compete with him in the playing
of the flute, but was defeated by the
latter and flayed alive as a punish-
ment for his presumption, S. 1, 6, 120.
Martialis, es, adj., Martial, sacred to
Mars, C. 1, 17, 9.

Martius, a, um, adj., of Mars, C. 4, 14,
17; A. P. 402. Martiae Calendae,
the Calendae of the month of March,
C. 3, 8, 1. Martius Campus, the field
of Mars in Rome, C. 3, 7, 26; C. 4, 1,
39.

Massagětae, arum, m., a Scythian peo-
ple on the east of the Caspian Sea,
C. 1, 35, 40.

Massicum, vinum or absol. Massicum,

i, n., a famous wine of the Mons
Massicus in Campania, C. 1, 1, 19; C.
2, 7, 21; C. 3, 21, 5; S. 2, 4, 51.
Mătīnus, a, um, adj., of the mountain
Matinus in Apulia, now Matinat, C. 1,
28, 3; C. 4, 2, 27; Epod. 16, 28.
Maurus, a, um, adj., Moorish, African,
C. 1, 2, 39; C. 1, 22, 2; C. 2, 6, 3; C. 3,
10, 18.

Mēdēa, ae, f., the celebrated enchant-
ress, daughter of Aeetes, king of
Colchis, Epod. 3, 10; Epod. 5, 62;
Epod. 16, 58; A. P. 123 and 185.
Mēdus, a, um, adj., Median, of Media,
a country of Asia. Subst. Medus, i,
m., a Median, poetic. also for Per-
sian, Assyrian, and Parthian, C. 1,
2, 51; C. 1, 27, 5; C. 1, 29, 4; C. 2, 1,
31; C. 2, 16, 6; C. 3, 3, 44; C. 3, 5, 9;
C. 3, 8, 19; C. 4, 14, 42; Carm. Sec. 54.
Měgilla, ae, f., name of a woman, C. 1,
27, 11.

Mělčāger, gri, m., son of Oeneus, king
of Calydon, and of Althaea, the hero
of the Calydonian wild boar hunt,
A. P. 146.

Melpomene, es, f., the muse of tragic
and lyric poetry, C. 1, 24, 3; C. 3, 30,
16; C. 4, 3, 1.

Memnon, Ŏnis, m., king of Ethiopia,
son of Tithonus and Aurora, S. 1, 10,
36.
Měnander, dri, m., the most celebrated

poet of the new Attic comedy, S. 2, 3,
11; Ep. 2, 1, 57.
Mēnas, ae, m., Vultejus, a Roman freed-
man, Ep. 1, 7, 55.
Měnēnius, fi, m., a stupid Roman in
the time of Horace, S. 2, 3, 287.
Mercurialis, e, adj., of Mercury: M. viri,

the favourites of Mercury, i. e. the
lyric poets (see the foll. art.), C. 2, 17,
29; S. 2, 3, 25.
Mercurius, li, m., Mercury, son of Ju-
piter and Maja, messenger of the
gods, inventor of the lyre, god of
eloquence, commerce, cunning, pa-
tron of thieves, guardian of poets,
and conductor of departed souls to
the lower world, C. 1, 2, 44; C. 1, 10,
1, and 5; C. 1, 24, 18; C. 1, 30, 8; C. 2,
7, 13; C. 3, 11, 1; S. 2, 3, 68; S. 2, 6,
5, and 15.

Mēriones, ae, m., a Cretan, charioteer
of Idomeneus, who distinguished
himself before Troy, C. 1, 6, 15; C. 1,
15, 26.

Messalla, ae, m., M. Valerius Messalla
Corvinus, a famous Roman states-
man, friend of Tibullus and Horace,
C. 3, 21, 7, and 9; S. 1, 6, 42; S. 1. 10,
85; A. P. 371.

Messius, li, m., Cicirrhus, a Roman buf-
foon, S. 1, 5, 52, and 54.
Mětaurum flumen, poetic. for Metaurus,
a river in Umbria, where Hasdrubal,
brother of Hannibal, was defeated in
B. C. 207; still called Metaro, C. 4, 4,
38.

