Lacedæmon, i. 283.
Lacinium, i. 223.
Laconia described, i. 283.
Lactes, iii. 71.
Lactoris, v. 68.
“Lactuca,” whence derived, iv. 181.
Lacus, iv. 109.
Lacydes and his goose, ii. 499.
Ladanum, iii. 132, 133, 134; v. 171, 172.
Læstrygones, i. 194.
Lagara, wine of, iii. 243.
Lagenæ, iii. 242.
Lagine, v. 56.
Lagopos, ii. 529; v. 173, 174.
Laina, iii. 132.
Laippus, vi. 170, 176.
Laïs, v. 368.
Laletanum, wine of, iii. 244.
Lalisiones, ii. 326.
Lambs, ii. 331.
Lamia, L., ii. 210.
Lamia (fish), ii. 411.
Lamium, iv. 404, 405; v. 254.
Lamp-black, iii. 259, 263; vi. 241.
Lamp-stands, vi. 152.
Lampedusa, i. 403.
Lampido, ii. 188.
Lamprey, ii. 394.
Lampsacus, i. 308, 389.
Lanata, iii. 297.
Land, fishes that live upon, ii. 471, 472
—buying of, iv. 11, 12, 13
—manuring of, iv. 68, 69
—laying out of, iv. 114-117.
Lands, separated by the sea, i. 119
—changed into sea i. 119, 120
—swallowed up by the sea, i. 120.
Landslips, i. 115, 116; iii. 527.
Language, iii. 95.
Lantern-fish, ii. 415.
Laocoön, the Belvedere, vi. 320.
Laodice, ii. 146.
Laodicea, i. 437, 441, 460.
Lapathum, iv. 287, 288.
Lapdogs, i. 267
—nursing of, v. 437.
Lapidaries, vi. 389.
Lapis lazuli, vi. 432.
Lapithæ, i. 295.
Lappa, iv. 358.
Lappa boaria, v. 194.
Lappa canaria, v. 71.
Lappago, v. 192, 193.
Lapsana, iv. 188, 241.
Lapwing, ii. 512.
Lar, v. 285.
Larch, iii. 357, 359, 414, 416; v. 13.
Lard, v. 324, 325, 326.
Lares, iii. 331
—Compitales, i. 203.
Larinus, vi. 63.
Larisa, i. 294.
Lartius Licinius, v. 480.
Larvæ, iii. 519.
Laser, i. 396, 398; iii. 399; iv. 145, 147, 432, 433, 434.
Laserpitium, iv. 144-147, 148.
Latace, v. 159.
Latera, Lake, ii. 374.
Lathyris, v. 252.
Laticlave tunic, ii. 331, 335, 447
—purple, 442.
Latium described, i. 191.
Latin confederacy, i. 205.
Latin Festival, v. 233.
Latiniensian wines, iii. 242.
Latinitas, i. 155.
Latmus, i. 467.
Latona, i. 319.
Latro, Porcius, iv. 263.
Laughing-plant, v. 66.
Laughter, absence of, ii. 159
—description of, iii. 70, 71
—persons die with, when pierced, 71
—connected with the spleen, 73.
Laurea, Tullius, v. 473.
Laurel, oil of, iii. 288
—varieties of, 332, 333, 334
—anecdotes connected with, it, 334-337
—never struck by lightning, 335
—crackles in the fire, 335
—remedies derived from, iv. 516-519.
Lauriotis, vi. 203.
Lauron, wine of, iii. 244.
Laurus cassia, iii. 153.
Lavender, iii. 120; iv. 338; v. 169.
Laver, v. 172.
Laws, first introduction of, ii. 220.
_See also_ “Twelve Tables.”
Layers, trees propagated from, iii. 475, 476, 477.
Leæna, her fortitude, ii. 164; vi. 179.
Lead, vi. 112, 212-218.
Lead-wort, v. 141, 142.
Leaf-gold, vi. 96, 97.
Leather, tanning of, iii. 201
—preparation of, v. 38
—dyeing of, 71.
Leaven, iv. 38, 39.
Leaves, trees that never lose their, iii. 118
—of trees described, 374-379
—of plants, iv. 356.
Lebanon, i. 435.
Lebedos, i. 469.
Lecanomancy, v. 427.
Lecheæ, i. 278.
Lectisternia, vi. 10.
Leda (plant), iii. 133.
Leeches, vi. 29, 51.
Leeks, iv. 173, 174, 223, 224, 225
—juice of, poisonous, 174.
Lees, of sapa, iv. 484
—of wine, 482, 483
—of vinegar, 483.
Legacy-hunting, iii. 217.
Legion, the fifth, iii. 43.
Leguminous grain, iv. 106, 107.
Leguminous plants, iv. 43, 44, 81
—insects that breed in, iv. 455.
Leleges, i. 292, 478.
Lemanus, Lake, i. 175.
Lemnisci, iv. 306.
Lemnos described, i. 324
—earth of, vi. 236, 237
—Labyrinth of, vi. 341.
Lemonium, v. 122.
Lenæus, Pompeius, v. 78, 79.
Lentils, iv. 46, 448, 449.
Lentisk, iii. 132, 323; v. 17, 19, 20.
Lentulus, ii. 147.
Leochares, vi. 169, 182, 316, 317.
Leonatus, ii. 60.
Leonidas, tutor of Alexander, iii. 128.
Leontice, v. 133.
Leontios, vi. 460.
Leontiscus, vi. 174.
Leontopetalon, v. 252.
Leontophonus, ii. 310.
Leontopodion, v. 173.
Leopard, how produced, ii. 264, 265.
Lepanto, i. 175.
Lepas, vi. 63.
Lepidi, family of the, ii. 145.
Lepidotis, vi. 452.
Lepidus, M., ii. 181; vi. 272, 324, 348.
Lepis, vi. 194, 195.
Lepontii, i. 254, 255.
Leprosy, v. 153.
Leptis, i. 391, 393.
Leptophyllos, v. 180.
Leptorragæ, iii. 220.
Lerida, i. 166.
Lernæa, a parasitical class of insects, ii. 390.
Leros, i. 322.
Lesbias, vi. 452.
Lesbos, described, i. 487
—wines of, iii. 245.
Lethargus, iv. 461.
Lethargy, v. 198, 355; vi. 49.
Lethe, v. 477.
Letters, origin of, i. 424; ii. 220, 221
—ancient, 236.
Lettuce, iv. 180, 181, 182, 228-232.
Leucacantha, iv. 405; v. 263.
Leucacanthos, iv. 353.
Leucadia, i. 274.
Leucanthemum, iv. 378; v. 263.
Leucanthemus, iv. 411, 412.
Leucanthes, iv. 383.
Leucatas, i. 494.
Leucate, i. 274.
Leuce, i. 315, 471.
Leuce (plant), v. 254, 255.
Leuceoron, v. 173.
Leucimna, i. 310.
Leucochrysos, vi. 435, 453.
Leucocoüm, iii. 247, 248.
Leucogæa, vi. 449, 476.
Leucographis, v. 255.
Leucographitis, vi. 449.
Leucopetra, i. 210.
Leucophoron, vi. 98, 99, 237, 238.
Leucophthalmos, vi. 452.
Leucopœcilos, vi. 453.
Leucosyri, ii. 7.
Leucrocotta, ii. 279.
Leuctra, i. 283.
Libadion, v. 104.
Libanian wine, iii. 262.
Libanochrus, vi. 453.
Libanotis, iv. 203, 267.
Libanus, i. 435.
Libations, iii. 262.
Libella, vi. 89.
Liber (the divinity), i. 290; ii. 167; vi. 316.
Libera, vi. 316.
Liberal arts, iii. 217; iv. 391.
Libethra, i. 296.
Libo, Scribonius, vi. 346.
Library, first public, ii. 177.
Libs, iv. 116.
Liburnia described, i. 257.
Liburnica, ii. 365.
Libya, i. 374
—Mareotis, described, i. 401.
Lilybæum, i. 218.
Libycum, iv. 245, 246.
Libyphœnices, i. 390.
Libyssa, i. 494.
Lice, remedies for, iii. 40; v. 409.
Lichen, remedies for the disease, iv. 208; v. 152, 153, 154,
160, 161; vi. 35.
Lichens, iii. 145, 146
—on plumtrees, iv. 508.
Liciniani, ii. 150.
Life, the duration of, ii. 132, 133, 200-205
—the frailty of, 141, 142
—the uncertain tenure of, 206
—persons who have returned to, 210
—whether the blood is the principle of, iii. 80.
Light, emitted from the eyes of dead fish, iii. 54
—from rotten wood, 54.
Lightning, particulars connected with, i. 69, 70, 84, 85, 86; v. 471
—its effects, i. 81, 82
—objects struck by, 86
—not struck by, 86, 87
—of a remarkable nature, ii. 200
—expiation for, iii. 302, 310.
Liguria described, i. 184.
Ligurians, i. 185.
Ligusticum, iv. 265.
Ligustrum, iii. 146; v. 32.
Lily, iv. 314, 315, 316, 366, 367.
Limbs, of animals, iii. 43
—superfluous, 95.
Lime (tree), iii. 366, 367; v. 23.
Lime (for building), vi. 373, 375.
Limestone, iii. 455.
Limeum, v. 254.
Limonia, iv. 425, 426.
Limoniatis, vi. 453.
Limonion, iv. 233.
Limonite, vi. 363.
Limyra, i. 455.
Linden-tree, iii. 366, 367; v. 23.
Lindos, i. 483.
Linen, iv. 132, 133; v. 273
—when first dyed, iv. 138
—bleaching of, iv. 279.
Lingua (plant), v. 69.
Lingulaca, v. 132, 133.
Linnet, ii. 522.
Linozostis, v. 92, 93, 94.
Linseed, iv. 135, 294, 295.
Linus (river), v. 475.
Lion, how produced, =ii.= 264, 265, 266
—different species of, 266
—its food, 266, 267
—attacks men, 267
—its alleged clemency, 267, 271
—its anger and courage, 268
—terrified by the crowing of a cock, 269
—when first exhibited at Rome, 269
—how caught, 270
—wonderful feats by, 270
—harnessed, 270
—its gratitude, 271, 272
—killed by the leontophonus, 310
—killed by a dog, 315
—its breath fœtid, =iii.= 97
—remedies derived from, =v.= 308.
Lion-crab, ii. 425.
Lipara, i. 221.
Liparæ, vi. 219.
Liparæan islands, i. 221.
Liparea, vi. 453.
Liparis, river, i. 450; v. 478.
Lips, iii. 56.
Liqueurs, iii. 247.
Liquorice, iv. 351, 399, 400; v. 110, 163, 217.
Lirinon, iv. 314.
Lisbon, i. 364.
Liternum, ii. 311; iii. 234.
Litharge, vi. 117, 118.
Lithontriptics, v. 444; vi. 28.
Lithospermum, v. 253, 254.
Live iron, vi. 209.
Liver, of the goose used for food, ii. 499
—described, iii. 67, 68
—wanting in victims, 68
—sometimes double, 68
—increase of, with the moon, 70
—its powers of preservation, 70
—remedies for complaints of, v. 344
—remedies for pains in, 438, 439; vi. 39.
Livia Augusta, her longevity, iii. 239
—omen of the laurel, 336.
Livy, ii. 114
—his birthplace, i. 252
—his works quoted, 5, 87, 88, 105, 143, 187, 224, 229, 297, 478;
ii. 136.
Livy, the Younger, i. 497.
Lixos, i. 375, 376.
Lizards, ii. 299, 312; v. 397, 402, 403, 414, 415, 417
—gigantic, ii. 312
—spotted, iii. 31.
Loadstone, vi. 209, 355. 356.
Localities of trees, iii. 370, 371, 372.
Lochia polyrrhizos, v. 116, 117, 118.
Lochius, Publilius, vi. 301, 302.
Loci, iii. 75.
Lockets, v. 435.
Locri, i. 222.
Locrians, Epicnemidian, i. 192.
