his stature. The word signifies a small worm, or according to some,
it implies, in the language of Gaul, fatness, for which the founder
of the Sulpician family was remarkable.――――A king among the Gauls,
who made war against Julius Cæsar. _Cæsar_, _Gallic War_, bk. 2, ch.
4.――――A brother of the emperor Galba, who killed himself, &c.――――A
mean buffoon, in the age of Tiberius. _Juvenal_, satire 5, li. 4.
――――Servius, a lawyer at Rome, who defended the cause of adulterers
with great warmth, as being one of the fraternity. Horace ridicules
him, bk. 1, satire 2, li. 46.――――Servius Sulpicius, a Roman who
rose gradually to the greatest offices of the state, and exercised
his power in the provinces with equity and unremitted diligence.
He dedicated the greatest part of his time to solitary pursuits,
chiefly to avoid the suspicions of Nero. His disapprobation of the
emperor’s oppressive command in the provinces, was the cause of new
disturbances. Nero ordered him to be put to death, but he escaped
from the hands of the executioner, and was publicly saluted emperor.
When he was seated on the throne, he suffered himself to be governed
by favourites, who exposed to sale the goods of the citizens to
gratify their avarice. Exemptions were sold at a high price, and
the crime of murder was blotted out, and impunity purchased with a
large sum of money. Such irregularities in the emperor’s ministers
greatly displeased the people; and when Galba refused to pay the
soldiers the money which he had promised them when he was raised
to the throne, they assassinated him in the 73rd year of his age,
and in the eighth of his reign, and proclaimed Otho emperor in his
room, January 16th, A.D. 69. The virtues which had shone so bright
in Galba, when a private man, totally disappeared when he ascended
the
throne; and he who showed himself the most impartial judge, forgot
the duties of an emperor, and of a father of his people. _Suetonius_
& _Plutarch_, _Lives_.――_Tacitus._――――A learned man, grandfather
to the emperor of the same name. _Suetonius_, _Galba_, ch. 4.
――――Sergius, a celebrated orator before the age of Cicero. He showed
his sons to the Roman people, and implored their protection by which
means he saved himself from the punishment which either his guilt or
the persuasive eloquence of his adversaries, Marcus Cato and Lucius
Scribonius, urged as due to him. _Cicero_, _On Oratory_, bk. 1,
ch. 53; _Rhetorica ad Herennium_, bk. 4, ch. 5.
=Galēnus Claudius=, a celebrated physician in the age of Marcus
Antoninus and his successors, born at Pergamus, the son of an
architect. He applied himself with unremitted labour to the study
of philosophy, mathematics, and chiefly of physic. He visited the
most learned seminaries of Greece and Egypt; and at last came to
Rome, where he soon rendered himself famous by his profession. Many,
astonished at his cures, attributed them to magic, and said that
he had received all his knowledge from enchantments. He was very
intimate with Marcus Aurelius the emperor, after whose death he
returned to Pergamus, where he died, in his 90th year, A.D. 193.
He wrote no less than 300 volumes, the greatest part of which were
burnt in the temple of Peace at Rome, where they had been deposited.
Galenus confessed himself greatly indebted to the writings of
Hippocrates for his medical knowledge, and bestowed great encomiums
upon him. To the diligence, application, and experiments of these
two celebrated physicians, the moderns are indebted for many useful
discoveries; yet often their opinions are ill-grounded, their
conclusions hasty, and their reasoning false. What remains of the
works of Galen has been published, without a Latin translation, in 5
vols., folio, Basil. 1538. Galen was likewise edited, together with
Hippocrates, by Charterius, 13 vols., folio, Paris, 1679, but very
incorrect.
=Galeolæ=, certain prophets in Sicily. _Cicero._
=Galeria=, one of the Roman tribes.――――The wife of Vitellius. _Cæsar._
――_Tacitus_, _Histories_, bk. 2, ch. 60.――――Faustina, the wife of
the emperor Antoninus Pius.
