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共 196 段- Seleucus, about this time, built about 40 cities in Asia,
- Christianity embraced in France by the baptism of Clovis
- =Abassēna=, or =Abassinia=. _See:_ Abyssinia.
- =Achaia=, called also _Hellas_, a country of Peloponnesus at
- =Actor=, a companion of Hercules in his expedition against t
- =Ægātes=, a promontory of Æolia.――――Three islands opposite C
- =Æmiliānus C. Julius=, a native of Mauritania, proclaimed em
- =Æschĭnes=, an Athenian orator, who flourished about 342 B.C
- =Agathias=, a Greek historian of Æolia.――――A poet and histor
- =Agrius=, son of Parthaon drove his brother Œneus from the t
- =Alcinous=, son of Nausithous and Peribœa, was king of Phæac
- =Alexander III.=, surnamed the Great, was son of Philip and
- =Amalthæa=, daughter of Melissus king of Crete, fed Jupiter
- =Amphiarāus=, son of Oicleus, or, according to others, of Ap
- =Anacharsis=, a Scythian philosopher, 592 B.C., who, on acco
- =Ancus Martius=, the fourth king of Rome, was grandson to Nu
- =Annĭbal=, a celebrated Carthaginian general, son of Amilcar
- =Antigŏnus=, one of Alexander’s generals, universally suppos
- =Antiphĭlus=, an Athenian who succeeded Leosthenes at the si
- =Apelles=, a celebrated painter of Cos, or, as others say, o
- =Apollonia=, a festival at Ægialea in honour of Apollo and D
- =Araxes=, now _Arras_, a celebrated river which separates Ar
- =Archytas=, a musician of Mitylene, who wrote a treatise on
- =Argonautæ=, a name given to those ancient heroes who went w
- =Aristarchus=, a celebrated grammarian of Samos, disciple of
- =Aristotĕles=, a famous philosopher, son of the physician Ni
- =Artemisia=, daughter of Lygdamis of Halicarnassus, reigned
- =Aspăsia=, a daughter of Hermotimus of Phocæa, famous for he
- =Athēnæ=, a celebrated city of Attica, founded about 1556 ye
- =Attălus I.=, king of Pergamus, succeeded Eumenes I. He defe
- =Augustus Octaviānus Cæsar=, second emperor of Rome, was son
- =Bacchus=, was son of Jupiter and Semele the daughter of Cad
- =Baubo=, a woman who received Ceres when she sought her daug
- =Bitias=, a Trojan, son of Alcanor and Hiera, brought up in
- =Brundusium=, now _Brundisi_, a city of Calabria, on the Adr
- =Cadmus=, son of Agenor king of Phœnicia by Telephassa or Ag
- =Calagurritāni=, a people of Spain, who ate their wives and
- =Calvus Cornelius Licinius=, a famous orator, equally known
- =Capĭtōlium=, a celebrated temple and citadel at Rome on the
- =Caspium mare=, or =Hyrcānum=, a large sea in the form of a
- =Cato=, a surname of the Porcian family, rendered illustriou
- =Celtĭca=, a well-populated part of Gaul, inhabited by the C
- =Ceraunia= and =Ceraunii=, large mountains of Epirus, extend
- =Charuxus=, one of the centaurs. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk
- =Chrysa= and =Chryse=, a town of Cilicia, famous for a templ
- =Lucius Quinctius Cincinnātus=, a celebrated Roman, who was
- =Clearchus=, a tyrant of Heraclea in Pontus, who was killed
- =Clodia lex=, _de Cypro_, was enacted by the tribune Clodius
- =Colōne=, a city of Phocis,――――of Erythræa,――――of Thessaly,―
- =Consul=, a magistrate at Rome, with regal authority for the
- A.U.C. 466. Quintus Marcius Tremulus; Publius Cornelius Arvi
- A.U.C. 688. Manius Æmilius Lepidus; Lucius Volcatus Tullus.
- =Cornēlii=, an illustrious family at Rome, of whom the most
- =Crĕmĕra=, a small river of Tuscany, falling into the Tiber,
- =Cunaxa=, a place of Assyria, 500 stadia from Babylon, famou
- =Cyllēne=, the mother of Lycaon by Pelasgus. _Apollodorus_,
- =Dædălion=, a son of Lucifer, brother to Ceyx and father of
- =Daphnēphŏria=, a festival in honour of Apollo, celebrated e
- =Dējănīra=, a daughter of Œneus king of Ætolia. Her beauty p
- =Dēmētrius=, a son of Antigonus and Stratonice, surnamed Pol
- =Dīa=, a daughter of Deion, mother of Pirithous by Ixion.―――
- =Dii=, the divinities of the ancient inhabitants of the eart
- =Dionȳsia=, festivals in honour of Bacchus among the Greeks.