Locris described, i. 276.
“Locuples,” derivation of the word, iv. 5.
Locusta (the botanic term), iv. 455.
Locusts, ii. 133; iii. 55, 56, 57
—plagues of, 36, 37
—eaten, 37
—remedies derived from, v. 403.
Loins, remedies for pains in the, v. 344, 345, 440, 441.
Loligo, ii. 389, 416, 417.
Lollia Paulina, her pearls, ii. 437, 438.
Lollius, M. ii. 438.
Lomentum, vi. 108, 109, 142.
Lonchitis, v. 134.
Long life, indications of, iii. 96.
Longompori, ii. 103.
Longula, i. 206.
Longulanus, C. Severus, ii. 148; vi. 303.
Lopadusa, i. 403.
Lophius piscatorius, ii. 412.
Lora, iii. 234, 251,
Loretum, iii. 337.
Lorum, vi. 72.
Lotapea, v. 425.
Lotometra, iv. 412, 413.
Lotophagi, i. 393.
Lotus, iii. 439; iv. 358, 412; v. 3, 4
—of Africa, iii. 198
—of Egypt and the Euphrates, 199, 200
—aged, 430.
Louis XIV. of France, ii. 153.
Louse-plant, iv. 464.
Lovage, iv. 194, 195, 265.
Luca, i. 187.
Lucan, his “Pharsalia” quoted, i. 57, 86, 107, 117, 177, 185, 241,
261, 375, 413, 431; ii. 37, 283; iv 124, 226, 280, 321, 481,
516; v. 73, 129.
Lucania described, i. 207.
Lucanian oxen, ii. 251.
Lucanus, C. Terentius, vi. 246.
Lucanus (a beetle), v. 454.
Lucca, i. 187.
Lucentum, i. 164.
Lucerne (plant), iv. 53, 54.
Lucian, his birth-place, i. 443.
Lucifer, i. 29.
Lucilius, C., mentioned, ii. 355
—quoted, vi. 377.
Lucretius, T., mentioned, ii. 554
—quoted, i. 133, 205; ii. 137, 553; iv. 138, 321.
Lucrinus, Lake, i. 196; ii. 372
—emissary of, vi. 354.
Lucullan marble, vi. 325.
Lucullus, L., i. 306; ii. 8, 9; v. 87, 159; vi. 285, 302
—his largesses in wine, iii. 255
—introduces the cherry into Italy, 322
—his want of moderation, v. 297.
Lucullus. M., i. 338.
Ludius, vi. 270.
Lugdunensis (Gallia) described, i. 355.
Lugdunum, i. 357.
Luna, i. 187
—wines of, iii. 242
—marble of, vi. 325.
Lungs, iii. 67.
Luperci, vi. 155.
Lupines, iv. 49, 50, 452, 453.
Lupus (fish), ii. 392, 399.
Lurco, M., Aufidius, ii. 496
Lusitania described, i. 363
—its fertility, ii. 322.
Lustra, vi. 228.
Lustration, ii. 522.
Lutarius, ii. 402.
Luxor, i. 416.
Luxury, appliances of, found in the sea, ii. 429
—excesses of, iii. 167, 168
—in woods, 429.
Lycanthropy, ii. 283.
Lycaon, the animal, ii. 304.
Lycaonia described, i. 451.
Lycapsos, v. 252, 253.
Lyceas, vi. 385.
Lychnis (plant), iv. 313, 337, 381
—agria, v. 131.
Lychnis (stone), vi. 424, 425.
Lychnitis, v. 127, 128.
Lychnomancy, v. 427.
Lycia described, i. 455.
Lycium, iv. 499, 501; v. 50, 51, 103.
Lycius, vi. 169, 182.
Lycophthalmos, vi. 459.
Lycus, the physician, iii. 157.
Lycus, river, ii. 3, 8.
Lydda, i. 428.
Lydia described, i. 465.
Lygdinus, vi. 330.
Lygos, v. 26.
Lyncestis, i. 299.
Lyncarium ii. 310; vi. 404, 405.
Lynx, ii. 278. 284, 310; v. 319; vi. 398.
Lyons, i. 357.
Lyron, v. 129, 130.
Lysander, i. 308.
Lysias, vi. 319.
Lysimachia, v. 106.
Lysimachos (stone) vi. 453.
Lysimachus the historian, ii. 357.
Lysimachus strangles a lion, ii. 270.
Lysippus, ii. 184; vi. 169, 174, 175, 176.
Lysistratus, vi. 169.
Lyson, vi. 187.
Lystra, i. 492.
Lytarmis, ii. 24.
M.
Mabog, i. 439
Macaron, i. 339.
Mace, iii. 114.
Macedonia described, i. 261, 297.
Macedonicus, Q. Metellus, ii. 149, 193, 194.
Macer, Æmilius, ii. 477.
Macer, Calvus Licinius, iv. 204; vi. 144.
Macir, iii. 114.
Mackerel, ii. 386, 387.
Macrobii, ii. 101, 132, 133.
Macrobius quoted, vi. 458.
Macrocollum, iii. 190.
Macron Teichos, i. 305.
Mad dog, bite of, ii. 316, 317; iv. 248; v. 83, 84, 331, 405, 406,
407; vi. 23, 210.
Maddening honey, iv. 342.
Madder, iv. 148; v. 38, 39.
Madeira, ii. 106.
Madness, canine, ii. 316
—caused by animals licking the skin, iii. 61.
Madon, v. 107.
Madrepores, iii. 210, 211; v. 225.
Mæander, i. 461, 463, 467.
Mæcenas, C. Cilnius, ii. 476.
Mæcenatian wines, iii. 242.
Mæna, ii. 413.
Mænalus, i. 287.
Mænian column, ii. 238.
Mænius, C., vi. 156.
Mæonia, i. 465.
Mæotis (fish), vi. 63.
Mæotis. _See_ “Palus Mæotis.”
Maggots, ii. 546; iii. 42
—in the brains of stags, 48.
Magi, ii. 70; iv. 380, 383, 384, 398, 410, 414; v. 31, 62, 64, 65,
66, 67, 124, 159, 293, 398, 428; vi. 21.
Magic (including amulets, charms, enchantments, philtres, spells,
and superstitions), =i.= 83, 84; =iii.= 30, 435, 534, 535;
iv. 18, 44, 49, 60, 102, 105, 178, 199, 234, 243, 325, 336,
372, 373, 380, 385, 398, 414, 445, 496, 510; =v.= 22, 28, 30,
31, 35, 42, 46, 47, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71,
73, 82, 87, 89, 97, 125, 131, 139, 159, 160, 188, 189, 191,
248, 254, 256, 257, 265, 266, 269, 279, 281, 282, 283, 284,
285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 291, 292, 293, 294, 298, 299, 301,
302, 304, 305, 306, 307, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 316, 317,
331, 339, 340, 345, 346, 349, 350, 354, 355, 361, 364, 365,
366, 367, 390, 394, 395, 398, 399, 400, 410, 411, 421, 422,
423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 435, 436, 439, 440, 441,
443, 448, 451, 453, 454, 455, 456, 458, 463, 464, 466, 467,
468, 522; =vi.= 3, 4, 11, 12, 19, 21, 22, 23, 32, 39, 47, 48,
57, 205, 210, 327, 328, 360, 361, 362, 404, 405, 408, 424, 429,
431, 434, 437, 438, 441, 442, 444, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451,
453, 461.
Magical plants, v. 62-68.
Magicians, v. 159
—their practices, v. 313
—and Magic, a history of, v. 421-429.
Magma, iii. 166.
Magna Græcia, i. 182
—described, i. 222.
Magnes, vi. 355.
Magnesia described, i. 296.
Magnet, vi. 209, 356, 356.
Magnetes, i. 471.
Magnitude of the stars, i. 85, 86.
Mago, his writings, iv. 10
—quoted, iii. 488; iv. 360, 361.
Magon, i. 212.
Magpie, ii. 508, 522.
Magydaris, iv. 147, 148.
Maiæ, ii. 425.
Maigre, ii. 392, 396.
Majorca, i. 211.
Makron Teichos, iii. 208.
Mala, iii. 293.
Malaca, i. 156.
Malache, iv. 284.
Malachite, vi. 429.
Maladies, in which wine should be administered, iv. 274, 275, 276
—peculiar to various nations, v. 271, 272.
Malaga, i. 156.
Malea, i. 283.
Maledictions, iii. 82.
Maleus, ii. 46.
Maleventum, i. 229.
Maliac Gulf, i. 293.
Mallet-shoots, iii. 148.
Mallos, i. 447.
Mallow-tree, iv. 156.
Mallows, iv. 218, 282-285.
Malobathrum, iii. 153; iv. 493.
Malope, iv. 284.
Maltha, i. 138, 139; vi. 375.
Malum terra, v. 288.
Malundrum, v. 167, 168.
Malvane, i. 385.
Malvoisie, iii. 244.
Mamertine wines, iii. 242.
Mammæ, iii. 82.
Mamurra, vi. 324.
Man, his obligations to Nature, =ii.= 117
—the only tearful animal, 118
—his helplessness, 119
—the frail tenure of his life, 120
—his inhumanity to man, 120
—diversified powers and might of Nature displayed in, 121
—his brain, =iii.= 47, 48
—his face, 49
—his forehead, 49
—his eye-brows, 49
—his eyes, 49, 50, 51
—peculiarities in his members, 86
—resembled by the ape, 86, 87
—his audacity, =iv.= 130, 131
—remedies derived from, =v.= 276, 277, 278, 286, 287, 288.
Mancinus, L. H., vi. 231.
Mandi, ii. 133.
Mandragora, v. 138, 139, 140.
Mandrake, of Scripture, iv. 397
—superstitions as to, v. 139.
Manes, existence of the, ii. 218.
Manfredonia, i. 227.
Manganese, vi. 330, 380.
Mangrove, iii. 117.
Mani, ii. 455, 456.
Manilius, M. ii. 554
—his alleged work quoted, i. 19, 26, 57.
Manilius Antiochus, vi. 302.
Manna, iii. 115, 128; v. 25.
Manteium, ii. 8.
Mantichora, ii. 280, 297.
Mantinea, i. 286.
Mantua, i. 252.
Manure, iii. 456-460, 472, 481.
Manuring, of trees, iii. 531, 532
—of land, iv. 68, 69.
Mapalia, i. 387.
Maple, iii. 367; v. 21.
Marathon, i. 290
—battle of, vi. 248.
Marble, i. 388, 496; iii. 439; vi. 306-309, 323-328
—coloured, vi. 224.
Marcasite, vi. 440.
Marcellus, M., ii. 166; iii. 68; vi. 390.
March, Ides of, iv. 84.
Marchantia, v. 161.
Marcia, i. 81.
Marcian Waters, v. 487.
Marcion, v. 369.
Marcipor, vi. 81.
Mare that conquered when with foal, ii. 543.
Mareotis, Lake, i. 401, 419.
Mares impregnated by the wind, i. 365; ii. 322.
Margarides, iii. 175.
Margiane, ii. 31.
Margus, ii. 31.
Maria, tomb of, vi. 409.
Mariandyni, ii. 3.
Marius, C., i. 176, 195, 199; ii. 485; iii. 88, 89; iv. 13;
vi. 73, 136.
Mariva, ii. 89.
Marjoram, iv. 268, 334, 335.
Market-dues, iv. 152, 153.
Marl, iii. 453, 454, 455.
Marmaridæ, i. 397.
Marmaritis, v. 64.
Maronean wine, ii. 236.
Marriage customs, ii. 336; iii. 315, 316; v. 382.
Marrow, iii. 63, 76; v. 327
—spinal, iii. 76, 77
—human, produces serpents, ii. 345.
Marrubium, iv. 290, 271, 292.
Mars, ii. 23
—Ultor, vi. 206.
Marsi, ii. 126; v. 81.
Marsian War, ii. 137; iii. 329, 332.
Marsus, Domitius, vi. 221.