Mětella, ae, f., Caecilia, wife of P. Cor-

nelius Lentulus Spinther, S. 2, 3, 239.
Mětellus, i, m., I. Q. Caecilius Metellus
Celer, consul with L. Afranius in
B. C. 60, when Caesar, Pompey, and
Crassus, formed the first union
which might be considered as the
germ of the civil wars, C. 2, 1, 1.
II. Metellus Macedonicus, the poli-
tical opponent of Scipio, and there-
fore satirized by Lucilius, S. 2, 1, 67.
Methymnaeus, a, um, adj., Methymnaean,
of Methymna, a town of Lesbos, fa-
mous for its wine, S. 2, 8, 50.
Mīlētus, i, f., the rich capital of Ionia,
birthplace of Thales, and famous for
its wool, Ep. 1, 17, 30.

Milōnius, Yi, m., a buffoon in the time
of Horace, S. 2, 1, 24.

Mimas, antis, m., one of the Giants, C. 3,
4, 53.

Mimnermus, i, m., of Colophon, a
writer of elegies, contemporary with
Croesus, Ep. 1, 6, 65; Ep. 2, 2, 101.
Minerva, ae, f., a deity of ancient

Italy, identified with the Greek Pal-
las Athene, the goddess of wisdom,

arts (spinning, weaving, &c.) and
sciences, also of war, C. 3, 3, 23; C. 3,
12, 5; C. 4, 6, 13; S. 2, 2, 3; A. P. 385.
Minōs, õis, m., son of Jupiter and
Europa, brother of Rhadamanthus,
king of Crete, after his death made
judge in the lower world, C. 1, 28, 9;
C. 4, 7, 21.

Minturnae, ārum, f., a town of Latium

on the borders of Campania, on the
river Liris, now in ruins, near Tra-
jetta, Ep. 1, 5, 5.

Minucius, li, m., Tib. Minucius Augu-
rinus, who made a road through the
Sabine mountains, in B. c. 305, Ep. 1,
18, 20.

Misēnum, i, n., a promontory and town
of Campania; the former now Punta
di Miseno, S. 2, 4, 33.
Mitylene, see Mytilene.
Molossus, a, um, adj., Molossian, of the
the Molossi, the inhabitants of the
eastern part of Epirus: Molossus
canis, a kind of dogs used in hunt-
ing, Epod. 6, 5; S. 2, 6, 114.
Monaeses, is, m., a Parthian enemy of
the Romans, perhaps another name
of Surena, who defeated Crassus, C. 3,
6, 9.

Moschus, i, m., a famous rhetorician of
Pergamos, accused of poisoning, and
defended by Torquatus and Asinius
Pollio, Ep. 1, 5, 9.

Mucius, li, m., a Roman lawyer, appel.
put for a very clever lawyer, Ep. 2, 2,
89.

Mulvius, li, m., a Roman buffoon, S. 2,
7, 36.

Mūnātius, Yi, m., I. L. Munatius Plancus,

a Roman orator, C. 3, 14, 28; Horace
addressed to him C. 1, 7. II. Another
Munatius, perhaps son of the former,
Ep. 1, 3, 31.

Mūrēna, see Licinius.

1. Mūsa, ae, f., the Muse, C. 1, 6, 10;
C. 1, 17, 14; C. 1, 26, 1; C. 1, 32, 9;
C. 2, 1, 9, and 37; C. 2, 10, 19; C. 2,
12, 13; C. 3, 1, 3; C. 3, 3, 70; C. 3, 19,
13; C. 4, 8, 28; C. 4, 9, 21; S. 1, 5, 53;
S. 2, 3, 105; S. 2, 6, 17; Ep. 1, 3, 13;
Ep. 1, 8, 2; Ep. 1, 19, 28; Ep. 2, 1, 27;
Ep. 2, 1, 133; Ep 2, 1, 243; Ep. 2, 2,
92; A. P. 83, 141, 324, and 407.

Mycenae, arum, f., the famous town of
Argolis in Peloponnesus, the resi-
dence of Agamemnon, C. 1, 7, 9.
Mygdonius, a, um, adj., Mygdonian, of
the Mygdones (a Thracian people
that overran a part of Phrygia),
hence poetic. for Phrygian, C. 2, 12,
22; C. 3, 16, 41.

