 311,xxiii. 185). [See alsounder Paris and Venus.] Eastern Origin.—The myths of Aphroditeas presented in Greek literature result from amixture of Greek and Oriental (chiefly Semitic)mythology. Many Eastern nations worshippeda deity who was at once the goddess of fruit-fulness and generation and also of the moon orof the star Venus. Such was the Babylonish APHRODITE S3 Belit (the feminine of Baal), who appea
RM2AJHAR7–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Helios. (From the metope at Ilium : Schliemann, Troy and its Remains.) Homeric hymn on Helios; and by later writersthe four horses are named Pyrois, Eous, Aethon,and Phlegon, or Eous, Aethiops, Bronte andSterope (Ov. Met. ii. 153 ; Hyg. Fab. 133).âHelios is described as the god who sees andhears everything, and was thus able to revealto Hephaestus the faithlessness of Aphrodite,and to Demeter the abduction of her daughter(Od. viii. 271; Hymn, ad Cer. 75).âThe islandof Thrinacia (Sicily) was sacred to Helios, and. Helios. (Coin of R
RM2AJFBJ0–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . BBI. TheTencteri afterwards belonged to the League ofthe Cherusci, and at a still later period theyare mentioned as a portion of the confederacyof the Franks. (Caes. B.G. iv. 1,4-16; Tac.Germ. 32, Ann. xiii. 56, Hist. iv. 77.) Tenea (Tevea), a town in Corinthia. abouteight miles S. of Corinth (Paus. ii. 5, 4; Strab.p. 380 ; Cic. ad Att. vi. 2, 3). Tenedos or Tenedus (TeVeSos: TWSios), asmall island of the Aegaean sea, off the coast ofTroas, of an importance very disproportionateto its size, on account of its position near themouth
![www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . so that he became Zeus Afi-fnoiv, and to the Bo-mans Jupiter Am-mon. (Pind. Pyth.iv. 16; Plat. Polit.257 B, where ourGod means Cyre-naic.) It appears inLaconia (Paus. iii.18, 2). The oraclefrom the Am-monium, to whichtradition gave thesame origin as thatof Dodona (Hdt. ii.54), gained muchinfluence with theGreeks after Alex-anders visit, andsacred embassieswere sent to it[see Diet. Ant.s.v. Theoris]. InEgyptian art Am-mon is representedsometimes with ahead-dress of two lofty feathers, symbolising hisrule over the upper and under wor Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJKTKA/wwwflickrcomphotosinternetarchivebookimagestagsbook-so-that-he-became-zeus-afi-fnoiv-and-to-the-bo-mans-jupiter-am-mon-pind-pythiv-16-plat-polit257-b-where-ourgod-means-cyre-naic-it-appears-inlaconia-paus-iii18-2-the-oraclefrom-the-am-monium-to-whichtradition-gave-thesame-origin-as-thatof-dodona-hdt-ii54-gained-muchinfluence-with-thegreeks-after-alex-anders-visit-andsacred-embassieswere-sent-to-it-see-diet-antsv-theoris-inegyptian-art-am-mon-is-representedsometimes-with-ahead-dress-of-two-lofty-feathers-symbolising-hisrule-over-the-upper-and-under-wor-2AJKTKA.jpg "www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . so that he became Zeus Afi-fnoiv, and to the Bo-mans Jupiter Am-mon. (Pind. Pyth.iv. 16; Plat. Polit.257 B, where ourGod means Cyre-naic.) It appears inLaconia (Paus. iii.18, 2). The oraclefrom the Am-monium, to whichtradition gave thesame origin as thatof Dodona (Hdt. ii.54), gained muchinfluence with theGreeks after Alex-anders visit, andsacred embassieswere sent to it[see Diet. Ant.s.v. Theoris]. InEgyptian art Am-mon is representedsometimes with ahead-dress of two lofty feathers, symbolising hisrule over the upper and under wor Stock Photo")
RM2AJKTKA–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . so that he became Zeus Afi-fnoiv, and to the Bo-mans Jupiter Am-mon. (Pind. Pyth.iv. 16; Plat. Polit.257 B, where ourGod means Cyre-naic.) It appears inLaconia (Paus. iii.18, 2). The oraclefrom the Am-monium, to whichtradition gave thesame origin as thatof Dodona (Hdt. ii.54), gained muchinfluence with theGreeks after Alex-anders visit, andsacred embassieswere sent to it[see Diet. Ant.s.v. Theoris]. InEgyptian art Am-mon is representedsometimes with ahead-dress of two lofty feathers, symbolising hisrule over the upper and under wor