Marsyas, i. 234, 461, 462; ii. 281; iv. 307; v. 478, 479.
Marsyas of Macedon, iii. 157.
Marten, ii. 308.
Martial quoted, i. 92, 122, 249; ii. 333; iv. 184, 430; v. 19; vi. 80,
92, 131, 132, 182, 266, 402.
Martinet, ii. 521.
Marum, iii. 147.
Marvellous works in Egypt, vi. 334-340.
Marvels connected with fire, vi. 383.
Masks of Comedy, v. 134.
Masinissa, i. 387, 391—ii. 150, 201.
Maspetum, iv. 146.
Massagetæ, ii. 34.
Massaris, iii. 155; iv. 461.
Massæsyli, i. 383.
Massic wine, iii. 241.
Massica, i. 195.
Massicot, vi. 240.
Massilia, i. 177
—wines of, iii. 242.
Mastich, iii. 132; v. 17, 19, 20.
Mastos, v. 214.
Masts, invention of, ii. 235.
Mastya, ii. 3.
Matapan, i. 282.
Mattiacum, v. 479.
Mauri, i. 383.
Mauritania, the two kingdoms of, i. 374.
Maurusii, i. 383.
Mausoleum described, vi. 316, 317.
Mausolus, v. 106; vi. 316, 324.
Maximus, the dwarf, ii. 157.
Maxula, i. 390.
Mead, iii. 261.
Meal, various kinds of, iv. 441, 442.
Measures, Greek and Roman—_See_ “Introduction to vol. iii.”
—invention of, ii. 226.
Mecenius, Egnatius, slays his wife, iii. 252.
Mecon aphrodes, v. 261.
Meconis, iv. 231.
Meconitis, vi. 453.
Meconium, iv. 277.
Medea, i. 258, 266, 306; ii. 10; v. 81; vi. 453.
Media described, ii. 28, 69.
Medica, iv. 53, 54.
Medicaments for trees, iii. 532, 533, 534.
Medicinal compositions, remarks in disparagement of, iv. 439, 440.
Medicinal remedies borrowed from animals, ii. 291-294.
Medical art, origin of the, ii. 224; v. 370
—the frauds of, 3
—the practice of, 156, 157, 158, 376-381
—changes in the system of, 374.
Mediolanum, i. 247.
Medion, v. 255.
Mediterranean, trees and shrubs of, iii. 209, 210.
Medius, iv. 302.
Medusa, ii. 106.
Medusæ, vi. 46.
Medlar, iii. 314; iv. 512.
Megabyzus, vi. 261, 275.
Megalium, iii. 164.
Megara, i. 289—iv. 244
—prophecy of the fall of, iii. 418, 419.
Megaris, i. 288.
Megasthenes, i. 499.
Megisba, ii. 53.
Mela, M. Annæus, iv. 174.
Mela, Pomponius, i. 268
—quoted, i. 177, 336, 337, 364, 403, 405.
Melamphyllos, iv. 421.
Melampodes, ii. 179
—understood the language of birds, 530.
Melamprasion, v. 236.
Melampsythium, iii. 248.
Melanaëtos, ii. 481.
Melanchlæni, ii. 11.
Melancholy, remedies for, v. 355.
Melancoryphus, ii. 511; vi. 428, 442.
Melancranis, iv. 361.
Melandrya, ii. 385.
Melanthion, iv. 270, 271.
Melanthius, vi. 245, 303.
Melanurus, vi. 9, 63.
Melas, i. 449.
Meleager, i. 275, 322.
Meleagrides, ii. 507; iv. 151.
Meles, ii. 310.
Melichloros, vi. 460.
Melichrus, vi. 460.
Melichrysos, vi. 436.
Melicraton, iii. 261.
Melilote, iv. 330, 335, 336, 374.
Melinum, iii. 161; iv. 497; vi. 238.
Melissophyllum, iv. 247, 248, 340, 373, 374.
Melissus, C. Mæcenas, ii. 240; v. 299.
Melitæi, i. 267.
Melite, i. 267.
Melitene, i. 442; ii. 7.
Melitinus, vi. 360, 361.
Melitites, iii. 250; iv. 438.
Melligo, iii. 6.
Melons, iv. 158.
Melothron, iv. 466, 467.
Members of man, peculiarities in, iii. 86.
Memnon, ii. 99
—birds of, 506
—statue of, vi. 328, 329.
Memnonia, vi. 453.
Memnonides, ii. 506; iv. 151.
Memory, ii. 164, 165
—loss of, 165
—seat of, iii. 88.
Memphis, i. 409.
Menæchmus, i. 372; vi. 145, 182, 183.
Menander, ii. 357; iv. 205; vi. 146.
Menander, the poet, ii. 175; v. 423, 523; vi. 323
—quoted, iv. 28, 295, 519; vi. 30.
Menapii, i. 353.
Menas, vi. 302.
Mendes, the unguents of, iii. 160, 161.
Menecrates (artist), vi. 302.
Menecrates, the poet, ii. 357.
Menenius Agrippa, vi. 131.
Menestratus, vi. 317.
Meninx, i. 402.
Menismini, ii. 135.
Menodorus, vi. 187.
Menogenes the cook, ii. 147.
Menstrual discharge, ii. 151, 152
—marvels connected with, v. 304-307.
Menstruation, ii. 150, 151, 152; iv. 199.
Mentastrum, iv. 256.
Mentor, the artist, ii. 185; vi. 135, 138.
Mentor and the Lion, ii. 271.
Mephitis, Temple of, i. 122.
Mercurialis, v. 92, 93, 94.
Merges, iv. 103.
Merida, i. 366.
Mermaids, ii. 363.
Mer-men, ii. 363.
Meroë, i. 107, 411; ii. 100, 101.
Meroïs, v. 65.
Merops, ii. 516.
Mesembria, i. 306.
Mesogitic wine, iii. 246.
Mesoleucon, v. 254, 255.
Mesoleucos, vi. 454.
Mesopotamia, i. 444; ii. 70.
Messages, by pigeons, ii. 519.
Messala, the censor, ii. 147.
Messala, M. V., ii. 477; vi. 144
—owed his healthiness to wine, iii. 243.
Messala, vi. 221.
Messalina, ii. 541; v. 373.
Messalinus, Cotta, iii. 276.
Messana, i. 217.
Messapia, i. 225.
Messene, i. 282.
Messenia, i. 282.
Messina, i. 217.
Mestus, i. 304.
Metæ, i. 34.
Metagonitis, i. 387.
Metalla, vi. 350, 351.
Metals, soldering of, vi. 111.
Metapontum, i. 224.
Metellus, L., ii. 131, 192; iv. 8.
Metellus, Q., ii. 191, 192.
Metellus, the pontiff, his articulation, iii. 62.
Meteorites, vi. 438.
Meteors, i. 59, 60, 63, 64.
Methone, i. 282, 296.
Methora, ii. 46.
Methymna, i. 487.
Metimanus, ii. 150.
Meton, iv. 127.
Metopium, iii. 161, 162, 288, 289.
Metrodorus, artist and philosopher, vi. 277, 303.
Metrodorus, of Chios, iv. 303.
Metrodorus, of Scepsis, i. 270.
Meum, iv. 295, 296.
Meuse, i. 348.
Mevania, i. 239.
Mica, vi. 369.
Micciades, vi. 308.
Mice, of Pontus, =ii.= 308
—that swallow gold, 350, 351
—various kinds of, 350, 351
—prognostics derived from, 350
—that gnaw iron, 350
—singing, 351
—of the Nile, 472
—their fecundity, 544, 545
—remedies derived from, v. 392.
_Also see_ “Mouse.”
Micipsa, i. 391.
Micon, vi. 141, 186, 241, 249, 281.
Mictis, i. 351.
Micton, iv. 303.
Midas, vi. 71.
Migration of birds, ii. 503-506.
Milan, i. 247, 248.
Mildew, iii. 529; iv. 96, 97.
Miletus (place), i. 466, 467.
Miletus (writer), v. 368.
Milfoil, v. 61, 221.
Miliaria, iv. 455.
Militaris, v. 68.
Military services, gifts for, vi. 86.
Milk, offerings of, i. 4
—particulars relative to, iii. 83
—in woman, 83
—in animals, 83
—what is the thinnest, 84
—the richest, 84
—curdled, iv. 257, 258
-impregnated by plants, v. 116
—of Arcadia, 116
—woman’s, remedies from, 302, 303
—medicinal uses of, 319-322.
Milky Way, iv. 98.
Millefolium, v. 61.
Millepedes, v. 417.
Millet, iv. 38, 444
—wine from, iii. 256.
Milliarium aureum, i. 203.
Millstones, vi. 339.
Milo, T. Annius, i. 88; vi. 346, 347.
Milo the wrestler, ii. 161; vi. 440.
Miltiades, vi. 248.
Miltites, vi. 363, 364.
Miltos, vi. 120.
Miltwaste, v. 228, 229.
Mimas, i. 469.
Mimosa, iii. 184; v. 43, 67.
Mind, greatness of, ii. 166
—vigour of, 166.
Mineral waters, v. 485, 494, 493, 496
—extravagant use of, 496.
Minerals of Spain, i. 173, 174.
Minerva Musica, vi. 180.
Minium, vi. 119, 120-124.
Minorca, i. 211.
Minos, ii. 89.
Minsas, v. 63.
Mint, iv. 192, 193, 256-259.
Minturnæ, i. 195.
Minute works of art, ii. 163; vi. 184, 323.
Minyanthes, iv. 375.
Miraculous properties of wines, iii. 262.
Mirage, ii. 135.
Mirmillo, ii. 148.
Mirror-stone, iv. 344; vi. 368, 369.
Mirrors, vi. 126, 127, 214, 280, 422.
Misenum, i. 196.
Mistletoe, iii. 391, 433-436; v. 5, 6.
Mists, i. 91
—prognostics derived from, iv. 122.
Misy, iv. 144; vi. 198, 199, 200.
Mithrax, vi. 453.
Mithridate, iv. 515; v. 79, 130, 380.
Mithridates, King, i. 333; ii. 19; iv. 515; v. 78, 79, 102; vi. 92,
390, 451, 467
—his extraordinary memory, ii. 165.
Mithridatia, v. 102.
Mitra, ii. 91.
Mitulus, vi. 41.
Mitylene, i. 487, 488.
Mnaseas, vi. 467.
Mnason, vi. 267.
Mnemonics, ii. 165.
Mnemosyne, fountain of, v. 477.
Mnesides, iii. 158.
Mnesigiton, ii. 243.
Mnesitheus, iv. 388.
Mocha-stone, vi. 440.
Modellers, ancient, vi. 284, 285, 286.
Modelling, the art of, vi. 283, 284, 285.
Modena, i. 242.
Modogalinga, ii. 45.
Mœnus, ii. 384.
Mœris, Lake, i. 409; vi. 336.
Mœsia, i. 264.
Molar stones, vi. 359.
Molemonium, v. 168.
Moles (abortions), ii. 151.
Moles (animals), ii. 353
—have no sight, iii. 50
—remedies derived from, v. 429.
Mollugo, v. 192, 193.
Molluscum, iii. 368.
Mollusk, vi. 65.
Molochitis, vi. 429.
Molon, v. 165, 166.
Moly, v. 87, 88.
Molybdæna (plant), v. 141, 142.
Molybdæna (metal), vi. 112, 118, 218, 219.
Molybditis, vi. 117.
Mona, i. 109, 351.
Monapia, i. 351.
Monarchy, ii. 227.
Monboddo, Lord, his theory, ii. 134.
Mongols, ii. 9, 15.
Monkeys, ii. 347.
Monoceros, ii. 281.
Monochromes, vi. 247.
Monocoli, ii. 130.
Mons Sacer, the secession to, iv. 152, 153.
Monsters, human, ii. 136, 137; iii. 95.
Month, work to be done in each, iv. 81-108.
