D.

Daci, i. 329, 330; ii. 145.

Dacia described, i. 329.

Dactyli (fish), ii. 475.

Dactyli, Idæan, ii. 225.

Dactyliothecæ, vi. 390.

Dactylos, v. 73.

Dactylus (grape), iii. 320.

Dædalus, i. 458; iv. 131 —his inventions, ii. 226.

Daffodil, iv. 367.

Dahæ, ii. 34.

Daisy, iv. 328; v. 162.

Dalion, ii. 115.

Dalmatia described, i. 259.

Dama, ii. 347.

Damaratus, i. 190; vi. 229, 283.

Damascena, iii. 178, 295.

Damascus, i. 431, 432 —the Seven Sleepers of, ii. 211.

Damasonion, v. 129, 130.

Damastes, i. 371.

Damion, iv. 302.

Damon, ii. 241.

Damophilus, vi. 284.

Damsons, iii. 178, 295.

Danaüs, ii. 233.

Dandaguda, ii. 47.

Dandelion, iv. 349.

Danger, prognostics of, from animals, ii. 294, 295.

Danube, i. 250, 262, 328; v. 481.

Danuvius, v. 481.

Daphnea, vi. 447.

Daphnoïdes, iii. 141; v. 57.

Dardæ, ii. 45.

Dardanelles, i. 305, 307.

Dardani, i. 272, 297.

Dardanum, i. 478.

Dardanus, i. 200.

Darius, ii. 27, 92 —his chest of perfumes, iii. 159.

Dark, persons who could see in the, iii. 51.

Darnel, iv. 55, 442, 454.

Dascusa, ii. 19.

Dassaretæ, i. 272.

Dasypus, ii. 349, 543; iii. 81.

Dates, iii. 169, 172, 174-177 —consecrated to the gods, 176 —green, ill effects of, on Alexander’s soldiers, 177.

Date-bread, iii. 169.

Date-palm, iii. 143.

Date-wine, iii. 169, 175.

Dathiathum, iii. 127.

Datis, vi. 248.

Daucus, v. 123.

Daulis, i. 277.

Daylight, how regulated, i. 105, 106.

Days, irregularity of, i. 50, 51 —longest and shortest, 108, 109 —how computed, 110 —in the year, vi. 162.

Davy, Sir H., quoted, vi. 240, 245.

Dead, closing the eyes of, iii. 53 —remedies derived from, v. 292, 293.

Dead-nettle, iv. 404, 405.

Death, signs of, ii. 208 —the greatest of blessings, ii. 219.

Deaths, sudden, ii. 213-217 —happy, ii. 216 —unhappy, 217.

Decapolis described, i. 431.

Decay, certain trees proof against, iii. 422.

Decii, v. 279.

Decius, P., iii. 343.

Deculo, ii. 554.

Decuman path, iii. 501.

Decuries of judges, vi. 82, 83.

Defrutum, iii. 246, 249, 269, 270.

Delian brass, vi. 151.

Deliratio, iv. 65.

Delos, i. 318, 319, 337, 338 —the perfumes of, iii. 160.

Delphi, i. 277 —laurel of, iii. 332.

Delta, i. 407.

Demetrius (artist), vi. 180.

Demetrius (geographer), vi. 385.

Demetrius (physician), ii. 355.

Demetrius Phalereus, vi. 159.

Demetrius Poliorcetes, i. 279; vi. 165, 266.

Democlides, iii. 158.

Democracy, ii. 227.

Democrates, Servilius, v. 420.

Democritus (artist), vi. 186.

Democritus, the philosopher, i. 149; ii. 219; v. 424 —his foresight, iv. 95, 117 —visits the East, v. 82 —on plants, 64-68.

Demodamas, ii. 33, 115.

Demodes, iii. 157.

Demonnesos, i. 496.

Demosthenes, ii. 174.

Demostratus, vi. 467.

Demoteles, vi. 385.

Denarii, weight of, ii. 53.

Dendritis, vi. 461.

Dendroïdes, v. 180.

Denia, i. 170, 211.

Dentatus, M. Curius, ii. 153.

Dentatus, L. Siccius, ii. 170; iv. 393.

Dentifrices, v. 517; vi. 365.

Depilatories, iii. 265; v. 215, 465; vi. 55, 56.

Depth of the sea, i. 130.

Derbices, ii. 32.

Derceto, i. 439.

Dertona, i. 186.

Dessert, iii. 102.

Destinies at the birth of man, ii. 203.

Deuteria, iii. 251.

Dgiggetai, ii. 326.

Dia, i. 315.

Diachyton, iii. 250.

Diacodion, iv. 279.

Diadochos, vi. 447.

Diadumenos, vi. 171.

Diaglaucia, v. 247, 248.

Diagoras, iii. 158.

Dial in the Campus Martius, vi. 334, 335.

Diallage, vi. 412.

Dials, i. 106, 109.

Diamond, vi. 405, 406 —dust of, vi. 464.

Diana, i. 408 —Temple of, at Ephesus, i. 117; iii. 218, 423; vi. 343, 344, 375.

Dianium, i. 211.

Diapasma, iii. 166; iv. 366.

Diapason, i. 53.

Diaphragm, iii. 70.

Diatichon, vi. 372.

Diaxylon, v. 45.

Dibapha, ii. 448; iv. 326.

Dicæarchus, i. 95, 149.

Dichroïte, vi. 407.

Dictamnos, iv. 260; v. 115, 116.

Dies fasti, vi. 76.

Diet on figs, iv. 504.

Dieuches, iv. 302.

Digestion, v. 296.

Diglito, ii. 75.

Dill, iv. 274.

Dimensions of the earth, i. 143-146.

Dindymus, i. 489.

Dinochares, the architect, i. 419; ii. 184; vi. 209.

Dinomenes, vi. 169, 181.

Diocæsarea, ii. 6.

Diocles, iv. 301.

Diodorus of Priene, ii. 357; iii. 338.

Diodorus the physician, v. 420.

Diodorus Siculus, i. 270 —quoted, ii. 79.

Diodotus, Petronius, iv. 302.

Diogenes the Cynic, ii. 160.

Diognetus, ii. 115.

Diomedes, i. 227, 228, 265, 304 —birds of, ii. 526 —tomb of, 526.

Diomedia, i. 265.

Dion of Colophon, ii. 357.

Dion Cassius quoted, i. 141, 264.

Dionysias, vi. 447.

Dionysius (artist), vi. 319.

Dionysius, physician, iii. 158.

Dionysius, Cassius, ii. 357, 555.

Dionysius Periegetes, i. 372.

Dionysodorus, vi. 388.

Dionysonymphas, v. 66.

Diophanes, ii. 357.

Dioptase, vi. 410.

Dioscoron, i. 224.

Dioscurias, ii. 11.

Diospolis, i. 416.

Diospyron, v. 253, 254.

Diotimus, v. 369.

Diphryx, vi. 204, 205.

Diphyes, vi. 447.

Dipœnus, vi. 308, 309.

Dipsacos, v. 242, 243.

Dipsas, iv. 516.

Dirce, i. 291; vi. 318, 319.

Diribitorium, iii. 419; vi. 346.

Discobolus, vi. 173.

Discovery, voyages of, i. 98, 99.

Disease, new forms of, ii. 119; v. 152 —various instances of, ii. 206.

Diseases, which affect certain classes, ii. 208 —infinite in number, 209 —of bees, iii. 22 —of trees, 517-526, 527, 530 —the most painful, v. 86, 87 —of females, 210-214, 361-364, 462, 463 —of infants, 364.

Disposition, influence of aliments upon, iv. 435, 436.

Distances, of the stars, i. 52 —comparative, of places, ii. 108.

Dittander, iv. 195, 270.

Dittany, iv. 260, 261; v. 115.

Dium, i. 314,

Diver (bird), ii. 513.

Divers, ii. 527.

“Dives,” the surname, vi. 129.

Divination, art of, ii. 179, 229, 230, 487.

Divisions of the globe, i. 151, 152.

Diyllus, ii. 242.

