Athens, 295. CYNOSCEPHALE, a place in Theffaly, where Flaminius deleated Philip, king of Macedon, 323. CYNOSSEMA, the tomb of Hecuba, 248. CYNTHOS, a mountain of the inland Delos, Virg. En. 1, 458. on which Apollo and Diana were born; whence Apollo was called CYNTHIUS, and Diana CYNTHIA, 337. Craflinus Cyn- thins, to-morrow's iun, Ovid. Faft. 3, 346.
CYPARISSA, ARCADIA, a town of Meffenia, Liv. 32, 31. on the Sinus Cyparius, Plin. 4, 5. CYPRUS, a noble island in the east end of the Mediterranean, 592. facred to Venus, Flor. 3, 9. whence the is called, CYPRIS, -idis; Inh. CYPR11, Nep. 9, 4. adj. Cyprius et Cypricus, s Cyprium, copper, Plin 33, 5, et 36, 26. Vas Cupreum, v. Cyprium, Pin.
CYRENE, V. -e, a celebrated city of
Africa, the capital of CYRENAICA, 677. Cic. Planc. 5.; Sil. 252. whence Cyrenæus et Cyrenaicur, -a, -um, Cic. Tufc. 1, 42. ; Acad. 4, 42.; Inh. Cy- RENENSES, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, fr. ; Tacit. Ann 3, 70.
CYRNUS et Cyrnaus, fee CORSICA. CYRUS, KUR, a river of Iberia, 592. CYRRHESTICA, v. -e, a diflrict of Syria, contiguous to Cilicia, Cic. Att. 5, 18. named from its capital Cyrrkum, Plin. 5, 23 f. 19.
CYTA, a town of Colchis, the native
place of Medea; whence the is called Virgo Citea, Flacc. 6, 156. or Cytæis, -dis, Propert. 2, 1, 73.; Inh. Cytai, Flace. 6, 426.
CYTHERA, -orum, vel -a, -æ. Cerigo,
an island oppofite to Malea, a prom. of Laconica, facred to Venus, 332, whence the is called CYTHEREA, Virg. An. 1, 262. and Cythereis, -ĭdis, vel. -los, Ovid. Met. 4, 288; adj. Cy- tkeriacus et Cytherius; Cytbereāles co- lumta, pigeons facred to Venus, ib. 15, 386.
CYTINUS, THERMIA, one of the C- clădis, 338.
CYTORUS, v. um, KUDROS, a town of Paphlagonia, near a mountain of the fame name, which produced excellent boxwood, Virg. G. 2, 437. hence called buxifer, Catull. 4, 13 Jugum Eptorium, ib. 12. Cytoriacus pecten, a comb of boxwood, Ovid. Met. 4, 311. Cyzicus, v. -um, a city of Myfia on the Propontis, 586.; Inh. Cyzični, et adj. Cyzicinus.
DACIA, a large country north of the Danube, now Moldavia, Wallachia, and Tranfylvania, 353.; Inh. Daci, fing. Defcendens Dacus ab Iftro, Virg. G. 2, 497.; adj. Dacus, Dacius, et Devices. DACICUS was a title affumed by Do- mitian, on account of his pretended conquefts in that country, and infcribed on his coins, Juvenal. 6, 204, DACTYLI IDEI, the priests of Cybele,
near mount Ida, 355. Strab. 10, 471- DAHE vel DA, a nation of Scythia, fouth end of the Cafpian fea, Virg. Æn. 8, 728.; Sil. 13, 764.; Lucas. 7,420. now the DARISTAN. DALMATIA, a part of Illyricum, on the eaft fide of the Adriatic fea, 352.; Inh. Dalmāte, a fierce people fubdued by Auguftus, Suet. 20. Daimata fup- plex, Ovid. ad Liv. 389. adj. Dalma- ·ticus triumphus, Horat. Od. 2, 1, 16. DALMATICA, fc. veftis, a kind of garment, first made in Dalmatia, and afterwards worn at Rome; hence Dai mat catus, dreft in it, Lamprid in Com- modo, 8.