RM2AJJR7X–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Calypso- Trom a vase painting.) allow him to continue his journey homewards.(Od. v. 28, vii. 259.) Camarilla (Kafidpiva: Kafj.apiva.ios: Came-rina), a town on the S. coast of Sicily, at themouth of the Hipparis, founded by Syracuse,B.C. 599. It attempted to throw off the yoke ofSyracuse and was destroyed B.C. 552; recolo-nised in 495, and destroyed by Gelon ten yearslater; a third time colonised 461; sufferedseverely from the ravages of the Carthaginians. Camarina In Sicily.Obc. head of Heracles in lionB skin, and legend ha^j/n-v«f
![www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . .) Edessa or Antiochia Callirrh5e CE5e<ro-a,.A<ri<$xea V «rl KaAAipp6ri, or A. fii^ofidp^apos :O. T. Ur : Urfah), a veryancient city in theN.of Mesopotamia, the capital of Osroene. It be-longed to the province of Mesopotamia in thetime of Trajan, and accordingly was afterwardssometimes under Boman, sometimes underOriental, rule. [See Mesopotamia.] It wasmade a Boman colony and a metropolis, prob-ably by M. Aurelius, since it is so describedon a coin of Commodus. It was the seat of akingdom from B. c. 137 to A. D. 216, when Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJHWWY/wwwflickrcomphotosinternetarchivebookimagestagsbook-edessa-or-antiochia-callirrh5e-ce5eltro-aaltriltxea-v-rl-kaaaipp6ri-or-a-fiiofidpapos-o-t-ur-urfah-a-veryancient-city-in-thenof-mesopotamia-the-capital-of-osroene-it-be-longed-to-the-province-of-mesopotamia-in-thetime-of-trajan-and-accordingly-was-afterwardssometimes-under-boman-sometimes-underoriental-rule-see-mesopotamia-it-wasmade-a-boman-colony-and-a-metropolis-prob-ably-by-m-aurelius-since-it-is-so-describedon-a-coin-of-commodus-it-was-the-seat-of-akingdom-from-b-c-137-to-a-d-216-when-2AJHWWY.jpg "www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . .) Edessa or Antiochia Callirrh5e CE5e<ro-a,.A<ri<$xea V «rl KaAAipp6ri, or A. fii^ofidp^apos :O. T. Ur : Urfah), a veryancient city in theN.of Mesopotamia, the capital of Osroene. It be-longed to the province of Mesopotamia in thetime of Trajan, and accordingly was afterwardssometimes under Boman, sometimes underOriental, rule. [See Mesopotamia.] It wasmade a Boman colony and a metropolis, prob-ably by M. Aurelius, since it is so describedon a coin of Commodus. It was the seat of akingdom from B. c. 137 to A. D. 216, when Stock Photo")
RM2AJHWWY–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . .) Edessa or Antiochia Callirrh5e CE5e<ro-a,.A<ri<$xea V «rl KaAAipp6ri, or A. fii^ofidp^apos :O. T. Ur : Urfah), a veryancient city in theN.of Mesopotamia, the capital of Osroene. It be-longed to the province of Mesopotamia in thetime of Trajan, and accordingly was afterwardssometimes under Boman, sometimes underOriental, rule. [See Mesopotamia.] It wasmade a Boman colony and a metropolis, prob-ably by M. Aurelius, since it is so describedon a coin of Commodus. It was the seat of akingdom from B. c. 137 to A. D. 216, when
RM2AJM4MB–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . inginto the sea, and attached to another larger pieceof land, but not necessarily by a narrow neck.1. An ancient name of Attica, used especially bythe poets (Eur. Hel. 1674; Strab. p. 391). HenceAktcuos, Actaeus, adj., Attic, Athenian (Ov.M. ii. 720, ex Pont. iv. 1, 31, Her. xviii. 42).Also Actias, adis, a female Athenian, i.e. Ori-thyia, daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens(Verg. G. iv. 463): also called Actaea (Ov. M. vi.711).—2. The eastern coast of Peloponnesus nearTroezen and Epidaurus (Pol. v. 91, 8; Diod. xv.31).—3. The pe
RM2AJHER0–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Sicyonian colony, and one of the chief seatsof the worship of Aphrodite (Paus. viii. 5;Theocr. xy. 100; Catull. 86, 15). Gomphi (r6/j.<poi; ro/j.(pevs; Palaea Episcopi),a town in Hestiaeotis in Thessaly, was a strongfortress on the confines of Epirus, and com-manded the chief pass between Thessaly andEpirus ; it was taken and destroyed by Caesar(b. c. 48), but was afterwards rebuilt (Strab.p. 437 ; Caes. B. C. iii. 80). Gonni, Gonnus (T6vvoi, Tuvvos? Fovvios:Lycostomon), a strongly fortified town of thePerrhaebi in Thessaly, on
