ch. 34.――――A friend of Æneas, killed by Clausus in Italy. _Virgil_,
_Æneid_, bk. 10, li. 346.
=Drypĕtis=, the younger daughter of Darius, given in marriage to
Hephæstion by Alexander. _Diodorus_, bk. 18.
=Dubis=, or =Alduadubis=, the _Daux_, a river of Gaul, falling into
the Saone.
=Dubris=, a town of Britain, supposed to be _Dover_.
=Ducetius=, a Sicilian general, who died B.C. 440.
=Duillia lex=, was enacted by Marcus Duillius, a tribune, A.U.C. 304.
It made it a capital crime to leave the Roman people without its
tribunes, or to create any new magistrate without a sufficient cause.
_Livy_, bk. 3, ch. 55.――――Another, A.U.C. 392, to regulate what
interest ought to be paid for money lent.
=C. Duillius Nepos=, a Roman consul, the first who obtained a victory
over the naval power of Carthage, B.C. 260. He took 50 of the
enemy’s ships, and was honoured with a naval triumph, the first that
ever appeared at Rome. The senate rewarded his valour by permitting
him to have music playing and torches lighted, at the public expense,
every day while he was at supper. There were some medals struck in
commemoration of this victory, and there still exists a column at
Rome which was erected on the occasion. _Cicero_, _de Senectute_.
――_Tacitus_, _Annals_, bk. 1, ch. 12.
=Dulĭchium=, an island of the Ionian sea, opposite the Achelous. It
was part of the kingdom of Ulysses. _Ovid_, _Tristia_, bk. 1, poem 4,
li. 67; _Metamorphoses_, bk. 14, li. 226; _Remedia Amoris_, li. 272.
――_Martial_, bk. 11, ltr. 70, li. 8.――_Virgil_, _Eclogues_, poem 6,
li. 76.
=Dumnōrix=, a powerful chief among the Ædui. _Cæsar_, _Gallic War_,
bk. 1, ch. 9.
=Dunax=, a mountain of Thrace.
=Duratius Picto=, a Gaul, who remained in perpetual friendship with
the Roman people. _Cæsar_, _Gallic War_, bk. 8, ch. 26.
=Duris=, an historian of Samos, who flourished B.C. 257. He wrote the
life of Agathocles of Syracuse, a treatise on tragedy, a history of
Macedonia, &c. _Strabo_, bk. 1.
=Durius=, a large river of ancient Spain, now called the _Douro_,
which falls into the ocean, near modern Oporto in Portugal, after a
course of nearly 300 miles. _Silius Italicus_, bk. 1, li. 234.
=Durocasses=, the chief residence of the Druids in Gaul, now _Dreux_.
_Cæsar_. _Gallic War_, bk. 6, ch. 13.
=Duronia=, a town of the Samnites.
=Dusii=, some deities among the Gauls. _Augustine_, _The City of God_,
bk. 15, ch. 23.
=Duumvĭri=, two noble patricians at Rome, first appointed by Tarquin
to keep the Sibylline books, which were supposed to contain the fate
of the Roman empire. These sacred books were placed in the Capitol,
and secured in a chest under the ground. They were consulted but
seldom, and only by an order of the senate, when the armies had been
defeated in war, or when Rome seemed to be threatened by an invasion,
or by secret seditions. These priests continued in their original
institution, till the year A.U.C. 388, when a law was proposed by
the tribunes to increase the number to 10, to be chosen promiscuously
from patrician and plebeian families. They were from their number
called Decemviri, and some time after Sylla increased them to 15,
known by the name of Quindecemviri.――――There were also certain
magistrates at Rome, called _Duumviri perduelliones sive capitales_.
They were first created by Tullus Hostilius, for trying such as were
accused of treason. This office was abolished as unnecessary, but
Cicero complains of their revival by Labienus the tribune. _For
Rabirius on a Charge of Treason_.――――Some of the commanders of the
Roman vessels were also called Duumviri, especially when there were
two together. They were first created A.U.C. 542.――――There were
also in the municipal towns in the provinces two magistrates called
_Duumviri municipales_. They were chosen from the centurions, and
their office was much the same as that of the two consuls at Rome.
They were sometimes preceded by two lictors with the fasces. Their
magistracy continued for five years, on which account they have been
called _Quinquennales magistratus_.