DALMIUM, v. Dalminium, a town of Dalmatia, which gave name to the na- tion, Strah. 7, 315.
DAMASCUS, DEMESK, a city of Syria, 629. called vintola, by Lucan, from its unbeltered fituation, 3, 215.; adj. Damafienus; whence Damafcine the country, Mel. 1, 11. DAMASIA, afterwards called Augufis, now AUGSBURG, in Swabia, on the Leck.
DAMNII, a people of Britain, thought to be thofe of CLYDSDALE. DAMNONII, thofe of DEVONSHIRE;
whence DAMNONIUM, vel Ocrin prem. LAND'S END.
DANAI. a poetic name of the Greeks, 392. Virgil et Ovid. tefim. Res Denon,
the Grecian ftate, Ovid. Met. 13, 59. Danae claffes, ib. 92. DANAPRIS, the NIEPER, a name given to the Borysthenes, in the middle ages; as Danafter, the Neifter, was given to the Tyras.
DANUBIUS, the DANUBE, one of the nobleft rivers in Europe, 573. DANUM, DUNCASTER, in Yorkshire, as it is thought.
DAPHNE, a delightful grove near An- tioch, 594. often the scene of volup- tuoufnels; hence Daphnici mores, luxu- rious. 'DARANTASIA, MOUSTIER, or M6- tie, a town of the Centrines, an Alpine nation of Gallia Belgica, called alfo
Forum Claudui. DARDANIA, a name of Troas or Troy, Virg. Æn. 2, 321. et 3, 156. Ovid. Trift. 1, 9, 25 from its first king Dar- danus, Virg. n. 6, 650. et 7, 206. et 8, 34. hence Dardānus, a Trojan, ib. 4, 661. Dardani, v. Dardanida, the Trojans, ib. 2, 72, & 242, et 3, 94, et 5, 45.; Plin. 33, 3. Matres Darda- nides, the Trojan matrons, Ovid. Met. 13, 413. Dardanius Paris, Virg. Ecl. 2, 61. Iius Dardanides, -a, Trojan, Ovid Faft. 6, 219. Dardanides furit, i. e. Eneas, Virg. Æn. 10, 545. fo 12, 775.-DARDANIA is alfo put for Samothracia, Plin 4, 12. DARDANI, a fierce people of Mafia,
Plin. 4, t. adjoining to Macedonia, Liv. 26, 25, et 27, 33. and always hoftile to it, ib. 31, 28, et 40, 57. DARDANIUM prom. a promontory of Troas, named from Dardanus v. -um, a small town, 70 ftadia from Abydos, Strab. 13, 595. whence the two calties built on each fide of the ftrait by Ma- homet IV. in 659, were called the DARDANELLES.
DARII PONS, a bridge made by Darius
on the Danube, where it begins to divide into feveral mouths, Herodet. 4, 89. DARIOBRIGUM, a town of the Verěti, now VENNES, in Brittany. DAULIS, ĭdis, a town of Phocis, 310. Homer. Il. 2, 27. fituate on a lofty eminence, Liv. 32, 18. the country DAULIA OF DAULIS, Plin. 4, 31. 4. Daulia rura, Ovid. Met. 5, 275. Avis Daulias, -ălis, i. e. Prognè, (Vide p. 310. & 419.
DAUNIA, the ancient name of the north part of Apulia, now CAPITINATA, 158. whence Daunia regna, Sil. 9, 500. Dauniaci campi, ib. 12, 429. Daunia Camana, the Daunian mufe, i, e. the
poetry of Horice, who was born in Apulia, Horat. Od. 4, 6, 27. Daunia gene, the Rutuli, fo named from Daunus the father of Turnus, Virg. Æn, 8, 146. Daunius heres, Turnus, ib. 12. 723. Daunia dea, Juturna, the fifter of Turnus, ib. 12, 785. made a god- defs by Jupiter, to compenfate the in- jury he had done her, ib. 139, &c. but before that called by Ovid NAIS, a water nymph, Faft. 2, 605. prefiding over a fountain called by her name. DAUNUS, CARAPELLE, a fmall river in Apulia. 158.
