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flamma, the lights in this tower, Lu-
can. 9, 1005 often put for Egypt;
thus Regina Phari, i. e Cleopatra,
Stat. Siv. 3, 2, 102. Petimus Pharen
arvaque Lagi, We make for Egypt,
Lucan. 87,443. fo 8, 184, 277, 499,
5149, 1022. Pharii reges, the Egyp-
tian kings, ib. 2, 636. Pharia unda, the
Nile, 3, 200. Pharium æquor, the
Egyptian fea, 4, 257. Pharius gurges,
7, 692. Pharius tyrannus, the king of
Egypt, 6, 306.; 7, 704 ; 8, 555.
Pharia fides, perfidy, 8, 624. Pbarium.
fcelus, the murder of Pompey, 9, 207.
Pharium velamen, a linen robe, 9,
1012. Juvenca Pharia, Ifis, Ovid.
Art. Am. 3, 635.

PHAROS, v. -ia, LESINA, an island in
the Hadriatic, near the coaft of Dal-
matia, Mel. 2, 7.

PHARMACUSA, an island north-weft
from Mietus, on the coaft of Caria,
near which Julius Cæfar was taken by
the pirates, Suet. 4.
PHARNACE v. -ia, a town of Pontus,
Plin. 6, 4.

PHARSALUS, FARSA, a town in Thef-
faly, near which Cæfar defeated Pom-
pey, 322. PHARSALIA the country
or plains around Pharfālus, Lucan. 1,
38.; 7, 175, 823. often put for the
battle itself, or the laughter in it, 6,
313.; 7, 61, 204, &c. Vincendum pa-
riter barfalia præftitit orbem, gave
Cæfar the world to conquer, or an
opportunity of conquering it at once,
ib. 3, 297. fo, Pharfalia tuas fecit opes,
7,745. Pharfalicum prælium, 7, 385.;
Cic. Dejot. 5. Pharfalicus annus, the
year in which the battle was fought,
Lucan. 5, 391. Pharsalica fata, the
defeat and its confequences, S, 516.
hence the poem of Lucan concerning
the civil war between Cæfar and Pom-
pey is called PHARSALA.
PHASELIS, a town of Lycia, on the
confines of Pamphylia, Cic. Verr. 4,
10 Inh. Phafelite, Cic. Rull. 2,

18.

PHASIS, is & ĭdis, Foz, a large river
of Colchis, 592; Flin. 6, 4. and near
it a town of the fame name, where was
the temple of Phryxus, and a grove,
famous in fable for the golden fleece
which it contained, Mel. 1, 19, fee p.
440. Hence PHASIANA, fc. avis v.
PASIANUS, fc. ales, a pheasant, which
is faid to have been first brought into
Greece from Phafis by the Argonauts,
Marcial. 13, 72.; Plin. 10, 48.

PHENEUS, a city of Arcadia, 186. Inh
Phemata, Cic N. D. 3. 22.
PHERE, a city of Theffaly, 321. Cir.
Divin. 1, 25. Inh. Paeses, Cic.
Invent. 2. 49.; Liv. 36, 9; 42, 56.
Pheraa Vatco, the eyes of Admětus,
fed by Apollo, Ovia. Ärt. Am, 2, 219.
Alfo a town of Laconica, Liv. 35, 30.
and of other countries.

PHILA, a town of Macedonia, Liv. 42,
67.; 44, 2, & 34.-Pbila v. Phla,
an island in the lake Tritonis, Heradet.
4, 178.
PHILADELPHIA

V. -Za, ALAN-
SHER, or the Beautiful City, in Ly-
dia, 388.; Inh. Philadelphēni, Plin. 5,

29.

PHILÆ, an island and strong place in
the Nile, above the leffer cataract,
Senec. Nat. 2, 4, 2.; Lucan. 10,
313. Pliny places it oppofite to See,

5,9.