RM2AJF64N–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . him.He is armed with thunder and lightning (theoriginal attributes of the god of the sky), andthe shaking of his aegis produces storm andtempest; epithets of Zeus in the Homericpoems describe him as repirtKepauvos, ipl-ySowiros, mf/i/Spe/ieT?)!, the thunderer,;/f(peA.7j)<e-p€TT)s, the gatherer of clouds, and in laterwriters on^ptos or ie-rio?, the sender of rain.Hence Zeirs MeiXixios (the placable) was wor-shipped at the Attic Diasia, that he might givefavourable weather for the spring crops, andZeus Mai/MZKTrjs at the approach
RM2AJG9D0–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Nile with the Arabian gulf,which had been projected before by Seti I. andEamses II. ; but he desisted from the work,according to Herodotus, on being warned byan oracle that he was constructing it only forthe use of the barbarian invader. It startedfrom the Pelusiac branch, a little north ofBubastis, and went towards the gulf of Suez.But the greatest and most interesting enter-prise with which his name is connected is thecircumnavigation of Africa by the Phoeniciansin his service, who set sail from the Arabiangulf and accomplished t
RM2AJK06Y–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . utiful country, whichabounded in warm mineral springs. The bathsof Baiae were the most celebrated in Italy, andthe town itself was the favourite watering-placeof the Romans, who flocked thither in crowdsfor health and pleasure. Seneca calls it diver-sorium vitiorum. The whole country wasstudded with the palaces of the Roman nobles and emperors, which covered the coast fromBaiae to Puteoli: many of these places werebuilt out into the sea. (Hor. Od. ii. 18, 20, Ep.i. 15, 2; Tac. Ann. xii. 21, xiv. 9; Senec. Ep. 51 ;Plin. xxxi. 4 ; St
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RM2AJFGFD–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . h great severity (Plut. Arat. 34).The old city of Salamis stood on the S. side ofthe island, opposite Aegina; but this was after- S AT, APIA 827 galeos. (Hdt. viii. 83-90.)—2. A city of Cyprus,situated in the middle of the E. coast a littleN. of the river Pediaeus. It is said to havebeen founded by Teucer, the son of Telamon,who gave it the name of his native island, fromwhich he had been banished by his father.[Teucek.] Salamis possessed an excellentharbour, and was by far the most importantcity in the whole of Cyprus. It became s
RM2AJJGYJ–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . eAthenian league, in which it was for a longtime the closest and most favoured ally ofAthens; but an unsuccessful attempt torevolt, in 412, led to its conquest and devasta-tion. It recovered its independence, with Cosand Rhodes, in 358, and afterwards shared thefortunes of the other states of Ionia.—-Chios iscovered with rocky mountains, clothed with therichest vegetation. It was celebrated for itswine, which was among the best known to theancients, its figs, gum-mastic, and other naturalproducts, also for its marble and pottery, a
RM2AJJW3H–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . to death. When the news of thebattle of Pharsalia reached Rome, varioushonours were conferred upon Caesar. He wasappointed dictator for a whole year and consulfor five years, and the tribunician power wasconferred upon him for life. He declined theconsulship, but entered upon the dictatorshipin September in this year (48), and appointedM. Antony his master of the horse. On hisarrival in Egypt, Caesar became involved in awar, which gave the remains of the Pompeianparty time to rally. This war, usually calledthe Alexandrine war, aros
RM2AJG70W–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . ict. Caes. 39; Amni.Marc. xxii. 9, 12.) Like its neighbour andrival, Nicaea, it occupies an important placein the wars against the Turks; it is also me-morable in history as the scene of Hannibalsdeath. It was the birthplace of Arrian. Nicon (Nikcuj), a Tarentine, who put Taren-tnm in the hands of Hannibal, in B.C. 212, waskilled when the Romans recovered the city, 209(Liv. xxv. 8, xxvi. 39, xxvii. 16 ; Pol. viii. 26). Nicoma or Niconrum, a town in Scythia onthe Tyras (Dniester), (Strab. p. 306). Nicophon and Nicophron CNiKov, Ni/c