DECAPOLIS, i. e. Regio decem urlium, a district of Judæa, Plin. 5, 18. et Deca- politana Regio, ib.
DECELIA, BIALA-CASTRO, a village of Attica, 301. which the Lacedemo nians fortified by the advice of Alci- biades, Nep. 7, 4. DECUMATES AGRI, certain lands in Germany, which were fubjected by the Romans to the payment of the tenth part of their produce, Tacit. G. 29. DELIUM, a town of Boeotia, Liv. 31, 45 with a temple of Apollo like that of Delos, 306. hanging over the Euri- pus, Liv. 35, 51.
DELOS, v. -us, the central ifiand of the
Cyclales, 336. the birth-place of Apollo and Diana; whence Vares Delius, A- pollo, Virg. Æn. 6, 12. Ornatus foliis Delis, i. e. with a crown of laurel, that tree being facred to Apollo, Horat. Od. DEA DELIA, Diana, ib. 4, Nemoralis Delia, Stat. Theb. 9, 627. DELIACA VASA, brazen vef- fels made in Delos, which were held in great eftimation, 337. Deliacus Galli- marius, a breeder of hens, for which the Delians were celebrated, Cic. Acad. 2, 16, & 18.
of Spain, on the north fide of the DIOSPOLIS, i. e. Jovis urbs, a city of Ebro.
DERBE, ALAH-DAG, a town of Ly- caonia, Inh. Derbies, fing. Derbes, Cic. Fam. 13, 73. DERTONA, TORTONA, a town of Mi- lan.
DERTOSA, TORTOSA, a town of Ca- talonia, on the north fide of the Ebro. DERVENTIO, DARWENT, a river of the Brigantes in Yorkshire, on which was the town Derwentun, AvLDBY. DEVA, CHESTER, on the Dee. DEUCALEDONIUS oceanus, the fea on the north-west of Scotland.
DIA, Stan-Dia, an inland near Drum, the moft northern promontory of Crete, 338; alfo one of the Cyclades, the fame with Naxos, Plin. 4, 12. DIANIUM promontorium, Cape MAR- TIN, in Valencia of Spain. DIBIO, DIJON, the capital of Burgundy in France.
DICTAMNUM, or Diynna, a promon- tory in the north of Crete DICTE, a mountain in Crete, 338. where Jupiter was nurfed (fub Dic- tao antro, in a cave of mount Dicte), Virg. G. 4, 152. whence Di&aa nymphe, Cretan nymphs, Virg. Ecl. 6, 66. Dilaus rex, Jupiter Id. G. 2, 536. or Minos, Ovid. Met. 8, 43. Difaa rura, the Cretan fields, ib. 3, 2. Arva, Virg. Æn. 3, 171. Saltus, ib. 4, 72.
DIDYME, SALINE, one of the Lipari inlands, 275.
DIGENTIA, a rivulet of the Sabines, running past the villa of Horace, Horat Ep. 1, 18, 104.
DINDYMUS, pl. -a, -orum, a mountain ⚫ of Phrygia, Virg Æn. 9, 617. where Cybele was worshipped, hence called Dindy mene, Hor. Od 1, 16. 5. DINIA, DIGNE, a town of Provence. DIOCLEA, or Doclea, a town on the coaft of Dalmatia, Plin 3, 23. the country of the Emperor Diocletian, who was originally called DiocLES, Eutrop.
the lower Egypt, which gave name to the district called Nomos Dios Pelītes, Plin. 5, 9.
DIPYLON, one of the gates of Athens,
DIRCE, a celebrated fountain near Thebes, called Cadměa Dirce, from Cadmus who founded Thebes, Lucan. 3, 1.5- whence Dirceus, Theban, 304- femine Cadmi emicuit. Dircæa cohors, a troop of armed men sprung up from the dragon's teeth fown by Cacmus, Lucan. 4, 550. DIRČENNA, a very cold fountain near
Bilbilis in Spain, Martial. 1, 50, 17. DIVA, the river Dɛɛ at Aberdeen.. DIUM, a ftrong town in Macedonia, Liv. 44, 7. Also the name of various other places.