=Dyagondas=, a Theban legislator, who abolished all nocturnal
sacrifices. _Cicero_, _de Legibus_, bk. 2, ch. 15.
=Dyardenses=, a river in the extremities of India. _Curtius_, bk. 8,
ch. 9.
=Dy̆mæ=, a town of Achaia. _Livy_, bk. 27, ch. 31; bk. 32, ch. 22.
――_Pausanias_, bk. 7, ch. 17.
=Dy̆mæi=, a people of Ætolia. _Diodorus_, bk. 19.
=Dy̆mas=, a Trojan, who joined himself to Æneas when Troy was taken,
and was at last killed by his countrymen, who took him to be an
enemy because he had dressed himself in the armour of one of the
Greeks whom he had slain. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 2, lis. 340 & 428.
――――The father of Hecuba. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 11, li. 761.
=Dymnus=, one of Alexander’s officers. He conspired with many of
his fellow-soldiers against his master’s life. The conspiracy was
discovered, and Dymnus stabbed himself before he was brought before
the king. _Curtius_, bk. 6, ch. 7.
=Dȳnămĕne=, one of the Nereides. _Homer_, _Iliad_, bk. 18, li. 43.
=Dynaste=, a daughter of Thespius. _Apollodorus._
=Dyras=, a river of Trachinia. It rises at the foot of mount Œta, and
falls into the bay of Malia. _Herodotus_, bk. 7, ch. 198.
=Dyraspes=, a river of Scythia. _Ovid_, _ex Ponto_, bk. 4, poem 10,
li. 54.
=Dyris=, the name of mount Atlas among the inhabitants of that
neighbourhood.
=Dyrrhăchium=, now _Durazzo_, a large city of Macedonia, bordering
on the Adriatic sea, founded by a colony from Corcyra, B.C. 623.
It was anciently called _Epidammus_, which the Romans, considering
it of ominous meaning, changed ♦into _Dyrrhachium_. Cicero met
with a ♥favourable reception there during his exile. _Mela_, bk. 2,
ch. 3.――_Pausanias_, bk. 6, ch. 10.――_Plutarch._――_Cicero_, bk. 3,
_Letters to Atticus_, ltr. 22.
♦ ‘intlo’ replaced with ‘into’
♥ ‘favourabe’ replaced with ‘favourable’
=Dysaules=, a brother of Celeus, who instituted the mysteries of Ceres
at Celeæ. _Pausanias_, bk. 2, ch. 14.
=Dyscinētus=, an Athenian archon. _Pausanias_, bk. 4, ch. 27.
=Dysōrum=, a mountain of Thrace. _Herodotus_, bk. 5, ch. 22.
=Dyspontii=, a people of Elis. _Pausanias_, bk. 6, ch. 22.
E
=Eanes=, a man supposed to have killed Patroclus, and to have fled to
Peleus in Thessaly. _Strabo_, bk. 9.
=Eānus=, the name of Janus among the ancient Latins.
=Eărĭnus=, a beautiful boy, eunuch to Domitian. _Statius_, bk. 3,
_Sylvæ_, poem 4.
=Easium=, a town of Achaia in Peloponnesus. _Pausanias_, bk. 7, ch. 6.
=Ebdŏme=, a festival in honour of Apollo at Athens on the seventh day
of every lunar month. It was usual to sing hymns in honour of the
god, and to carry about boughs of laurel.――――There was also another
of the same name celebrated by private families the seventh day
after the birth of every child.
=Ebon=, a name given to Bacchus by the people of Neapolis. _Macrobius_,
bk. 1, ch. 18.
=Ebora=, a town of Portugal, now _Evora_.
=Eborăcum=, York in England.
=Ebūdæ=, the western isles of Britain, now _Hebrides_.
=Eburōnes=, a people of Belgium, now the country of _Liege_. _Cæsar_,
_Gallic War_, bk. 2, ch. 4; bk. 6, ch. 5.――――The Eburovices Aulerci
were the people of Evreux in Normandy. _Cæsar_, _Gallic War_, bk. 3,
ch. 17.
=Ebŭsus=, one of the Baleares, 100 miles in circumference, which
produces no hurtful animals. It is near the coast of Spain in the
Mediterranean, and now bears the name of _Yvica_, and is famous for
pasturage and figs. _Pliny_, bk. 3, ch. 5.――――A man engaged in the
Rutulian war. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 12, li. 299.