Moon, particulars connected with the, i. 31-34, 36-40
—its effect upon fish, ii. 424
—its influence, iii. 415, 417, 480; iv. 97, 107, 110, 111
—revolutions of, 111, 112
—conjunction of, 101
—prognostics from, 119, 120.
Moons, several seen at once, i. 63.
Moral disposition, indications of from the appearance, iii. 96.
Morbus pediculosus, ii. 191, 209.
Morimarusa, i. 342.
Morini, i. 353.
Morion, v. 138, 139, 140.
Mormorion, vi. 453.
Mormyr, vi. 65.
Morochthos, vi. 453.
Morphew, remedies for, v. 461.
Morphnos, ii. 482.
Morse, iii. 57.
Mortar, vi. 373.
Mortars, stones for, vi. 367.
Mosa, i. 348.
Mosaic pavements, vi. 378, 379.
Moses, v. 425.
Moss, iii. 154; v. 499.
Moss agate, vi. 440.
Mossylum, ii. 96.
Motacilla, ii. 551; vi. 446.
Moths, iii. 22, 41.
Motions of the stars, i. 47, 48.
Mountain green, vi. 107, 108.
Mourning, signs of, iii. 398.
Mouse, of Egypt, ii. 308
—increase of its liver, iii. 70.
_And see_ “Mice.”
Mouse-barley, iv. 445, 446; v. 250.
Mouth, the grasshopper has none, iii. 32
—remedies for sores of the, v. 431.
Mouths of the Nile, i. 420.
Mucianus, L., i. 148; ii. 138.
Mucianus, the augur, ii. 487.
Mud-mullet, ii. 402.
Mugwort, v. 107.
Mulberries, iii. 319, 320; iv. 508, 509.
Mulc, vi. 457.
Mule-gnat, iii. 21; v. 469.
Mules, ii. 323
—their nature, 324, 325
—barren, 325
—other peculiarities of, 326
—shod with gold, vi. 132.
Mulio, iii. 21; v. 469.
Mullet, ii. 397, 398, 401, 402, 403.
Mulsum, ii. 215; iii. 246; iv. 437.
Multipedes, v. 417.
Mulucha, i. 385.
Mummies, the coffins of, iii. 180.
Mummius, his capture of Corinth, vi. 163, 232.
Munatius, P., iv. 307.
Munda, i. 461; vi. 358.
“Mundus,” the term, i. 13, 14, 17.
Municipia, i. 154.
Muræna, ii. 394, 407-411; iv. 299; vi. 6, 7
—preserves for the, ii. 469.
Murex, ii. 413, 428, 441-445; vi. 29.
Muria, v. 503, 504, 509.
Murrhine vessels, vi. 70, 286, 392, 393, 394.
Murrhitis, vi. 454.
Murviedro, i. 166.
Mus, P. Decius, iv. 393.
Mus cabirinus, ii. 308.
Musa, Antonius, iv. 182; v. 372.
Musæa, vi. 366, 391.
Musæus, iv. 387.
Muscatella wine, i. 195.
Muses, i. 290, 296.
Museum, the Sallustian, ii. 157.
Mushrooms, iv. 428, 429.
Music, theatrical, iii. 408.
Musical, inventions, ii. 230
—scale applied to the pulsation, v. 372.
Musmon, ii. 339; v. 329.
Mussels, vi. 41
—gigantic, vi. 5.
Must, iii. 249, 250
—how prepared, 263, 264
—properties of, iv. 468, 469.
Mustaceum, iii. 332.
Mustard, iv. 197, 288, 289, 290.
Mustela (fish), ii. 401.
Mutina, i. 60, 142, 242.
Muza, ii. 64.
Muziris, ii. 65.
Mya margarifera, ii. 437.
Myagrus (plant), v. 256.
Myagrus (artist), vi. 188.
Myax, vi. 40.
Mycenæ, i. 284.
Mycon, vi. 152.
Myconian wine, iii. 246.
Myconos, i. 318; iii. 46.
Myes, ii. 436.
Mygdones, i. 299.
Mygdonia, i. 301.
Myiagros, ii. 507.
Myiodes, the divinity, v. 408.
Myisca, vi. 41.
Mylasa, i. 463.
Myoctonon, v. 220.
Myosota, v. 255, 256.
Myosotis, v. 255, 256.
Myosoton, v. 224.
Myra, i. 456.
Myriandros, i. 438.
Myrica, iii. 202; v. 29, 30, 31.
Myriophyllon, v. 61.
Myriza, v. 61, 62.
Myrmecides, the sculptor, ii. 163; vi. 323, 454.
Myrmecitis, vi. 459.
Myrobalanum, iii. 142, 143; iv. 495.
Myron, vi. 168, 169, 173, 174, 318.
Myrrh, iii. 129-132
—prices of, 131.
Myrrha, v. 61, 62.
Myrrhine. _See_ “Murrhine.”
Myrrhina, iii. 253.
Myrrhis, v. 61, 62, 195.
Myrsilus, i. 372.
Myrsineum, iv. 296, 297.
Myrsinitis, vi. 454.
Myrtidanum, iii. 257; iv. 521.
Myrtis, v. 195.
Myrtites, iii. 257.
Myrtle, iii. 328
—anecdotes relative to, 328, 329
—varieties of, 330, 331
—used for wines, 331
—used in ovations, 331, 332
—remedies derived from, iv. 519.
Myrtoän Sea, i. 309, 317.
Myrtopetalos, v. 259, 260.
Mys, vi. 139.
Mysia described, i. 488.
Mystus, wine of, iii. 246.
Myxa plum, iii. 178.
Myxon, vi. 33.
N.
Nabatæi, i. 422; ii. 88; iv. 364.
Nabun, ii. 277.
Nails, the human, iii. 87
—peculiarities in the, 87
—paring of, v. 285
—maladies of, 458
—malformed, vi. 53.
Napata, ii. 99.
Naphtha, i. 139; v. 476; vi. 293, 294.
Naples, i. 197.
Napy, iv. 197.
Narbonensis, i. 174
—wines of, ii. 243.
Narbonne, i. 174, 175.
Narcissinum, iii. 161.
Narcissitis, vi. 459.
Narcissus, iv. 316, 367, 368.
Nard, iii. 119, 120, 121; iv. 369, 370
—Indian, iii. 165.
Nardinum, iii. 165.
Narona, i. 260.
Narthex, iii. 205.
Nasamones, i. 397; ii. 126.
Nasamonitis, vi. 454.
Nassa, ii. 421.
Nasturtium, iv. 191, 251, 252.
“Nasutus,” the term, iii. 55.
Nations, how affected by climate, i. 110, 111
—exterminated by animals, ii. 295
—modes of cultivation pursued by various, iv. 61
—maladies peculiar to certain, v. 271, 272.
Natrix, v. 256.
Nature, considered by Pliny to be identical with God, i. 25
—her ingenuity displayed in the insect world, iii. 1, 2
—the providence manifested by, iv. 396
—her wondrous powers, v. 1
—a comparative view of, vi. 464.
Naucerus, vi. 183.
Naucratis, i. 408, 421.
Naucydes, vi. 169, 183.
Naulochum, i. 277, 467.
Naumachia, iii. 416, 419.
Naupactus, i. 275.
Nauplius, sailing, ii. 422.
Nausicaa, vi. 265.
Naustathmus, i. 218.
Nautilus, ii. 419, 429.
Navalia, vi. 321.
Navel-wort, v. 143.
Navigation, i. 97, 98.
Navius, Attus, iii. 310, 311; vi. 157.
Nasica, Scipio, ii. 179.
Naxos, i. 320
—stone of, vi. 327.
Nealces, vi. 266, 279, 280.
Neapolis, i. 197.
Nearchus, ii. 115.
Nearer Spain described, i. 164.
Nebritis, vi. 454, 460.
Necepsos, i. 148.
Nechthebis, vi. 332, 341.
Neck, iii. 63
—remedies for pains in the, v. 343.
Necklaces of amber, vi. 401.
Necron, Isle of, vi. 395.
Nectarites, iii. 259.
Negropont, i. 316.
Nemausum, i. 179, 180.
Nemea, i. 287.
Nemean Games, iv. 192.
Nemesis, i. 290; vi. 310
—seat of, iii. 88.
Nenuphar, v. 107.
Neoptolemus of Paros, iii. 100.
Nep, iv. 261, 262.
Nepos, Cornelius, i. 147.
Nereïds, ii. 363, 364.
Neritus, i. 311.
Nero, the Emperor, i. 279, 288; ii. 26, 99, 149; iii. 92, 137; iv. 15,
428; v. 358; vi. 109, 167, 175, 183, 185, 216, 246, 261, 393, 402,
403, 409
—his birth, ii. 143
—his sight, iii. 51
—his use of thapsia, 206
—his study of magic, v. 428.
Nero, Tiberius, his rapid journey, ii. 162.
“Nervus,” the term, ii. 160; iii. 77.
Nervii, i. 354.
Nepenthes, iv. 377; v. 81.
Nests of birds, ii. 513, 514, 515.
Nettle, iv. 351, 352, 402, 403, 404
—eaten, 352.
Neuras, v. 128, 129, 262.
Neuroïdes, iv. 233.
Neurospastos, v. 49.
New birds, the, ii. 529.
New Carthage, i. 157, 163, 170.
Niam Niams, the, a people with tails, ii. 134.
Nicæa, i. 184, 493.
Nicæus, the wrestler, ii. 145, 146.
Nicander, ii. 357.
Nice, i. 184.
Nicephorion, ii. 71.
Niceratus (artist), vi. 183, 186.
Niceratus (writer), v. 523.
Niceros, vi. 268.
Nicias (artist), vi. 275, 276.
Nicias (general), i. 38.
Nicias (writer), vi. 467.
Nicknames, ii. 147.
Nicobulus, iii. 157.
Nicolaüs of Damascus, iii. 176.
Nicomachus, vi. 245, 267, 268.
Nicomedes, King, ii. 313.
Nicomedia, i. 494.
Nicophanes, vi. 268, 297.
Nicopolis, i. 274; ii. 19.
Niger, Sextus, iii. 156.
Niger, Trebius, ii. 355.
Niger, river, i. 382.
Night-hawk, ii. 488, 539.
Nightingale, ii. 509, 510
—white, ii. 510.
Nightmare, ii. 316; v. 89, 256, 449.
Nightshade, iv. 384, 385, 386; v. 266.
Nigidius Figulus, ii. 114
—quoted, 152.
Nigris, i. 395, 404; ii. 281.
Nigritæ, i. 404.
Nile, alluvion of the, i. 117; iii. 186; v. 81
—description of, i. 410
—promoter of fertility, ii. 135, 136
—mice of the, 472
—water of, like glue, iii. 189.
Nilion, vi. 429.
Nilometer, i. 414.
Nineveh, ii. 27, 70.
Ninguaria, ii. 108.
Ninus, the city, ii. 27, 70.
Niobe, the fountain, i. 284.
Niobe and her children, the group of, vi. 315.
Nipparene, vi. 454.
Nipples, only in man the male has them, iii. 82.
Nismes, i. 179, 180.
Nisus (bird), ii. 551.
Nisyros, i. 484, 485.
Nitre, iv. 164.
Nitrum, v. 512-519.
No, i. 416, 418.
Noctua, ii. 492.
Noir antique, vi. 325.
Nola, i. 198.
Nomades, i. 335, 387; ii. 83, 90, 134.
Nomenclator, vi. 81.
Nomentum, i. 233
—vines of, iii. 223.
Nomes of Egypt, i. 407.
Nonacris, i. 287.
Nonius Struma, vi. 416.
Norici, i. 262.
Northern regions of Europe described, i. 339.
Nostrils, the, iii. 55, 56
—exponents of ridicule, 55
—discharges of blood from, 79
—remedies for diseases of, v. 145, 150.
Notia, v. 71; vi. 454.
Novara, i. 247.
Novaria, i. 247.
Nulo, Mount, ii. 130.