=Gălērius=, a native of Dacia, made emperor of Rome by Diocletian.
_See:_ Maximianus.
=Gălēsus=, now _Galeso_, a river of Calabria, flowing into the bay
of Tarentum. The poets have celebrated it for the shady groves in
its neighbourhood, and the fine sheep which feed on its fertile
banks, and whose fleeces were said to be rendered soft when they
bathed in the stream. _Martial_, bk. 2, ltr. 43; bk. 4, ltr. 28.
――_Virgil_, _Georgics_, bk. 4, li. 126.――_Horace_, bk. 2, ode 6,
li. 10.――――A rich person of Latium, killed as he attempted to make a
reconciliation between the Trojans and Rutulians, when Ascanius had
killed the favourite stag of Tyrrheus; which was the prelude to all
the enmities between the hostile nations. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 7,
li. 335.
=Galilæa=, a celebrated country of Syria, often mentioned in Scripture.
=Galinthiadia=, a festival at Thebes, in honour of Galinthias,
a daughter of Prœtus. It was celebrated before the festival of
Hercules, by whose orders it was first instituted.
=Galli=, a nation of Europe, naturally fierce, and inclined to war.
They were very superstitious, and in their sacrifices they often
immolated human victims. In some places they had large statues made
with twigs, which they filled with men, and reduced to ashes. They
believed themselves descended from Pluto; and from that circumstance
they always reckoned their time not by the days, as other nations,
but by the nights. Their obsequies were splendid, and not only
the most precious things, but even slaves and oxen, were burnt
on the funeral pile. Children, among them, never appeared in the
presence of their fathers, before they were able to bear arms in the
defence of their country. _Cæsar_, _Gallic War_.――_Strabo_, bk. 4.
――_Tacitus._ _See:_ Gallia.――――The priests of Cybele, who received
that name from the river Gallus, in Phrygia, where they celebrated
the festivals. They mutilated themselves, before they were admitted
to the priesthood, in imitation of Atys the favourite of Cybele.
_See:_ Atys. The chief among them was called Archigallus, who in
his dress resembled a woman, and carried suspended to his neck a
large collar, with two representations of the head of Atys. _See:_
Corybantes, Dactyli, &c. _Diodorus_, bk. 4.――_Ovid_, _Fasti_, bk. 4,
li. 36.――_Lucan_, bk. 1, li. 466.――_Lucian_, _de Deâ Syriâ_.
=Gallia=, a large country of Europe, called Galatia by the Greeks. The
inhabitants were called _Galli_, _Celtiberi_, and _Celtoscythæ_, by
themselves _Celtæ_, by the Greeks _Galatæ_. Ancient Gaul was divided
into four different parts by the Romans, called Gallia Belgica,
Narbonensis, Aquitania, and Celtica. Gallia _Belgia_ was the largest
province, bounded by Germany, Gallia Narbonensis, and the German
ocean; and contained the modern country of Alsace, Lorraine, Picardy
with part of the Low Countries, and of Champagne, and of the isle
of France. Gallia _Narbonensis_, which contained the provinces now
called Languedoc, Provence, Dauphinè, Savoy, was bounded by the Alps
and Pyrenean mountains, by Aquitania, Belgium, and the Mediterranean.
_Aquitania_ Gallia, now called the provinces of Poitou, Santonge,
Guienne, Berry, Perigord, Quercy, Limosin, Gascony, Auvergne, &c.,
was situate between the Garumna, the Pyrenean mountains, and the
ocean. Gallia _Celtica_, or _Lugdunensis_, was bounded by Belgium,
Gallia Narbonensis, the Alps, and the ocean. It contained the
country at present known by the name of Lyonnais, Touraine, Franche
Comté, Senenois, Switzerland, and part of Normandy. Besides these
great divisions, there is often mention made of Gallia Cisalpina,
or Citerior; Transalpina, or Ulterior, which refers to that part of
Italy which was conquered by some of the Gauls who crossed the Alps.