PHILENON aræ, altars erected to two

brothers, called Philani, who allowed
themselves to be buried alive for their
country; the boundary between the
people of Carthage and Cyrene, Sallaf.
Jug. 19, & 79.; Sil. 15, 704-
PHILIPPI, a town of Macedonia, on
the confines of Thrace, 328. where
Brutus and Caffius were defeated by
Antony and Auguftus; hence Philip
penje belium, Suet. Aug 13. prælum,
Plin. 7, 45.PHILIPPICUs, -a,
-um, comes from Philippus, king of
Macedonia; as PHILIPPICE, fc. cra-
tiones, the orations of Demofthenes
againt Philip; in illufion to which
Cicero called his orations against An-
thony by the fame name, Cic. Att. 24
21. fo Philippæi nummi aurei, gold
coins, with the image or fuperfcrip-
tion of Philip, Liv. 34, 53.5 37. 59
39, 5, & 7; 44, 14. called fimply
Philippi v. ei, Horat. Ep 2, 1, 234,
et Plaut paffim.
PHILIPPOPOLIS,

a town of Thrace,
Liv. 39, 53. and of Theflily, ib. 25.
called alfo Philippi, near Phaisalia.
Emathi Philippi, Lucan. 9, 278
whence fome reconcile what is faid
Virg. G. 1, 490.; Ovid. Met. 15,
824.

PHILOMELUM v. -ium, a town of
Phrygia Major, Cic. Att. 5, 20.; tab.
Philomelienjes, Cic. Verr. 3, 83.
PHINTIA v. as, a town of Sicily, be-
tween Gela and Agrigentum, C. Var.
3,83
PHINTHIAS, a fountain in Sicily, in
which

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town of Achaia Propria, Cic. Att 6,
2.; Inh. Poliafii Pbliunti, Tufc.
4. 3. Phliafia regna, Ovid. in bin.
329.-and of Argolis, now DREPANO,
near Nauplia.
PHOCA, FOCHIA, a city of Ionia,
587. at the mouth of the Hermes, ha-
ving two harbours, Liv, 37, 31. the
mother-country of Marieilles, Liv. 5,
34.; Inh. Phocæenfes, ib. 38, 39. ;
Plin. 3, 4. vel PHOс1, Horat. Epod.
16 17. who, being befieged by Har-
pagus, the general of Cyrus, took to
their fhips, and left their city, Hersdot.
1, 164. hence Murex Phocaicus, Pho-
cæan purple, Ovid. Met. 6,9. Phocais,
(-idis,) juventus, the youth of Mar-
feilles, Lucan. 3, 301, Phocaice cavinæ,
the ships of Marieilles, ib. 3, 583. but
Phocaicæ manus, the troops of Phocis
in Greece, ib. 172. So Phocaica
laurus, the laurel of Parnaffus, Lucan.
5, '44.

PHOCIS, dis, a part of Gracia
Propria, 306. Liv. 32, 18. Inh Pнo-
CENSES, Juftin. 8, 1. Phoca rura,
Ovid. Met. 5, 276. Juveris Phocæus,
Pvlades, the fun of Strophius king of
Phocis, the friend of Orefes, Ovid.
Amor. 2, 6, 15. Lucan feems to con-
found Phocis with Phocæa, 3, 340. et
4, 256.

PHOENICE v. -ia, a part of Syria, 594.
Inh. PHOENīcs, the firft inventors
of letters, Herodot. 5, 58.; Plin. 5,
12.; Lucan. 3, 221. put for the Car-
thaginians, Sil. 13, 370. hence Phœ-
nilla Dido, Virg. n. 1,670, 6, 450.
Tyros, Ovid. Met. 15, 288 agmina,
Sil. 17, 147. classic, ib 7, 409. Phoe-
nicius v. -eus, of a purple colour, fuch
as the Tyrian purple, which was in
the highest estimation, Piin. 21, 23,
et 25, 13.; Lucret. 2, 829. Chlamys

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PHOENICUSA, FELICUDI, one of the
Lipari islands, 276.