Numa, Pompilius, i. 84, 233; iv. 4; vi. 10
—his books discovered, iii. 191, 192
—his law on wine, 252.
Numantia, i. 171; vi. 132.
Numenius, ii. 86.
Numidia, described, i. 387
—the marble of, vi. 325.
Numidicæ, ii. 528.
Nundinæ, iv. 6, 7; v. 285.
Nurseries for plants, iii. 464-467.
Nus, the river, v. 477.
Nut, the several varieties of, iii. 315-319.
Nut-galls, iii. 350.
Nutriment, iii. 97.
Nyctalopy, ii. 341; iv. 335; v. 336, 337.
Nyctegreton, iv. 335.
Nyma, v. 256.
Nymphæ, iii. 17.
Nymphæa, v. 107.
Nymphæa heraclia, v. 132.
Nymphæa nelumbo, iv. 45.
Nymphæa pteris, v. 245, 246.
Nymphæum, i. 142, 261.
Nymphæus, i. 295.
Nymphodorus, i. 270.
Nysa, ii. 50.
O.
Oak, i. 285; iii. 341, 342.
Oar, invention of the, ii. 235.
Oäsites, i. 409.
Oats, iv. 54, 55, 56, 446, 455.
Obelisks, iii. 419; vi. 331-334
—at Rome, vi. 333, 334, 335.
Obliquity of the zones, i. 102.
Obsian glass, vi. 381.
Obsian stone, vi. 381, 382, 455, 463.
Obsidian, vi. 381, 382, 455, 463.
Occhus, iii. 115.
Oce, iii. 90.
Ocean, surrounding the earth, i. 98, 99, 100.
Ocelis, ii. 64.
Ochra, vi. 237.
Ochre, vi. 235, 236, 363
—red, 120
—yellow, 140, 141.
Ocimoïdes, v. 55, 56.
Ocimum, iv. 191, 249, 250, 356
—cursed when sown, 178.
Ocinum, iii. 511; iv. 52, 53.
Ocriculum, i. 191, 239.
Ocrisia, vi. 384.
Octavius, Cneius, vi. 158, 159.
Oculata, vi. 63.
Oculus, iii. 496.
Odd numbers, v. 287.
Odinolytes, vi. 4.
Odontitis, v. 257.
Odours, the nature of, iv. 321, 322, 323.
Odrysæ, i. 303.
Œa, i. 393, 401.
Œnanthe, ii. 511, 512; iii. 155, 161; iv. 380, 460
—oil of, iv. 488, 489.
Œnanthinum, iii. 255, 289.
Œneus, i. 275.
Œnophorus, vi. 177.
Œnopides, iv. 128.
Œsophagus, iii. 64.
Œsypum, iii. 133; v. 383, 384, 385.
Œtum, iv. 349.
Ogygia, i. 223.
Oica, vi. 454.
Oil, first use of, ii. 226
—of œnanthe, iv. 488, 489
—of almonds, 490
—of laurel, 490, 491
—of chamæmyrsine, 491
—of cypress, 491
—of citrus, 491
—of walnuts, 491
—of Cnidium, 491
—of mastich, 491
—of balanus, 492
—of cyprus, 492
—of balsamum, 492, 493
—of henbane, 493
—of lupines, 493
—of narcissus, 493
—of radishes, 493, 494
—of sesame, 494
—of lilies, 494
—of Selga, 494
—of Iguvium, 394
—of pitch, 494.
_And see_ Olive oil.
Oils, artificial, iii. 162, 163, 286-291; iv. 488-494.
Oleander, v. 37.
Oleaster, iii. 285, 287.
Olenum, i. 280.
Oleron, i. 360.
Oliaros, i. 319.
Olisipo, i. 364, 365; vi. 422.
Olive, Indian, iii. 111
—of Arabia, 135
—omphacium made from, 154
—the history of, 277
—its introduction into Europe, 277
—its growth, 277, 278
—its nature, 278
—varieties of it, 278-284
—victors crowned with its leaves, 284, 285
—culture and preservation of, 285, 286
—wild, 418, 419
—aged trees of, 430, 431
—culture of, 486, 487, 488
—leaves of, iv. 484
—blossom of, 484, 485.
Olive oil, iii. 278, 279
—where produced, 279, 280
—its qualities, 280, 281
—nature of, 284
—making of, 286.
—remedies derived from, iv. 488.
Olives, white, iv. 485
—black, 486.
Ollar stone, vi. 368.
Ololygones, iii. 62.
Olusatrum, iv. 193, 194, 248.
Olympia, i. 281
—Games at, ii. 232; v. 408, 493.
Olympiads, i. 281.
Olympias of Thebes, iv. 303.
Olympias, wind, iii. 523.
Olympicus, vi. 468.
Olympiodorus, iii. 157.
Olympus, i. 295, 489.
Olynthos, i. 304.
Olyra, iv. 441.
Olyros, i. 280.
Omani, ii. 83.
Ombre (fish), ii. 393.
Ombria, vi. 454.
Omens, iii. 94, 313, 336
—from poultry, 479
—from birds, 509
—from bees, iii. 19
—evil, 68
—fortunate, 70
—from trees, 395.
_Also see_ “Portents.”
Omentum, iii. 73.
Omphacium, iii. 153, 154, 255, 459, 460, 488.
Omphalocarpos, v. 227, 228.
On, i. 418.
Onager, ii. 324; v. 332, 351.
Onear, v. 196.
Onesicritus, i. 150; ii. 60.
Onions, iv. 168, 169, 171, 173, 176, 222.
Onitis, iv. 268.
Onobrychis, v. 62.
Onochilis, iv. 356.
Onochilon, iv. 410, 411.
Onoclia, v. 238.
Onopordon, v. 258.
Onopyxos, iv. 353.
Onosma, v. 257.
Onotheres, v. 196.
Onyches (fish), ii. 428, 475.
Onyx, vi. 329, 419, 420, 431.
Oönæ, i. 342.
Opal, vi. 415, 416, 417, 436, 437.
Ophicardelon, vi. 455.
Ophiogenes, ii. 125; v. 237.
Ophion, v. 329.
Ophir, vi. 380.
Ophites, vi. 327, 367.
Ophiusa, v. 65.
Ophrys, v. 214, 215.
Ophthalmic preparations, iv. 208; vi. 367.
Opici, v. 376.
Opilius, Aurelius, v. 368.
Opimian wine, ii. 237; iii. 254.
Opium, iv. 230, 231, 275, 276, 277.
Opobalsamum, iii. 149.
Opocarpathon, v. 332; vi. 25, 40.
Opopanax, iii. 152.
Oporice, v. 52.
Oppius, C., iii. 99.
Opuntia, iv. 358.
Opus, i. 292.
Orach, iv. 419, 420.
Orage, iv. 282, 283; v. 241.
Orange (town), i. 178.
Orata, Sergius, ii. 468.
Oratis, ii. 67.
Orbis (fish), vi. 7, 9, 24.
Orca, ii. 365, 366.
Orcades, i. 351.
Orchis, v. 189, 190, 240.
Orchomenus, i. 286, 294
—seed of, iii. 405, 406, 407.
Orcus, i. 296.
Oreoselinon, iv. 180, 248.
Orestes, his body found, of gigantic size, ii. 156.
Origanum, iv. 266, 268; v. 90
—Heracleotic, iv. 266-270.
Orion, ii. 156.
Orios, v. 259, 260.
Oritæ, ii. 134.
Oritis, vi. 454.
Ornithogale, iv. 357, 358.
Orobanche, iv. 455.
Orobethron, v. 172.
Orobia, iii. 128.
Orobus, iv. 51.
Orodes, ii. 31.
Orontes, i. 437, 438.
Oropus, i. 290.
Orpheus, i. 303, 305; iv. 301; v. 423.
Orphus, ii. 395.
Orpiment, vi. 104, 105, 220.
Orpine, v. 67.
Orthagoriscos, vi. 9, 24.
Ortolan, ii. 504.
Ortospanum, ii. 41.
Ortygia, i. 319.
Ortygometra, ii. 504.
Oruros, ii. 72.
Oryges, ii. 346.
Oryx, i. 67; iii. 89, 90
—its body a preventive of thirst, ii. 550.
Oscines, ii. 495.
Osiris, i. 417.
Osiritis, v. 429.
Ossa, i. 295.
Osseous stones, vi. 358.
Ossifrage, ii. 487.
Ossuna, i. 161.
Osthanes, v. 277, 365, 366, 424, 425.
Ostia, i. 192
—construction of the harbour at, ii. 366; iii. 420; vi. 333.
Ostraceum, vi. 55.
Ostracias, vi. 455.
Ostracites, vi. 360.
Ostracitis, vi. 444, 455.
Ostrich, ii. 478, 479.
Ostrys, iii. 202, 203.
Osyris, v. 258.
Otho, M., iii. 167.
Othoninum, iv. 135.
Othonna, v. 257.
Otis, ii. 500.
Otranto, i. 226.
Otter, vi. 35.
Otus, ii. 156, 504.
Outline painting, vi. 229.
Ovations, myrtle used in, iii. 331, 332.
Ovid, his birth-place, i. 231
—his place of banishment, 306
—his “Halieuticon,” ii. 391—vi. 6, 65
—probably mistranslated by Pliny, iii. 352
—mentioned, iv. 126
—his works quoted, =i.= 4, 19, 26, 38, 43, 44, 82, 84, 100, 119,
131, 135, 199, 214, 219, 232, 234, 243, 258, 265, 306, 472, 493;
=ii.= 90, 106, 338, 409, 545; =iii.= 44, 82, 133, 332, 385, 424,
529, 535; =iv.= 44, 84, 99, 197, 293, 337, 346, 426; =v.= 41, 283,
397, 434, 474, 476, 477; =vi.= 6, 7, 65, 66, 68, 173, 187, 206,
260, 264, 277, 315, 318, 345, 397.
Oviedo, i. 172.
Oviparous animals, ii. 532.
Ovum anguinum, v. 389.
Owl, horned, ii. 492.
Owlet, ii. 492, 494.
Oxalis, iv. 287.
Oxen, the generation of, ii. 326, 327
—of the best quality, 327
—peculiarities in, 329
—not killed by the ancients, 328
—with powers of speech, 330
—fed on fish, iii. 98.
Oxus, ii. 32.
Oxycedrus, iii. 178.
Oxygala, v. 323, 324.
Oxylapathum, iv. 287.
Oxymeli, iii. 261; iv. 481.
Oxymyrsine, iv. 521; v. 143.
Oxys, v. 268.
Oxyschœnos, iv. 361.
Oyster-beds, i. 196
—artificial, ii. 467, 468.
Oyster-bread, iv. 39.
Oysters, ii. 458, 463, 464, 468, 469; vi. 25-28
—of neither sex, ii. 546
—have no hearing, 547
—have sense of touch, 548
—when wholesome to eat, vi. 26
—of gigantic size, vi. 27, 28.
Ozæna, ii. 420.
Ozænitis, iii. 120.
Ozolæ, i. 276.
P.
Pachynum, i. 217, 218.
Pactolus, i. 465.
Pacuvius, vi. 230.
Padua, i. 252.
Padus, i. 243, 246.
Padusa, i. 244.
Pæanitis, vi. 456.
Pædagogus, vi. 88.
Pæderos (plant), iv. 421.
Pæderos (stones so called), vi. 417, 433, 436.
Pænula, ii. 333.
Pæonia, v. 88, 89, 248, 249.
Pæstum, i. 208.
“Pætus,” origin of the name, iii. 53.
Pagæ, i. 278, 288.
Pagasa, Gulf of, i. 324.
“Page,” origin of the English word, vi. 88.
Pagur, ii. 425; vi. 48.
Pain, endurance of, ii. 164
—intensity of, v. 86, 87.
Painters, journeymen, thefts by, vi. 122, 123
—celebrated, 246-268.
Painting, the art of, ii. 184; vi. 223, 224, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232,
234, 235, 245, 246-282
—invention of, ii. 236
—use of chrysocolla in, vi. 108, 109
—cinnabaris used in, vi. 121, 122, 123.