By Gallia _Cisalpina_, the Romans understood that part of Gaul which
lies in Italy; and by _Transalpina_, that which lies beyond the
Alps, in regard only to the inhabitants of Rome. Gallia _Cispadana_,
and _Transpadana_, is applied to a part of Italy, conquered by some
of the Gauls, and then it means the country on this side of the
Po, or beyond the Po, with respect to Rome. By Gallia _Togata_,
the Romans understood Cisalpine Gaul, where the Roman gowns, _togæ_,
were usually worn, as the inhabitants had been admitted to the rank
of citizenship at Rome. Gallia Narbonensis was called _Braccata_,
on account of the peculiar covering of the inhabitants for their
thighs. The epithet of _Comata_ is applied to Gallia Celtica, because
the people suffered their hair to grow to an uncommon length. The
inhabitants were great warriors; and their valour overcame the Roman
armies, took the city of Rome, and invaded Greece, in different ages.
They spread themselves over the greatest part of the world. They were
very superstitious in their religious ceremonies, and revered the
sacerdotal order as if they had been gods. _See:_ Druidæ. They long
maintained a bloody war against the Romans; and Cæsar resided 10
years in their country before he could totally subdue them. _Cæsar_,
_Gallic War_.――_Pausanias_, bk. 7, ch. 6.――_Strabo_, bk. 5, &c.
=Gallicānus mons=, a mountain of Campania.
=Gallĭcus ager=, was applied to the country between Picenum and
Ariminum, whence the Galli Senones were banished, and which was
divided among the Roman citizens. _Livy_, bk. 23, ch. 14; bk. 39,
ch. 44.――_Cicero_, _Against Catiline_, bk. 2.――_Cæsar_, _Civil War_,
bk. 1, ch. 29.――――Sinus, a part of the Mediterranean on the coast of
Gaul, now called the gulf of Lyons.
=Galliēnus Publius Lucinius=, a son of the emperor Valerian. He
reigned conjointly with his father for seven years, and ascended
the throne as sole emperor, A.D. 260. In his youth he showed his
activity and military character, in an expedition against the
Germans and Sarmatæ; but when he came to the purple, he delivered
himself up to pleasure and indolence. His time was spent in the
greatest debauchery; and he indulged himself in the grossest and
most lascivious manner, and his palace displayed a scene, at once
of effeminacy and shame, voluptuousness and immorality. He often
appeared with his hair powdered with golden dust; and enjoyed
tranquillity at home, while his provinces abroad were torn by civil
quarrels and seditions. He heard of the loss of a rich province, and
of the execution of a malefactor, with the same indifference; and
when he was apprised that Egypt had revolted, he only observed, that
he could live without the produce of Egypt. He was of a disposition
naturally inclined to raillery and the ridicule of others. When
his wife had been deceived by a jeweller, Gallienus ordered the
malefactor to be placed in the circus, in expectation of being
exposed to the ferocity of a lion. While the wretch trembled at
the expectation of instant death, the executioner, by order of the
emperor, let loose a capon upon him. An uncommon laugh was raised
upon this, and the emperor observed, that he who had deceived
others should expect to be deceived himself. In the midst of these
ridiculous diversions, Gallienus was alarmed by the revolt of two of
his officers, who had assumed the imperial purple. This intelligence
roused him from his lethargy; he marched against his antagonists,
and put all the rebels to the sword, without showing the least
favour either to rank, sex, or age. These cruelties irritated the
people and the army; emperors were elected, and no less than 30
tyrants aspired to the imperial purple. Gallienus resolved boldly to
oppose his adversaries; but in the midst of his preparations he was
assassinated at Milan by some of his officers, in the 50th year of
his age, A.D. 268.