Dnieper, i. 331.

Dniester, i. 330.

Dodder, v. 174.

Dodecatheos, v. 88.

Dodona, i. 133, 272, 276; vi. 342.

Dogs, exposed, =ii.= 88 —ruling as kings, 103 —their fidelity, 312, 313 —their memory, 314 —their scent, 315 —cross breeds of, 314, 315; —and crocodiles of Egypt, 315 —generation of, 316 —of Laconia, 542 —troubled with colic, =iii.= 71 —their spitefulness, =v.= 114, 115 —crucified, 391 —remedies derived from, 391, 392.

Dog-burr, v. 71.

Dog-fish, ii. 377, 433, 456, 457, 458.

Dog-nettle, iv. 351, 352.

Dog-plant, v. 114, 115.

Dog-rose, v. 84.

Dog-star, i. 67.

Dog-wolf, ii. 279.

Dolichos, iii. 433.

Dolium, iii. 221, 269.

Dolopes, i. 275.

Dolphin, ii. 461; vi. 35, 36 —attacks the crocodile, ii. 288, 289 —described, 368-371 —its love for human beings, 372, 373, 374 —its love for music, 374 —helps men to fish, 374, 375, 376 —other marvels relative to, 376, 377 —of the Ganges, 384.

Domitianus, the Emperor, i. 3; vi. 144, 370.

Don, ii. 14.

Donax, v. 36; vi. 58.

Dongola, ii. 99.

Donusa, i. 321.

Dorade, ii. 397; vi. 19.

Dorcas, ii. 352.

Doripetron, v. 173.

Doris (country), i. 293.

Doris (plant), iv. 410.

Doriscus, i. 305.

Dormice, ii. 351, 352.

Dorotheus, iii. 157.

Dorsal spine, iii. 63.

Dory, ii. 404.

Dorycnium, v. 303.

Dorylæum, i. 471.

Doryphoros, vi. 171.

Dosiades, i. 372.

Dositheus, iv. 127.

Dossennus, i. 275.

Douching, v. 108.

Douma Thebaica, iii. 143.

Draave, i. 263.

Draconitis, vi. 447.

Dracontium, v. 57, 58, 60.

Dracunculus, v. 37, 57, 58, 60; vi. 62.

Dragon, or serpent, v. 395 —its enmity to the elephant, ii. 258 —its size, 261 —where found, 261 —its crest, 261; iii. 43 —man saved by a, ii. 273.

Dragon’s-blood, vi. 121, 245.

Draining, iii. 448.

Draus, i. 263.

Dreams, ii. 165 —signification of, ii. 553 —what animals are subject to, ii. 553 —at will, v. 317.

Drepana, i. 218.

Drepanis, iii. 90.

Drepanum, i. 217.

Drilo, i. 260.

Drink, abstinence from, iii. 99 —perfumes in, iii. 168.

Drinking, of animals, ii. 550 —for wagers, iii. 366.

Drinking-horns, iii. 45.

Drones, iii. 10, 11.

Droppings from leaves, iii. 474, 475.

Dropsy, ii. 159; v. 198, 199, 356, 456; vi. 49.

Drosolithos, vi. 452, 460.

Druggists, their fraudulence, vi. 195 —their ignorance, 223.

Drugs, varying prices of, vi. 143, 144.

Druids, iii. 435, 436; v. 42, 390, 426.

Drunkard, described, iii. 272.

Drunkenness, described, iii. 270-274 —antidotes to, 526; iv. 237, 513.

Druppa, iii. 154, 279.

Drusillanus Rotundus, vi. 134.

Drusus, ii. 162; iii. 19; iv. 185; v. 98, 328.

Dryitis, vi. 459.

Dryophonon, v. 243.

Dryopteris, v. 243.

Drypetis, iii. 279.

Dubius Avitus, vi. 167.

Ducks of Pontus, v. 79.

Ductility of gold, vi. 96.

Dugong, iii. 57.

Dugs of animals, iii. 82, 83.

Duillius, Caius, vi. 157.

Dulce, iii. 250.

Dulichium, i. 311.

Dung-beetle, iii. 34.

Dunghill, plant growing upon, v. 69.

Dupondius, vi. 89.

Durability of wood, iii. 423, 424.

Duracinus grape, iii. 220, 232.

Duracinus peach, iii. 294.

Duration of life, prognostics of, iii. 96.

Duris, ii. 241.

Dust productive of worms, iii. 41.

Dwarfish and deformed tribes, ii. 131.

Dwarfs, ii. 157; iii. 91.

Dyeing, ii. 224; iii. 392; iv. 138, 390, 391, 409; v. 193; vi. 28, 362 —walnuts used for, iii. 316.

Dyers’ weed, vi. 108.

Dyme, i. 280.

Dyris, i. 381.

Dyrrhachium, i. 227, 261.

Dysentery, remedies for, v. 441, 442.

E.

Eagles described, ii. 481, 508; v. 513 —different kinds of, ii. 481-484 —their characteristics, 484 —the figure of, used as the Roman standard, 485, 486 —fight with dragons, 486 —affection shown by, 486 —incubation of, 539.

Eagle-fish, ii. 411.

Eale, ii. 279.

Eared plants, iv. 357.

Earrings, costly, iii. 48.

Ears, people without, ii. 103 —large, 134 —particulars relative to, iii. 48, 49 —tingling of the, v. 284 —diseases of, 337, 338, 416, 417, 418; vi. 33, 34.

Earth, nature of the, i. 91-94 —form of, 94 —if surrounded by the Ocean, 98, 99, 100 —what part inhabited, 100-103 —middle of the world, 102 —prodigies connected with, 115, 116 —dimensions of, 143, 144 —smell of, iii. 167 —new and spontaneous productions of, 399 —flavour of, 451.

Earthenware, vi. 286, 287.

Earthquakes, i. 111-116, 471, 472, 473.

Earths, various kinds of, iii. 452, 453, 454 —how washed, vi. 298, 299 —of Egypt, 237 —of Eretria, 239, 298 —of Ebusus, 303 —of Galata, 303.

Eastern Ocean, ii. 33.

Ebony, iii. 108, 109; v. 37.

Ebro, i. 361.

Ebulum, v. 127, 198.

Ebusus, i. 211, 212, 404; vi. 303.

Ecbatana, ii. 88.

Ecbolas, iii. 263.

Ecdippa, i. 434.

Echecrates, his mare, ii. 543.

Echeneïs, ii. 412, 413, 414; vi. 2, 3 —used in enchantments, ii. 413, 414.

Echeon, v. 412.

Echinades, i. 274, 310.

Echinopodes, iii. 7.

Echinus, i. 322.

Echios, v. 120.

Echis, iv. 410.

Echites, v. 56.

Echitis, vi. 459.

Echo, sevenfold, vi. 345.

Eclipses, i. 31, 34, 36-39, 62 —where visible, 104, 105 —of the sun, vi. 450.

Ecnephias, i. 79.

Ἐκτραπέλοι, ii. 158.

Ectypa, vi. 284, 454.

Edessa, i. 443.

Edonus, i. 309.

Eels, ii. 408, 409.

Eelskins used for flogging, ii. 411.

Egagropile, iii. 72.

Egelasta, v. 502.

Eggs, purification with, ii. 487 —various kinds of, 532-538 —augury derived from, 535, 536 —hatched by artificial heat, 536 —how best kept, 539 —sucked by serpents, 548, 549 —remedies derived from, v. 585-588.

Eggshells, superstition as to breaking, v. 282.

Eglantine, iii. 412; iv. 310, 311, 313; v. 48, 49, 84.

Egnatia, i. 227.

Egypt, described, i. 406, 416 —routes through, to the Red Sea, ii. 63, 64, 65 —its trees, iii. 180 —its grapes, 246 —its beer, 274 —its modes of cultivation, iv. 61 —the cruelty of its kings, v. 155 —marvellous works in, vi. 334-341.

Egyptian thorn, iii. 183; v. 43 —plum-tree, iii. 184 —earth, vi. 237 —jasper, vi. 429.