Pala, iii. 110.
Palæmon, Rhemmius, his successful culture of the vine, ii. 235, 236.
Palæogoni, ii. 51.
Palæphatus, v. 420.
Palæsimundus, ii. 53.
Palæstina, i. 425.
Palamedes, ii. 229.
Palantium, i. 286.
Palatium, i. 286.
Palencia, i. 171.
Paleness, how produced, v. 328.
Palibothra, ii. 42, 43, 45.
Palimpissa, v. 18.
Palinurum, i. 208.
Palinurus, i. 208.
Paliurus, iii. 200, 381; v. 46.
Palladium, rescue of the, ii. 192.
Palladius quoted, iv. 303.
Pallene, i. 300.
Pallium, vi. 275.
Palm, iii. 169-174, 200, 460; iv. 494, 495
—leaves of, iii. 377
—used for writing, 186
—wine from the, 257.
Palm (a measure), vi. 290.
Palm-stones, vi. 358.
Palma, i. 211, 235.
Palmensian wines, iii. 242.
Palmyra, i. 445.
Paludamentum, iv. 390.
Palus Mæotis, i. 98, 99, 326; ii. 1, 2, 14.
Pampeluna, i. 169.
Pamphagi, ii. 104.
Pamphile, iii. 26.
Pamphilus, the actor, ii. 147.
Pamphilus, the artist, vi. 255, 273.
Pamphylia described, i. 452.
Panaces, asclepion, v. 89
—heracleon, 90, 94
—chironion, 90
—centaurion or pharnacion, v. 90, 91
—siderion, 91.
Panænus, vi. 247, 248, 374.
Panætius, i. 498.
Panathenaicon, iii. 161.
Panax, iii. 152; iv. 203, 265.
Pancaste, vi. 259.
Panchrestos, iv. 509, 510, 511.
Panchrus, vi. 455.
Panchrysos, ii. 94.
Pancration, iv. 234.
Pancratium (plant), v. 261, 262.
Pandæ, ii. 48.
Pandion, King, ii. 65.
Pandore, ii. 133.
Panels for painting, iii. 414.
Paneros, vi. 455.
Pangæum, i. 302, 303.
Pangonus, vi. 455.
Panhormus, i. 218.
Panic (grain), iv. 21, 38, 444.
Panormus, i. 280.
Panorpis, iii. 30, 35.
Panotii, i. 343.
Pantellaria, i. 403.
Panthera, or leopard, its gratitude, ii. 272, 273
—description of, 274
—singular antidote used by, 293
—remedies derived from, v. 219.
Pantherinæ, iii. 196.
Panticapæum, i. 327, 334.
Panticapes, i. 332.
Papaverata, ii. 337.
Paper, the discovery of it, iii. 185, 186
—how made, 186, 187
—various kinds of, 186-190
—qualities of, 189, 190
—defects in, 190, 191
—scarcity of, 193
—remedies derived from, v. 37.
Paphlagonia described, ii. 3.
Papirius, L., ii. 140
—his vow, iii. 253.
Pappus, iii. 204; iv. 354; v. 146, 147.
Paps of animals, iii. 82, 83.
Papyrus, iii. 185-189, 193; v. 36.
_Also, see_ “Paper.”
Parabeste, ii. 57.
Parætonium (place), i. 397.
Parætonium (a plaster), vi. 238.
Paralion, iv. 279, 280.
Paralios, v. 179.
Parallels, division of the earth into, ii. 110.
Paralysis, remedies for, v. 450.
Parapanisus, the river, i. 341.
Parapotamia, iii. 155.
Parasitical insects, ii. 459; iii. 40.
Parasitical plants, iii. 207, 206, 433, 434; iv. 199.
Parchment, invention of, iii. 186.
Pard, ii. 265, 272, 274, 250.
Pardalianches, ii. 293; v. 218-222.
Pardalion, v. 252.
Pardalios, vi. 460.
Pardalium, iii. 161.
Pardon of the gods, how asked, iii. 88.
Parentalia, iv. 44.
Pargetting, vi. 374.
Parian Chronicle, i. 319.
Parian marble, vi. 309.
Parietary, iv. 357.
Parilia, iv. 159.
Parisii, i. 356.
Parks for wild animals, ii. 345.
Parma, i. 183, 242.
Parmenio, i. 473.
Parmeniscus, iv. 127.
Parnassus, i. 277.
Paropanisus, the mountains of, ii. 33, 46.
Paros, i. 319.
Parra, ii. 512; iv. 101.
Parrhasia, i. 286.
Parrhasius, vi. 251-254.
Parrot, ii. 522, 523
—has the hardest head, iii. 47.
Parrot-seed, iv. 350.
Parsley, iv. 192, 246, 247.
Parsnip, iv. 165, 166, 218, 219, 222; v. 124.
Parthenion, v. 92, 93, 94.
Parthenis, v. 106.
Parthenium, iv. 383, 406, 407.
Parthenope, i. 197.
Parthia, described, ii. 68
—the waters of, v. 484.
Parthians, their cookery, ii. 531; iii. 107
—eat grasshoppers, 32
—eat locusts, 37
—their tainted breath, 97
—their drunkenness, 274
—the Roman expedition against, 313
—their delicate bread, iv. 40.
Partridge, i. 323; ii. 516, 517; iv. 357, 406, 417
—of Paphlagonia has a double heart, iii. 65.
Parturition, methods of facilitating, v. 463, 464.
Pasines, ii. 81.
Pasiteles, vi. 137, 145, 285, 319, 321.
Passagarda, ii. 70.
Passernices, vi. 370.
Paste used for making paper, iii. 191; iv. 443.
Pastern bones, iii. 90.
Pastinaca (fish), ii. 408, 411, 452, 460; vi. 24, 25
—venomous, 12.
Pastinaca erratica (plant), v. 124.
_Also, see_ “Parsnip.”
Patala, ii. 51.
Patale, i. 108; iii. 119.
Patara, i. 456.
Patavium, i. 252.
Patetæ, iii. 176.
Patmos, i. 321.
Patna, ii. 43, 45.
Patræ, i. 279.
Patras, i. 279.
Patrobius, vi. 289.
Patrocles the geographer, ii. 39, 115.
Patroclus (artist), vi. 169.
Paul, Saint, i. 201, 267, 297, 300, 304, 447, 456, 457, 491, 492.
Paulinus, Pompeius, vi. 133.
Paulus, L. Æmilius, i. 302; vi. 171, 277, 346.
Pausanias quoted, i. 215, 278.
Pausias, iv. 305; vi. 273, 274.
Pausilypum, i. 214; ii. 467.
Pavements, vi. 376-379.
Paxos, i. 310.
Peaches, iii. 293, 294, 296; iv. 508
—of Persia, poisonous, iii. 296
—Pliny’s singular notions as to, iv. 508.
Peacock, ii. 495, 496
—its vanity, 495
—fattened for food, 496
—remedies derived from, v. 413.
Peahen, ii. 538.
“Pearl,” alleged origin of the word, vi. 66.
Pearl oyster, ii. 481, 432, 436, 437.
Pearls, ii. 430-436
—when first used at Rome, 440
—of Britain, 437
—costliness of, 437, 438, 439.
Pears, iii. 300-303
—remedies derived from, iv. 502.
Pease, iv. 46.
Pebbles, white and black, ii. 187.
Pectines, ii. 428.
Pectoral, iv. 291.
Pectunculus, vi. 64.
“Pecunia,” origin of the word, iv. 5; vi. 89.
Pedius, his supreme happiness, ii. 199.
Pedius, Q., vi. 231.
Pegasi (beasts), ii. 279.
Pegasi (birds), ii. 530.
Pegasus, i. 291.
Pegma, vi. 94.
Pelamides, ii. 385.
Pelagiæ, ii. 444.
Pelasgi, i. 187.
Pelecinon, v. 262.
Pelican, ii. 527, 528.
Peligni, i. 231.
Pelion, i. 295.
Pella, i. 298; v. 491; vi. 264.
Pellitory, iv. 357.
Peloponnesus described, i. 278.
Pelops, his rib, v. 288.
Pelops, the writer, v. 523.
Pelorides, vi. 41.
Pelorus, i. 209, 217, 219.
Pelusium, i. 420.
Peneus, i. 295, 296.
Penicilli, v. 520.
Penicillus, vi. 250.
Pennyroyal, iv. 259, 260, 261.
Pentapetes, v. 122, 123.
Pentadactyli, vi. 62.
Pentaphyllon, v. 122, 123.
Pentapolis, i. 395.
Pentelicus, i. 289.
Pentorobus, v. 88, 89, 248, 249.
Peony, v. 88, 89, 248, 249.
Peparethos, wine of, iii. 247.
Peplis, iv. 280, 281; v. 261.
Pepones, iv. 157, 211.
Pepper-tree, iii. 111, 112, 113, 396.
Pepperwort, iv. 203, 269, 270.
Peræa, i. 427.
Peraticum, iii. 116.
Perch, ii. 395.
Percnos, ii. 482.
Perdicium, iv. 357, 383, 406, 407.
Perekop, Gulf of, i. 332.
Perfumes, burnt at funerals, iii. 137
—extravagance in, 137
—a description of, 160-165
—mixed with oil, 166.
Perga, i. 452.
Pergamum, i. 478.
Pergula, iv. 307.
Periander, i. 498.
Periboëtos, vi. 177.
Pericarpum, v. 131, 132.
Pericles, vi. 179
—adventure of his slave, iv. 407.
Periclymenos, v. 261, 262; vi. 188.
Perileucos, vi. 456.
Perillus, vi. 168, 187.
Perimula, ii. 47, 431.
Periphoretos, vi. 172.
Peristereon, v. 121, 122.
Peristereos, v. 130.
Periwinkle (plant), iv. 339, 382; v. 57.
Periwinkles (fish), ii. 427, 428, 470
—gigantic, 470.
Perna (fish), vi. 66.
Perorsi, i. 404.
Perpressa, iv. 368, 369; v. 186.
Perperene, i. 474; v. 482.
Perrhæbi, i. 271, 275.
Persea, iii. 296.
Persepolis, ii. 69.
Perseus, King, i. 299, 302.
Persia, trees of, iii. 117.
Persian Gulf, ii. 66
—trees of, iii. 117.
Persian tree, iii. 182.
Persians, their use of perfumes, iii. 136.
Persica, iii. 296.
Persicon napy, v. 268, 269.
Persis, the province of, ii. 68.
Persolata, v. 124.
Personata, iii. 348.
Pertinax Helvius, i. 186.
Perugia, i. 190.
Perusia, i. 190.
Pescara, i. 231.
Pesoluta, iv. 386.
Pessinus, i. 492.
Petasus, vi. 342.
Petauristæ, iii. 40.
Peter, Saint, i. 426.
Petilium, iv. 328.
Petorita, vi. 215.
Petosiris, i. 148.
Petrichus, iv. 205.
Petrifactions, v. 482; vi. 438, 461.
Petritan wine, iii. 246.
Petroleum, i. 138; v. 478.
Petronius, P., ii. 99.
Petronius, T., vi. 393.
Petroselinum, iv. 248.
Peucedanum, v. 126.
Peucestes, vi. 176.
Peucini, i. 348.
Pezenas, i. 180.
Pezica, iv. 144.
Phædrus quoted, ii. 315; iii. 102; iv. 13.
Phaëthon, i. 243; vi. 397.
Phagrus, ii. 393; vi. 48.
Phalacrocorax, ii. 529.
Phalangion (plant), v. 263.
Phalangitis, v. 263.
Phalangium (insect), ii. 353; iii. 29; v. 400.
Phalaris, v. 264; vi. 187
—the first tyrant, ii. 227.
Phaleræ, ii. 170; vi. 77.
Phalerides, ii. 528.
Phalerum, i. 289.
Phallovitroboli, vi. 70.
Phanagoria, ii. 14.
