=Aufidius=, an effeminate person of Chios. _Juvenal_, satire 9, li. 25. ――――Bassus, a famous historian in the age of Quintilian, who wrote an account of Germany, and of the civil wars.――――A Roman senator, famous for his blindness and abilities. _Cicero_, _Tusculanæ Disputations_, bk. 5.――――Lurco, a man who enriched himself by fattening peacocks, and selling them for meat. _Pliny_, bk. 10. ――――Luscus, a man obscurely born, and made pretor of Fundi, in the age of Horace. _Horace_, bk. 1, satire 5, li. 34. =Aufĭdus=, a river of Apulia falling into the Adriatic sea, and now called Ofanto. It was on its banks that the Romans were defeated by Hannibal at Cannæ. The spot is still shown by the inhabitants, and bears the name of the field of blood. _Horace_, bk. 3, ode 30; bk. 4, ode 9.――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 11, li. 405. =Auga=, =Auge=, and =Augea=, daughter of Aleus king of Tegea by Neæra, was ravished by Hercules, and brought forth a son, whom she exposed in the woods to conceal her amours from her father. The child was preserved, and called Telephus. Aleus was informed of his daughter’s shame, and gave her to Nauplius to be put to death. Nauplius refused to perform the cruel office, and gave Auge to Teuthras king of Mysia, who, being without issue, adopted her as his daughter. Some time after the dominions of Teuthras were invaded by an enemy, and the king promised his crown and daughter to him who could deliver him from the impending calamity. Telephus, who had been directed by the oracle to go to the court of Teuthras, if he wished to find his parents, offered his services to the king, and they were accepted. As he was going to unite himself to Auge, in consequence of the victory he had obtained, Auge rushed from him with secret horror, and the gods sent a serpent to separate them. Auge implored the aid of Hercules, who made her son known to her, and she returned with him to Tegea. _Pausanias_ says, that Auge was confined in a coffer with her infant son, and thrown into the sea, where, after being preserved and protected by Minerva, she was found by king Teuthras. _Apollodorus_, bks. 2 & 3.――_Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 4.――_Hyginus_, fables 99 & 100. =Augarus=, an Arabian who, for his good offices obtained the favours of Pompey, whom he vilely deceived. _Dio Cassius._――――A king of Osroene, whom Caracalla imprisoned, after he had given him solemn promises of friendship and support. _Dio Cassius_, bk. 78. =Augeæ=, a town of Laconia. _Pausanias_, bk. 3, ch. 21.――――Another of Locris.