Death, to be faced without fear, 103, 223, 226, 265–268; equalises mankind, 223; the introduction to a better place than earth, 267. Delos, 258, 259. Perhaps the most famous of “the isles of Greece.” Deluge, that is to destroy the earth, 143. ^_a_ Demetrius, 161. Cynic philosopher, contemporary of Seneca. Demetrius (father and son), 288. Kings of Syria between 162 and 125 B.C. ^_a_ Democritus, 183 (2), 194, 249, 250, 276. The optimist or “laughing philosopher” of Abdera in Thrace; said to have lived 460–361 B.C. ^_a_ Diogenes (of Apollonia in Crete), 68, 176, 177. Pupil of Anaximenes, lived in fifth century B.C. Dnieper (Borysthenes), 174. Dog-star, 202. Dolphins and crocodiles, fight between, 171. Doris, translated “sea nymph” in the quotation from Virgil, 142. Dowsers, 127. Drops, globular form of, 178. Drunkenness, 134, 188. Earth, material of, formed from water, 120, 121. Earth as a whole, place of the, in universe, 55; formed after the plan of our bodies, 126, 151, 242, 255; final destruction of, 143; itself the cause of earthquakes, 237; whether it or the universe revolves, 273. Earth’s interior, water supply in, 119, 206, 233, 234; cold temperature of, 119, 121; like surface above ground, 128, 206; blind animals in waters of, 129; origin of wind within, 206, 239, 243, 244, 254; landslips in, 238, 249, 251; store of vital air in, 244, 245. Earthquakes, causes of, 51, 229, 230, 236, 249; effects of, 121, 221, 229, 257, 259, 262, 263; Campanian (of A.D. 63), 221, 257, 259, 262, 264; influence of, on the human mind, 222, 262; widespread destruction produced by, 223; not the work of angry gods, 228; Seneca’s youthful work on, 230; water as the origin of, 231; fire as the origin of, 236, 238; air as the origin of, 239–248, 251, 255, 256, 264; mixed sources of, 249; varieties of movement in (_inclinatio_, _succussio_, _tremor_), 252; most frequent near the sea, 255; cause of local extent of, 257; features of the Campanian, 259–264; the first shock of, the most violent, 264. Eclipses, 35, 274, 284, 293. Egypt, 6, 167–177 (_passim_); great heat in, 173; said not to be visited by earthquakes, 258. ^_a_ Egyptians, ideas of, as to the elements, 125; astronomy of, 274. Elements, interchangeability of, 120, 121, 245; four in number, 123; contrariety of, 301. Eleusis, 306. In Attica, N.W. of Athens about 12 miles; scene of the great Eleusinian mysteries. Elis, 114, 257. District in S.W. of Southern Greece. Emanations, terrestrial, feed the sun and stars, 55, 198, 244; cause thunder, lightning, and commotion of the air, 63, 275; dry and moist, 63, 78. ^_a_ Empedocles, 136 (2). Philosopher of Agrigentum in Sicily, flourished about 444 B.C.