Myrtōum mare, Myrtoan Sea, a part of
the Aegean Sea, between Crete, the
Peloponnesus, and Euboea, C. 1, 1, 14.
Mystes, ae, m., a youth, favourite of C.
Valgius, 2, 9, 10.

Mytilene (also written Mitylene), es, f.,
the capital of the island Lesbos, still
called Mytilini or Metelin, C. 1, 7, 1;
Ep. 1, 11, 17.

N.

Naevius, Yi, m., I. Cn. Naevius, a Roman
dramatic and epic poet of the ante-
classic period, contemporary with
Livius Andronicus, died B. C. 204,
Ep. 2, 1, 53. II. Another Naevius,
said to have been very indulgent
towards his servants, S. 2, 2, 68.
Naiades (quadrissyll.), um, f., the wa-
ter-nymphs, Naiads, C. 3, 25, 14.
Nāsīca, ae, m., a Roman noted for his
hunting after legacies, S. 2, 5, 57, 65,
67.

Nāsīdiēnus (quadrissyll. as Nasidyenus),
i, m., Rufus, a Roman, whose ban-
quet is described in S. 2, 8, 1, 58, and
84.

Natta, ae, m., an unknown Roman, S. 1,
6, 124.

Neaera, ae, f., a female friend of Ho-
race, C. 3, 14, 21; Epod. 15.
Necessitas, atis, f., Necessity, personified,
Fate (like the Greek 'Aváуên), C. 1,
35, 17; C. 3, 1, 14; C. 3, 24, 6.
Neptūnius, a, um, adj., of Neptune:
N. dux, poetic. of Sextus Pompejus,
son of Pompey the Great, who gave
himself out as an adopted son of
Neptune, Epod. 9, 7.

Neptūnus, i, m., son of Saturn, husband
of Amphitrite, the god of the sea and
other waters; poetic. also for sea,
C. 1, 5, 15; C. 1, 28, 29; C. 3, 28, 2,
and 10; Epod. 7, 3; Epod. 17, 55;
Ep. 1, 11, 10; A. P. 64.

Mūtus, i, m., a rich Roman, Ep. 1, 6, 22.

(see the foll. art.) sea-nymphs, Ne-
reids, C. 3, 28, 10.

musician of Thrace, son of king
Oeagrus and the Muse Calliope, hus-
band of Eurydice, C. 1, 12, 8; C. 1, 24,
13; A. P. 392.

Osci, ōrum, m., a people of Campania,
famous for their buffoonery, S. 1, 5,❘

54.

Ŏsīris, is, and idis, m., the tutelary
deity of Egypt and the Nile, hus-
band of Isis, Ep. 1, 17, 60.
Ŏtho, ōnis, m., L. Roscius, tribune of
the people in B. C. 67, whose law
appropriated to the knights the ex-
clusive right of sitting in the theatre
and amphitheatre immediately be-
hind the orchestra, where the senate
sat, Epod. 4, 16.

P.

Păcòrus, i, m., a celebrated general of
the Parthi, C. 3, 6, 9.
Pacuvius, Yi, m., M. the celebrated Roman
dramatic writer of the ante-classical
period, nephew of the poet Ennius,
born about B. C. 221, at Brundisium,
Ep. 2, 1, 56.

Pădus, i, m., the river Po in Upper
Italy, Epod. 16, 28.

Pălātīnus, a, um, adj., Palatine, of the
Palatine Mount at Rome, Carm. Sec.
65; Ep. 1, 3, 17.

Pălīnūrus i, m., a promontory of Luca-
nia, near Velia, still called Capo Pali-
nuro, C. 3, 4, 28.

Pallas, ǎdis, f., another name of the

goddess Athene, the Roman Minerva,
C. 1, 6, 15; C. 1, 7, 5; C. 1, 12, 20;
C. 1, 15, 11; C. 3, 4, 57; Epod. 10, 13.
Pănaetius, Ii, m., a famous Stoic phi-
losopher of Rhodes, friend of the
younger Scipio and Laelius, flou-
rished about B. C. 145, C. 1, 29, 14.
Panthoides, ae, m., prop. Euphorbus,
son of Panthous, hence for Pytha-
goras, who pretended that his soul
had previously animated the body of
Euphorbus, a Trojan warrior, C. 1,
28, 10.