RM2AJM0XA–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . have regarded himwith ill will. The well-known story of hisdeath, that an eagle, mistaking the poetsbald head for a stone, dropped a tortoise onit to break the shell, is represented on a gem,which Baumeister thinks was copied from arelief, and suggests that the story came fromthe relief and was fitted on to Aeschylus.It was held to fulfil an oracle by which Aes-chylus was to die by a blow from heaven.—Aeschylus so changed the system of thetragic stage that he has more claim thananyone else to be regarded as the founderof Tragedy. H
RM2AJGAPX–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Mitylenaeus : Mytilene or Metelin), the chiefcity of Lesbos, stood on the E. side of theisland opposite the coast of Asia, upon a pro-montory which was once an island, and bothsides of which formed excellent harbours. Itwas colonised by the first detachment of immi-grants in the Aeolian migration from Greece,traditionally under Penthilus, son of Orestes ;but they are said to have dispossessed peoplewho are called Pelasgians (Strab. pp. 440, 582,(517). Important hints respecting its politicalhistory are furnished by the fragments of
RM2AJJTM1–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . reat,who had assisted Pompey. He defeated Phar-naces near Zela with such ease, that he informedthe senate of his victory by the words, Veni,vidi, vici. (Cf. Bell. Alex. 77.) He reachedRome in September (47), was appointed consulfor the following year, and before the end ofSeptember set sail for Africa, where Scipio andCato had collected a large army. The war wanterminated by the defeat of the Pompeian army 184 CAESAR at the battle of Thapsus, on the 6th of April,46. Cato, unable to defend Utica, put an endto his own life.—Caesar re
RM2AJKK08–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . of Philippi, in which Brutus and Cassius character is painted by Cicero in dark colours,fell. Antony then went to Asia, which he had , perhaps with some exaggeration (Cic. Phil. iii.received as his share of the Roman world. In 12, y. 7, 11, xii. 8 ; Appian, B. C. v. 19-49).- Cilicia he met with Cleopatra, and followed herto Egypt, a captive to her charms. In 41 Fulvia,the wife of Antony, and his brother L. Antonius,made war upon Octavianus in Italy. Antonyprepared to support his relatives, but the warwas brought to a close at the b
RM2AJG4FA–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . dinjured Troy most, and answered, Odysseus. Inthe Lesser Iliad the judgment is given withoutdesign by two Trojan women conversing. He issaid by some to have devised the stratagem ofthe wooden horse, and he was one of the heroesconcealed within it. He is also said to havetaken part in carrying off the palladium. (Verg.Aen. ii. 164 ; Quint. Smyrn. x. 354.) But themost celebrated part of his story consists ofhis adventures after the destruction of Troy,which form the subject of the Homeric poemcalled after him, the Odyssey. After the
![www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . s, near Olympia, said tohave been called after a daughter of Asopus(Strab. p. 356 ; Paus. vi. 20, 8). Harpocrates. [Hoaus.] Harpocration, Valerius, a Greek gramma-rian of Alexandria, probably of 2nd cent. A.D.,the author of an extant dictionary to the worksof the ten Attic orators, entitled Tlepl tSivA.efetoi rwv Se/co $7)T6pa)v, or Ae^iicbv r&v 8e/cafcriTSpoiv. It contains not only explanations oflegal and political terms, but also accounts ofpersons and things mentioned in the Atticorators, and is a work of great value. Editionsb Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJHC59/wwwflickrcomphotosinternetarchivebookimagestagsbook-s-near-olympia-said-tohave-been-called-after-a-daughter-of-asopusstrab-p-356-paus-vi-20-8-harpocrates-hoaus-harpocration-valerius-a-greek-gramma-rian-of-alexandria-probably-of-2nd-cent-adthe-author-of-an-extant-dictionary-to-the-worksof-the-ten-attic-orators-entitled-tlepl-tsivaefetoi-rwv-seco-7t6pav-or-aeiicbv-rv-8ecafcritspoiv-it-contains-not-only-explanations-oflegal-and-political-terms-but-also-accounts-ofpersons-and-things-mentioned-in-the-atticorators-and-is-a-work-of-great-value-editionsb-2AJHC59.jpg "www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . s, near Olympia, said tohave been called after a daughter of Asopus(Strab. p. 356 ; Paus. vi. 20, 8). Harpocrates. [Hoaus.] Harpocration, Valerius, a Greek gramma-rian of Alexandria, probably of 2nd cent. A.D.,the author of an extant dictionary to the worksof the ten Attic orators, entitled Tlepl tSivA.efetoi rwv Se/co $7)T6pa)v, or Ae^iicbv r&v 8e/cafcriTSpoiv. It contains not only explanations oflegal and political terms, but also accounts ofpersons and things mentioned in the Atticorators, and is a work of great value. Editionsb Stock Photo")
RM2AJHC59–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . s, near Olympia, said tohave been called after a daughter of Asopus(Strab. p. 356 ; Paus. vi. 20, 8). Harpocrates. [Hoaus.] Harpocration, Valerius, a Greek gramma-rian of Alexandria, probably of 2nd cent. A.D.,the author of an extant dictionary to the worksof the ten Attic orators, entitled Tlepl tSivA.efetoi rwv Se/co $7)T6pa)v, or Ae^iicbv r&v 8e/cafcriTSpoiv. It contains not only explanations oflegal and political terms, but also accounts ofpersons and things mentioned in the Atticorators, and is a work of great value. Editionsb
RM2AJG480–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . m thence hecame to Thrinacia, the island of Helios, whothere kept his sacred herds of oxen. Mind-ful of the advice of Tiresias and Circe,Odysseus wanted to sail past, but his com-panions urged him to land. He made themswear not to touch any of the cattle; butas they were detained in the island bystorms, and were hungry, they killedthe finest of the oxen while Odysseuswas asleep. After some days the stormabated, and they sailed away, but soonanother storm came on, and their shipwas destroyed by a thunderbolt. Allwere drowned with th
RM2AJM5XE–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . t, and admitting a sloping carriage-way;the two gates on each side were reached by fivesteps ; beyond was a portico, and rising abovethis another portico. On each side of theentrance were wings, each intended to have asmall outer and a large inner hall (in thesmaller northern hall were paintings by Poly-gnotus, whence it was sometimes called thePinakotheke); but the plan of making the wingon the right or south side symmetrical in sizeand form with the left wing was not carriedout, probably because it would have encroachedon sacred
RM2AJFNJ2–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . igher pitch of powerand prosperity than it had previously attained.(Pol. iv. 50, v. 90, viii. 17, xxii. 27.) It was athis court that Hannibal took refuge; and whenthe Romans demanded the surrender of theCarthaginian general, the kii 4 basely gave hisconsent, and Hannibal only escaped falling intothe hands of his enemies by a voluntary death(Nep. Hann. 10; Just, xxxii. i).—2. II., kingof Bithynia, son and successor of the preced-ing, reigned from about 180 to 149. He courtedassiduously the alliance of the Romans. Hecarried on war wi
RM2AJH9A3–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . Alcldes or Alcaeus (from his grandfather,Alceus or Alcaeus, the father of Amphitryon)—and ordered him to live at Tiryns, and to serveEurystheus for the space of twelve years, afterwhich he should become immortal. Heraclesaccordingly went to Tiryns, and executed thetwelve labours which Eurystheus ordered himto perform.—The number twelve is not found inthe older writers, and the complete cycle is madeup by later additions. It is probably of Phoeni-cian origin, and is borrowed from the twelve signsof the Zodiac in connexion with the w