DIVODURUM, METZ, the capital of
DOBUNI, the people of Gloucester and Oxfordshire.
DODONA, a town of Moloffis in Epire, 317. near which was a large grove of oaks, (Dodonia, Dodenææ, vel Dido- nides quercus,) whence Dodona is par for thefe oaks, which, before the ute of corn, afforded food to men, Virg. G. 1, 149. and were fuppofed to utter pre- dictions, Lucan 6, 427.; Ovid. Trật 4, 8, 23.
DoLOPES, a people of Thefa'y, Lucas, 6, 384. Pliny fays of Ætolia, 8, 2. their country was called Dolopia, Lie. 36, 33. Servius makes the Dolopes the companions of Pyribus, and the Myrmidones of Achilles at Troy, Æɛ. 2, 7. adj. Dolopeius, Flacc. 2, 10. DONUSA or Donyfa, one of the Cyclades, Virg. Æn. 3, 125.
DORION, a city of Theffaly, where Thamyras having challenged the Mules to a conteft at firging, and being van- quifhed, was deprived of fight, Stat. Theb. 4, 182.; Hygin. Aftron. 2, 6. j Propert. 2, 22, 19. ; Lucan. 6, 352. DORIS, -idis, vel Dorica, a part of Gratis Propria, 312. called Tetraf is, from its four cities, Strab. 9, 434.; Inh Dores, -ium, Dorii vel. Dorienfes; whence De- rica caftra, the Grecian camp, Virg. En. 2, 27.-Also a part of Caria, He- rodot. 1, 144. Doridis finus, Plin. 5, 29. DORISCUS, V. -um, a place in Thrace,
where Xerxes numbered his army, 345- DORYLEUM, ESKI-SHEHR, a town of Phrygia; Inh. Dərylæi, Plin. 5, 29. vel Dorylenfes, Cic. Flacc. 17. DRAVUS, the DRAVE, a rives of No-
ricum, which falls into the Danube at DUROLITUM, RUMFORD, or Leiton
DREPĂNUM, TRAPANI, a maritime Town of Sicily, 267.; adj. Drepan - tanus, Cic. Verr. 2, 57. Also the name of leveral other places. DRILO, DRINA, a river feparating Ma- cedonia from Dalmatia, and falling into the Adriatic at Lassus or Aleffio. DRINUS, DRIN, a river which fepa- rates Servia from Bulgaria, and joins the Save. DRUENTIA, DURANCE, a river of Gaul, which falls into the Rhone be- tween Arles and Avignon. Sil. 3, 468. DRUNA, the DROME, a river of Gaul, falling into the Rhone below Valentia. DRYOPES, a people faid to have inha- bited various places,-Epire, Strab. 7, 321. The fly, Doris, Corinth, ib. 8, 373. and Troas, ib. 13, 586. Pliny places them in Epire, 4, 1. So Lucan.
DUBIS vel Alduadubis, the DAUX, a river
of Burgundy, which falls into the Soane near Chalone.
DUBRIS, Dubra, v. -i, DOVER, a town
of Kent, oppofite to Calais in France. DULICHIUM, fmall inland near Ithaca, fubject to Ulyffes, 331. who is there- fore called Dulichius dux, Ovid. Met. 14, 226. Rem. Amor. 272. Dulichie rates, his fhips, Virg. Ecl. 6, 76. Du• licbius canis, his dog Argus, Martial. 11, 70, 8.
DUMNONIUM vel Ocrinum Prom. the LIZARD Point, on the fouth-west of England.
DUNUM, a Celtic word denoting a hill or eminence.
DURIUS, the DUERO or DOIKO, a river of Portugal.
DURNIUM vel Durnovaria, DORCHES
TER, a town of the Durotriges in Bri-
DURNOMAGUS v. -um, DURMAGEN, a town of Belgica, on the Rhine, below Cologne.