PHOENIX v. Phænicus, a port in
Crete, Liv. 36, 45. and in other
places.
PHOLŎE, a mountain of Arcadia,
285. Pln. 4,
6; Ovid. Faft. 2, 273.
Another of Theffaly, near mount
Othrys, and like it the refidence of the
Centaurs, Lucan. 3, 198., 6, 388.;
7, 449.
PHRAGANDÆ, a town of Thrace,
Liv. 26, 25.

PHRICIUM, a town near Thermopyla,
Liv. 36, 13.

PHRYGIA, an extenfive country of
Afia Minor, divided into Major, the
Greater, and Minor, the Lefs, 587, &
592. hence Phrygia utraque, Liv. 37,
56. Inh. PHRYGES, faid to have been
the most ancient people in the world,
Herodot. 2, 2. Phryges ferò fapiunt, re-
pent of their folly when it is too late,
Cic. Fam. 7, 16. Phryx plagis emen-
datur, a flave is amended only by blows,
Flac 27. Phrygiæ urbes, i. e. the cities
of Phrygia Minor or Troas, Virg. Æn.
6, 783. Phrygia mater, Cybělè, Ovid.
Faft. 2, 55 Phrygius lapis, marble,
Herat. 01. 3, 1, 41. Phygius judex,
Paris, Catul. 56. Phrygia arces, the
Tr jan towers, Ovid. Met. 13, 44.
Phrygii cantus, grave or folemn music,
Cic. Divin. 1, 50. oppofed to Lydian
or cheerful ftrains. As the Greeks
called all the Afiatics barbarians; hence
Barbarus is put for Phrygius; thus,
Sonante mixtum tibiis carmen lyâ, Hic
Lydium, ils Barbarum, Horat. Epod.
9, 5. So Græcia Barbariæ collifa, en-
gazed with the Trojan nation, Horat.
Ep. 1, 2, 7. Barbarico poftes auro fpc-
liifque fuperbi, adorned with Trojan
gold, Virg. En 2, 04. Barba
turma, the Trojan troops, Hor. Od. 2,
4,9 Aftante ope barbaricâ, while the
kingdom of Troy flourished, Cic. Tufc.
2, n. 85. Barbara crurum tegmina, i e.
Phrygian, adorned with needle-work,
or embroidery, Virg. Æn. 11, 777.

which art the Phrygians are faid to
have first invented, Plin. 8, 48 f. 74.
hence Phrygio, onis, m. an embroi-
derer, Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 36. Phrygianæ
v. Phrygiæ veftes, embroidered clothes,
Plin. ib.

PHRIXI templum, a temple of Colchis
on the river Phafis, where Phryxus de-
dicated the golden fleece, Strab. 11,
498. fee p. 440.

PHRYXUS, a small river of Argolis.
PHTHIA, the city of Achilles in Thef-
faly, which gave name to the diffrict
Phthiotis, -idis, 320. hence Phthius
Achilles, Horat. Od. 4, 6, 4. Vir
Phthius, Propert. 2, 14, 38. Inh.
Phtbiota, Phthiōta fenex, Cic. Tufc.
1, 10, Pbthiotica Tempe, plur. Catul.

62,35.

PHYCUS, -untis, RAS-AL-SEM, a pro-
montory of Cyrenaica.

PHYLACE, a town of Moloffis in Epire,

Liv. 45, 26.-Another in Theffaly,
Strab. 9, 433.; Lucan. 6, 352.
PHYLE, a strong citadel of Attica, Nep.
8, 2. See p. 301.

