He burnt himself, that his body might not be found among the slain. Sacrifices were offered to him. _Herodotus_, bk. 7, ch. 165, &c. =Amĭlos=, or =Amĭlus=, a river of Mauritania, where the elephants go to wash themselves by moonshine. _Pliny_, bk. 8, ch. 1.――――A town of Arcadia. _Pausanias_, _Arcadia_. =Amimŏne=, or =Amymŏne=, a daughter of Danaus, changed into a fountain which is near Argos, and flows into the lake Lerna. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 2, li. 240. =Amĭnea=, or =Amminea=, a part of Campania, where the inhabitants are great husbandmen. Its wine was highly esteemed. _Virgil_, _Georgics_, bk. 2, li. 97.――――A place of Thessaly. =Aminias=, a famous pirate, whom Antigonus employed against Apollodorus tyrant of Cassandrea. _Polyænus_, bk. 4, ch. 18. =Aminius=, a river of Arcadia. _Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 30. =Aminŏcles=, a native of Corinth, who flourished 705 B.C., &c. =Amisēna=, a country of Cappadocia. _Strabo_, bk. 12. =Amisias=, a comic poet, whom Aristophanes ridiculed for his insipid verses. =Amissas=, an officer of Megalopolis in Alexander’s army. _Curtius_, bk. 10, ch. 8. =Amiternum=, a town of Italy, where Sallust was born. The inhabitants assisted Turnus against Æneas. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 7, li. 710.――_Pliny_, bk. 3, ch. 5.――_Livy_, bk. 28, ch. 45. =Amithāon=, or =Amythāon=, was father to Melampus the famous prophet. _Statius_, _Thebiad_, bk. 3, li. 451. =Ammālo=, a festival in honour of Jupiter in Greece. =Ammiānus.= _See:_ Marcellinus.