Opening the text

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

Name: 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
Author: Lemprière, John

Lemprière, John

Classical dictionaries

=Artacēne=, a country of Assyria near Arbela, where Alexander conquered
  Darius. _Strabo_, bk. 16.

=Artăcia=, a fountain in the country of the Læstrygones. _Tibullus_,
  bk. 4, poem 1, li. 60.

=Artæi=, a name by which the Persians were called among their
  neighbours. _Herodotus_, bk. 7, ch. 61.

=Artagreras=, a town of Upper Armenia. _Strabo._

=Artagerses=, a general in the army of Artaxerxes, killed by Cyrus the
  younger.――_Plutarch_, _Artaxerxes_.

=Artanes=, a king of the southern parts of Armenia. _Strabo_, bk. 11.
  ――――A river of Thrace flowing into the Ister. _Herodotus_, bk. 4,
  ch. 49.――――A river of Colchis.

=Artaphernes=, a general whom Darius sent into Greece with Datis. He
  was conquered at the battle of Marathon, by Miltiades. _See:_ Datis.
  _Cornelius Nepos_, _Miltiades_.――_Herodotus._

=Artatus=, a river of Illyria. _Livy_, bk. 43, ch. 19.

=Artavasdes=, a son of Tigranes king of Upper Armenia, who wrote
  tragedies, and shone as an elegant orator and faithful historian. He
  lived in alliance with the Romans, but Crassus was defeated, partly
  on account of his delay. He betrayed Marcus Antony in his expedition
  against Parthia, for which Antony reduced his kingdom, and carried
  him to Egypt, where he adorned the triumph of the conqueror led in
  golden chains. He was some time after murdered. _Strabo_, bk. 11.
  ――――The crown of Armenia was given by Tiberius to a person of the
  same name, who was expelled.――――Augustus had also raised to the
  throne of Armenia a person of the same name. _Tacitus_, _Annals_,
  bk. 2.

=Artaxa= and =Artaxias=, a general of Antiochus the Great, who erected
  the province of Armenia into a kingdom, by his reliance on the
  friendship of the Romans. King Tigranes was one of his successors.
  _Strabo_, bk. 11.

=Artaxăta= (orum), now _Ardesh_, a strongly fortified town of Upper
  Armenia, the capital of the empire, where the kings generally
  resided. It is said that Annibal built it for Artaxias the king of
  the country. It was burnt by Corbulo, and rebuilt by Tiridates, who
  called it _Neronea_, in honour of Nero. _Strabo_, bk. 11.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Opening the text

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

=Artacēne=, a country of Assyria near Arbela, where Alexander conquered
  Darius. _Strabo_, bk. 16.

=Artăcia=, a fountain in the country of the Læstrygones. _Tibullus_,
  bk. 4, poem 1, li. 60.

=Artæi=, a name by which the Persians were called among their
  neighbours. _Herodotus_, bk. 7, ch. 61.

=Artagreras=, a town of Upper Armenia. _Strabo._

=Artagerses=, a general in the army of Artaxerxes, killed by Cyrus the
  younger.――_Plutarch_, _Artaxerxes_.

=Artanes=, a king of the southern parts of Armenia. _Strabo_, bk. 11.
  ――――A river of Thrace flowing into the Ister. _Herodotus_, bk. 4,
  ch. 49.――――A river of Colchis.

=Artaphernes=, a general whom Darius sent into Greece with Datis. He
  was conquered at the battle of Marathon, by Miltiades. _See:_ Datis.
  _Cornelius Nepos_, _Miltiades_.――_Herodotus._

=Artatus=, a river of Illyria. _Livy_, bk. 43, ch. 19.

=Artavasdes=, a son of Tigranes king of Upper Armenia, who wrote
  tragedies, and shone as an elegant orator and faithful historian. He
  lived in alliance with the Romans, but Crassus was defeated, partly
  on account of his delay. He betrayed Marcus Antony in his expedition
  against Parthia, for which Antony reduced his kingdom, and carried
  him to Egypt, where he adorned the triumph of the conqueror led in
  golden chains. He was some time after murdered. _Strabo_, bk. 11.
  ――――The crown of Armenia was given by Tiberius to a person of the
  same name, who was expelled.――――Augustus had also raised to the
  throne of Armenia a person of the same name. _Tacitus_, _Annals_,
  bk. 2.

=Artaxa= and =Artaxias=, a general of Antiochus the Great, who erected
  the province of Armenia into a kingdom, by his reliance on the
  friendship of the Romans. King Tigranes was one of his successors.
  _Strabo_, bk. 11.

=Artaxăta= (orum), now _Ardesh_, a strongly fortified town of Upper
  Armenia, the capital of the empire, where the kings generally
  resided. It is said that Annibal built it for Artaxias the king of
  the country. It was burnt by Corbulo, and rebuilt by Tiridates, who
  called it _Neronea_, in honour of Nero. _Strabo_, bk. 11.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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

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

No reviews yet