=Gallinaria sylva=, a wood near Cumæ in Italy, famous as being the
retreat of robbers. _Juvenal_, satire 3, li. 307.
=Gallipŏlis=, a fortified town of the Salentines, on the Ionian sea.
=Gallogræcia=, a country of Asia Minor, near Bithynia and Cappadocia.
It was inhabited by a colony of Gauls, who assumed the name of
_Gallogræci_, because a number of Greeks had accompanied them in
their emigration. _Strabo_, bk. 2.
=Caius Gallōnius=, a Roman knight appointed over Gades, &c.
=P. Gallōnius=, a luxurious Roman, who, as was observed, never dined
well, because he was never hungry. _Cicero_, _de Finibus Bonorum et
Malorum_, bk. 2, chs. 8 & 28.
=Gallus.= _See:_ Alectryon.――――A general of Otho, &c. _Plutarch._――――A
lieutenant of Sylla.――――An officer of Marcus Antony, &c.――――Caius, a
friend of the great Africanus, famous for his knowledge of astronomy,
and his exact calculation of eclipses. _Cicero_, _de Senectute_.
――――Ælius, the third governor of Egypt in the age of Augustus.
――――Cornelius, a Roman knight, who rendered himself famous by his
poetical, as well as military talents. He was passionately fond of
the slave Lycoris, or Cytheris, and celebrated her beauty in his
poetry. She proved ungrateful, and forsook him to follow Marcus
Antony, which gave occasion to Virgil to write his tenth eclogue.
Gallus, as well as the other poets of his age, was in the favour of
Augustus, by whom he was appointed over Egypt. He became forgetful
of the favours he received; he pillaged the province, and even
conspired against his benefactor, according to some accounts, for
which he was banished by the emperor. This disgrace operated so
powerfully upon him, that he killed himself in despair, A.D. 26.
Some few fragments remain of his poetry, and it seems that he
particularly excelled in elegiac compositions. It is said that
Virgil wrote a eulogium on his poetical friend, and inserted it
at the end of his Georgics; but that he totally suppressed it, for
fear of offending his imperial patron, of whose favours Gallus had
shown himself so undeserving, and instead of that he substituted
the beautiful episode about Aristæus and Eurydice. This eulogium,
according to some, was suppressed at the particular desire of
Augustus. _Quintilian_, bk. 10, ch. 8.――_Virgil_, _Eclogues_, poems
6 & 10.――_Ovid_, _Ars Amatoria_, bk. 3, poem 15, li. 29.――――Vibius
Gallus, a celebrated orator of Gaul in the age of Augustus, of
whose orations Seneca has preserved some fragments.――――A Roman who
assassinated Decius the emperor, and raised himself to the throne.
He showed himself indolent and cruel, and beheld with the greatest
indifference the revolt of his provinces, and the invasion of
his empire, by the barbarians. He was at last assassinated by his
soldiers, A.D. 253.――――Flavius Claudius Constantinus, a brother of
the emperor Julian, raised to the imperial throne under the title
of Cæsar, by Constantius his relation. He conspired against his
benefactor, and was publicly condemned to be beheaded, A.D. 354.
――――A small river of Phrygia, whose waters were said to be very
efficacious, if drunk in moderation, in curing madness. _Pliny_,
bk. 32, ch. 2.――_Ovid_, _Fasti_, bk. 4, li. 361.
=Gamaxus=, an Indian prince, brought in chains before Alexander for
revolting.
=Gamelia=, a surname of Juno, as _Gamelius_ was of Jupiter, on
account of their presiding over marriages.――――A festival privately
observed at three different times. The first was the celebration
of a marriage, the second was in commemoration of a birthday, and
the third was an anniversary of the death of a person. As it was
observed generally on the 1st of January, marriages on that day
were considered as of a good omen, and the month was called Gemelion
among the Athenians. _Cicero_, _de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum_,
bk. 2, ch. 31.
=Gandarītæ=, an Indian nation.