Pantilius, li, m., a foolish Roman, enemy
of Horace, S. 1, 10, 78.
Pantolăbus, i, m., a Roman buffoon,
S. 1, 8, 11; S. 2, 1, 22.
Paphos, i, f., a town of Cyprus, with
an ancient and splendid temple of
Venus, C. 1, 30, 1; C. 3, 28, 14.
Parcae, ārum, f., the three Fates,

namely, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atro-
pos. In sing. Parca, one of the
Fates, C. 2, 3, 15; C. 2, 6, 9; C. 2, 16,
39; C. 2, 17, 16; Carm. Sec. 25; Epod.
13, 15.

Păris, Idis, m., the famous son of
Priam, who carried off Helen and
caused the Trojan war, in which he
was killed by an arrow from the bow
of Philoctetes, C. 1, 15, 1; C. 3, 3, 19,
26, and 40; C. 4, 9, 13; Ep. 1, 2, 6,
and 10.

Părius, a, um, adj., Parian, of the island

Paros in the Aegean Sea, celebrated
for its white marble, C. 1, 19, 6; Ep.
1, 19, 23.

Parrhastus, Yi, m., a famous painter
born at Ephesus, rival of Zeuxis;
he flourished B. C. 400 at Athens, C. 4,
8, 6.
Parthi, ōrum, and collect. Parthus, i,
m., the Parthians, a warlike Scy-
thian people, in the large country of
Parthia (the modern Khorasan), C. 1,
12, 53; C. 1, 19, 12; C. 2, 13, 18; C. 3,
2, 3; C. 4, 5, 25; C. 4, 15, 7; Epod. 7,
9; S. 2, 1, 15; S. 2, 5, 62; Ep. 1, 18, 56;
Ep. 2, 1, 112, and 256.

Pătăreus (trissyll.) či, m., epithet of

Apollo, from Pătăra (orum, n.), a
sea-town of Lycia, where he had an
oracle, C. 3, 4, 64.

Paulus (also written Paullus), i, m.,
I. L. Aemilius Paulus (Paullus), the
famous Roman general, who fell in the
battle of Cannae, C. 1, 12, 38. II. Pau-
lus (Paullus) Maximus, son of Paulus
Fabius Maximus, friend of the em-
peror Augustus, C. 4, 1, 10, and 15.
Pausiăcus, a, um, adj., of Pausias, a
famous Greek painter, a native of
Sicyon, and contemporary of Apelles,
S. 2, 7, 95.

Pēdānus, a, um, adj., of Pedum, a town
of Latium, between Tibur, Praeneste,
Tusculum, and Rome, now Gallicano,
Ep. 1, 4, 2.

Pědius, ti, m., Pedius Poplicola, son of
the elder Messala Corvinus, and
adopted by Q. Pedius Poplicola, great
nephew of Julius Caesar and one of
his heirs, S. 1, 10, 28, and 85.
Pēgasus, i, m., the winged horse of the
Muses; according to fable, it sprang
from the blood of Medusa. Belle-
rophon mounted it, and overcame

the Chimaera, but was thrown by it when it took flight towards heaven, C. 1. 27, 24; C. 4, 11, 27. Peleus (dissyll.), či, m. (acc. Pelea, voc. Peleu), king of Thessaly, son of Aeacus, father of Achilles by Thetis. He was driven into exile for the murder, or for assisting in the murder, of his step-brother Phocus, C. 3, 7, 17; A. P. 96, and 104.

Pēlīdes, ae, m., son of Peleus (see the prec. art.), Achilles, C. 1, 6, 6; Ep. 1, 2, 12.

Pēlignus, a, um, adj., Pelignian, of the

Peligni, an Italian tribe, in the modern valley of Sulmona, C. 3, 19, 8; Epod. 17, 60.

Pēlion, Yi, n., a high and woody mountain of Thessaly, now Plessidhi or Zagora, C. 3, 4, 52.