=Ecbatăna= (ōrum), now _Hamedan_, the capital of Media, and the palace
of Deioces king of Media. It was surrounded with seven walls, which
rose in gradual ascent, and were painted in seven different colours.
The most distant was the lowest, and the innermost, which was the
most celebrated, contained the royal palace. Parmenio was put to
death there by Alexander’s orders; and Hephæstion died there also,
and received a most magnificent burial.――_Herodotus_, bk. 1, ch. 98.
――_Strabo_, bk. 21.――_Curtius_, bk. 3, ch. 5; bk. 5, ch. 8; bk. 7,
ch. 10.――_Diodorus_, bk. 17.――――A town of Syria, where Cambyses
gave himself a mortal wound when mounting on horseback. _Herodotus_,
bk. 3.――_Ptolemy_, bk. 6, ch. 2.――_Curtius_, bk. 5, ch. 8.
=Ecechiria=, the wife of Iphitus. _Pausanias_, bk. 5, ch. 10.
=Ecetra=, a town of the Volsci. _Livy_, bk. 2, ch. 25; bk. 3, ch. 4.
=Echecrătes=, a Thessalian who offered violence to Phœbas the
priestess of Apollo’s temple at Delphi. From this circumstance a
decree was made by which no woman was admitted to the office of
priestess before the age of 50. _Diodorus_, bk. 4.
=Echedamia=, a town of Phocis. _Pausanias_, bk. 10, ch. 3.
=Echelătus=, a man who led a colony to Africa. _Strabo_, bk. 8.
=Echelta=, a fortified town in Sicily.
=Echĕlus=, a Trojan chief killed by Patroclus.――――Another, son of
Agenor, killed by Achilles. _Homer_, _Iliad_, bks. 16 & 20.
=Echembrŏtus=, an Arcadian, who obtained the prize at the Pythian
games. _Pausanias_, bk. 10, ch. 7.
=Echĕmon=, a son of Priam, killed by Diomedes. _Homer_, _Iliad_, bk. 5,
li. 160.
=Echĕmus=, an Arcadian, who conquered the Dorians when they endeavoured
to recover Peloponnesus under Hyllus. _Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 5.
――――A king of Arcadia, who joined Aristomenes against the Spartans.
=Echenēus=, a Phæacian. _Homer_, _Odyssey_, bk. 7.
=Echĕphron=, one of Nestor’s sons. _Apollodorus_, bk. 1, ch. 9.――――A
son of Priam. _Apollodorus_.――――A son of Hercules. _Pausanias_,
bk. 8, ch. 24.
=Echepŏlis=, a Trojan, son of Thasius, killed by Antilochus. _Homer_,
_Iliad_, bk. 4, li. 458.
=Echestrătus=, a son of Agis I. king of Sparta, who succeeded his
father, B.C. 1058. _Herodotus_, bk. 7, ch. 204.
=Echevethenses=, a people of Tegea in Arcadia. _Pausanias_, bk. 8,
ch. 45.
=Echidna=, a celebrated monster sprung from the union of Chrysaor with
Callirhoe the daughter of Oceanus. She is represented as a beautiful
woman in the upper part of the body, but as a serpent below the
waist. She was mother, by Typhon, of Orthos, Geryon, Cerberus, the
Hydra, &c. According to Herodotus, Hercules had three children by
her, Agathyrsus, Gelonus, and Scytha. _Herodotus_, bk. 3, ch. 108.
――_Hesiod_, _Theogony_.――_Apollodorus_, bk. 2.――_Pausanias_, bk. 8,
ch. 18.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 9, li. 158.
=Echidorus=, a river of Thrace. _Ptolemy_, bk. 3.
=Echīnădes=, or =Echinæ=, five small islands near Acarnania, at
the mouth of the river Achelous. They have been formed by the
inundations of that river, and by the sand and mud which its waters
carry down, and now bear the name of _Curzolari_. _Pliny_, bk. 2,
ch. 85.――_Herodotus_, bk. 2, ch. 10.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 8,
li. 588.――_Strabo_, bk. 2.
=Echīnon=, a city of Thrace. _Mela_, bk. 2, ch. 3.
=Echīnus=, an island in the Ægean.――――A town of Acarnania,――――of
Phthiotis. _Livy_, bk. 32, ch. 33.
