leaving his kingdom to the Roman people. _See:_ Ægyptus and Ptolemæus. _Cicero_, _De Lege Agraria contra Rullum_.――――A youth, ordered by Alexander the Great to climb the rock Aornus, with 30 other youths. He was killed in the attempt. _Curtius_, bk. 8, ch. 11.――――An historian mentioned by _Plutarch_, _Marius_.――――An Epicurean philosopher. _Plutarch._――――A governor of Æolia, who assembled a multitude on pretence of showing them an uncommon spectacle, and confined them till they had each bought their liberty with a sum of money. _Polyænus_, bk. 6, ch. 10.――――A name given to Paris son of Priam. _See:_ Paris.――――Jannæus, a king of Judea, son of Hyrcanus and brother of Aristobulus, who reigned as a tyrant, and died through excess of drinking, B.C. 79, after massacring 800 of his subjects for the entertainment of his concubines.――――A Paphlagonian, who gained divine honours by his magical tricks and impositions, and likewise procured the friendship of Marcus Aurelius. He died 70 years old.――――A native of Caria, in the third century, who wrote a commentary on the writings of Aristotle, part of which is still extant.――――Trallianus, a physician and philosopher of the fourth century, some of whose works in Greek are still extant.――――A poet of Ætolia, in the age of Ptolemy Philadelphus.――――A peripatetic philosopher, said to have been preceptor to Nero.――――An historian, called also Polyhistor, who wrote five books on the Roman republic, in which he said that the Jews had received their laws, not from God, but from a woman whom he called Moso. He also wrote treatises on the Pythagorean philosophy, B.C. 88.――――A poet of Ephesus, who wrote a poem on astronomy and geography.――――A writer of Myndus, quoted by _Athenæus_ and _Ælian_.――――A sophist of Seleucia, in the age of Antoninus.――――A physician in the age of Justinian.――――A Thessalian, who, as he was going to engage in a naval battle, gave to his soldiers a great number of missile weapons, and ordered them to dart them continually upon the enemy to render their numbers useless. _Polyænus_, bk. 6, ch. 27.――――A son of Lysimachus. _Polyænus_, bk. 6, ch. 12.――――A governor of Lycia, who brought a reinforcement of troops to Alexander the Great. _Curtius_, bk. 7, ch. 10.――――A son of Polyperchon, killed in Asia by the Dymæans. _Diodorus_, bks. 18 & 19.――――A poet of Pleuron son of Satyrus and Stratoclea, who said that Theseus had a daughter called Iphigenia by Helen. _Pausanias_, bk. 2, ch. 22.――――A Spartan, killed with 200 of his soldiers by the Argives, when he endeavoured to prevent their passing through the country of Tegea. _Diodorus_, bk. 15.――――A cruel tyrant of Pheræ, in Thessaly, who made war against the Macedonians, and took Pelopidas prisoner. He was murdered, B.C. 357, by his wife called Thebe, whose room he carefully guarded by a Thracian sentinel, and searched every night, fearful of some dagger that