Placia, or Leucippe, by whom he had Podarces, afterwards known by
the name of Priam, and Hesione. He built the walls of Troy, and
was assisted by Apollo and Neptune, whom Jupiter had banished from
heaven, and condemned to be subservient to the will of Laomedon for
one year. When the walls were finished, Laomedon refused to reward
the labours of the gods, and soon after his territories were laid
waste by the god of the sea, and his subjects were visited by a
pestilence sent by Apollo. Sacrifices were offered to the offended
divinities, but the calamities of the Trojans increased; and nothing
could appease the gods, according to the words of the oracle, but
annually to expose to a sea monster a Trojan virgin. Whenever the
monster appeared, the marriageable maidens were assembled, and the
lot decided which of them was doomed to death for the good of her
country. When this calamity had continued for five or six years, the
lot fell upon Hesione, Laomedon’s daughter. The king was unwilling
to part with a daughter whom he loved with uncommon tenderness, but
his refusal would irritate more strongly the wrath of the gods. In
the midst of his fears and hesitations, Hercules came and offered to
deliver the Trojans from this public calamity, if Laomedon promised
to reward him with a number of fine horses. The king consented, but
when the monster was destroyed, he refused to fulfil his engagements,
and Hercules was obliged to besiege Troy and take it by force of
arms. Laomedon was put to death after a reign of 29 years, his
daughter Hesione was given in marriage to Telamon, one of the
conqueror’s attendants, and Podarces was ransomed by the Trojans,
and placed upon his father’s throne. According to Hyginus, the
wrath of Neptune and Apollo was kindled against Laomedon, because
he refused to offer on their altars, as a sacrifice, all the
first-born of his cattle, according to a vow which he had made.
_Homer_, _Iliad_, bk. 21.――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bks. 2 & 9.――_Ovid_,
_Metamorphoses_, bk. 11, fable 6.――_Apollodorus_, bk. 2, ch. 5.
――_Pausanias_, bk. 7, ch. 20.――_Horace_, bk. 3, ode 3.――_Hyginus_,
fable 89.――――A demagogue of Messina in Sicily.――――A satrap of
Phœnicia, &c. _Curtius_, bk. 10, ch. 10.――――An Athenian, &c.
_Plutarch._――――An Orchomenian. _Plutarch._
=Laŏmĕdonteus=, an epithet applied to the Trojans from their king
Laomedon. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 4, li. 542; bk. 7, li. 105; bk. 8,
li. 18.
=Laŏmĕdontiădæ=, a patronymic given to the Trojans from Laomedon their
king. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 3, li. 248.
=Laonŏme=, the wife of Polyphemus, one of the Argonauts.
=Laonŏmēne=, a daughter of Thespius, by whom Hercules had two sons,
Teles and Menippides, and two daughters, Lysidice and Stendedice.
_Apollodorus_, bk. 2, ch. 7.
=Laŏthoe=, a daughter of Altes, a king of the Leleges, who married
Priam and became mother of Lycaon and Polydorus. _Homer_, _Iliad_,
bk. 21, li. 85.――――One of the daughters of Thespius, mother of
Antidus by Hercules. _Apollodorus_, bk. 2, ch. 7.
=Laous=, a river of Lacedæmon.
=Lapăthus=, a city of Cyprus.
=Laphria=, a surname of Diana at Patræ in Achaia, where she had a
temple with a statue of gold and ivory, which represented her in
the habit of a huntress. The statue was made by Menechmus and Soidas,
two artists of celebrity. This name was given the goddess from
Laphrius the son of Delphus, who consecrated the statue to her.
There was a festival of the goddess there, called also Laphria, of
which _Pausanias_, bk. 7, ch. 18, gives an account.
=Laphystium=, a mountain in Bœotia, where Jupiter had a temple, whence
he was called _Laphystius_. It was here that Athamas prepared to
immolate Phryxus and Helle, whom Jupiter saved by sending them a
golden ram; whence the surname, and the homage paid to the god.
_Pausanias_, bk. 9, ch. 34.
=Lapideus=, a surname of Jupiter among the Romans.
=Lăpĭthæ=, a people of Thessaly. _See:_ Lapithus.
=Lapĭtho=, a city of Cyprus.