PHYSCUS, PHYSCA, a town of Caria,
oppofite to Rhodes, Strab. 14, 663.
PICENTIA, the ancient capital of the
PICENTINI, and ager Picentinus, on
the Tufcan fea, fouth of Campania,
126. Sil. 8, 580. Picentina ala, Tacit.
Hift. 4, 62.
PICENUM vel ager Picenus, a principal

divifion of Italy, 137. Liv. 21, 6.;
22, 9. ; 27, 43. Inh. PICENTES, ib.
10, 10. Picentum acies, Sil. 10, 313.
hence Picens ager, Cic. Senec. 4.
PICTI, the PICTS, a people of Scotland,
mentioned only by later writers, Mar
cellin. 27, 18. Claudian. de 111 Confu-
lat. Honor. v. 54.

PICTONES, the people of Poitou in
France, on the fouth of the Loire, Cæf.
G. 3, 11.

PIERIA, a diftrict of Macedonia, 324.

named from mount PIERIS; whence
PIERIDES, the Mufes, v. Chorus Pie-
rius, 383. et Grex Pierius, Martial. 9,
88, 3. Calabræ Pierides, the poems of
Ennius, born at Rudie in Calabria,
Horat. Od. 4, 8, 20. Pieria pralia
fare tuba, to fing of battles with a poe-
tical genius, Martial. 11, 4, 8. Pieria
pellex, either skilled in mufic, or a na-
tive of Macedonia, Horat. Od. 3, 10, 15.
PIGRUM mare, the northern fea, from

its being frozen, Tacit. G, 45. the
fame with the Septentrionalis oceanus of

Pliny, 4, 13. So Pigra palut, i. e
Palus Mæōtis, Ovid. Pont. 4, 10, 61.
PIMPLA, a mountain of Botia, 304-

and a fountain of the fame name;
whence the Mufes were called PIM-
PLEIDES, Feftus, hence Pimpleum an-
trum, Martial. 12, 11, 3. PIMPLEA,
a Mufe, Stat. Silv. 1, 4, 26, et 2, 2,
36.; Horat. Od. 1. 26, 9. but in this
laft paffage fome read Pimple, voc. from
Pimpleis, -idis. Strabo places Pimple
in that part of Thrace which was an-
nexed to Macedonia.

PINARA, a town of Pieria in Syria, to
the fouth of mount Amānus; lah.
Pinarita, Plin. 5, 25.Also of Lycia,
Strab. 14, 66r.

PINARUS v. Pindus, DELI-FOU, ari-
ver of Cilicia, near Iffus, Strab. 14,
676.
PINCUM, GRADISCA, a town of Me-
fia Superior, on the river PINCUS, or
Pek-river.

PINDENISSUS, a town of Cilicia, near

Iffus, taken by Cicero after a fiege of
twenty-five days, Cic. Fam. 2, 10.
PINDUS, a chain of mountains, fepa
rating Macedonia, Theffaly, and Epi-
rus, 318.

PINTIA, poftea Vallis Oletane, now
thought to be VALLADOLID, a town
of Spain in Old Castile.
PINNA Veftinorum, Civita di PENNA,

near the mouth of the Matrinus, which
runs into the Hadriatic to the south of
Picenum, Sil. 8, 518.

PIRÆUS v. -ačus, portus, vel PIR VY,
pl. -a, the chief harbour of Athens,
292. hence Piraa littora, i. e. Attica,
Ovid. Met. 6, 446.

PIRENE, a fountain in the citadel of
Corinth, 280. (Fons Corinthienfis,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 23.) facred to the
Mules, called pallida, because exceffive
study makes men pale, Perf. pr. 4, et
5, 62. Undas hauriat Pirēnīdas, Se-
nec. Med. 754.

PIRUSTÆ, a people of Illyricum, Liv.
45, 26.

PISA, a city of Elis on the Alpheus,
on the ruins of which Olympia is
thought to have been built, 281. hence
Pijai campi, the plains in which the
Olympic games were celebrated; and
Pisatis, dis. f. the country. Pijaz
manus, the troops of Pifa, Lucan.
176. Pifaa aula, the hall of Oeno-
măus, who flew the fuiters of his daugh
ter, 2, 165. See p. 404.