=Echinussa=, an island near Eubœa, called afterwards _Cimolus_.
_Pliny_, bk. 4, ch. 12.
=Echīon=, one of those men who sprung from the dragon’s teeth sown by
Cadmus. He was one of the five who survived the fate of his brothers,
and assisted Cadmus in building the city of Thebes. Cadmus rewarded
his services by giving him his daughter Agave in marriage. He was
father of Pentheus by Agave. He succeeded his father-in-law on the
throne of Thebes, as some have imagined, and from that circumstance
Thebes has been called Echioniæ, and the inhabitants _Echionidæ_.
_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 3, li. 311; _Tristia_, bk. 5, poem 5,
li. 53.――――A son of Mercury and Antianira, who was the herald of the
Argonauts. _Flaccus_, bk. 1, li. 400.――――A man who often obtained
a prize in running. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 8, li. 292.――――A
musician at Rome, in Domitian’s age. _Juvenal_, satire 6, li. 76.
――――A statuary.――――A painter.
=Echionides=, a patronymic given to Pentheus, as ♦descended from
Echion. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 3.
♦‘deseended’ replaced with ‘descended’
=Echionius=, an epithet applied to a person born in Thebes, founded
with the assistance of Echion. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 12, li. 515.
=Echo=, a daughter of the Air and Tellus, who chiefly resided in the
vicinity of the Cephisus. She was once one of Juno’s attendants, and
became the confidant of Jupiter’s amours. Her loquacity, however,
displeased Jupiter; and she was deprived of the power of speech
by Juno, and only permitted to answer to the questions which were
put to her. Pan had formerly been one of her admirers, but he never
enjoyed her favours. Echo, after she had been punished by Juno,
fell in love with Narcissus, and on being despised by him, she pined
away, and was changed into a stone, which still retained the power
of voice. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 3, li. 358.
=Ecnŏmos=, a mountain of Sicily, now _Licata_.
=Edessa= and =Edesa=, a town of Syria.
=Edessæ portus=, a harbour of Sicily near Pachynus. _Cicero_, _Against
Verres_, bk. 5, ch. 34.
=Edeta=, or =Leria=, a town of Spain along the river Sucro. _Pliny_,
bk. 3, ch. 3.――_Livy_, bk. 28, ch. 24.――_Silius Italicus_, bk. 3,
li. 371.
=Edissa= and =Ædessa=, a town of Macedonia taken by Caranus, and
called Ægæ, or Ægeas. _See:_ Ædessa.
=Edon=, a mountain of Thrace, called also Edonus. From this mountain
that part of Thrace is often called _Edonia_ which lies between the
Strymon and the Nessus, and the epithet is generally applied not
only to Thrace but to a cold northern climate. _Virgil_, _Æneid_,
bk. 12, li. 325.――_Pliny_, bk. 4, ch. 18.――_Lucan_, bk. 1, li. 674.
=Edoni=, or =Edones=, a people of Thrace, near the Strymon.
_Apollodorus_, bk. 3, ch. 5.
=Edonĭdes=, a name given to the priestesses of Bacchus, because
they celebrated the festivals of the god on mount Edon. _Ovid_,
_Metamorphoses_, bk. 11, li. 69.
=Edylius=, a mountain which Sylla seized to attack the people of
Cheronæa. _Plutarch_, _Sulla_.
=Eetion=, the father of Andromache, and of seven sons, was king of
Thebes in Cilicia. He was killed by Achilles. From him the word
_Eetioneus_ is applied to his relations or descendants. _Homer_,
_Iliad_, bk. 12.――――The commander of the Athenian fleet conquered by
the Macedonians under Clytus, near the Echinades. _Diodorus_, bk. 18.
=Egĕlĭdus=, a river of Etruria. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 8, li. 610.
=Egĕria=, a nymph of Aricra in Italy, where Diana was particularly
worshipped. Egeria was courted by Numa, and according to Ovid she
became his wife. This prince frequently visited her, and that he
might more successfully introduce his laws and new regulations into
the state, he solemnly declared before the Roman people that they
were previously sanctified and approved by the nymph Egeria. Ovid
says that Egeria was so disconsolate at the death of Numa, that she
melted into tears, and was changed into a fountain by Diana. She is
reckoned by many as a goddess who presided over the pregnancy of
women, and some maintain that she is the same as Lucina, or Diana.