Pelops, õpis, m., son of Tantalus, husband of Hippodamia, father of Atreus, Thyestes, &c., C. 1, 6, 8; C. 1, 28, 7, C. 2, 13, 37; Epod. 17, 65. Pěnātes, ĭum, m., the tutelary deities of the families and of the state, C. 2, 4, 15; C. 3, 23, 19; C. 3, 27, 49; S. 2, 3, 176; Ep. 1, 7, 94.

Penelope, es, f., the wife of Ulysses,

mother of Telemachus, C. 1, 17, 20; C. 3, 10, 11; S. 2, 5, 76, and 81; Ep. 1, 2, 28. Pentheus (dissyl.), ĕi, (voc. Pentheu),

king of Thebes, who, for his contempt of the rites of Bacchus, was torn to pieces by the Bacchanals, C. 2, 19, 14; S. 2, 3, 304; Ep. 1, 16, 73. Pergăma, ōrum, n., prop. the citadel of Troy, hence poet. for Troy itself, C. 2, 4, 12.

Pěrillius, fi, m., Cicuta, a cunning Roman usurer, S. 2, 3, 69, 75, and 175. Persae, arum, m., the Persians or Parthians, C. 1, 2, 22; C. 3, 5, 4; C. 1, 21, 15; C. 3, 9, 4; C. 4, 15, 23. Persicus, a, um, adj., Persian, C. 1, 38, 1. Persius, li, m., son of a native of Clazomenae (a town of Asia Minor) and of a Roman mother (hence called hybrida), S. 1, 7, 2, 4, 19, and 22. Petillius, li, m., Capitolinus, a Roman, who, when governor of the Capitol, was accused of having stolen the golden crown of Jupiter, but acquitted because he was a friend of Augustus, S. 1, 4, 94; S. 1, 10, 26.

Pětrīnus, i, m., or Pětrīnum, i, n., a mountain and villa near Sinuessa, now Rocca di monte, Ragoni, or Piedimonte, Ep. 1, 5, 5.

Phaeax, ācis, m., one of the Phaeacians, fabulous inhabitants of the island Scheria (Σχερία, later Κέρκυρα, Corcyra, now Corfu), famed for their luxury and indulgence, Ep. 1, 15, 24.

Phaethon, ontis, m., son of Sol, who, having been allowed to drive the chariot of the sun across the heavens, came with it so near to the earth, that he almost set it on fire; Jupiter, therefore, killed him with a thunderbolt, so that he fell down into the Po, C. 4, 11, 95. Phălanthus, i, m., a Spartan, who founded Tarentum, C. 2, 6, 12. Phidýle, ēs, f., an imaginary rustic and pious girl, C. 3, 23, 2.

Philippi, ōrum, m., a town of Macedonia, famous for the victory of Antony and Octavianus over Brutus and Cassius, C. 2, 7, 9; C. 3, 4, 26; Ep. 2, 2, 49. Philippus, i, m., I. L. Marcius, an eloquent Roman, consul in B. c. 91, Ep. 1, 7, 46 sq. II. A gold coin, struck by king Philip of Macedonia, C. 3, 16, 4; Ep. 2, 1, 234.

Phōcaei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Phocaea, a famous sea-port of Ionia (the mother-town of Massilia), Epod. 16, 17.

Phoebus, i, m., the Greek name of the

sun-god, and surname of Apollo, C. 1, 12, 24; C. 1, 32, 13; C. 3, 3, 66; C. 3, 4, 4; C. 3, 21, 24; C. 4, 6, 26, 28, and 29; C. 4, 15, 1; Carm. Sec. 1, 62, and

75.

Phrăātes, ae, m., king of the Parthi,
C. 2, 2, 17; Ep. 1, 12, 27.
Phryges, um, m., prop. the Phrygians,

hence poetic. for Trojans, C. 1, 15, 34. Phrygia, ae, f., Phrygia, a country of Asia Minor, C. 2, 12, 22.

Phrygius, a, um, Phrygian, of Phrygia (see the prec. art.), C. 2, 9, 16; C. 3, 1, 41; Epod. 9, 6.

Phthius, ii, m., epithet of Achilles, from his birth-place of Phthia, a town of Thessaly, C. 4, 6, 4.

Pīcēnus, a, um, adj., of Picenum, a

country of Italy, on the Adriatic,