=Lăpĭthus=, a son of Apollo by Stilbe. He was brother to Centaurus,
and married Orsinome daughter of Euronymus, by whom he had Phorbas
and Periphas. The name of _Lapithæ_ was given to the numerous
children of Phorbas and Periphas, or rather to the inhabitants of
the country, of which they had obtained the sovereignty. The chief
of the Lapithæ assembled to celebrate the nuptials of Pirithous, one
of their number, and among them were Theseus, Dryas, Hopleus, Mopsus,
Phalerus, Exadius, Prolochus, Titaresius, &c. The Centaurs were also
invited to partake the common festivity, and the amusements would
have been harmless and innocent, had not one of the intoxicated
Centaurs offered violence to Hippodamia the wife of Pirithous.
The Lapithæ resented the injury, and the Centaurs supported their
companions, upon which the quarrel became universal, and ended
in blows and slaughter. Many of the Centaurs were slain, and they
at last were obliged to retire. Theseus among the Lapithæ showed
himself brave and intrepid in supporting the cause of his friends,
and Nestor also was not less active in the protection of chastity
and innocence. This quarrel arose from the resentment of Mars, whom
Pirithous forgot or neglected to invite among the other gods at the
celebration of his nuptials, and therefore the divinity punished
the insult by sowing dissension among the festive assembly. _See:_
Centauri. Hesiod has described the battle of the Centaurs and
Lapithæ, as also Ovid in a more copious manner. The invention of
bits and bridles for horses is attributed to the Lapithæ. _Virgil_,
_Georgics_, bk. 3, li. 115; _Æneid_, bk. 6, li. 601; bk. 7, li. 305.
――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 12, li. 530; bk. 14, li. 670.
――_Hesiod_, _Shield of Heracles_.――_Diodorus_, bk. 4.――_Pindar_,
bk. 2, _Pythian_.――_Strabo_, bk. 9.――_Statius_, _Thebiad_, bk. 7,
li. 304.
=Lapithæum=, a town of Arcadia. _Pausanias_, bk. 3, ch. 20.
=Lara=, or =Laranda=, one of the Naiads, daughter of the river Almon
in Latium, famous for her beauty and her loquacity, which her
parents long endeavoured to correct, but in vain. She revealed to
Juno the amours of her husband Jupiter with Juturna, for which the
god cut off her tongue, and ordered Mercury to conduct her to the
infernal regions. The messenger of the gods fell in love with her
by the way, and gratified his passion. Lara became mother of two
children, to whom the Romans have paid divine honours, according to
the opinion of some, under the name of Lares. _Ovid_, _Fasti_, bk. 2,
li. 599.
=Larentia= and =Laurentia=, a courtesan in the first ages of Rome.
_See:_ Acca.
=Lăres=, gods of inferior power at Rome, who presided over houses and
families. They were two in number, sons of Mercury by Lara. _See:_
Lara. In process of time their power was extended not only over
houses, but also over the country and the sea, and we find Lares
_Urbani_ to preside over the cities, _Familiares_ over houses,
_Rustici_ over the country, _Compitales_ over cross-roads, _Marini_
over the sea, _Viales_ over the roads, _Patellarii_, &c. According
to the opinion of some, the worship of the gods Lares, who are
supposed to be the same as the manes, arises from the ancient custom
among the Romans and other nations of burying their dead in their
houses, and from their belief that their spirits continually hovered
over their houses, for the protection of the inhabitants. The
statues of the Lares resembling monkeys, and covered with the skin
of a dog, were placed in a niche behind the doors of the houses, or
around the hearths. At the feet of the Lares was the figure of a dog
barking, to intimate their care and vigilance. Incense was burnt on
their altars, and a sow was also offered on particular days. Their
festivals were observed at Rome in the month of May, when their
statues were crowned with garlands of flowers, and offerings of
fruit presented. The word Lares seems to be derived from the
Etruscan word _Lars_, which signifies conductor, or leader. _Ovid_,
_Fasti_, bk. 5, li. 129.――_Juvenal_, satire 8, li. 8.――_Plutarch_,
_Quæstiones Romanæ_.――_Varro_, _de Lingua Latina_, bk. 4, ch. 10.
――_Horace_, bk. 3, ode 23.――_Plautus_, _Aulularia_ & _Cistellaria_.
=Largra=, a well-known prostitute in Juvenal’s age. _Juvenal_,
satire 4, li. 25.