3,

PISÆ, PISA, a city of Tuscany, founded
by a colony from Pifa in Elis, 281.;
Inh. PISANI, Liv. 45, 13. Pifanus
ager, Liv. 39, 2.

PISAURUM v. -us, PESARO, a town
of Umbria, on the PISAURUS, Fo-
GLIA, 136. Liv. 39. 44; 41, 27.
Inh PISAURENSES, Cic. Att. 2, 7.
PISIDIA, a country of Afia Minor, for
the most part mountainous, 589. Liv.
37, 54, & 56. Inh. PisĭDE, Id. 35,
13. Cic. Div. 1, 1. Nep. 14, 8.
PISTORIA v. -ium, PISTOJA, a town
of Etruria, about twenty miles north-
weft of Florence, at the foot of the
Appenines, 36. Inh. PISTORIENSES,
Plin. 3, 4. Ager Piftorienfis, the terri-
tory; where Catiline was defeated and
flain, Salluft. Cat. 57.

PITANE, a town of Eŏlis in Afia,
Ovid. Met. 7, 357. Lucan. 3, 205.
Inh. Pitanai v. Pitanita, who made
bricks fo light as to fwim on water,
Vitruu. 2, 3. Strab. 13, 423.—Ano-
ther of Laconica, on the Eurotas, Pin-
dar. Olymp. 6, 46..

PITHECUSA v. Inarime, an island on
the coaft of Campania, 150.
PITHIA regna, i. e. Træezēne, where
Pittheus, the grandfather of Thefeus,
reigned, Ovid. Ep. 4, 107.
PITYUS, untis, f. PITCHINDA, a
town of Colchis, Plin. 6, 5.
PITYUSA, Inf. iflands oppofite to the
mouth of the Sucro in Spain, 485.
Plin. 3, 5.-Alfo a name of Chios, ib.
5, 31. Another ifland in the Argolic
gulf, Plin. 4, 12.

PLACENTIA, PLACENZA, a city of
the Cifpadana, in the duchy of Parma,
near the confluence of the Trebia and
Po, Liv. 21, 25, & 56, &c. Inh. Pla-
centini, Liv. 37, 10. Placentinus ager,
Id. 34, 56.

PLATER V. -a, a city of Boeotia, near
which Mardonius, general of the Per-
fians, was defeated by the Greeks, un-
der Paufanias and Ariftīdes, 306. Inh.
PLATEENSES, Nep. 1, 5. Platæ enfe
prælium, ib. 3, 2.

PLAVIS, PIAVA or Piave, a river of
Venetia in Italy.
PLEMMYRIUM, MASSA OLIVERT,

a promontory opposite to the great har
bour of Syracufe, 263.
PLEUMOSII, a people of Belgica, fup-
pofed to be near TOURNAY, Caf. 5, 38.
PLEURON, a city of Ætolia, near Ca-
lydon, Plin. 4, 2. Sil. 15, 310. Ovid.
Met. 7, 382.

