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
=Any̆tus=, an Athenian rhetorician, who, with Melitus and Lycon,
accused Socrates of impiety, and was the cause of his condemnation.
These false accusers were afterwards put to death by the Athenians.
_Diogenes Laërtius._――_Ælian_, _Varia Historia_, bk. 2, ch. 13.
――_Horace_, bk. 2, satire 4, li. 3.――_Plutarch_, _Alcibiades_.
――――One of the Titans.
=Anzābe=, a river near the Tigris. _Marcellinus_, bk. 18.
=Aollius=, a son of Romulus by Hersilia, afterwards called Abillius.
=Aon=, a son of Neptune, who came to Eubœa and Bœotia from Apulia,
where he collected the inhabitants into cities, and reigned over
them. They were called _Aones_, and the country _Aonia_, from him.
=Aŏnes=, the inhabitants of _Aonia_, called afterwards Bœotia. They
came there in the age of Cadmus, and obtained his leave to settle
with the Phœnicians. The muses have been called _Aonides_, because
Aonia was more particularly frequented by them. _Pausanias_, bk. 9,
ch. 3.――_Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bks. 3, 7, 10, 13; _Tristia_,
poem 5, li. 10; _Fasti_, bk. 3, li. 456; bk. 4, li. 245.――_Virgil_,
_Georgics_, bk. 3, li. 11.
=Aonia=, one of the ancient names of Bœotia.
=Aōris=, a famous hunter, son of Aras king of Corinth. He was so fond
of his sister Arathyræa, that he called part of the country by her
name. _Pausanias_, bk. 2, ch. 12.――――The wife of Neleus, called more
commonly Chloris. _Pausanias_, bk. 9, ch. 36.
=Aornos=, =Aornus=, =Aornis=, a lofty rock, supposed to be near the
Ganges in India, taken by Alexander. Hercules had besieged it, but
was never able to conquer it. _Curtius_, bk. 8, ch. 11.――_Arrian_,
bk. 4.――_Strabo_, bk. 15.――_Plutarch_, _Alexander_.――――A place in
Epirus, with an oracle. _Pausanias_, bk. 9, ch. 80.――――A certain
lake near Tartessus.――――Another near Baiæ and Puteoli. It was also
called Avernus. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 6, li. 242.
=Aōti=, a people of Thrace, near the Getæ, on the Ister. _Pliny_,
bk. 4.
=Apaĭtæ=, a people of Asia Minor. _Strabo._
=Apāma=, a daughter of Artaxerxes, who married Pharnabazus satrap of
Ionia.――――A daughter of Antiochus. _Pausanias_, bk. 1, ch. 8.
=Apāme=, the mother of Nicomedes by Prusias king of Bithynia.――――The
mother of Antiochus Soter by Seleucus Nicanor. Soter founded a city
which he called by his mother’s name.
=Apamia=, or =Apamēa=, a city of Phrygia, on the Marsyas.――――A city of
Bithynia,――――of Media,――――of Mesopotamia.――――Another near the Tigris.
=Aparni=, a nation of shepherds near the Caspian sea. _Strabo._
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