RM2AJJKF8–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . h wasprobably simpler, and started with those whofirst beheld an equestrian tribe from the Northsettling in Thessaly at a time when horses werenot ridden in Greece, and imagined the horseand its rider to be one being. The name bull - spearers or bull - goaders (kevreiv :ravpos) suggests either the hunting of bulls bymounted Thessalians (Schol. ad Pind. I.e.), orthe driving of bulls by mounted 1 cowboys(Serv. ad Georg. iii. 115). But whatever theorigin of the myth, the Centaurs, like theSatyrs, represented unbridled animal passions,
RM2AJFH03–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . rtm Suumarhin, to distinguish it from the it has been called since the middle ages, the following one. 3. N. Domitiani, constructed Colosseum or Coliseum, a name said to be de- by the emperor Domitian, probably on the other rived from the Colossus of Nero, which once side of the Tiber under the Vatican and the stood near, but had been destroyed U-fore tin: ( in ns Neronis.—X. Thermae. The Thermae name was given to the amphitheatre It is were some of the most magnificent buildings of more likely that the name (which first appears j
RM2AJKTXC–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . ,and how thev reached Greece in connexion AMBRACIUS 59 Ambiatlnus Vicus, a place in the country ofthe Treviri near Coblenz, where the emperorCaligula was born (Suet. Cal. 8). Ambibari, an Armoric people in Gaul, nearthe modern Ambieres in Xormandy (Caes. B. G.vii. 75). Ambiliati, a Gallic people, perhaps in Brit-tany I Caes. B. G. iii. 9). Ambiorix, a chief of the Eburones in Gaul,cut to pieces, in conjunction with Cativolcus,the Roman troops under Sabinus and Cotta,who were stationed for the winter in the terri-tories of the Eburo
![www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . gical workentitled Upovo-ypacpla, and a grammatical work,On the Old Attic Comedy. The best collectionof his fragments is by Bernhardy; Eratosthe-trica, Berol. 1822. Erbessus (Ep$ri(T<r6s), a town in Sicily, NE.of Agrigentum, near the sources of the Acragas,which must not be confounded with the townHerbessus near Syracuse (Pol. i. 18). Ercta (ElpKT^i, or EipKral), a fortress in Sicily,on a hill with a harbour, near Panormus.[Hamilcab.] Erebus (Epe/3os), son of Chaos, begot Aetherand Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night), his sister.The nam Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AJHPW6/wwwflickrcomphotosinternetarchivebookimagestagsbook-gical-workentitled-upovo-ypacpla-and-a-grammatical-workon-the-old-attic-comedy-the-best-collectionof-his-fragments-is-by-bernhardy-eratosthe-trica-berol-1822-erbessus-epritltr6s-a-town-in-sicily-neof-agrigentum-near-the-sources-of-the-acragaswhich-must-not-be-confounded-with-the-townherbessus-near-syracuse-pol-i-18-ercta-elpkti-or-eipkral-a-fortress-in-sicilyon-a-hill-with-a-harbour-near-panormus-hamilcab-erebus-epe3os-son-of-chaos-begot-aetherand-hemera-day-by-nyx-night-his-sisterthe-nam-2AJHPW6.jpg "www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . gical workentitled Upovo-ypacpla, and a grammatical work,On the Old Attic Comedy. The best collectionof his fragments is by Bernhardy; Eratosthe-trica, Berol. 1822. Erbessus (Ep$ri(T<r6s), a town in Sicily, NE.of Agrigentum, near the sources of the Acragas,which must not be confounded with the townHerbessus near Syracuse (Pol. i. 18). Ercta (ElpKT^i, or EipKral), a fortress in Sicily,on a hill with a harbour, near Panormus.[Hamilcab.] Erebus (Epe/3os), son of Chaos, begot Aetherand Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night), his sister.The nam Stock Photo")
RM2AJHPW6–www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/book... . gical workentitled Upovo-ypacpla, and a grammatical work,On the Old Attic Comedy. The best collectionof his fragments is by Bernhardy; Eratosthe-trica, Berol. 1822. Erbessus (Ep$ri(T<r6s), a town in Sicily, NE.of Agrigentum, near the sources of the Acragas,which must not be confounded with the townHerbessus near Syracuse (Pol. i. 18). Ercta (ElpKT^i, or EipKral), a fortress in Sicily,on a hill with a harbour, near Panormus.[Hamilcab.] Erebus (Epe/3os), son of Chaos, begot Aetherand Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night), his sister.The nam