=Largus=, a Latin poet, who wrote a poem on the arrival of Antenor in
Italy, where he built the town of Padua. He composed with ease and
elegance. _Ovid_, _ex Ponto_, bk. 4, ltr. 16, li. 17.
=Larīdes=, a son of Daucus or Daunus, who assisted Turnus against
Æneas, and had his hand cut off with one blow by Pallas the son of
Evander. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 10, li. 391.
=Lārīna=, a virgin of Italy, who accompanied Camilla in her war against
Æneas. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 11, li. 655.
=Larīnum=, or =Lārīna=, now _Larino_, a town of the Frentani on the
Tifernus, before it falls into the Adriatic. The inhabitants were
called _Larinates_. _Silius Italicus_, bk. 15, li. 565.――_Cicero_,
_For Aulus Cluentius_, chs. 63, 64; _Letters to Atticus_, ltr. 12;
bk. 7, ltr. 13.――_Livy_, bk. 22, ch. 18; bk. 27, ch. 40.――_Cæsar_,
_Civil War_, bk. 1, ch. 23.
=Larissa=, a daughter of Pelasgus, who gave her name to some cities
in Greece. _Pausanias_, bk. 2, ch. 23.――――A city between Palestine
and Egypt, where Pompey was murdered and buried, according to some
accounts.――――A large city on the banks of the Tigris. It had a
small pyramid near it, greatly inferior to those of Egypt.――――A
city of Asia Minor, on the southern confines of Troas. _Strabo_,
bk. 13.――――Another in Æolia, 70 stadia from Cyme. It is surnamed
_Phriconis_ by Strabo, by way of distinction. _Strabo_, bk. 13.
――_Homer_, _Iliad_, bk. 2, li. 640.――――Another near Ephesus.
――――Another on the borders of the Peneus in Thessaly, also called
_Cremaste_ from its situation (_Pensilis_), the most famous of all
the cities of that name. It was here that Acrisius was inadvertently
killed by his grandson Perseus. Jupiter had there a famous temple,
on account of which he is called _Larissæus_. The same epithet is
also applied to Achilles, who reigned there. It is still extant,
and bears the same name. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 2, li. 542.
――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 2, li. 197.――_Lucan_, bk. 6.――_Livy_, bk.
31, ch. 46; bk. 42, ch. 56.――――A citadel of Argos, built by Danaus.
=Larissæus.= _See:_ Larissa.
=Larissus=, a river of Peloponnesus flowing between Elis and Achaia.
_Strabo_, bk. 8.――_Livy_, bk. 27, ch. 31.――_Pausanias_, bk. 8,
ch. 43.
=Larius=, a large lake of Cisalpine Gaul, through which the Addua runs
in its way into the Po, above Cremona. _Virgil_, _Georgics_, bk. 2,
li. 159.
=Larnos=, a small desolate island on the coast of Thrace.
=Laronia=, a shameless courtesan in Juvenal’s age. _Juvenal_, satire 2,
li. 86.
=Lars Tolumnius=, a king of the Veientes, conquered by the Romans, and
put to death, A.U.C. 329. _Livy_, bk. 4, chs. 17 & 19.
=Titus Lartius Flavius=, a consul who appeased a sedition raised by
the poorer citizens, and was the first dictator ever chosen at Rome,
B.C. 498. He made Spurius Cassius his master of horse. _Livy_, bk. 2,
ch. 18.――――Spurius, one of the three Romans who alone withstood
the fury of Porsenna’s army at the head of a bridge, while the
communication was cutting down behind them. His companions were
Cocles and Herminius. _See:_ Cocles. _Livy_, bk. 2, chs. 10 & 18.
――_Dionysius of Halicarnassus._――_Valerius Maximus_, bk. 3, ch. 2.
――――The name of Lartius has been common to many Romans.
=Lartolætani=, a people of Spain.
=Larvæ=, a name given to the wicked spirits and apparitions which,
according to the notions of the Romans, issued from their graves
in the night and came to terrify the world. As the word _larva_
signifies a _mask_, whose horrid and uncouth appearance often serves
to frighten children, that name has been given to the ghosts or
spectres which superstition believes to hover around the graves
of the dead. Some call them Lemures. _Servius_, _Commentary on the
Aeneid of Vergil_, bk. 5, li. 64; bk. 6, li. 152.
=Larymna=, a town of Bœotia, where Bacchus had a temple and a statue.
――――Another in Caria. _Strabo_, bks. 9 & 16.――_Mela_, bk. 1, ch. 16;
bk. 2, ch. 3.