- =Dolius=, a faithful servant of Ulysses. _Homer_, _Odyssey_,
- =Dryops=, a son of Priam.――――A son of Apollo. _Pausanias_, b
- =Eleusīnia=, a great festival observed every fourth year by
- =Quintus Ennius=, an ancient poet born at Rudii in Calabria.
- =Epipŏlæ=, a district of Syracuse, on the north side, surrou
- =Etēsiæ=, periodical northern winds of a gentle and mild nat
- =Eumēnĭdes=, a name given to the Furies by the ancients. The
- =Eury̆măchus=, a powerful Theban, who seized Platæa by treac
- =Fălisci=, a people of Etruria, originally a Macedonian colo
- =Fortūna=, a powerful deity among the ancients, daughter of
- =Galba=, a surname of the first of the Sulpicii, from the sm
- =Gensĕric=, a famous Vandal prince, who passed from Spain to
- =Glaucus=, a son of Hippolchus the son of Bellerophon. He as
- =Græcia=, a celebrated country of Europe, bounded on the wes
- =Harpăly̆ce=, the daughter of Harpalycus king of Thrace. Her
- =Helĕna=, the most beautiful woman of her age, sprung from o
- =Heniŏchi=, a people of Asiatic Sarmatia, near Colchis, desc
- =Hercŭles=, a celebrated hero, who, after death, was ranked
- =Hero=, a beautiful priestess of Venus at Sestus, greatly en
- =Hierony̆mus=, a tyrant of Sicily, who succeeded his father
- =Hister Pacuvius=, a man distinguished as much by his vices
- =Hyas=, a son of Atlas of Mauritania by Æthra. His extreme f
- =Janĭcŭlum= and =Janicularius mons=, one of the seven hills
- =Idarnes=, an officer of Darius, by whose negligence the Mac
- =Interrex=, a supreme magistrate at Rome, who was intrusted
- =Ira=, a city of Messenia, which Agamemnon promised to Achil
- =Itys=, a son of Tereus king of Thrace by Procne, daughter o
- =Jūno=, a celebrated deity among the ancients, daughter of S
- =Lăbĕrius J. Decimus=, a Roman knight famous for his poetica
- =Lagus=, a Macedonian of mean extraction. He received in mar
- =Lāŏmĕdon=, son of Ilus king of Troy, married Strymon, calle
- =Lausus=, a son of Numitor and brother of Ilia. He was put t
- =Leotychĭdes=, a king of Sparta, son of Menares, of the fami
- =Libon=, a Greek architect who built the famous temple of Ju
- =Līvius Andronīcus=, a dramatic poet, who flourished at Rome
- =Lūcrētia=, a celebrated Roman lady, daughter of Lucretius a
- =Ly̆cas=, a priest of Apollo in the interest of Turnus. He w
- =Lyncēus=, son of Aphareus, was among the hunters of the Cal
- =Macrŏbii=, a people of Æthiopia, celebrated for their justi
- =Mānes=, a name generally applied by the ancients to the sou
- =Mardi=, a people of Persia, on the confines of Media. They
- =Marsi=, a nation of Germany, who afterwards came to settle
- =Maximiānus Herculius Marcus Aurelius Valerius=, a native of
- =Medon=, son of Codrus, the seventeenth and last king of Ath
- =Meles= (ētis), a river of Asia Minor, in Ionia, near Smyrna
- =Mĕnĕlāus=, a king of Sparta, brother to Agamemnon. His fath
- =Messāna=, an ancient and celebrated town of Sicily, on the
- =Mĭdas=, a king of Phrygia, son of Gordius, or Gorgius. In t
- Minerva was represented in different ways, according to the
- =Mithridātes VII.=, surnamed _Eupator_ and _The Great_, succ
- =Montānus=, a poet who wrote in hexameter and elegiac verses
- =My̆cēnæ=, a town of Argolis, in Peloponnesus, built by Pers
- =Nargara=, a town of Africa, where Hannibal and Scipio came
- =Neōptŏlĕmus=, a king of Epirus, son of Achilles and Deidami
- =Nero Claudius Domitius Cæsar=, a celebrated Roman emperor,
- =Nicolāus=, a philosopher.――――A celebrated Syracusan, who en
- =Nomii=, mountains of Arcadia. _Pausanias._
- =Nymphæum=, a port of Macedonia. _Cæsar_, _Civil War_.――――A
- =Œdĭpus=, a son of Laius king of Thebes and Jocasta. As bein
- =Olympia= (orum), celebrated games which received their name
- =Optātus=, one of the fathers, whose works were edited by Du
- =Orīon=, a celebrated giant sprung from the urine of Jupiter
- =Osīris=, a great deity of the Egyptians, son of Jupiter and
- =Pācŭvius Marcus=, a native of Brundusium, son of the sister
- =Palmȳra=, the capital of _Palmyrene_, a country on the east
- =Panenus=, or =Panæus=, a celebrated painter who was for som
- =Păris=, the son of Priam king of Troy by Hecuba, also calle