DUROBRIVIS, ROCHESTER. DUROCASSES, DREUX, in the coun- try of the Carnutes, CHARTRAIN, the chief feat of the Druids in Gaul, Caf. 6, 13. DUROCATALAUNUM, CHALONS, on the Marne, in Champaigne DUROCORNOVIUM vel Corinium, C1- RENCESTER, in Gloucestershire. DUROCORTORIUM, a town of the Rhemi, in Gaul, now RHEIMS, in Champaigne.
EBLANA, DUBLIN, the capital of Ire- land, as it is thought; Inh. Eblanii. EBORA, EVORA, a town of Portugal. EBORACUM, YORK.
ELUDE v. -des, the western ifles of Scot- land; called by a more modern name, Hebrides.
EBURONES, the people of the LIGEOIS, Caf. B. G 2, 4. et 6, 5. Eburovices Aulerci, the people of EVREUX,.in Normandy, ib. 3, 17.
EBUSUS, IVICA, one of the two Pityufe
infule, near the coaft of Spain, to the fouth west of Majorca; celebrated for its pafturage and figs; about a hundred miles in compafs, Plin. 3, 5. et 15, 19. ECBATANA, HAMEDAN, the capital of Media, Cic. Manil. 4.
ECETRA, a town of the Volsci; Inh. ECETRANI VOLSCI, Liv. 2, 25. &
ECHINE, V. Echinales, fmalt islands of
Greece, at the mouth of the river Ache ous, 331. Ovid. Met. 8, 588. ECHINUS, ECHINOU, a town of Thef- faly, Liv. 32, 33.
ECNOMOS, Monte LICATA, a mountain of Sicily, 264.
EDESSA vel ga, a city of Macedonia, 325. alfo a town of Mefopo amia or Arabia; Inh. Edefsèni, Plin. 5, 24. Tacit. Ann. 12, 12.
EDETA vel Leria, LERIA, a town of Celtiberia in Spain; the country EDE- TANA, along the river Sucro or Xucar, Piin. 3, 3.; Inh. EDETANI, or Sede- tani, Liv. 28, 24.; 29, 1. j et 34, 20. Sil. 3, 371.
EDESSA portus vel Odysseæ, a town of Sicily, near the prom. Pachyous, 263. Cic. Verr. 5, 34.
EDONIS, -is vel Edonica, the country between the rivers Strymon and Neffus, 328.; Inh. Edōnes vel Edōni, often put for the Thracians; adj. Edūnus v. -ius, Thracian:
Thracian: Matres Edōnides, Thracian matrons, i. e. Baccha or priefteffes of Bacchus, Ovid. Met. 11, 69.; fing. Edonis, Propert. 1, 3, 5. or Ed ănis, Lucan. 1, 674.
IGERT lucus et fons, a grove and foun- tain near Rome, where Numa held fecret meetings, as he gave out, with the nymph or goddess Egeria, (called his wife, Liv. 1, 21. Ovid Met. 15, 482. Faft. 3, 275. or mistress, Ju- venal. 3, 12.) and with the Mules, Liv. ib. Numa therefore confecrated this grove, and a temple he built in it, to the Mufes, ib. on which account, the place is called AD CAMOENAS, Martial. 2, 6, 16. Juvenal calls it Vallis Egeria, ib. 17.
EGNATIA vel Gratia, a town of Apu- lia, 162.
ELEA, a town of ŏLIS, in Afia
Minor, Liv. 36, 43. on the Sinus Elaiticus.
ELEUS vel ELEUS, -untis, f. a town of the Thracian Cherfonefe, Liv 31, 16.; 37, 9.; Inh. Elëuntii.
ELEA or Velia, a town of Campania, 172.; Inh. Eleata; fing. Eleātes Ze- No, Cic. Tufc. 2, 21. & 22. Nat. D. 3,33. whence Eleatici Pbilofopbi, the followers of Zeno, Cic. Acad. 4, 42. ELATIA v. ea, a town of Phocis, Liv.