=Larysium=, a mountain of Laconia. _Pausanias_, bk. 3, ch. 22.
=Lassia=, an ancient name of Andros.
=Lassus=, or =Lasus=, a dithyrambic poet, born at Hermione, in
Peloponnesus, about 500 years before Christ, and reckoned among the
wise men of Greece by some. He is particularly known by the answer
he gave to a man who asked him what could best render life pleasant
and comfortable? “Experience.” He was acquainted with music. Some
fragments of his poetry are to be found in Athenæus. He wrote an ode
upon the Centaurs, and a hymn to Ceres, without inserting the letter
S in the composition. _Athenæus_, bk. 10.
=Lasthĕnes=, a governor of Olynthus, corrupted by Philip king of
Macedonia.――――A Cretan demagogue, conquered by Metellus the Roman
general.――――A cruel minister at the court of the Seleucidæ, kings
of Syria.
=Lasthĕnīa=, a woman who disguised herself to come and hear Plato’s
lectures. _Diogenes Laërtius._
=Latăgus=, a king of Pontus, who assisted Æetes against the Argonauts,
and was killed by Darapes. _Flaccus_, bk. 5, li. 584.――――One of the
companions of Æneas, killed by Mezentius. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 10,
li. 697.
=Laterānus Plautus=, a Roman consul elect, A.D. 65. A conspiracy
with Piso against the emperor Nero proved fatal to him. He was led
to execution, where he refused to confess the associates of the
conspiracy, and did not even frown at the executioner who was as
guilty as himself; but when a first blow could not sever his head
from his body, he looked at the executioner, and shaking his head,
he returned it to the hatchet with the greatest composure, and it was
cut off. There exists now a celebrated palace at Rome, which derives
its name from its ancient possessors the Laterani.
=Latĕrium=, the villa of Quintus Cicero at Arpinum, near the Liris.
_Cicero_, _Letters to Atticus_, bk. 10, ltr. 1; bk. 4, ltr. 7;
_Letters to his Friends_, bk. 3, ltr. 1.――_Pliny_, bk. 15, ch. 15.
=Latiālis=, a surname of Jupiter, who was worshipped by the inhabitants
of Latium upon mount Albanus at stated times. The festivals, which
were first instituted by Tarquin the Proud, lasted 15 days. _Livy_,
bk. 21. _See:_ Feriæ Latinæ.
=Latīni=, the inhabitants of Latium. _See:_ Latium.
=Latīnus Latiaris=, a celebrated informer, &c. _Tacitus._
=Latīnus=, a son of Faunus by Marica, king of the Aborigines in Italy,
who from him were called Latini. He married Amata, by whom he had a
son and a daughter. The son died in his infancy, and the daughter,
called Lavinia, was secretly promised in marriage by her mother to
Turnus king of the Rutuli, one of her most powerful admirers. The
gods opposed this union, and the oracles declared that Lavinia must
become the wife of a foreign prince. The arrival of Æneas in Italy
seemed favourable to this prediction, and Latinus, by offering his
daughter to the foreign prince, and making him his friend and ally,
seemed to have fulfilled the commands of the oracle. Turnus, however,
disapproved of the conduct of Latinus; he claimed Lavinia as his
lawful wife, and prepared to support his cause by arms. Æneas took
up arms in his own defence, and Latium was the seat of the war. After
mutual losses it was agreed that the quarrel should be decided by
the two rivals, and Latinus promised his daughter to the conqueror.
Æneas obtained the victory and married Lavinia. Latinus soon after
died, and was succeeded by his son-in-law. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 9,
&c.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 13, &c.; _Fasti_, bk. 2, &c.
――_Dionysius of Halicarnassus_, bk. 1, ch. 13.――_Livy_, bk. 1, ch. 1,
&c.――_Justin_, bk. 43, ch. 1.――――A son of Sylvius Æneas, surnamed
also Sylvius. He was the fifth king of the Latins, and succeeded
his father. He was father to Alba his successor. _Dionysius of
Halicarnassus_, bk. 1, ch. 15.――_Livy_, bk. 2, ch. 3.――――A son of
Ulysses and Circe also bore this name.