=Gangama=, a place near the Palus Mæotis.
=Gangrărĭdæ=, a people near the mouths of the Ganges. They were so
powerful that Alexander did not dare to attack them. Some attributed
this to the weariness and indolence of his troops. They were placed
by Valer. Flaccus among the deserts of Scythia. _Justin_, bk. 12,
ch. 8.――_Curtius_, bk. 9, ch. 2.――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 3, li. 27.
――_Flaccus_, bk. 6, li. 67.
=Ganges=, a large river of India, falling into the Indian ocean, said
by Lucan to be the boundary of Alexander’s victories in the east.
It inundates the adjacent country in the summer. Like other rivers,
it was held in the greatest veneration by the inhabitants, and this
superstition is said to exist still in some particular instances.
The Ganges is now discovered to rise in the mountains of Thibet, and
to run upwards of 2000 miles before it reaches the sea, receiving in
its course the tribute of several rivers, 11 of which are superior
to the Thames, and often equal to the great body of the waters of
the Rhine. _Lucan_, bk. 3, li. 230.――_Strabo_, bk. 5.――_Pliny_,
bk. 6, ch. 87.――_Curtius_, bk. 8, ch. 9.――_Mela_, bk. 3, ch. 7.
――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 9, li. 31.
=Gannascus=, an ally of Rome, put to death by Corbulo the Roman
general, &c. _Tacitus_, _Annals_, bk. 11, ch. 18.
=Găny̆mēde=, a goddess, better known by the name of Hebe. She was
worshipped under this name in a temple at Phlius in Peloponnesus.
_Pausanias_, bk. 2, ch. 13.
=Găny̆mēdes=, a beautiful youth of Phrygia, son of Tros, and brother
to Ilus and Assaracus. According to Lucan, he was son of Dardanus.
He was taken up to heaven by Jupiter as he was hunting, or rather
tending his father’s flocks on mount Ida, and he became the
cup-bearer of the gods in the place of Hebe. Some say that he was
carried away by an eagle, to satisfy the shameful and unnatural
desires of Jupiter. He is generally represented sitting on the back
of a flying eagle in the air. _Pausanias_, bk. 5, ch. 24.――_Homer_,
_Iliad_, bk. 28, li. 231.――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 5, li. 252.
――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 10, li. 155.――_Horace_, bk. 4, ode 4.
=Garætĭcum=, a town of Africa.
=Gărămantes= (singular, Garamas), a people in the interior parts of
Africa, now called the deserts of Zara. They lived in common, and
acknowledged as their own only such children as resembled them,
and scarce clothed themselves, on account of the warmth of their
climate. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 4, li. 198; bk. 6, li. 795.――_Lucan_,
bk. 4, li. 334.――_Strabo_, bk. 2.――_Pliny_, bk. 5, ch. 8.――_Silius
Italicus_, bk. 1, li. 142; bk. 11, li. 181.
=Gărămantis=, a nymph who became mother of Iarbas, Phileus, and
Pilumnus by Jupiter. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 4, li. 198.
=Gărămas=, a king of Libya, whose daughter was mother of Ammon by
Jupiter.
=Gărătas=, a river of Arcadia, near Tegea, on the banks of which Pan
had a temple. _Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 44.
=Gareătæ=, a people of Arcadia. _Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 45.
=Gareathyra=, a town of Cappadocia. _Strabo_, bk. 12.
=Gargānus=, now _St. Angelo_, a lofty mountain of Apulia, which
advances in the form of a promontory into the Adriatic sea. _Virgil_,
_Æneid_, bk. 11, li. 257.――_Lucan_, bk. 5, li. 880.
=Gargăphia=, a valley near Platæa, with a fountain of the same name,
where Actæon was torn to pieces by his dogs. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_,
bk. 3, li. 156.