Elæomeli, iii. 290; iv. 494.

Elam, ii. 68.

Elaphites, i. 267.

Elaphoboscon, iv. 422, 423; v. 115.

Elaphonnesus, i. 496.

Elate, iii. 155; iv. 495, 496.

Elatea, i. 292.

Elaterium, iv. 207-210.

Elatine, v. 243, 244.

Elatus, v. 475.

Elba, i. 214, 348.

Elder, iii. 411, 412; v. 23, 24.

Elecampane, iv. 167, 168, 222.

Electricity, i. 84.

Electrides, i. 266, 352, 397, 398.

Electrum. _See_ “Amber.”

Electrum (metal), vi. 105.

Electuary, v. 52.

Elelisphacus, iv. 449, 450.

Elements, i. 18, 19 —three, destitute of taste and smell, iii. 324.

Elenchi, ii. 435.

Elephants, mentioned, i. 9; v. 308 —an account of, =ii.= 244-259 —their notions of religion, 244, 245 —when first harnessed, 245 —bastard kind of, 245 —trained to dance, 245 —on the tight rope, 246 —their docility, 247 —wonderful feats by, 247 —their instinct, 248 —used in war, 249 —their modesty, 250 —their love for women, 250 —their regard for justice, 251 —when first seen in Italy, 251 —fights by, in the Circus, 252, 253, 254 —combats of, 252, 253 —their appeals to human sympathy, 254 —their merciful disposition,255 —how caught and trained, 255, 256 —how hunted, 256 —African and Indian, 257 —their gestation, 258 —their teeth and tusks, 259 —where found, 259 —their enmity to the dragon, 259 —their sagacity, 260 —their teeth, =iii.= 58, 59 —their hide, 80 —their voice, 94.

Elephantiasis, v. 152, 154, 155, 311.

Elephantis, v. 369.

Eleusis, i. 289.

Eleutheræ, i. 291, 314.

Elicius, Jupiter, i. 84.

Elis, i. 281.

Elk, ii. 263.

Elleborine, v. 244.

Elm, iii. 370; v. 22, 23 —the wood, its uses, iii. 422 —propagation of, 467, 468.

Elops, ii. 399.

Elpenor, tomb of, iii. 329.

Elpis and the lion, ii. 271.

Elymais, ii. 68.

Emathii, i. 297.

Embalming the dead, iii. 66, 161; v. 8.

Embassy from Rome to Alexander the Great, i. 194.

Emblems, vi. 322.

Emboliaria, ii. 203.

Embroidery, ii. 337.

Emeralds, vi. 409-413.

Emerita, i. 365.

Emery, vi. 464.

Emesa, i. 439.

Emmaus, i. 428.

Emodian Mountains, ii. 38, 42.

Empedocles, iii. 100.

Emperors, Roman, deified, i. 181.

Empetros, v. 244.

Empirics, sect of, v. 372.

Emporetica, iii. 189.

Emydes, vi. 15.

Encardia, vi. 448.

Encaustic, vi. 234, 272, 273, 282.

Enchanters, ii. 126, 127 —their influence on the moon, i. 31.

Enchantments, remedies for, v. 331, 332. _See also_ “Magic,” &c.

Enchrysa, iv. 410, 411.

Endive, iv. 182, 183, 233, 234, 235.

Endymion, i. 31.

Engadda, i. 431.

Engedi, i. 431.

Engraving, ii. 184.

Enhæmon, iii. 134, 135; iv. 485.

Enhydris, v. 430; vi. 23, 35.

Enhygros, vi. 460.

Eningia, i. 344.

Enipeus, i. 295.

Enna, i. 219.

Enneacrunos, i. 289; v. 491.

Enneaphyllon, v. 245.

Ennemoser’s “History of Magic,” quoted, ii. 127.

Ennius, ii. 176.

Enorchis, vi. 448.

Entertainments, wine used at, iii. 254, 255.

Entrails, inspection of, iii. 66-70 —head of the, 68.

Eon, iii. 203, 204.

Epaminondas, i. 286.

Ephedra, v. 166.

Ephemera, iii. 42.

Ephemeron, v. 147, 148.

Ephesus, i. 468 —Temple of Diana at, 117; iii. 218, 423; vi. 343, 344, 375 —wine of, iii. 246.

Ephialtes, ii. 316.

Ephippus, iii. 157.

Ephorus, i. 371.

Ephyre, i. 279.

Ephyri, i. 275.

Epicharmus, iv. 302.

Epicurus, his garden, iv. 150 —portraits of him worn, vi. 224, 225.

Epidamnum, i. 261.

Epidaurus, i. 260, 284, 285.

Epidius, C., iii. 535.

Epigenes, i. 149.

Epiglossis, iii. 62.

Epilepsy, v. 196, 197, 353, 354, 451, 452, 453; vi. 47 —in quails, ii. 505.

Epileus, ii. 488.

Epimedion, v. 244, 245.

Epimelas, vi. 449.

Epimenides, ii. 211.

Epipactis, v. 244.

Epipetron, iv. 349, 350.

Epiphanæa, i. 440.

Epiphania, i. 444.

Epirus described, i. 271 —oxen of, ii. 327.

Epithymon, v. 174, 175.

Epodes, vi. 65.

Equestrian order, particulars connected with, vi. 83-86.

Equestrian statues, vi. 156, 160.

Equisætis, iv. 91; v. 203, 204.

Equisætum, v. 203, 204.

Equites, inspection of the, iii. 384 —particulars connected with, 83-86.

Equus hemionus, ii. 326.

Equus October, v. 327, 328.

Erannoboas, ii. 43.

Erasistratus, ii. 182; iii. 100; v. 372.

Eratosthenes, i. 150.

Erebinthus, i. 496.

Eretria, i. 317.

Eretrian earth, v. 239, 293.

Ergastula, iv. 9.

Erica, iii. 201; v. 28.

Ericæum, iii. 14.

Eridanus, i. 243.

Erigeron, v. 146, 147.

Erigonus, vi. 280.

Erineon, iv. 507.

Erinna, vi. 173.

Eriophorus, iv. 142.

Eriphia, v. 67, 68.

Erithace, iii. 7.

Erithacus, ii. 511.

Ermine, ii. 308.

Eros, Staberius, vi. 302.

Erotylos, vi. 448.

Eructation, absence of, ii. 160.

Ervilia, iv. 23, 52.

Ervum, iv. 451, 452.

Erymanthus, i. 287.

Eryngium, iv. 396, 397.

Erysimum, iv. 36, 453, 454.

Erysipelas, iv. 213; v. 199, 200, 357, 456; vi. 49.

Erysisceptrum, iii. 146, 147; v. 45.

Erysithales, v. 205.

Erythallis, vi. 448.

Erythia, i. 369.

Erythinus, ii. 391, 467, 468; vi. 57.

Erythræ, i. 469.

Erythræa, i. 369.

Erythraïcon, v. 191.

Erythras, ii. 66, 87.

Erythrodanus, v. 38, 39.

Eryx, i. 218, 219.

Esseda, vi. 215.

Essedones, i. 335; ii. 34, 123.

Essenes, i. 430, 431.

Este, i. 252.

Eternity of matter, iii. 450.

Etesiaca, iii. 229.

Etesiæ, i. 76, 77.

Etesian stone, vi. 367.

Etruria described, i. 186.

Etrurian observations on thunder and lighting, i. 81-85.

Euagon of Thasos, ii. 357.

Euanthes, ii. 355.

Eubœa described, i. 316.

Eubulides, vi. 186.

Euchir, ii. 232; vi. 187, 283.

Euclase, vi. 413.

Euclea, v. 131.

Euclid, i. 149.

Eucnemos, vi. 183.

Euctemon, iv. 128.

Eudemus, v. 378.

Eudicus, v. 523.

Eudoxus of Cnidoe, i. 78, 149.

Eudoxus of Cyzicus, ii. 114.

Euganei, i. 254, 255.

Eugenia, iii. 224.

Euhemerus, vi. 385.