=Lătium=, a country of Italy near the river Tiber. It was originally
very circumscribed, extending only from the Tiber to Circeii, but
afterwards it comprehended the territories of the Volsci, Æqui,
Hernici, Ausones, Umbri, and Rutuli. The first inhabitants were
called _Aborigines_, and received the name of Latini, from Latinus
their king. According to others the word is derived from _lateo_,
_to conceal_, because Saturn concealed himself there when flying
the resentment of his son Jupiter. Laurentum was the capital of the
country in the reign of Latinus, Lavinium under Æneas, and Alba under
Ascanius. _See:_ Alba. The Latins, though originally known only among
their neighbours, soon rose in consequence when Romulus had founded
the city of Rome in their country. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 7, li. 38;
bk. 8, li. 322.――_Strabo_, bk. 5.――_Dionysius of Halicarnassus._
――_Justin_, bk. 20, ch. 1.――_Plutarch_, _Romulus_.――_Pliny_, bk. 3,
ch. 12.――_Tacitus_, bk. 4, _Annals_, ch. 5.
=Latius=, a surname of Jupiter at Rome. _Statius_, bk. 5, _Sylvæ_,
poem 2, li. 392.
=Latmus=, a mountain of Caria near Miletus. It is famous for the
residence of Endymion, whom Diana regularly visited in the night,
whence he is often called _Latmius Heros_. _See:_ Endymion. _Mela_,
bk. 1, ch. 17.――_Ovid_, _Tristia_, bk. 2, li. 299; _Ars Amatoria_,
bk. 3, li. 83.――_Pliny_, bk. 5, ch. 29.――_Strabo_, bk. 14.――_Cicero_,
bk. 1, _Tusculanæ Disputationes_, ch. 28.
=Latobius=, the god of health among the Corinthians.
=Latobrigri=, a people of Belgic Gaul.
=Latōis=, a name of Diana, as being the daughter of Latona.――――A
country house near Ephesus.
=Latomiæ=. _See:_ ♦Lautumiæ.
♦ ‘Latumiæ’ replaced with ‘Lautumiæ’
=Latōna=, a daughter of Cœus the Titan and Phœbe, or, according to
Homer, of Saturn. She was admired for her beauty, and celebrated
for the favours which she granted to Jupiter. Juno, always jealous
of her husband’s amours, made Latona the object of her vengeance,
and sent the serpent Python to disturb her peace and persecute her.
Latona wandered from place to place in the time of her pregnancy,
continually alarmed for fear of Python. She was driven from heaven,
and Terra, influenced by Juno, refused to give her a place where
she might find rest and bring forth. Neptune, moved with compassion,
struck with his trident, and made immovable the island of Delos,
which before wandered in the Ægean, and appeared sometimes above, and
sometimes below, the surface of the sea. Latona, changed into a quail
by Jupiter, came to Delos, where she resumed her original shape, and
gave birth to Apollo and Diana, leaning against a palm tree or an
olive. Her repose was of short duration. Juno discovered the place of
her retreat, and obliged her to fly from Delos. She wandered over the
greatest part of the world, and in Caria, where her fatigue compelled
her to stop, she was insulted and ridiculed by peasants of whom she
asked for water, while they were weeding a marsh. Their refusal and
insolence provoked her, and she intreated Jupiter to punish their
barbarity. They were all changed into frogs. She was exposed to
repeated insults by Niobe, who boasted herself greater than the
mother of Apollo and Diana, and ridiculed the presents which the
piety of her neighbours had offered to Latona. _See:_ Niobe. Her
beauty proved fatal to the giant Tityus, whom Apollo and Diana
put to death. _See:_ Tityus. At last Latona, though persecuted and
exposed to the resentment of Juno, became a powerful deity, and
saw her children receive divine honours. Her worship was generally
established where her children received adoration, particularly
at Argos, Delos, &c., where she had temples. She had an oracle in
Egypt, celebrated for the true, decisive answers which it gave.
_Diodorus_, bk. 5.――_Herodotus_, bk. 2, ch. 155.――_Pausanias_, bks.
2 & 3.――_Homer_, _Iliad_, bk. 21; _Hymns to Aphrodite & Artemis_.
――_Hesiod_, _Theogony_.――_Apollodorus_, bk. 3, chs. 5 & 10.――_Ovid_,
_Metamorphoses_, bk. 6, li. 160.――_Hyginus_, fable 140.
=Latopŏlis=, a city of Egypt. _Strabo._
=Latous=, a name ♦given to Apollo, as son of Latona. _Ovid_,
_Metamorphoses_, bk. 6, fable 9.