=Gargăris=, a king of the Curetes, who first found the manner of
collecting honey. He had a son by his daughter, whom he attempted in
vain to destroy. He made him his successor. _Justin_, bk. 44, ch. 44.
=Gargărus= (plural, a, orum), a town and mountain of Troas, near mount
Ida, famous for its fertility. _Virgil_, _Georgics_, bk. 1, li. 103.
――_Macrobius_, bk. 5, ch. 20.――_Strabo_, bk. 13.――_Pliny_, bk. 5,
ch. 30.
=Gargettus=, a village of Attica, the birthplace of Epicurus. _Cicero_,
_Letters to his Friends_, bk. 15, ltr. 16.
=Gargĭlius Martialis=, an historian.――――A celebrated hunter. _Horace_,
bk. 1, ltr. 6, li. 57.
=Gargittius=, a dog which kept Geryon’s flocks. He was killed by
Hercules.
=Garĭtes=, a people of Aquitain, in Gaul.
=Garumna=, a river of Gaul, now called _Garonne_, rising in the
Pyrenean mountains, and separating Gallia Celtica from Aquitania.
It falls into the bay of Biscay, and has, by the persevering labours
of ♦Louis XIV., a communication with the Mediterranean by the canal
of Languedoc, carried upwards of 100 miles through hills, and over
valleys. _Mela_, bk. 3, ch. 2.
♦ ‘Lewis’ replaced with ‘Louis’
=Gastron=, a general of Lacedæmon, &c. _Polybius_, bk. 2.
=Gatheæ=, a town of Arcadia. _Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 34.
=Gatheatas=, a river of Arcadia. _Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 34.
=Gaugramēla=, a village near Arbela, beyond the Tigris, where
Alexander obtained his third victory over Darius. _Curtius_, bk. 4,
ch. 9.――_Strabo_, bks. 2 & 16.
=Gaulus= and =Gauleon=, an island in the Mediterranean sea, opposite
Libya. It produces no venomous creatures. _Pliny_, bk. 3, ch. 8.
=Gaurus=, a mountain of Campania, famous for its wines. _Lucan_, bk. 2,
li. 667.――_Silius Italicus_, bk. 12, li. 160.――_Statius_, bk. 3,
_Sylvæ_, poem 5, li. 99.
=Gaus= and =Gaos=, a man who followed the interest of Artaxerxes,
from whom he revolted, and by whom he was put to death. _Diodorus_,
bk. 15.
=Gaza=, a famous town of Palestine, once well fortified, as being the
frontier place on the confines of Egypt. Alexander took it after a
siege of two months. _Diodorus_, bk. 17.
=Gebenna=, a town and mountain of Gaul. _Lucan_, bk. 1, li. 435.
=Gēdrōsia=, a barren province of Persia near India. _Strabo_, bk. 2.
=Gegănii=, a family of Alba, part of which migrated to Rome, under
Romulus. One of the daughters, called Gegania, was the first of the
vestals created by Numa. _Plutarch_, _Numa_.
=Gĕla=, a town on the southern parts of Sicily, about 10 miles from
the sea, according to Ptolemy, which received its name from a
small river in the neighbourhood, called _Gelas_. It was built by
a Rhodian and Cretan colony, 713 years before the christian era.
After it had continued in existence 404 years, Phintias tyrant of
Agrigentum carried the inhabitants to _Phintias_, a town in the
neighbourhood, which he had founded, and he employed the stones of
Gela to beautify his own city. Phintias was also called Gela. The
inhabitants were called _Gelenses_, _Geloi_, and _Gelani_. _Virgil_,
_Æneid_, bk. 3, li. 702.――_Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 46.
=Gelānor=, a king of Argos, who succeeded his father, and was deprived
of his kingdom by Danaus the Egyptian. _Pausanias_, bk. 2, ch. 16.
_See:_ Danaus.