Eulæus, ii. 62, 79, 80.

Eumachus, i. 371.

Eumeces, vi. 448.

Eumenes, King, i. 308 —invents parchment, iii. 186.

Eumithres, vi. 448.

Eunicus, vi. 185.

Eunuchs, iii. 47, 81, 92; v. 31; vi. 139.

Euonymos, iii. 203.

Eupatoria, ii. 5.

Eupatoria (plant), v. 103.

Eupetalos, vi. 448.

Euphorbia, i. 383; iv. 228, 264, 278, 281; v. 14, 15, 54, 68, 107, 108, 177-190, 261.

Euphorbus, v. 108.

Euphranor, vi. 169, 181, 274, 275, 303.

Euphrates, i. 441, 446; ii. 72.

Euphron, iii. 158.

Euphronius, ii. 357.

Euphrosynum, v. 109.

Eupompus, vi. 174, 255.

Eureos, vi. 448.

Euripi, ii. 253; vi. 270.

Euripice, iv. 364.

Euripides, iv. 423; vi. 467.

Euripus, i. 292, 316, 323.

Europa and Jupiter, iii. 105.

Europe, the boundaries of i. 153 —the gulfs of, 153 —islands of, 210 —north of, described, 339 —measurement of, 369.

Europus, ii. 28.

Eurotas, i. 283.

Eurotias, vi. 448, 449.

Eurus, i. 73; iv. 116.

Eurymedon, i. 459.

Eusebes, vi. 449.

Euthycrates, vi. 170, 176.

Euthymus, deified in his life-time, ii. 199.

Eutychides, vi. 170, 319.

Eutychis of Tralles, ii. 137.

Euxine, i. 326, 338 —described, ii. 1 —islands of, ii. 22.

Euxinidas, vi. 255.

Evacuations, an Animal that has no passage for the, iii. 40, 41.

Evander, i. 286; vi. 162.

Evenus, i. 275.

Evergreens, iii. 373, 374.

Evil eye, ii. 127.

Evonymitæ, ii. 100.

Exacum, v. 104.

Excæcaria agallochum, iii. 115.

Excellence, man of the greatest, ii. 179.

Excretions, human, remedies derived from, v. 294, 295.

Exebenus, vi. 44.

Exedum, v. 71.

Exercise, v. 296.

Exocœtus, ii. 406.

Exonychon, v. 253, 254.

Expiations for lightning, iii. 302.

Extraction of substances from the flesh, v. 461, 462; vi. 51.

Eye, a beast that kills with the, ii. 281.

Eyes, particulars relative to the, iii. 49 —colour of, 50, 51 —seeing in the dark, 50, 51, 53 —expressive of the character, 51, 52 —pupils of, 52, 53 —diseases of, 53 —of certain animals will grow again when removed, 54 —remedies for diseases of, v. 136, 335, 336, 411-416; vi. 29, 30.

Eye-brows, iii. 49.

Eye-lashes, iii. 54 —fall of, with some persons, 54.

Eye-lids, iii. 54, 55 —affections and diseases of the, v. 410, 411; vi. 29, 30, 31.

F.

Fabaria, i. 344.

Fabariæ, iv. 45.

Faber (fish), ii. 404.

Fabianus, i. 148.

Fabii, family of the, ii. 188; vi. 230.

Fabius Maximus, iv. 393 —saves Rome, iv. 393.

Fabricius, vi. 137, 138, 161.

Fabrics that rival flowers in colour, iv. 326, 327.

Fabulous birds, ii. 530.

Face, iii. 49 —diseases of, v. 340, 341, 342 —remedy for spots on, v. 432, 443; vi. 35.

Factio, ii. 217, 505.

Factus, iii. 286.

Facundus Novus, vi. 334, 335.

Fæcatum, iii. 251.

Fagutal, iii. 355.

Falconry, in an early state, ii. 488.

Falernian wine, iii. 240, 254; iv. 270, 271.

Falernum, i. 195.

Falisci, i. 188.

Fallow deer, iii. 44.

False incense, iii. 356, 357.

Famine at Casilinum, ii. 351.

Famous trees, iii. 432, 433.

Fangs of serpents, iii. 57, 58.

Fannius Palæmon, iii. 188.

Far, iv. 19, 24, 31, 32, 33.

Farfarum, v. 54, 55.

Farfugium, v. 54, 55.

Farina, iv. 33.

Farm-house, iv. 13, 14, 15.

Farm-steward, iv. 15.

Farnese Bull, vi. 319.

Farrago, iv. 20, 52.

Farreum, iv. 5.

Fascinations, ii. 127.

Fascinus, v. 290.

Fasti, vi. 76.

Fat, iii. 76 —drawn off, iii. 76 —various kinds of, v. 324, 325, 326.

Fatui, v. 256.

Fauces, iii. 64.

Fauces Caudinæ, i. 229.

Fauni, ii. 316.

Fausta, her fecundity, ii. 135.

Faustian wine, iii. 240.

Faventia, i. 242.

Favenza, i. 242.

Favonius, i. 74; iv. 116.

Fear, iii. 80.

Feathers of the eagle consume those of other birds, ii. 485.

Fecundation of trees, iii. 381.

Fecundity, ii. 135, 136, 137.

Federate towns, i. 155.

Fée, M., his labours on Pliny, iii. 105; v. 272.

Feeding of animals, diversities in the, ii. 548.

Feet, iii. 89 —of birds, ii. 490; iii. 90 —of animals, from two to a hundred, 91 —diseases of the, v. 192, 352, 353, 447, 446.

Fel terræ, v. 104.

Felt, ii. 335.

Feltre, i. 252.

Female sex, remedies derived from, v. 301, 302.

Females, once pregnant only, ii. 130 —in what cases more courageous than males, iii. 92 —diseases of, v. 210, 211, 212, 360-364, 462, 463; vi. 53, 54, 55.

Fenestella, ii. 354.

Feniculum, ii. 293.

Fennel, iv. 296, 297.

Fennel-giant, iii. 204, 205; iv. 198, 199, 298, 299.

Fenugreek, v. 74, 75.

Ferentum, i. 230.

Fern, v. 245, 246.

Feronia, i. 188.

Ferret, ii. 349; v. 392.

Ferula, iii. 204, 205.

Ferulaceous plants, iv. 198.

Fescennia, i. 189.

Fescennine songs, iii. 315.

Fetialis, iii. 436.

Fevers, remedies for, v. 197, 198, 354, 355, 453-456; vi. 47.

Fezzan, i. 398.

Fibulæ, vi. 74, 87.

Ficarii, iii. 41.

Ficedula, ii. 511.

Ficus religiosa, ii. 129.

Ficus sycamorus, iii. 180.

Fidenæ, i. 206.

Fidentia, i. 242.

Fidustius, M., ii. 189.

Field mice, i. 68; ii. 351.

Field nard, iv. 318, 319.

Figs, iii. 173, 307-311, 313, 531; iv. 502-507 —the cause of a war, iii. 309, 310. —Indian, 109, 110 —of Alexandria, 180 —of Cyprus, 181 —wine made from, 257.

Figures, natural, in stone, vi. 309.

Filberts, i. 198, 199; iii. 316.

Filicula, v. 175.

Filix, v. 245, 246.

Filters for wine, iii. 270.

Fine flour, iv. 442, 443.

Fingers, iii. 86 —peculiarities in the, 86 —maladies of the, v. 458.

Fins of fish, ii. 408.

Fir, iii. 357, 359 —gigantic, iii. 419.

Fire, the marvels of, i. 141, 142, 143; vi. 383 —how first preserved, ii. 226; iii. 206 —animal found in, iii. 42 —obtained from wood, iii. 421 —prognostics derived from, iv. 122.

Firmus, iv. 205.

Fiscus, ii. 171.

