Subsolane (Wind), 209. Sudd, 236 n. Sulphur, baneful effects of, in water, 134; supposed to warm water, 136; exists in large quantity underground, 206. “Sulphur smell” produced by lightning, 69, 97. Sun, size of, 20, 288; eclipse of, 35, 274, 284, 293; draws his sustenance from the earth, 55, 198, 244; movements of, 271; among the constellations, 301. Superstition, 271. Surrentum, 221. Town on promontory in Campania. Syracuse, 12, 142. Syria, 138, 288. Tempe, 137. Vale or gorge in Thessaly; _see_ Peneüs. Temperature of atmosphere, 60, 183, 184; of various waters, 136. Tension, effects of, 56, 58. Tentyra, 172. Island in the Nile (Denderah), not far from Thebes. ^_a_ Thales, 124, 125, 174, 233. Of Miletus; may be considered the father of Greek philosophy, 636–546 B.C. Thebes, 257. Capital of Boeotia. There was a more ancient city of the same name in Upper Egypt on whose site are the modern Luxor, Karnak, etc. ^_a_ Theophrastus 122 (3), 129, 138, 139, 141, 172, 240, 303. Of Lesbos, favourite pupil and successor of Aristotle, head of Peripatetic school, 322–287 B.C. Therasia and There (Thera), 252. Small volcanic islands in the group called Sporades, S. of Cyclades. Thessaly, 137, 257. Thrace and Thracians, 5, 161, 173, 254. ^_a_ Thucydides, 256, 258. Thunderings, 62, 67; different kinds of, 75; causes of, 98. Tiberius Caesar, 41. Tigris, 142, 235. Time, wasting influence of, 238, 253; fleetingness of, 268. Trade to Atlantic ports, 175. Transmutation of the elements, 120, 121. Troglodytes, 173. Cave-dwellers, specially applied to tribes on W. of Red Sea. Tuscans; _see_ Etruscans. Tyre and Tyrian, 27, 224, 225. Unity or continuity, defined, 53. Universe, defined, 54; impetuous whirl of, 273; ceaseless revolution of, 281, 294, 299; a harmony of discords, 301. Vacuum, non-existent in nature, 128. Vadimonian (Lake), 139. In Etruria, not far from the Tiber, the Lago di Bassano, now dried up. ^_a_ Vagellius, 227. Name unknown, probably corrupt. Valerius Asiaticus, 74. Consul, for the second time, in 46. ^_a_ Varro, 209 (2). Famous grammarian, antiquarian, etc., 116–28 B.C. Venus, the planet, 284. Vice, conquest of, leads to highest happiness, 5; continued progress of, 46, 187, 306, 307. ^_a_ Virgil, 28, 35, 114, 142, 165, 209, 241, 253, 258. Virginius, 221. Consul 63. Vitellius, 160. Name doubtful; may refer to father of Emperor Vitellius, who flourished under Caligula and Claudius, being consul in 34. Volcanic eruptions, 73, 74, 77, 252. Vopiscus, 303. Consul 60. Vultur, 209. Mountain on borders of Apulia. Vulturnus (Wind), 209. Wars, denunciation of, 213, 214.