♦ ‘give’ replaced with ‘given’
=Latreus=, one of the Centaurs, who, after killing Halesus, was himself
slain by Cæneus. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 12, li. 463.
=Laudămia=, a daughter of Alexander king of Epirus, and Olympias
daughter of Pyrrhus, killed in a temple of Diana, by the enraged
populace. _Justin_, bk. 28, ch. 3.――――The wife of Protesilaus. _See:_
Laodamia.
=Laudice.= _See:_ Laodice.
=Laverna=, the goddess of thieves and dishonest persons at Rome. She
did not only preside over robbers, called from her _Laverniones_,
but she protected such as deceived others, or performed their secret
machinations in obscurity and silence. Her worship was very popular,
and the Romans raised her an altar near one of the gates of the city,
which from that circumstance was called the gate of Laverna. She was
generally represented by a head without a body. _Horace_, bk. 1, ltr.
16, li. 60.――_Varro_, _de Lingua Latina_, bk. 4.――――A place mentioned
by _Plutarch_, &c.
=Lavernium=, a temple of Laverna, near Formiæ. _Cicero_, bk. 7,
_Letters to Atticus_, ltr. 8.
=Laufella=, a wanton woman, &c. _Juvenal_, satire 6, li. 319.
=Laviana=, a province of Armenia Minor.
=Lăvīnia=, a daughter of king Latinus and Amata. She was betrothed to
her relation king Turnus, but because the oracle ordered her father
to marry her to a foreign prince, she was given to Æneas after the
death of Turnus. _See:_ Latinus. At her husband’s death she was left
pregnant, and being fearful of the tyranny of Ascanius her son-in-law,
she fled into the woods, where she brought forth a son called Æneas
Sylvius. _Dionysius of Halicarnassus_, bk. 1.――_Virgil_, _Æneid_,
bks. 6 & 7.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 14, li. 507.――_Livy_, bk. 1,
ch. 1.
=Lavīnium=, or =Lavīnum=, a town of Italy, built by Æneas, and called
by that name in honour of Lavinia, the founder’s wife. It was the
capital of Latium during the reign of Æneas. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 1,
li. 262.――_Strabo_, bk. 5.――_Dionysius of Halicarnassus_, bk. 1.
――_Livy_, bk. 1, ch. 2.――_Justin_, bk. 43, ch. 2.
=Laura=, a place near Alexandria in Egypt.
=Laureacum=, a town at the confluence of the Ens and the Danube, now
_Lorch_.
=Laurentālia=, certain festivals celebrated at Rome in honour of
Laurentia, on the last day of April and the 23rd of December. They
were, in process of time, part of the Saturnalia. _Ovid_, _Fasti_,
bk. 3, li. 57.
=Laurentes agri=, the country in the neighbourhood of Laurentum.
_Tibullus_, bk. 2, poem 5, li. 41.
=Laurentia.= _See:_ Acca.
=Laurentīni=, the inhabitants of Latium. They received this name from
the great number of laurels which grew in the country. King Latinus
found one of uncommon largeness and beauty, when he was going to
build a temple to Apollo, and the tree was consecrated to the god,
and preserved with the most religious ceremonies. _Virgil_, _Æneid_,
bk. 7, li. 59.
=Laurentius=, belonging to Laurentum or Latium. _Virgil_, _Æneid_,
bk. 10, li. 709.
=Laurentum=, now _Paterno_, the capital of the kingdom of Latium in the
reign of Latinus. It is on the sea coast, east of the Tiber. _See:_
Laurentini. _Strabo_, bk. 5.――_Mela_, bk. 2, ch. 4.――_Livy_, bk. 1,
ch. 1.――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 7, li. 171.
=Laurion=, a place of Attica, where were gold mines, from which the
Athenians drew considerable revenues, and with which they built
their fleets by the advice of Themistocles. These mines failed before
the age of Strabo. _Thucydides_, bk. 2.――_Pausanias_, bk. 1, ch. 1.
――_Strabo_, bk. 9.
=Lauron=, a town of Spain, where Pompey’s son was conquered by Cæsar’s
army.
=Laus=, now _Laino_, a town on the river of the same name, which forms
the southern boundary of Lucania. _Strabo_, bk. 6.
=Laus Pompeia=, a town of Italy, founded by a colony sent thither by
Pompey.