28, 7.; 32, 18. & 14.-alfo of Thef- faly, Liv.42, 54.; Inh. Elatienfes. ELAVER, ALLIER a river of Aquitania, which fails into the Loire on the fouth. ELECTRIDES Infula, certain islands in the Adriatic, fuppofed by the Greeks to produce amber, Mel. 2, 7. but Pliny fays none fuch exifted, 3, 26 f. 30. & 37, 2 f. 11. He, however, in- forms us, that one Sotacus believed, that in Britain, amber dropt from the rocks, ib. and he himself mentions fome islands in the German fea, called Glof- Jurie or Electrides, which produced amber, 4. 16 f. 30, & 13 1. 27. See P. 569.
ELEPHANTINE vel Elephantis -idis, an ifland in the Nile, near the leffer cata- ract, 668.
ELEUSIS v. -in, -īnis, a village of Attica,
facred to Ceres, whence the is called Eleufinia Mater, 301.
ELEUTHERE, a town of Boeotia, be- tween Megara and Thebes, Plin. 4,7.j & 34, 8.
ELEUTHEROS, a river of Syria, at the
foot of Mount Libănus, Plin. 9, 10. ELEUTHEROCILICES, a people of Cili-
cia, who had never been fubje& to kings, Cic. Att. 5, 20.; Fam. 15,4- ELIMEA regio, vel Elimettit, -idis, a dif◄ tria of Macedonia, Liv. 42, 53. et 45,
30. Some place it in illyricum; Inh. Elimei vel Eimai.
ELIS, -is vel -ĭdis, vel ELEA, a divifion of Peloponnefus; a:fo its chief city, now BELVEDERE, 281. Cic. Fam. 13, 26.; Liv. 27, 32.; Inh. E1 E1; whence Eleut ager, ib. et Eleus campus, Virg. G. 1, 202. vel EL11, Cic. de Div. 2. 11. whence Eliades equæ, Virg G. 1, 59. ELYMAIS, -ĭšis, a part of Affyria, Plin. 6, 27.
EMATHIA, a part of Macedonia, 325, hence Emathia portus, the harbours of Macedonia, Virg. G. 4, 390. Emathi campi, the Macedonian plains, Oed. Met. 5, 314 Ematkins aux, Alexan- der the Great, Id. Trift. 3, 5, 39 Emathia ta, Alexandria in bort, built by Alexander, Lucan. 10, 58- It is allo often put for Theffaly. 320. whence Ematki campi, the plain, of Pharfalia, Lucan. 1, 1, et 6, 620. vel Emathia arva, 7, 191, et 846.
Emathia, the battle of Pharfalia, §, 531. plur the troops that fought in it, 1, 688. Ematine furefla dies, the day of the battle, 7, 427. Pharfales Ens- this, -is, 6, 950. Lucan frequently confounds Theitaly with Macedonia, and Pharialia with Philippi; fo fome- times the o her p ets, Jee p. 323. EMERITA Augula, MERIDA, a city in Spain, Plin. 4, 22. adj. Emeritenfi, ib. EMPORIÆ, AMPURIAS, a town of Spain in Catalonia, Liv. 34, 9. ; 26, 19.; 28, 42. Emporia regio, ib. 29, 25, et 33.; Inh. Emportant, ib. 34, 16. EMPORIUM ad Placemiam, a town of Italy, Liv. 21, 57.; Ad Tr- berim, 35, 10, et 41, 27
ENCHELTA, an ancient town of Illyricum, on the confines of Epire, fuspofed to have been named fr m Cadmus and his wife Harmonie v. -ia, being there converted into ferpents, Laran. 3, 189; Inh. Encheli v. -, faid to be the ce fcendants of Cadmus and Harmonia, Strab. 7, 126.
ENGYIUM, GANGI, a city of Sicily; Inh. ENGINI, Cic. Ver. 3, 43, " 4, 44. ENIPEUS, a river of Macedonia, 24. Virg. G. 4, 368.
ENNA vel ilena, CASTRO JANNI,
Cafire Giavane, a town of Sicily, 272-3 Inh. ENNENSES, Liv. 24, 37. Er-
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