Fish, tame, i. 317 —diet on, ii. 134 —their faculties, 367, 368, 369 —species of, how many, 381 —the largest, 381, 382 —not found in the Euxine, 387, 388 —why they leap above the surface, 390 —auguries derived from, 391 —that have no males, 391, 392 —that have a stone in the head, 392, 393 —that conceal themselves during the winter, 393, 394 —that are taken at stated times only, 395 —that conceal themselves in summer, 396 —pickled alive, 403 —enormous prices of, 403 —not everywhere equally esteemed, 404 —their gills and scales, 405, 406 —that have a voice, 406 —that come on land, 406, 407 —time for catching them, 407 —classification of, 407 —their fins and modes of swimming, 408 —flat, 411 —that fly, 415 —that shine at night, 415 —destitute of blood, 416 —soft, 416 —maladies of, 460, 461 —generation of, 460, 461-465 —that are both oviparous and viviparous, 465, 466 —peculiarities in their spawning, 466 —that impregnate themselves, 466 —aged, 467 —that come on land, 471, 472 —that have the best hearing, 547 —tame, 547 —that have the finest sense of smell, 547 —teeth of, =iii.= 57 —bones of, 77 —how poisoned, =v.= 118 —consulted, 480 —poisonous, 480, 481, 482 —instincts of, =vi.= 7 —marvelous properties of, 8 —that eat from the hand, 8 —oracular responses by, 8, 9 —that are bitter, salt, or sweet, 9, 10 —glue made from, 31, 32.

Fishermen, hardiness of, v. 511.

Fish-preserves, ii. 467, 469, 547.

Fistula, remedies for, v. 200.

Fitches, iv. 40, 51, 451, 452.

“Flaccus,” the surname, iii. 48.

Flamen, iv. 44 —Dialis, v. 327, 328.

Flamens, apex of the, iv. 430.

Flamingo, ii. 528, 529, 530.

Flammeum, iv. 327.

Flanatic Gulf, i. 251.

Flavius, Cneius, iii. 156; vi. 76, 77.

Flavus, Alfius, ii. 476.

Fleawort, v. 135.

Flexible glass, vi. 381.

Flight of birds, ii. 504, 506, 520.

Flies, produce maggots, ii. 546 —when drowned, come to life, iii. 43 —rub their eyes, 91.

Flint, vi. 360, 371, 372, 448.

Floating islands, i. 122, 123.

Floating of dead bodies, ii. 158.

Flock, iv. 134.

Floralia, iv. 99.

Florence, i. 189.

Flour, iv. 33, 34.

Flower of Jove, iv. 333, 337.

Flower of salt, v. 506, 507.

Flower of wine, iii. 269.

Flowers, the colours of, iv. 304, 317, 326, 327 —their odours, 321-323 —the blossoming of, 336, 337, 338 —duration of, 339.

Fluor spar, vi. 392, 394, 433.

Flute reeds, iii. 405, 408.

Flutes, treble and bass, iii. 408.

Fly-catcher, ii. 511.

Flying-fish, ii. 415; iii. 81.

Foal-foot, iii. 121, 122.

Fœtus, how formed, iii. 64.

Foliatum, iii. 165.

Food, abstinence from, iii. 99 —prognostics derived from, iv. 125.

Forcing-beds, iv. 156.

Forehead, iii. 49.

Foreknowledge of the future in sleep, ii. 553.

Formacean walls, vi. 289.

Formation of insects, ii. 45.

Formentera, i. 211.

Formiæ, i. 194.

Formulæ, v. 279-283, 286.

Fornacalia, iv. 4.

Fortunate Islands, i. 367, 368; ii. 107.

Fortune, worshipped as the great divinity, i. 23 —statue of, ii. 338 —temple of, vi. 171.

Forum of Augustus, ii. 215.

Forum Boarium, vi. 151.

Forum Julii, i. 178.

Fossils, i. 322; vi. 358, 360.

Fountains and rivers, wonders of, i. 131-138.

Fowls, the best kinds of, ii. 536 —diseases of, 536.

Foxes, their craftiness, ii. 295.

Fox-glove, iii. 121.

Fraces, iii. 286.

Frankincense, iii. 124-129 —carriage and high price of, 128, 129.

Frantic laurel, iii. 431, 432.

Frescoes, vi. 291.

Free towns, i. 155.

Freedmen, who have become famous, vi. 301, 302.

Free-stone, vi. 368.

Frejus, i. 178.

Fresh water in the sea, i. 479.

Friendships of animals, ii. 551, 552.

Frisii, i. 349.

Friuli, i. 253.

Frogs, vi. 21, 22, 32, 34, 35, 38, 39 —the generation of, ii. 462, 463 —dumb, 353 —the tongue of, iii. 61, 62.

Frog-fish, ii. 452.

Fruiting of trees, iii. 384, 385.

Fruits, wines made from, iii. 256, 257 —foreign, 297-300 —modes of keeping, 303-307 —juices of, 323-326 —various natures of, 326, 327, 328.

Fucinus, i. 232.

Fucus, iii. 209 —ericoides, 210 —vesiculosus, 210 —avarice, 210.

Fuel, wood for, iii. 348, 349.

Fugitive stone, vi. 344, 345.

Fuller quoted, vi. 387.

Fulling, ii. 224; vi. 300, 301.

Fulvius, L., ii. 190.

Fumitory, v. 142.

Fundament, remedies for diseases of, v. 187, 350, 351, 445; vi. 44.

Fundanian wine, iii. 241.

Funerals, perfumes burnt at, iii. 137.

Funereal games, ii. 232.

Fungi, iii. 351, 352; iv. 429, 430, 431.

Furunculi, v. 200.

Fuseli quoted, vi. 235.

Fustic, iii. 371.

G.

Gabalium, iii. 142.

Gabbaras, the giant, ii. 157.

Gabienus, his death, ii. 213.

Gabii, i. 201.

Gabinius, i. 376.

Gadara, i. 432.

Gades, Straits of, i. 151, 152, 210, 368.

Gadfly, iii. 35 —becomes blind, iii. 42, 43.

Gadis, i. 368.

Gæanis, vi. 456.

Gaëta, i. 194.

Gagæ, i. 455.

Gagates, vi. 361, 362.

Gait, iii. 89.

Galactite, vi. 449.

Galatia described, i. 491.

Galaxias, i. 449.

Galba, Sulpicius, vi. 385.

Galbanum, iii. 152; v. 10.

Galen quoted, i. 111 —an opinion of, alluded to, ii. 152, 153.

Galena, vi. 112, 118, 212, 218.

Galeobdolon, v. 246.

Galeopsis, v. 246.

Galeos, vi. 12, 63.

Galerita, iii. 43.

Galgulus, ii. 506, 515, 548; v. 452.

Galion, v. 246.

Gall, iii. 68, 69; v. 327, 328 —animals destitute of, iii. 68 —of extraordinary size, 68 —persons without it, 69 —double, 69 —of the bull, 69.

Gallæcia, i. 363.

Gallaica, vi. 449.

Galli castrate themselves, iii. 92.

Gallia, Narbonensis, i. 174 —Togata, 237 —Belgica, 353.

Gallic nard, iv. 369, 370.

Gallic Ocean, islands of, i. 349.

Gallidraga, v. 249.

Gallio, Annæus, v. 496.

Gallipoli, i. 225, 305, 307, 308.

Gallnut, iii. 350; v. 5.

Gallus, Ælius, ii. 90.

Gallus, river, i. 493; v. 474.

Gallus, Sulpicius, i. 36, 147.

Gamala, i. 427.

Gamecocks, ii. 498.

Games, sacred, iii. 343.

Gamphasantes, i. 405.

Gander, ii. 499.

Gangaridæ, ii. 44.

Ganges, ii. 43, 131.

Gangites, ii. 484.

Gantæ, ii. 499.

Garama, i. 399.

Garamantes, i. 392, 401, 404, 405.

Garden, pleasures of the, iv. 149-154.

Garden-grounds, laying out of, iv. 154.

Gardens, statues in, iv. 150.

Gargara, i. 474, 475.

Garlands, iv. 304-309, 329, 330, 333, 334.

Garlic, iv. 174, 175, 176, 225-228.

Garnet, vi. 420, 421.