PNYX, Paycis, f. a place where the pub-
lic affemblies at Athens used fometimes
to meet, 291. Nep. Attic. 3.
POECILE, a portico at Athens, 291.
POENI, the Carthaginians, (q. PHOENI,
quia a Phoenicibus orti, Serv. ad Virg.
En. 1, 302.) fing. POENUS, Han-
nibal, Lucan. 7,799. Uterque Panus,
the inhabitants of Carthage in Africa,
and of New Carthage in Spain, Horat.
Od. 2, 2, 11. Marte Panos proteret
altero, will defeat the Carthaginians in
a fecond engagement, or in another
war, ib. 3, 5, 34.-dim. POENULUS,
the name of one of the plays of Plau-
tus;-adj. Pani leones, Virg. Ecl. 5.
27. Panus fermo, Stat. Silv. 4, 5, 45.
Peeni manes, Lucan. 1, 39.; 4, 790.
cineres, 2, 91. Poenus Mars, the Car-
thaginian army, ib. 3, 350. Pœnum
velamen, Sil. 6, 407. Panicus ignis,
Sil. 1, 602. but oftener PUNICUS; as,
Punica bella, Lucan. 3, 157. In Pu-
nica nati tempora Cannarum Trebiæque,
born in the time of those wars, Lucan.
2, 45. infecta dolis, stained by artifice,
or abounding in ftratagems, ib. 4, 737.
hence Punica fides, perfidy, Liv. 21,
4.; et 22, 64. Salluft. Jug. 108. Pænus
planè eft, He is quite treacherous or.
perfidious, Plaut. Poen. piol. 113.-
Punica arbor, a pomegranate tree, Col.
10, 243. Punica poma vel mala, pome-
granates, Martial. 1, 44, 6. Ovid.
Faft. 4, 608.Punicum fagum, a mili-
tary garment, of a red or purple colour,
Horat. Epod. 9, 27. the fame with Pu-
niceum v. Phoeniceum : So Color flore rofæ
punicea prior, Horat Od. 4, 10, 4.
Puricis inveta rotis Aurora rubebit,
Virg. Æn. 12, 77. Paniceum pomum,
a red apple or pomegranate, Ovid. Met.
5, 536-Punicani leƐtuli, mean, coarse
couches, fuch as the Carthaginians
ufed, Cic. Muræn. 36. So Punicana
fenfira, Varr. de Re Ruft. 7, 7, 3.-
Punicè loqui, to fpeak the Carthaginian
language, Plaut. Pan. 5, 2, 22.
The Carthaginians were alfo called
AGENORIDE, from AGENOR, Sil. 8,
1, & 215. a king of Phoenicia, the
fon of Neptune, and father of Cadmus
and Europa, fee p. 426. Apollodor. 3,
1. or AGENOREI, Sil. 6, 303. hence
Ductor Agenoreus, Hannibal, ib. 12,
282.; et 13, 3. Agenorea nubes, the
army of Hannibal in motion, ib. 120.
Collis Agenoreum dirimebat ab aggere val-
lum Aufonio, feparated the camp of
Hannibal from that of Marcellus, Sil,
159

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·15, 343. Referavit Dardanus arces
Ducier Agenoreas, Scipio, the general
of the Romans, laid open the citadel,
i. e. conquered the city of Carthage,
Sil. 1, 14 called Agenõris urbs, Virg.
En. 1, 338.-From Elifa, a name
of Dido, the fenators of Carthage are
called Eliffai patres, Sil. 6, 346. Cæ-
tera Eliis aderat gens Sicana votis,
the reft of Sicily favoured the Carthagi-.
nians, Sil. 14, 258. Eliffæi lacerii, the
arms of the Carthaginians, ib. 15, 524.
POLA v. Fietas Julia, POLA, a town of
Iftria, at the fouth point of the Penin-
fula, Plin. 3, 9. founded by a colony
of Colchians, Mel 2, 3. whence Pola-
ticus finus et prom. Polaticum, Ponta
Promontorio.

POLEMONIUM, VATISA, a town of
the Regio Pontica, to the eaft of the
mouth of the river Thermōdon.
POLICHNA, a town of Troas, on the
highest part of mount Ida, Herodot. 6, `
28.-Another of Crete, Thucydid. 2,
85.

POLITORIUM, a town of Latium, Liv.
J, 33.

POLLENTIA, POLENZA, a town of
Liguria, Cic. Fam. 11, 13. Suet. Tib.
37. celebrated for its black wool, Plin.
8, 48. Sil. 8, 598.-Another of Pice-
num. Liv. 39, 44. ; 41, 27.—Another
of Majorca, Plin. & Mel.
POLLUPEX, FINAL, a port town in
the territory of Genoa,

POLUSCA, a town of the Volfci, in

Latium, Liv. 2, 33.