_Livy_, bk. 1, ch. 19.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 15, li. 547.
――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 7, li. 775.――_Martial_, bk. 2, ltr. 6,
li. 16.
=Egesarētus=, a Thessalian of Larissa, who favoured the interest of
Pompey during the civil wars. _Cæsar_, bk. 3, _Civil War_, ch. 35.
=Egesīnus=, a philosopher, pupil to Evander. _Cicero_, _Academica_,
bk. 4, ch. 6.
=Egesta=, a daughter of Hippotes the Trojan. Her father exposed her on
the sea, for fear of being devoured by a marine monster which laid
waste the country. She was carried safe to Sicily, where she was
ravished by the river Crinisus.――――A town of Sicily. _See:_ Ægesta.
=Egnātia Maximilla=, a woman who accompanied her husband into
banishment under Nero, &c. _Tacitus_, _Annals_, bk. 15, ch. 71.――――A
town. _See:_ Gnatia.
=Proculus Egnātius=, a crafty and perfidious Roman in the reign of
Nero, who committed the greatest crimes for the sake of money.
_Tacitus_, _Histories_, bk. 4, ch. 10.
=Eion=, a commercial place at the mouth of the Strymon. _Pausanias_,
bk. 8, ch. 8.
=Eiones=, a village of Peloponnesus on the sea coast.
=Eioneus=, a Greek killed by Hector in the Trojan war. _Homer_,
_Iliad_, bk. 8.――――A Thracian, father to Rhesus. _Iliad_, bk. 10.
=Elabontas=, a river near Antioch. _Strabo._
=Elæa=, a town of Æolia. _Livy_, bk. 36, ch. 43. _Pausanias_, bk. 9,
ch. 5.――――An island in the Propontis.
=Elæus=, a part of Epirus.――――A surname of Jupiter.――――A town of the
Thracian Chersonesus. _Livy_, bk. 31, ch. 16; bk. 37, ch. 9.
=Elagabālus=, the surname of the sun at Emessa.
=Elāites=, a grove near Canopus in Egypt.
=Elaius=, a mountain of Arcadia. _Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 41.
=Elaphiæa=, a surname of Diana in Elis. _Pausanias_, bk. 6, ch. 22.
=Elăphus=, a river of Arcadia. _Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 36.
=Elaphebŏlia=, a festival in honour of Diana the huntress. In the
celebration a cake was made in the form of a deer, ἐλαφος, and
offered to the goddess. It owed its institution to the following
circumstance. When the Phocians had been severely beaten by
the Thessalians, they resolved, by the persuasion of a certain
Deiphantus, to raise a pile of combustible materials, and burn
their wives, children, and effects, rather than submit to the enemy.
This resolution was unanimously approved by the women, who decreed
Deiphantus a crown for his magnanimity. When everything was prepared,
before they fired the pile, they engaged their enemies, and fought
with such desperate fury, that they totally routed them, and
obtained a complete victory. In commemoration of this unexpected
success, this festival was instituted to Diana, and observed with
the greatest solemnity, so that even one of the months of the year,
March, was called Elaphebolion from this circumstance.
=Elaptonius=, a youth who conspired against Alexander. _Curtius_,
bk. 8, ch. 6.
=Elāra=, the mother of Tiphyus by Jupiter. _Apollodorus_, bk. 1,
ch. 4.――――A daughter of Orchomenus king of Arcadia. _Strabo_, bk. 9.
=Elatēa=, the largest town of Phocis, near the Cephisus. _Pausanias_,
bk. 10, ch. 34.
=Elatia=, a town of Phocis. _Livy_, bk. 28, ch. 7.――――Of Thessaly.
_Livy_, bk. 42, ch. 54.
=Elātus=, one of the first Ephori of Sparta, B.C. 760. _Plutarch_,
_Lycurgus_.――――The father of Ceneus. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 12,
li. 497.――――A mountain of Asia,――――of Zacynthus.――――The father of
Polyphemus the Argonaut by Hipseia. _Apollodorus_, bk. 3, ch. 9.
――――The son of Arcas king of Arcadia by Erato, who retired to Phocis.
_Apollodorus_, bk. 3, ch. 9.――_Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 4.――――A king
in the army of Priam, killed by Agamemnon. _Homer_, _Iliad_, bk. 6.