Garum, ii. 403; iv. 227; v. 507, 508.

Gassinade, vi. 449.

Gates of Rome, i. 203.

Gaugamela, ii. 71.

Gauls, invasion of Asia by, i. 492 —their invasion of Italy, iii. 103 —besiege Rome, vi. 75, 76.

Gausapa, ii. 333, 335.

Gaza, i. 423.

Gazæ, ii. 28.

Gazelle, ii. 347, 352.

Gebanitæ, iii. 128, 129, 130.

Gecko, ii. 299; iii. 31.

Gedrosi, ii. 360.

Gedrosia, ii. 50 —trees of, iii. 115.

Gedrusi, ii. 59.

Geese, hatching of, ii. 538.

Gegania, vi. 152.

Gela, i. 219.

Gelduba, iv. 166.

Gellianus, i. 269.

Gellius, Cneius, ii. 239.

Geloni, i. 335.

Gelotophyllis, v. 66.

Gemitorian Steps, ii. 314.

Gemursa, v. 155.

Generals, exhibitions by, of their victories, vi. 233, 234.

Generation, ii. 144, 149, 150, 152, 153, 540-544.

Genesara, Lake of, i. 429.

Geneva, Lake of, i. 175.

Genita Mana, v. 391.

Genitals, remedies for diseases of, iii. 350, 351; v. 445, 446; vi. 45.

Genius, men of, ii. 173.

Gennesareth, Sea of, i. 429.

Genoa, i. 185.

Genre-painters, vi. 268.

Gentian, v. 105, 106.

Genua, i. 184 —wines of, iii. 242.

Genuini, iii. 59.

Geodes, vi. 360, 364, 365, 444, 446, 449, 456 —enhydros, 460.

Geometry, ii. 183.

Ger, i. 382.

Geræstus, i. 316.

Geranion, v. 195.

Geranitis, v. 459.

Gergitha, i. 474.

Germ, iii. 496.

Germanicus, i. 469; ii. 319, 330; v. 85 —his death, iii. 67.

Germany described, i. 345.

Germination of fruit, iii. 382 —of trees, iii. 381, 382.

Gerra, ii. 84.

Gerres, vi. 62.

Gerrhæ, v. 501.

Gerricula, vi. 62.

Geryon, i. 369.

Geskleithron, ii. 123.

Gesoriacum, i. 350, 353.

Gestatio, v. 296.

Gestation, period of, ii. 139, 140.

Getæ, i. 329.

Geum, v. 166.

Ghauts, ii. 46.

Gibbon’s History, quoted, i. 346, 348.

Gibraltar, i. 152.

Gigantic trees, iii. 419, 420.

Gilding, vi. 98, 99, 124, 295 —frauds committed in, vi. 114.

Gills of fish, ii. 367, 405, 406.

Gilthead, ii. 395; vi. 19.

Ginger, iii. 112.

Gingidion, iv. 219, 220.

Ginnus, ii. 326.

Ginseng, iv. 285.

Giraffe, ii. 277.

Girasol opal, vi. 437, 456.

Gith, iv. 195, 270, 271.

Gladiators, their combats painted, vi. 246 —their mode of cure, vi. 384.

Gladiolus, iv. 359; v. 134.

Glæsaria, i. 344; vi. 401.

Glæsariæ, i. 351.

Glæsum, vi. 401.

Glanis, ii. 452.

Glans, iii. 341, 345.

Glass, i. 434 —broken, how to mend, v. 388 —the discovery and manufacture of, vi. 379-382.

Glastum, iv. 389, 390.

Glauce, ii. 498.

Glaucias, iv. 303.

Glaucides, vi. 187.

Glaucion, the artist, vi. 276.

Glaucion (plant), iv. 278; v. 247, 248.

Glauciscus, vi. 53.

Glaucus, ii. 396.

Glaux, v. 247.

Gleucinum, iii. 289; iv. 492.

Globe, divisions of the, i. 151, 152.

Glossopetra, vi. 449.

Glottis, ii. 504.

Glow-worm, iii. 34.

Glue, iii. 427; v. 358.

Gluttony, v. 169, 297.

Glycera, iv. 305; vi. 273,

Glycyrrhiza, iv. 351, 399, 400; v. 217.

Glycyside, v. 88, 89, 248, 249.

Gnaphalium, v. 249.

Gnats, iii. 2, 42; v. 469.

Gnesios, ii. 483.

Gnu, ii. 282.

Goats, ii. 339 —their propagation, 339, 340 —their intelligence, 340 —shearing of, 341 —not sacrificed to Minerva, 342 —destructive to trees, 342 —suckled by birds, 521 —collect laudanum on their beard, iii. 133; v. 171.

Goat-lettuce, iv. 228.

Goatsucker, ii. 521.

Goblets, wooden, iii. 420.

God, opinions upon the existence of, i. 20-25.

Gods, plurality of, i. 20, 21 —their respective trees, iii. 102.

Goitre, vi. 402.

Gold, a place where it is buried in the earth, ii. 79 —excavated by ants, iii. 39; vi. 99, 442, 443 —an account of, 69, 70 —its first recommendation, 71 —rings made of, 71-75, 76-82 —quantity of, possessed by the ancients, 75, 76 —crowns made of, 86 —uses made of by females, 87, 88 —cupidity for, 91, 92, 93 —coronets made of, 94, 95 —high value set upon, 96, 97, 98 —cloth of, 98 —how found, 99-104 —statues made of, 105, 106 —remedies derived from, 106, 107.

Golden Fleece, vi. 94.

Golden Horn, i. 307; ii. 388.

Golden Palace of Nero, vi. 95, 185, 271, 349, 370.

Gold-mines, ii. 22, 123, 225; vi. 99, 104.

Goldsmiths, iv. 37.

Golgi, i. 481.

Gonger, vi. 62.

Goniæa, vi. 450.

Good fortune in the same family, instances of, ii. 187, 191, 199.

Goose, its liver artificially increased, ii. 344 —its asserted bashfulness, 496 —its vigilance, 498 —saves the Capitol, 498; v. 391 —sacred, ii. 498 —falls in love, 498 —its wisdom, 499 —its feathers, 499, 500.

Gooseberry, v. 49.

Goosefoot, v. 236.

Goosegrass, v. 71, 227, 390, 391.

Gordian Knot, i. 490.

Gordiucome, i. 490.

Gordium, i. 492.

Gorgades, ii. 106.

Gorgasus, vi. 284.

Gorgias, vi. 106.

Gorgonia, vi. 450.

Gorgoniæ, iii. 212.

Gortyna, i. 286, 314.

Gossypium, iv. 134, 135; v. 274. _See_ “Cotton.”

Goths, i. 346.

Gourds, iv. 158-161, 212, 213.

Gout, v. 192 —remedies for, v. 352, 353, 447; vi. 46, 47.

Government of bees, iii. 18.

Gracchanus, Junius, vi. 144.

Gracchi, ii. 149, 154.

Gracchus, C., ii. 237.

Gracilis, Turannius, i. 267.

Græcanic pavements, vi. 378.

“Græcia,” the name, i. 288, 293.

Græcinus, Julius, iii. 275.

Græcostasis, ii. 237.

Græcula, iii. 224.

Græcus, i. 293.

Grafting, iii. 295, 298, 302, 467, 477-485 —marvels of, 484.

Grain, different kinds of, iv. 19-24 —grown in the East, 31, 32 —diseases of, 54, 55, 56 —remedies for them, 57, 58, 59.

Grain of Cnidos, iii. 201; v. 242.

Grain of wood, iii. 414.

Gramen, v. 72, 73.

Grampus, ii. 359.

Granæum, iv. 43.

Granatum, iii. 200.

Granicus, i. 476, 489.

Granius, v. 368.

Grapes, the nature of, iii. 218-222 —smoked, 221 —of Egypt, 246 —solstitial, 256 —modes of keeping, 304-307 —how protected from insects, 517 —remedies from fresh; iv. 461 —from preserved, 461, 462.

Grape-fish, ii. 359; vi. 57, 65.