Phanias, iv. 388.
Phaon, i. 274; iv. 398.
Pharanitis, vi. 433.
Pharnaces, ii. 128; v. 90.
Pharos, i. 479; vi. 339.
Pharsalia, i. 294, 295; v. 159.
Pharusii, i. 406.
Pharynx, iii. 62.
Phaselis, oil of, iv. 494.
Phasganion, v. 134, 135.
Phasiolon, v. 251, 252.
Phasis, ii. 10.
Phaulias, iii. 433.
Phausia, v. 482.
Phazania, i. 398.
Pheasant, ii. 528.
Phellandrion, v. 264.
Phellos, i. 456.
Phellusa, i. 488.
Phemonoë, ii. 554.
Pheneus, i. 287.
Phengites, vi. 369, 370.
Pheos, iv. 401.
Pheræ, i. 280, 283, 294.
Pherecydes, i. 112; ii. 209.
Phiala, i. 413; ii. 331.
Phidias, ii. 185; vi. 168, 170, 171, 247, 310, 311.
Philadelphus, Ptolemæus, ii. 92, 93, 94.
Philæ, i. 415.
Philæni, i. 393.
Philanthes, iv. 356.
Philanthropos, v. 71, 227, 228.
Philemon (geographer), i. 373.
Philemon (poet), ii. 555.
Philetæria, v. 102, 103.
Philinus, iv. 303.
Philip, King, i. 300, 304;
his wound, ii. 183.
Philippi, i. 304.
Philippopolis, i. 303.
Philippus of Medma, iv. 127.
Philiscus, vi. 319.
Philistides Mallotes, i. 372.
Philistina, i. 245.
Philistion, iv. 302.
Philistus, ii. 356; iii. 100.
Philochares, vi. 229.
Philocles, vi. 229.
Philon, ii. 184; vi. 188.
Philonides, i. 373.
Philostephanus, ii. 242.
Philoxenus (artist), vi. 268.
Philoxenus (poet), vi. 467.
Philtres, ii. 321; iv. 219.
_Also, see_ “Magic.”
Philyra, iv. 306; v. 2.
Philyræ, iii. 366.
Phlegra, i. 300.
Phlegræan Plains, i. 197.
Phlius, i. 280, 281.
Phloginos, vi. 455.
Phlogitis, vi. 460.
Phlomis, v. 127, 128.
Phlomos, v. 127.
Phlox, iv. 333, 334, 336.
Phocæ, ii. 369.
Phocis described, i. 276.
Phœnice (country) described, i. 433.
Phœnice (barley), iv. 445, 446.
Phœnicitis, vi. 456, 459.
Phœnicobalanus, iii. 143; iv. 495.
Phœnicopterus, ii. 528.
Phœnicurus, ii. 511.
Phœnix, ii. 479, 480, 481; iii. 43.
Pholöe, i. 287.
Phonolite, vi. 446.
Phorinean wine, iii. 248.
Phradmon, vi. 168.
Phrenion, iv. 379.
Phrenitis, remedies for, v. 198, 452, 453.
Phryganea, iii. 42.
Phryganion, v. 455.
Phrygia described, i. 490.
Phrygian stone, vi. 362.
Phryne, vi. 178, 259, 312.
Phrynion, v. 128, 129, 262.
Phthia, i. 294.
Phthiotis, i. 294.
Phthiriasis, ii. 191, 209; iv. 227; v. 206, 468
—internal, iv. 165.
Phthirophagi, ii. 11.
Phthisis, remedies for, v. 355, 356.
Phu, iii. 121; iv. 370.
Phycis, ii. 414.
Phycitis, vi. 456.
Phycos, iii. 209, 210.
Phycos thalassion, v. 193.
Phylace, i. 297.
Phylarchus, ii. 241.
Phyllis, iii. 385, 386.
Phyllon, v. 263.
Phyllos, iv. 405.
Physalus, ii. 454.
Physema, ii. 432.
Physeter, ii. 361.
Physicians, an account of, v. 372-376
—their ignorance, v. 377, 378, 380; vi. 120, 121, 194, 195
—their avarice, v. 379
—their cruelty, v. 381.
Physiognomists, vi. 260.
Physiognomy, observations upon, iii. 96.
Physis, vi. 462.
Phyteuma, v. 263.
Piacenza, i. 242.
Picarel, vi. 45.
Picatum, iii. 238; iv. 476; vi. 371.
Picenum, i. 235.
Picris, iv. 359, 417.
“Pictor,” the surname, vi. 230.
Pictures, high prices of, ii. 184.
Picus, ii. 495.
Pie, ii. 515, 522, 523.
Pieria, i. 294.
Pig. _See_ “Swine.”
Pigeons, an account of, ii. 517-520
—messages by, 519
—high prices of, 520.
Pigments, vi. 235.
Pileus, vi. 267.
Pilgrims to Saint Jago, ii. 428.
Pimpernel, v. 137.
Pina, ii. 436.
Pinaster, ii. 292, 356.
Pindar, his name honoured by Alexander, ii. 174
—his writings quoted, i. 297.
Pindus, i. 273, 293, 295.
Pine, i. 246; iii. 355, 356.
Pine-nuts, iii. 292; iv. 512.
Pinites succinifer, vi. 397, 401.
Pinna, ii. 450.
Pinnotheres, ii. 426, 451.
Pinus cedrus, iii. 178.
Piombino, i. 187.
Pip (in poultry), ii. 537; v. 32, 41.
Piperitis, iv. 203, 267, 268.
Piræicus, vi. 268.
Piræus, i. 289.
Pirates, ii. 97.
Pisa, i. 287.
Pisæ, i. 287.
Pisaurum, i. 238.
Piscenæ, i. 180.
Pisces, the Constellation, ii. 407.
Pisciculus, Junius, vi. 321.
Pisidia described, i. 451.
Piso, L., i. 147; iii. 67, 273, 276.
Pissasphaltos, iii. 364; v. 18, 19.
Pisselæon, iii. 288; v. 18; vi. 297.
Pissinum, iii. 290; iv. 494.
Pissoceros, iii. 6.
Pistacia, iii. 178.
Pistachio-nuts, iii. 317; iv. 515.
Pistoia, i. 190.
Pistorium, i. 190.
Pistrix, ii. 361.
Pitane, i. 473.
Pitch, iii. 264-267, 361, 362
—remedies derived from, v. 17.
Pitch-oil, iii. 290.
_Also, see_ “Pisselæon.”
Pitch-tree, iii. 356, 357; v. 13.
Pitched wines, iii. 238; iv. 476; vi. 371.
Pithecusa, i. 214.
Pituita, ii. 537.
Pityocampæ, v. 404.
Pityus, ii. 12.
Pityusa, i. 312; v. 14, 15.
Pityussæ, i. 211.
Placentia, i. 242.
Plague, its course, ii. 208.
Plaice, ii. 407.
Plaids, probable allusion to, ii. 338.
Planaria, i. 213.
“Plancus,” origin of the name, iii. 89.
Plancus, i. 10; ii. 147, 440.
Plane-tree, iii. 103-106
—aged, 431
—remedies derived from, v. 20, 21.
Planets, i. 19, 20, 27-31, 40, 41, 42, 48, 49
—their influence on human life, ii. 204.
Plangus, ii. 482.
Plant of Fulvius, v. 187.
Plantago, v. 109, 129, 130.
Plants, wines made from, =iii.= 257, 258
—propagated by seed, 460, 461
—propagation of, 461-487
—prognostics derived from, =iv.= 125
—growth of, 155, 156
—roots of, 170
—blossoms of, 170, 171
—growth of, 177, 178
—of which there is but one kind, 179
—sown at the autumnal equinox, 197
—garden, maladies of, 199, 200
—for bees, 339, 340
—stems of, 355, 356
—leaves of, 356
—eared, 357
—properties of, 389
—for colouring the body, 389, 390
—for dyeing, 90, 391
—that grow on the head of a statue, =v.= 68, 69
—on the banks of a river, 69
—in a sieve, 69
—upon a dunghill, 69
—moistened with the urine of a dog, 69
—wild, 77, 78, 79
—delineated in colours, 80
—authors who have written upon, 80, 81, 82
—medicinal properties of, 83, 84, 85
—enquiries of the ancients into, 217, 218
—ages of, 270
—how their efficacy may be ensured, 271.
Plastæ, vi. 284.
Plaster of Paris, vi. 330.
Plastering, vi. 374.
Plastice, vi. 163.
Platanista, ii. 384.
Platæ, i. 291.
Platea, ii. 522.
Plating, vi. 215.
Plato, i. 148; ii. 174; iv. 436
—his works quoted, i. 120; vi. 174.
Platyceros, iii. 44.
Platyophthalmon, vi. 115.
Platyphyllos, v. 188.
Plautus, mentioned, iii. 275
—quoted, i. 261, 396; iv. 40, 107, 145, 150, 346; v. 391, 485.
Plinthia, Fountain of, v. 480.
PLINY, addresses Titus Vespasianus, =i.= 1-11
—states the object of his work, 5, 6
—the sources whence derived, 6, 7
—alludes to his Roman History, 6, 7
—inveighs against plagiarism, 7, 8
—against empty titles of books, 8
—states the general design of his work, 9
—his work on Grammar, 9
—his contempt for his slanderers, 10, 11
—his opinions on the Deity, 20-25
—does not believe in a superintending Providence, 22, 23
—inveighs against superstition and infidelity, 23
—against human pride, 24
—considers Nature identical with God, 25
—laments the perverseness of mankind, 93
—enlarges in praise of Italy, 181
—guilty of adulation, 181
—his death noticed, 197
—censures others for credulity, 376
—inveighs against falsehood, 381
—proofs of his own credulity, 405, 406
—exclaims against luxury, =ii.= 55
—a probable lapse of memory by, 80
—his gloomy views of human life, 118, 119
—his credulity, 121
—possible error by, 127
—his credulity, 132
—his visit to Africa alluded to, 138
—repines at the frail tenure of life, 141
—his metaphorical style, 142
—his superstition, 151, 152, 155
—his opinion on the final conflagration of the world, 156
—his hatred of war, 166
—his desponding views on human happiness, 187
—repines at the frailty of, 207
—thinks a short life desirable, 207
—considers sudden death a blessing, 213
—his singular notion as to a happy death, 216
—denies the immortality of the soul, 218
—censures the credulity of the Greeks, 283, 284
—a mistake made by, 318
—his work on the use of the javelin, 320
—exclaims against luxury, 438, 439
—errors committed by, 488; =iii.= 104
—exclaims against extravagance in perfumes, 137
—a mistake made by, 155
—inveighs against luxury, 167, 168
—his ignorance of vegetable physiology, 197
—errors committed by, 203, 205
—exclaims against avarice and disregard of knowledge, 216, 217
—against drunkenness, 270-274
—refers to his visit to the Chauci, 339
—a mistake probably committed by, 352
—errors committed by, 359, 365, 374
—a mistake probably made by, 387
—errors committed by, 390, 392
—error in transcribing, 441
—takes a more cheerful view of things, =iv.= 3
—commends old times, 8, 9
—misquotes Columella, 27
—error committed by, and his probably imperfect knowledge of Greek,
56, 57
—his ambiguous language, 99
—accidental omission by, 114
—contemplates a work, probably, which he did not write, 150
—inveighs against luxury, 150, 151
—against gluttony, 152
—mistakes made by, 163, 179, 180
—contradicts himself, 206, 207
—mistakes probably made by, 216, 266
—two errors committed by, 279
—contradicts himself, 321
—mistake made by, 323
—errors probably committed by, 334, 338
—a lapse of memory by, 361
—exclaims against profligacy, 390
—against luxury and effeminacy, 395
—against the derision of his enemies, 395
—mistakes probably made by, 397, 399, 406
—error committed by, 410
—mistakes probably made by, 413, 422, 460
—errors committed by, 464, 492
—mistake probably made by, 495
—his singular notion as to peaches, 508
—error probably committed by, 508
—his credulity, 520
—commends the ancient manners, =v.= 3
—errors probably committed by, 3, 4, 23
—instances of his credulity, 64-67
—repines at the general indifference to knowledge, 77, 78
—refuses to credit some marvels, 82
—inveighs against magic, 87
—a possible lapse of memory by, 100
—mistake made by, 104
—mistake probably made by, 106
—absurd error committed by, 111
—singular mistake made by, 131
—mistake possibly made by, 137
—inveighs against magic, 159, 160
—against gluttony, 169
—admires the research of the ancients, 218, 219
—his belief in first causes, 219
—error committed by, 236
—inveighs against magic, 237
—error committed by, 240
—error probably committed by, 273
—his great but unsuspecting credulity, 275
—his horror of cruelty, 276, 278
—approves of suicide, 278
—inveighs against magicians, 307
—his rare attempts at wit, 318
—inveighs against magic, 355
—exclaims against immorality, 378
—inveighs against the Greeks, 381
—against magic, 395, 400, 427
—mistake probably made by, 509
—his credulity, =vi.= 2, 3
—effusion of wit, 21
—mistake made by, 25
—exclaims against avarice, 68, 69
—against obscenity, 70
—against the use of gold, 71
—against vast retinues of slaves, 81
—mistake made by, 116
—effusion of wit, 129
—laments the downfall of Roman morals, 136, 137, 138
—his credulity, 205
—mistake made by, 245
—commends the simplicity of ancient times, 271
—exclaims against luxury, 306
—commends the ancient simplicity, 349
—exclaims against the depravity of taste, 351, 352
—inveighs against luxury, 391, 392
—against the falsehoods of magic, 405
—instances of his credulity, 407, 408
—mistake made by, 422
—exclaims against the practices of magic, 434, 450.