- =Parthia=, a celebrated country of Asia, bounded on the west
- =Pausanias=, a Spartan general, who greatly signalized himse
- =Pelopĭdas=, a celebrated general of Thebes, son of Hippoclu
- =Pĕnātes=, certain inferior deities among the Romans, who pr
- =Perĭcles=, an Athenian of a noble family, son of Xanthippus
- =Perseus=, or =Perses=, a son of Philip king of Macedonia. H
- =Phædra=, a daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, who married Thes
- =Pherecȳdes=, a philosopher of Scyros, disciple of Pittacus,
- =Philippus I.=, son of Argæus, succeeded his father on the t
- =Philōtas=, a son of Parmenio, distinguished in the battles
- =Phocus=, son of Phocion, was dissolute in his manners and u
- =Phthia=, a town of Phthiotis, at the east of mount Othrys i
- =Pirĭthous=, a son of Ixion and the cloud, or, according to
- =Pittăcus=, a native of Mitylene in Lesbos, was one of the s
- =Plautius=, a Roman, who became so disconsolate at the death
- =Plutarchus=, a native of Chæronea, descended of a respectab
- =Polybius=, a native of Megalopolis in Peloponnesus, son of
- =Polyxĕna=, a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, celebrated for h
- =Quintus Pompeius=, a consul who carried on war against the
- =Porta Capēna=, a gate at Rome, which leads to the Appian ro
- =Priāpus=, a deity among the ancients, who presided over gar
- =Propœtĭdes=, some women of Cyprus, severely punished by Ven
- =Ptolemæus I.=, surnamed _Lagus_, a king of Egypt, son of Ar
- =Ptolemæus Apion=, king of Cyrene, was the illegitimate son
- =Punĭcum bellum.= The first Punic war was undertaken by the
- =Pyrrhus=, a son of Achilles and Deidamia the daughter of ki
- =Pythia=, the priestess of Apollo at Delphi. She delivered t
- =Regilliānus Q. Nonius=, a Dacian who entered the Roman armi
- =Rhœtus=, a king of the Marrubii, who married a woman called
- =Romŭlus=, a son of Mars and Ilia, grandson of Numitor king
- =Sacădas=, a musician and poet of Argos, who obtained three
- =Sambūlos=, a mountain near Mesopotamia, where Hercules was
- =Saturnālia=, festivals in honour of Saturn, celebrated the
- =Scipio=, a celebrated family at Rome, who obtained the grea
- =Scylacēum=, a town of the Brutii, built by Mnestheus at the
- =Selimnus=, a shepherd of Achaia, who for some time enjoyed
- =Sĕnātus=, the chief council of the state among the Romans.
- =Servilius Quintus=, a Roman who in his dictatorship defeate
- =Sextus=, a prænomen given to the sixth son of a family.――――
- =Catius Silius Italĭcus=, a Latin poet, who was originally a
- =Smyrna=, a celebrated seaport town of Ionia in Asia Minor,
- =Sophax=, a son of Hercules and Tinga the widow of Antæus, w
- =Statīra=, a daughter of Darius, who married Alexander. The
- ♦=Suetonius Caius Paulinus=, the first Roman general who cro
- =Sylla Lucius Cornelius=, a celebrated Roman of a noble fami
- =Tagus=, a river of Spain, which falls into the Atlantic aft
- =Tarrăco=, now _Tarragona_, a city of Spain, situate on the
- =Tĕlĕphus=, a king of Mysia, son of Hercules and Auge the da
- =Tetis=, a river of Gaul flowing from the Pyrenees. _Mela_,
- =Themistŏcles=, a celebrated general born at Athens. His fat
- =Theorius=, a surname of Apollo at Trœzene, where he had a v
- =Thessalonīca=, an ancient town of Macedonia, first called _
- =Thyestes=, a son of Pelops and Hippodamia, and grandson of
- =Timæus=, a friend of Alexander, who came to his assistance
- =Titānes=, a name given to the sons of Cœlus and Terra. They
- =Trajānus Marcus Ulpius Crinītus=, a Roman emperor, born at
- =Triumvĭri=, _reipublicæ constituendæ_, were three magistrat
- =Tydeus=, a son of Œneus king of Calydon and Peribœa. He fle
- =Valerius Publius=, a celebrated Roman surnamed _Poplicola_,
- =Vĕnus=, one of the most celebrated deities of the ancients.
- =Vestāles=, priestesses among the Romans, consecrated to the
- The Romans were not insensible of the merit of their poet. V
- =Unelli=, a people of Cotantin in Gaul, conquered by Cæsar.
- =Xenagŏras=, an historian. _Dionysius of Halicarnassus._――――
- =Zaleucus=, a lawgiver of the Locrians in Italy, and one of
- =Zoippus=, a son-in-law of Hiero of Sicily.