――――One of Penelope’s suitors, killed by Eumeus. _Homer_, _Odyssey_,
bk. 22, li. 267.
=Elaver=, a river in Gaul falling into the Loire, now the _Allier_.
=Elea=, a town of Campania, whence the followers of Zeno were called
the _Eleatic_ sect. _Cicero_, _Academica_, bk. 4, ch. 42; _Tusculanæ
Disputationes_, bk. 2, chs. 21 & 22; _de Natura Deorum_, bk. 3,
ch. 33.――――Of Æolia.
=Electra=, one of the Oceanides, wife of Atlas, and mother of Dardanus
by Jupiter. _Ovid_, _Fasti_, bk. 4, li. 31.――――A daughter of Atlas
and Pleione. She was changed into a constellation, _Apollodorus_,
bk. 3, chs. 10 & 12.――――One of the Danaides. _Apollodorus_, bk. 2,
ch. 1.――――A daughter of Agamemnon king of Argos. She first incited
her brother Orestes to revenge his father’s death by assassinating
his mother Clytemnestra. Orestes gave her in marriage to his friend
Pylades, and she became mother of two sons, Strophius and Merdon.
Her adventures and misfortunes form one of the interesting tragedies
of the poet Sophocles. _Hyginus_, fable 122.――_Pausanias_, bk. 2,
ch. 16.――_Ælian_, _Varia Historia_, bk. 4, ch. 26, &c.――――A sister
of Cadmus. _Pausanias_, bk. 9, ch. 8.――――A city and river of Messenia
in Peloponnesus. _Pausanias_, bk. 4, ch. 33.――――One of Helen’s female
attendants. _Pausanias_, bk. 10, ch. 25.
=Electræ=, a gate of Thebes. _Pausanias_, bk. 9, ch. 8.
=Electrĭdes=, islands in the Adriatic sea, which received their name
from the quantity of amber (_electrum_) which they produced. They
were at the mouth of the Po, according to Apollonius of Rhodes,
but some historians doubt their existence. _Pliny_, bk. 2, ch. 26;
bk. 37, ch. 2.――_Mela_, bk. 2, ch. 7.
=Electryon=, a king of Argos, son of Perseus and Andromeda. He was
brother to Alcæus, whose daughter Anaxo he married, and by her
he had several sons, and one daughter, Alcmene. He sent his sons
against the Teleboans, who had ravaged his country, and they were
all killed except Licymnius. Upon this Electryon promised his crown
and daughter in marriage to him who could undertake to punish the
Teleboans for the death of his sons. Amphitryon offered himself
and succeeded. Electryon inadvertently perished by the hand of his
son-in-law. _See:_ Amphitryon, Alcmena. _Apollodorus_, bk. 2, ch. 4.
――_Pausanias._
=Elēi=, a people of Elis in Peloponnesus. They were formerly called
_Epei_. In their country was the temple of Jupiter, where also were
celebrated the Olympic games, of which they had the superintendence.
Their horses were in great repute, hence _Elei equi_ and _Elea
palma_. _Propertius_, bk. 3, poem 9, li. 18.――_Pausanias_, bk. 5.
――_Lucan_, bk. 4, li. 293.
=Elēlēus=, a surname of Bacchus, from the word ἐλελευ, which the
Bacchanals loudly repeated during his festivals. His priestesses
were in consequence called _Eleleis_, _ides_. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_,
bk. 4, li. 15.
=Eleon=, a village of Bœotia.――――Another in Phocis.
=Eleontum=, a town of the Thracian Chersonesus.
=Elephantis=, a poetess who wrote lascivious verses. _Martial_,
bk. 12, ltr. 43.――――A princess by whom Danaus had two daughters.
_Apollodorus_, bk. 2.――――An island in the river Nile, in Upper Egypt,
with a town of the same name, which is often called _Elephantina_ by
some authors. _Strabo_, bk. 17.――_Herodotus_, bk. 2, ch. 9, &c.
=Elephantophăgi=, a people of Æthiopia.
=Elphēnor=, son of Chalcedon, was one of Helen’s suitors. _Homer_,
_Iliad_, bk. 2, li. 47.
=Elepōrus=, a river of Magna Græcia.
=Eleuchia=, a daughter of Thespius. _Apollodorus._
=Eleus=, a city of Thrace.――――A river of Media.――――A king of Elis.
_Pausanias_, bk. 5, ch. 3.