“Pliny’s graft,” iii. 478.
Plistolochia, iv. 284; v. 116, 117.
Plistonicus, iv. 302.
Plocamus, Annius, ii. 53.
Plotius, L., betrayed by his perfumes, iii. 169.
Plough, first use of, ii. 226, 227
—described, iv. 62.
Ploughing, iv. 62-66
—seasons for, iii. 359.
Plover, ii. 527.
Plum, iii. 294, 295, 296; iv. 507, 508; v. 236
—of Egypt, iii. 184.
Plumbago (plant), v. 141, 142.
Plutarch quoted, i. 79, 157, 302; iv. 407.
Pluto, i. 219.
Pnigitis, vi. 299.
Po, i. 186, 243.
Podium, vi. 402.
Poetry, origin of, ii. 231.
Poison, animals that live on, ii. 548; iii. 98
—of serpents, iii. 57, 58
—taken internally, 323
—remedies for, v. 130, 332, 333, 334, 407, 408; vi. 19
—in rings, vi. 80.
Poisonous, fungi, iv. 430
—honey, iv. 431, 432.
Polecat, ii. 310.
Polemonia, v. 102, 103, 127.
Polenta, iv. 28, 29, 442.
Poles of the magnet, vi. 356, 357.
Poles, or stakes, iii. 494, 495.
Poley, iv. 325, 326, 356, 372, 373.
Polias, vi. 460.
Polium, iv. 325, 326, 356, 372, 373.
Pollio, Asinius, i. 310; ii. 177, 239; vi. 318.
Pollio, Carvilius, vi. 134.
Pollio, Nævius, the giant, ii. 156.
Pollio, Romilius, his old age, iv. 437, 438.
Pollio, Vedius, his cruelty, ii. 410.
Polyacanthos, iv. 353.
Polyanthemum, iv. 353.
Polybius, i. 370
—the voyage of, 378
—his history quoted, 169.
Polycles, vi. 169, 170, 183, 319.
Polycletus, vi. 152, 168, 171, 172.
Polycnemon, v. 209.
Polycrates, vi. 81, 82, 386, 387.
Polycritus, iii. 157.
Polydorus, i. 305.
Polygala, v. 262.
Polygnotus, vi. 141, 185, 241, 249.
Polygonatos, iv. 405.
Polygonoïdes, v. 57.
Polygonos, v. 259, 260.
Polyidus, vi. 188.
Polymita, ii. 338.
Polypi, ii. 407, 408, 416-421; vi. 36, 50
—sailing, ii. 410
—their hatred of cunila, 548.
Polypodion, v. 175, 176, 243.
Polypus of the nose, v. 176.
Polythrix, v. 132; vi. 460.
Polytrichos, iv. 415, 416, 417.
Polyzonos, vi. 460.
Pomegranate, iii. 200, 201
—remedies derived from, iv. 498-502.
Pomes described, iii. 293, 294.
Pometia, i. 204; ii. 154.
Pompeii, i. 82, 197; iii. 228
—wines of, iii. 244.
Pompeiopolis, ii. 5.
Pompeius, Cneius, i. 161.
Pompeius Magnus, i. 164, 414, 424; ii. 35; v. 78, 79; vi. 390, 391
—his theatre, ii. 136
—resemblance to him, 147
—his conquests, 167.
Pompeius, Sextus, ii. 213, 391.
Pompholyx, vi. 202, 203.
Pompilos, ii. 388, 419.
Pomponianus, Scipio, vi. 225.
Pomponius, Sextus, iv. 440.
Pomptine Marshes, i. 194.
Pontic mouse, ii. 550.
Pontica, vi. 455.
Pontus, animals of, iii. 69.
_Also, see_ “Euxine.”
Poplar, iii. 154, 376; v. 21, 22
—used for training the vine, iii. 218.
Poppæa, v. 340; vi. 132, 403
—bathes in asses’ milk, iii. 84
—the funeral of, 137.
Poppy, iv. 196, 275-279
—when to sow, 81
—used for linen, 138.
Porcelain, vi. 392.
Porcupine, ii. 305.
Porphyrio, ii. 530, 537.
Porphyrites, vi. 328.
Porpoise, ii. 377.
Porrigo, remedies for, iv. 227; v. 409.
Porsena, King, i. 84; vi. 160, 206
—his Labyrinth, vi. 342.
Port Mahon, i. 212.
Portico of Octavia, i. 164.
Porto Fino, i. 185.
Portents, v. 280, 281, 282.
_Also, see_ “Magic,” “Omens,” and “Prodigies.”
Portraits, vi. 224-228
—waxen, iv. 346.
Porus, ii. 48.
Posca, iii. 266; iv. 219.
Posia, iii. 282, 283.
Posias, vi. 280, 281.
Posideum, i. 466.
Posidonius (artist), vi. 139, 188.
Posidonius (philosopher), i. 149.
Posilippo, i. 214.
Posis, vi. 285.
Potamaugis, v. 65.
Potamogiton, v. 172.
Poterion, v. 128, 129, 262.
Pothos, iv. 338.
Potidæa, i. 300.
Potter’s wheel, ii. 226.
Pottery, invention of the art of, ii. 225
—works in, vi. 286, 287.
Poultices, iv. 447.
Poultry, the art of cramming, ii. 531
—law as to, 531
—remedies derived from, v. 399.
Pozzuolane, iii. 420; vi. 289, 373.
Pozzuolo, i. 196.
Præcordia, iii. 70.
“Prælegare,” meaning of the word, vi. 87.
Præneste, i. 201.
Prætetianum, iii. 239.
Prætexta, ii. 337, 338, 411, 447, 448; vi. 72.
Prætutia, i. 235
—wines of, iii. 242, 246.
Pramnian wine, ii. 237.
Prase, vi. 429.
Prasii, ii. 52.
Prasion (plant), iv. 268, 290, 291, 292.
Prasion (stone), vi. 429.
Prasoïdes, vi. 427.
Prason, iii. 210.
“Prata,” derivation of the word, iv. 12.
Praxagoras, iv. 301.
Praxiteles, ii. 185; vi. 169, 177, 178, 272, 311, 312, 313.
Precepts most useful in life, ii. 178.
Precious stones, first use of, vi. 366
—engraving on, 389, 390
—defects in, vi. 411
—that suddenly make their appearance, 461
—artificial, 462, 463
—forms of, 462
—mode of testing, 463.
Precocity, instances of human, ii. 158
—sign of an early death, 209
—in trees, iii. 389.
Pregnancy, ii. 141.
Prester, iv. 280, 474; vi. 20.
“Prevarication,” meaning of the word, iv. 64.
Priaponnesus, i. 485.
Priapus, i. 326, 485, 489.
Prices, of trees, iii. 438, 439
—of drugs, vi. 143, 144
—immoderate, of statues, 163, 164.
Priene, i. 467.
Primary colours, iv. 326.
Primipilus, iv. 394.
Pristæ, vi. 173.
Pristis, ii. 359.
Privernian wine, iii. 241.
Privet, iii. 372; v. 32.
Prochyta, i. 214.
Procilius, ii. 354.
Proconnesus, i. 496; ii. 144.
Procreation at will, v. 67.
Proculeius, C., ii. 196; vi. 376.
Prodigies, i. 115, 116; v. 280, 281, 282
—celestial, i. 596
—connected with trees, iii. 526, 527
—connected with the hearth, vi. 384.
Production of plants, the natural order of, iii. 379, 380.
Products of trees, iii. 119.
Prœtus, the daughters of, v. 96.
Progeny, numerous, ii. 149, 150.
Progne, i. 307.
Prognostics, as to length of life, iii. 96
—derived from the sun, iv. 117, 118, 119
—from the moon, 119, 120
—from the stars, 120, 121
—from thunder, 121
—from clouds, 121
—from mists, 122
—from water, 122, 123
—from tempests, 123
—from aquatic animals and birds, 123, 124
—from quadrupeds, 124, 125
—from plants, 125
—from food, 125.
Promenade, arched, vi. 339.
Prometheus, ii. 226; vi. 71, 386.
Propagation of plants, iii. 461-467.
Propolis, iii. 6, 7; iv. 346, 434; v. 22.
Propontis, islands of, i. 496.
Propylæum, vi. 318.
Prose, first writer in, ii. 231.
Proserpin, i. 219.
Proserpinaca, v. 264.
Prostypa, vi. 284.
Protesilaüs, i. 297, 308; iii. 431.
Protogenes, vi. 188, 257, 258, 259, 264-267.
Protropum, iii. 240, 250.
Proverbs, i. 8, 10, 229; vi. 256, 262.
Pruning, iii. 509-515
—errors in, 531.
Prusa, i. 493, 494.
Prusias, i. 493; ii. 154.
Psetta, ii. 396.
Pseudoanchusa, iv. 410.
Pseudobunion, v. 61.
Pseudodictamnon, v. 115, 116, 172.
Pseudonard, iii. 120.
Psimithium, vi. 219, 220.
Psittacus, ii. 522, 523.
Psoricon, vi. 199.
Psychotrophon, v. 111, 112.
Psylli, i. 393; ii. 125, 289; iii. 30; v. 129.
Psythium, iii. 248.
Pteris, v. 245, 246.
Pteron, vi. 317.
Pterophoros, i. 336.
Pterygia, v. 510.
Ptisan, iv. 28, 29, 446.
Ptolemæus, i. 440; iii. 157; vi. 260.
Ptolemais, i. 396, 434; ii. 94.
Ptyas, v. 497.
Publicani, vi. 84, 85.
Publicius, ii. 147.
Public-houses, ii. 459.
Publius Syrus, ii. 344.
Puce, ii. 450.
Pucinum, wine of, iii. 239.
Pulcher, Claudius, vi. 231.
Pulegium, iv. 259, 260.
Pulmentarium, iii. 303; iv. 32.
Pulmo marinus, ii. 458; vi. 46.
Puls, iv. 32, 443.
Pulsation, v. 372.
Pumpkins, iv. 157.
Pumice, vi. 365, 366, 367.
Punic apple, iii. 200, 201; iv. 498-502.
Punjaub, ii. 16.
Pupils of the eyes, double, ii. 127, 128
—the nature of, iii. 52, 53.
Purgatives, iv. 518, 519.