=Gellia Cornelia lex=, _de Civitate_, by Lucius Gellius and Cnæus
Cornelius Lentulus, A.U.C. 682. It enacted that all those who had
been presented with the privilege of citizens of Rome by Pompey
should remain in the possession of that liberty.
=Gellias=, a native of Agrigentum, famous for his munificence and his
hospitality. _Diodorus_, bk. 13.――_Valerius Maximus_, bk. 4, ch. 8.
=Gellius=, a censor, &c. _Plutarch_, _Pompey_.――――A consul who defeated
a party of Germans, in the interest of Spartacus. _Plutarch._
=Aulus Gellius=, a Roman grammarian in the age of Marcus Antonius,
about 130 A.D. He published a work which he called _Noctes Atticæ_,
because he composed it at Athens during the long nights of the
winter. It is a collection of incongruous matter, which contains
many fragments from the ancient writers, and often serves to explain
antique monuments. It was originally composed for the improvement
of his children, and abounds with many grammatical remarks. The best
editions of Aulus Gellius are that of Gronovius, 4to, Leiden, 1706,
and that of Conrad, 2 vols., 8vo, Lipscomb, 1762.
=Gelo= and =Gelon=, a son of Dinomenes, who made himself absolute
at Syracuse, 491 years before the christian era. He conquered the
Carthaginians at Himera, and made his oppression popular by his
great equity and moderation. He reigned seven years, and his death
was universally lamented at Syracuse. He was called the father of
his people, and the patron of liberty, and honoured as a demigod.
His brother Hiero succeeded him. _Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 42.
――_Herodotus_, bk. 7, ch. 153, &c.――_Diodorus_, bk. 11.――――A man who
attempted to poison Pyrrhus.――――A governor of Bœotia.――――A son of
Hiero the younger. _Pausanias_, bk. 6, ch. 9.――――A general of Phocis,
destroyed with his troops by the Thessalians. _Pausanias_, bk. 10,
ch. 1.
=Geloi=, the inhabitants of _Gela_. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 3, li. 701.
=Gĕlōnes= and =Gĕlōni=, a people of Scythia, inured from their youth
to labour and fatigue. They painted themselves to appear more
terrible in battle. They were descended from Gelonus, a son of
Hercules. _Virgil_, _Georgics_, bk. 2, li. 15; _Æneid_, bk. 8,
li. 725,――_Mela_, bk. 1, ch. 1.――_Claudian_, _Against Rufinus_,
bk. 1, li. 315.
=Gelos=, a port of Caira. _Mela_, bk. 1, ch. 16.
=Gemĭni=, a sign of the zodiac which represents Castor and Pollux, the
twin sons of Leda.
=Gemĭnius=, a Roman, who acquainted Marcus Antony with the situation
of his affairs at Rome, &c.――――An inveterate enemy of Marius. He
seized the person of Marius, and carried him to Minturnæ. _Plutarch_,
_Caius Marius_.――――A friend of Pompey, from whom he received a
favourite mistress called Flora. _Plutarch._
=Gemĭnus=, an astronomer and mathematician of Rhodes, B.C. 77.
=Gemoniæ=, a place at Rome where the carcases of criminals were thrown.
_Suetonius_, _Tiberius_, chs. 53 & 61.――_Tacitus_, _Histories_,
bk. 3, ch. 74.
=Genābum=, a town of Gaul, now _Orleans_, on the Loire. _Cæsar_,
_Civil War_, bk. 7, ch. 3.――_Lucan_, bk. 1, li. 440.
=Genauni=, a people of Vindelicia. _Horace_, bk. 4, ode 14, li. 10.
=Gēnēva=, an ancient, populous, and well-fortified city in the country
of the Allobroges on the lake Lemanus, now of Geneva.
=Genīsus=, a man of Cyzicus, killed by the Argonauts, &c. _Flaccus_,
bk. 3, li. 45.
=Genius=, a spirit or dæmon, which, according to the ancients,
presided over the birth and life of every man. _See:_ Dæmon.