Grape-husks, iv. 463.

Grape-stones, iv. 462.

Graphia, vi. 229, 255.

Graphis, vi. 255.

Grasshoppers, iii. 31, 32, 33 —eaten, 32 —have no mouth, 32 —countries without, 32, 33 —some without a voice, 33.

Gratidianus, Marius, vi. 159.

Graviscæ, i. 188 —wines of, iii. 242.

Great year, revolution of the, ii. 480, 481.

Greece, trees of, iii. 201.

Greek-nuts, iv. 513, 514.

Greek weights and measures, iv. 386, 387.

Greeks, hated by Cato the Censor, ii. 176 —their credulity, 283, 284 —the opinion of Cato upon them, v. 375.

Greffe-Diane, iii. 484.

Gremil, v. 253.

Grey partridge, ii. 529.

Griffins, ii. 123, 530.

Grinding of corn, iv. 33, 37, 38.

Gromphæna, v. 167, 469.

Grotto del Cane, i. 121, 122.

Ground strawberry, iii. 320.

Groundsel, v. 146.

Grouse, ii. 528.

Groves, consecrated, iii. 535.

Growth of plants, iv. 177, 178.

Grunting, iii. 94.

Gryllus, v. 439.

Grynia, i. 473.

Gubbio, i. 239.

Guests, inferior wine given to, iii. 253.

Guinea-fowls, ii. 528.

Gulfs of Europe, i. 153.

Gullet, iii. 62, 64.

Gum, v. 42, 43 —nine kinds of, iii. 184, 185 —acacia, v. 43, 44 —ammoniac, iii. 144, 145; v. 11 —Arabic, iii. 134 —de Lecce, 134 —tragacanth, 202.

Gutones, i. 346.

Guttalus, i. 348.

Guzerat, ii. 48.

Gyara, i. 321 —the mice of, ii. 350.

Gyges, ii. 199.

Gymnasia, v. 294, 295.

Gymnastic games, ii. 232.

Gymnetæ, i. 404; ii. 133.

Gymnosophists, ii. 129; iii. 110.

Gynæcanthe, iv. 468.

Gypsies, ii. 13, 15.

Gypsum, vi. 376 —wine treated with, iii. 266 —used in making alica, iv. 43 —taken internally, 269.

Gyrini, ii. 462.

H.

Habron, vi. 261, 281.

Hadramaut, ii. 87, 90.

Hadrobolon, iii. 116.

Hæbudes, i. 351.

Hæmatites, vi. 356, 362, 363.

Hæmatitis, vi. 451.

Hæmatopus, ii. 527.

Hæmorrhage, v. 203, 358, 359 —methods of arresting, v. 458; vi. 50.

Hæmorrhoïs (serpent), iv. 226.

Hæmus, Mount, i. 272, 302, 303, 306; v. 492.

Hagnon, vi. 92.

Hail, i. 90, 91.

Hair, iii. 81, 82 —facts relative to, 46, 47; v. 291 —cutting of, iii. 417 —applications for, v. 214.

Hair of Isis (plant), iii. 212.

Hair-pencil, vi. 250.

Halcyon, ii. 512, 513; vi. 36.

Halcyon days, i. 76; ii. 512, 513; iv. 82.

Halcyoneum, vi. 35, 37.

Halcyonium, ii. 513.

Haliacmon, i. 298; v. 476.

Haliætus, ii. 483, 484.

Halicacabum, iv. 385.

Halicarnassus, i. 462.

Halieuticon of Ovid quoted, vi. 65, 66, 67.

Halimon, iv. 419, 420.

Halipleumon, vi. 68.

Halonnesos, i. 325.

Halus, v. 169.

Halys, ii. 5, 6.

Hamaxobii, i. 330.

Hammitis, vi. 450.

Hammochrysos, vi. 459.

Hammon, Jupiter, i. 395.

Hammoniacum (resin), iii. 144, 145; v. 11.

Hammoniacum (salt), v. 502.

Hammonis cornu, vi. 451.

Hammonitrum, vi. 381.

Hams, iii. 87, 88.

Hands, iii. 80.

Handwriting, iii. 91.

Hanging, baths, ii. 468 —city, vi. 343 —gardens, iv. 150; vi. 343.

Hannibal, i. 164, 227, 230, 493, 494; ii. 19; vi. 78, 112, 161, 290, 305 —at the gates of Rome, iii. 310.

Hanno, i. 99, 378, 499; ii. 106.

Happiness, supreme, instances of, ii. 186.

Happy, men pronounced most, ii. 199 —why Arabia was so called, iii. 136, 137.

Hares, different species of, ii. 348, 349 —sleep with the eyes open, iii. 52 —with a double liver, iii. 68.

Haricot bean, iv. 47.

Harmodius, vi. 155, 177, 179.

Harmoge, vi. 235.

Harmony of the spheres, i. 17 —of the stars, 52, 53.

Harpalus, iv. 128.

Harpasa, i. 465.

Harpocrates, vi. 88.

Harrowing, iv. 66, 67.

Hartwort, iv. 221, 288, 289; v. 71.

Harvesting, iv. 103, 104.

Hasheesh, v. 65.

Hasta pura, ii. 170.

Hatching, ii. 534-537.

Hawks, ii. 487, 488, 519; iv. 229 —pursue the chase with men, ii. 488.

Hawkweed, iv. 229, 230.

Hay-grass, v. 257.

Haymaking, iv. 89, 92.

Hazel nuts, iii. 316; iv. 515.

Head, induration of the bones of, ii. 118 —in animals, iii. 46 —bones of the, 47 —hardest in the parrot, 47 —wounds in the, v. 409, 410 —how strengthened, 298 —diseases of, 334.

Head-ache, remedies for, v. 409, 410.

Health indicated by the urine, v. 301.

Hearing, acuteness of, ii. 163.

Heart, iii. 64, 65, 66 —inspected for divination, 66 —found wanting in the victims, 66 —in what cases it will not burn, 67.

Hearth, prodigies connected with, vi. 384.

Hebrus, i. 303, 305.

Hecale, iv. 426; v. 184.

Hecatæus, vi. 139, 185.

Hecatæus of Abdera, ii. 114.

Hecatæus of Miletus, i. 370.

Hecatompylos, ii. 29.

Hecuba, i. 308.

Hederine, v. 33.

Hedge-hogs, ii. 308, 309 —their quills used for carding, 309.

Ἡδύοσμον, iv. 193.

Hedysmata, iii. 161.

Hedystratides, vi. 139.

Hegesias (artist), vi. 182.

Hegesias (historian), ii. 242.

Hegias, vi. 181, 182.

He-goat, the wonderful effects of its blood, iv. 207; vi. 407.

Height, measurement of, ii. 158; vi. 338 —of man, iii. 377.

Helena, iv. 377; v. 81.

Helenium, iv. 333, 376, 377 —wine made from it, iii. 259.

Helianthes, v. 66.

Helice, i. 280.

Helices, v. 62.

Helichrysos, iv. 380, 381.

Helicon, i. 278, 290.

Heliocallis, v. 66.

Heliodorus, vi. 187, 319.

Heliodorus Periegetes, vi. 146.

Helion, v. 23, 24.

Heliopolis, i. 418; vi. 331.

Helioscopios, v. 179.

Helioscopium, iv. 413, 414, 415.

Helioselinon, iv. 179, 248.

Heliotropium (plant), iv. 356, 413, 414, 415.

Heliotropium (stone), vi. 450.

Helix, iii. 401.

Helix neritoïdea, ii. 311.

Helix pomatia, ii. 311.

Hellanicus, i. 371.

Hellas, i. 278, 288.

Hellebore, i. 277; v. 96-101.

Hellen, i. 293.

Hellespont, i. 326 —described, i. 488.

Helops, vi. 66.

Helos, i. 282.

Helots, ii. 227.

Helvennaca, iii. 227, 250; iv. 476.

Helvetii, i. 355.

Helxine, iv. 353, 406; v. 115.

Hemerobion, iii. 42.