POMETIA, a town of the Volfci, in

Latium, Liv. 2, 16. v. POMETII,
Virg En. 6, 775. hence ager Pometi-
nus, Pemptinus, v. Pontinus, Liv. 2,
34.; 4, 25.; 6, 5, & 21. Pompti-
yum, Cic. Orat. 2, 17. a villa, Cic.
Fam. 7, 18. Pomptina v PONTINA
PALUS, an adjoining lake of great ex-
tent, fur enal. 3, 307.; Plin. 3, 5. pa-
ludes, the PONTIN FENS, Lucan. 1,
85.; Martial. 10, 74, 10. through
which the Via Appia was carried at a
vaft expence; hence called Via uda,
Lucan. 3, 85. Pentini campi, Martial.
13, 112.; Sil. 8, 381. See SUESSA.
POMPEJI v. -ia, a town of Campania,
Liv. 9, 38. overwhelmed by an earth-
quake, 154.

POMPEIOPOLIS V. Soli, a town of Ci-
licia, Mel. 1, 13.
POMPELON, PAMPELUNA, the ca-
pital of Navarre in Spain; Inh. Pom-
pelonenfes, Plin. 3, 3-

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PONTIA v. -a, PoNzA, an island in
the Tufcan fea oppofite to Formix,
Plin. 3, 6.; Liv. 9, 28. Inh. Penti
ani, Liv. 27, 10.
PONTUS is used by the poets to fignify
the fea in general; but it properly
denotes the Euxine fea, (PONTES
Euxinus,) Plin. 4, 12.; et 6, 1. v.
PONTICUM MARE, Liv. 40, 21.
PONTUS alfo denotes feveral countries
round the Euxine fea.- —1. A large
country of Afia Minor, 590. Cic.
Arch. 9. the kingdom of Mithridates;
whence Laff: Pontica regis Pralia, the
battles of Pompey againft that king,
when exhausted, Lucan. 1, 336.
tica figna, Pompey's triumph over him,
ib. 8, 26. Largus habenis Ponticus eques,
horfemen from Pontus with loose reins,
fent by Pharnǎces the fon of Mithri-
dates, as auxiliaries to Pompey againft
Cæfar, ib. 7, 225. Pontica pinus, a
ship of Pontic pine-wood, Herat. Od.
1, 14, IL. The dominions of Mithri
dātes, when reduced by the Romans
into the form of a province, were called
Provincia Pontica; but the name of
Pontus was ftill retained, Tacit. Arn.
12, 21, & 63.; 15, 10.; Hift. 2, 6.;
3,47.; Suet. Ner. 18. and is fometimes
divided into three parts, Pontus Galari-
cus, the part on the weft; Cappadocius,
on the east; and Polemonicus, in the
middle, so named from Polème, whom
Antony the Triumvir made king of it.

2. The lowest part of Mafia,
fouth from the mouth of the Ifter or
Danube to mount Hamus, was allo
called PONTUS, the place of Ovid's
banishment, Trift. 5, 10. pr. Uftus ab
affiduo frigore PONTUS, ib. 3, 2, 8.
whence he wrote his fix books DE
TRISTIBUS, and four books of epif-
tles from PONTUS.
POPULONIA v. -ium, a town of Etru
ria, near Pifæ, Virg. n. 10, 172.;
Mel. 2, 4.; Plin. 3, 5. Inh. Papulexi-
enfes, Liv. 28. 45.
POŘATA, Pyrethus v. Hierafus, the
PRUTH, a river of Dacia, which joins
the Danube a little below AXIOPOLI.
PORDOSELENE, an island before Ephe.
fus, Plin. 5, 31.

PORPHYRIS, dis, v. Porphyra, a name
of the island Cythēra, 332.
POSIDIUM v. cum, a town on the con-
fines of Macedonia, near the river Stry-
mon, Plin. 4, 10.-Another in Syria,
below mount Libănus, ib. 5, 20.-Allo
a promontory of lonia, ib. 29.

POSIDONIA,

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