A classical dictionary: containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors with tables of coins, weights, and measures used among the Greeks and Romans and a chronological tableLemprière, John
History
A classical dictionary: containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors with tables of coins, weights, and measures used among the Greeks and Romans and a chronological table
Lemprière, John
Classical dictionaries
=Antalcĭdas=, of Sparta, son of Leon, was sent into Persia, where he
made a peace with Artaxerxes very disadvantageous to his country,
by which, B.C. 387, the Greek cities of Asia became tributary to the
Persian monarch. _Pausanias_, bk. 9, ch. 1, &c.――_Diodorus_, bk. 14.
――_Plutarch_, _Artaxerxes_.
=Antander=, a general of Messenia, against the Spartans. _Pausanias_,
bk. 4, ch. 7.――――A brother of Agathocles tyrant of Sicily. _Justin_,
bk. 22, ch. 7.
=Antandros=, now _St. Dimitri_, a city of Troas, inhabited by the
Leleges, near which Æneas built his fleet after the destruction
of Troy. It has been called Edonis, Cimmeris, Assos, and Apollonia.
There is a hill in its neighbourhood called Alexandria, where Paris
sat, as some suppose, when the three rival goddesses appeared before
him when contending for the prize of beauty. _Strabo_, bk. 13.――
_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 3, li. 6.――_Mela_, bk. 1, ch. 18.
=Anterbrogius=, an ambassador to Cæsar from the Rhemi a nation of Gaul.
_Cæsar_, _Gallic War_, bk. 2, ch. 3.
=Anteins Publius=, was appointed over Syria by Nero. He was accused of
sedition and conspiracy, and drank poison, which, operating slowly,
obliged him to open his veins. _Tacitus_, _Annals_, bk. 13, &c.
=Antemnæ=, a city of the Sabines between Rome and the Anio, whence the
name (_ante amnem_). _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 7, li. 631.――_Dionysius
of Halicarnassus._
=Antēnor=, a Trojan prince related to Priam. It is said that, during
the Trojan war, he always kept a secret correspondence with the
Greeks, and chiefly with Menelaus and Ulysses. In the council of
Priam, Homer introduces him as advising the Trojans to restore Helen
and conclude the war. He advised Ulysses to carry away the Trojan
palladium, and encouraged the Greeks to make the wooden horse which,
at his persuasion, was brought into the city of Troy by a breach
made in the walls. Æneas has been accused of being a partner of
his guilt, and the night that Troy was taken, they had a number
of Greeks stationed at the doors of their houses to protect them
from harm. After the destruction of his country, Antenor migrated
into Italy near the Adriatic, where he built the town of Padua.
His children were also concerned in the Trojan war, and displayed
much valour against the Greeks. Their names were Polybius, Acamas,
Agenor, and, according to others, Polydamas and Helicaon. _Livy_,
bk. 1, ch. 1.――_Pliny_, bk. 3, ch. 13.――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 1,
li. 242.――_Tacitus_, bk. 16, ch. 21.――_Homer_, _Iliad_, bks. 3, 7,
8, 11.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 13.――_Dictys Cretensis_, bk.
5.――_Dares Phrygius_, ch. 6.――_Strabo_, bk. 13.――_Dionysius of
Halicarnassus_, bk. 1.――_Pausanias_, bk. 10, ch. 27.――――A statuary.
_Pausanias._――――A Cretan, who wrote a history of his country.
_Ælian._
=Antenorĭdes=, a patronymic given to the three sons of Antenor, all
killed during the Trojan war. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 6, li. 484.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account