Hemerocalles, iv. 333, 376.

Hemina, Cassius, iii. 156.

Hemionion, v. 95, 96, 228, 229.

Hemlock, v. 140, 141; —wine, an antidote to the effects of, iii. 238.

Hemp, iv. 198, 297, 298.

Henbane, v. 91, 92.

Heneti, ii. 4.

Heniochi, ii. 10, 11, 12, 22.

Henna, iii. 146; iv. 492.

Henry II. of France, ii. 153.

Henry V. of England, his saying, iii. 404.

Hepatites, vi. 363, 364.

Hepatitis, vi. 458.

Hephæstiades, i. 221.

Hephæstitis, vi. 450.

Hepsema, iii. 248.

Heptaphonon, v. 345.

Heraclæa, i. 298.

Heracleon, v. 107.

Heracleopolites, i. 408.

Heracleos, v. 253, 254.

Heracleotici, ii. 425.

Heraclia, i. 224, 273.

Heraclides of Heraclæa, i. 373; iii. 158.

Heraclides of Tarentum, iii. 158.

Heraclides (artist), vi. 276.

Heraclides (physician), vi. 145.

Heraclion, vi. 355.

Heraclium, iv. 268, 269, 270, 278, 279.

Herat, ii. 58.

Herb mastich, iii. 147.

Herba pratensis, iv. 14.

Herbalists, their malpractices, iv. 372.

Herbs, wines made from, iii. 259, 260 —juices and flavours of, iv. 202, 203.

Herculanea (ants), v. 432.

Herculaneum, i. 197.

Hercules, i. 157, 177, 304, 318, 369, 375; ii. 33, 48, 55; v. 103, 298 —and Iphicles, ii. 144 —temple of, at Rome, 508 —Fictilis, vi. 286 —Carthaginian statue of, 321.

Hercules, Pillars of, i. 152.

Hercynian Forest, i. 329, 348; ii. 528; iii. 341.

Herdonea, i. 230.

Hermaphrodite, ii. 136; iii. 92.

Hermaphroditism in fish, ii. 391.

Hermaphroditus, ii. 136.

Hermesias, v. 66.

Hermias, tomb of, vi. 410.

Herminei, vi. 411.

Hermippus, v. 470.

Hermit-crab, ii. 426, 451.

Hermopolis, i. 412.

Hermotimus of Clazomenæ, ii. 211.

Hermuaidoion, vi. 450, 451.

Hermunduri, i. 347.

Hermupoa, v. 92, 93, 94.

Hernia, remedies for, vi. 44.

Herodotus, when he wrote his History, iii. 108 —quoted, i. 331, 333, 335, 337, 405, 414, 425, 452, 466, 487, 491; ii. 24, 34, 89, 512, iii. 137; vi. 336, 337, 338, 414.

Heroic exploits, instances of, ii. 167.

Herons, ii. 538, 539.

Heroöpolis, ii. 92.

Herophilus, iii. 100; v. 82, 372.

Heroüm, iv. 417.

Herpes, v. 460.

Hesiod, his father’s birth-place, i. 472 —mentioned, ii. 242 —quoted, i. 272; ii. 200; iii. 216, 352; iv. 425, 474; v. 301.

Hesperian Promontory, i. 380.

Hesperides, i. 375; vi. 400 —Gardens of the, iv. 149 —Islands of the, ii. 106.

Hesperu Ceras, ii. 105.

Hestiatoris, v. 66.

Hesus, v. 426.

Hesychius quoted, i. 285.

Hexapolis, Æolian, i. 487.

Hexecontalithos, vi. 451.

Hibernia, i. 351.

Hibiscum, iv. 218.

Hicesius, iii. 338.

Hickory-nut, iii. 317.

Hiddekel, ii. 75.

Hides of animals, iii. 80, 81.

Hierabotane, v. 121, 122.

Hieracitis, vi. 451.

Hieracium, vi. 197.

Hierapolis, i. 122, 160; vi. 9.

Hieratica, a kind of paper, iii. 188.

Hieres, islands of, i. 213.

Hiericus, i. 427, 428; iii. 175.

Hiero, King, ii. 356.

Hieromnemon, vi. 448.

Hierosolyma, i. 428, 431.

High farming, iv. 15.

Hilarus, C. Crispinus, ii. 150.

Hillæ, iii. 71.

Himalaya, ii. 38.

Himantopodes, i. 406.

Himera, i. 218.

Himilce, i. 164.

Himilco, i. 99, 499.

Hindoo mythology, vi. 400.

Hindú Kúsh, i. 454; ii. 33.

Hinnulus, ii. 325.

Hippace, v. 111.

Hipparchus, i. 37, 148 —his doctrine on the stars, 59.

Hippo Diarrhytus, i. 389; ii. 373.

Hippo Regius, i. 388.

Hippocampus, vi. 25, 29.

Hippocentaur, ii. 137.

Hippocrates, ii. 182, 241; v. 371 —his precepts, 156.

Hippocrene, i. 291.

Hippodamantian wine, iii. 246.

Hippoi, ii. 425.

Hippolapathon, iv. 287.

Hippomanes, ii. 321; v. 339, 340, 365.

Hippomarathron, iv. 296, 297.

Hipponax, vi. 308.

Hippophaes, iv. 401, 402.

Hippophæston, iii. 434; v. 250, 251.

Hippopheos, v. 174, 175.

Hippophlomos, v. 138, 139, 140.

Hippophobas, v. 64.

Hippopodes, i. 143.

Hippopotamus, iii. 318, 319 —described, ii. 290, 291 —when first exhibited at Rome, 290 —bleeds itself, ii. 291 —its hide, iii. 80.

Hippos, vi. 63. _See_ “Hippoi.”

Hipposelinon, iv. 180, 248.

Hippuris, v. 203, 204.

Hippurus, ii. 394.

Hirpi, insensible to fire, ii. 128.

Hirpirni, i. 225, 229.

Hirtius, Quintus, iv. 204.

Hissing, iii. 94.

Histropolis, i. 305.

Hive-moths, iii. 22.

Hoeing, iv. 66.

Hogs, ii. 342 —their propagation, 342 —diseases of, 343 —their brutishness, 343 —their intelligence, 343, 344 —choice parts of, 344.

Holcus, v. 250.

Holland’s Translation of Pliny, quoted, i. 419; ii. 39, 56; iv. 501; v. 31, 236, 237, 254, 278, 282, 323, 378, 399, 406, 417, 440; vi. 9, 60, 63, 75, 103, 106, 111, 122, 133, 137, 205.

Holm-oaks, iii. 853; v. 455 —aged, iii. 430, 431.

Holochrysos, iv. 328, 373.

Holoschœnus, iv. 361, 364.

Holosteon, v. 250.

Holothuria, ii. 458.

Holothuria pentactes, ii. 359.

Homer, his tomb, i. 321 —his poems honoured by Alexander, ii. 173 —his works quoted, i. 73, 117, 194, 209, 214, 274, 279, 287, 292, 293, 296, 310, 311, 325, 404, 412, 476, 484, 489, 490; ii. 4, 132, 156, 236, 334; iii. 186, 193, 197, 343, 386, 451, 456; iv. 14, 35, 139, 150, 321, 360, 377, 412, 473; v. 28, 81, 87, 88, 108, 282, 381, 423; vi. 60, 71, 74, 75, 105, 213, 263, 265, 276, 323 —misquoted, v. 494.

Homona, i. 450.

Hones, vi. 370, 440.

Honey, iii. 6, 8, 9, 10 —the qualities of, 11, 12 —peculiar kinds of, 12, 13 —how tested, 14 —wild, 14, 15 —when gathered, 14, 15 —of Attica, iv. 332 —from the olive, 340 —poisonous, 341, 342 —maddening, 342, 343 —untouched by flies, 343 —remedies derived from, 434, 435.

Honey-comb, iii. 11.

Honey-dew, v. 22.

Honeysuckle, v. 105.

Honied wine, ii. 215; iii. 245; iv. 437, 438.

Honours, examples of, ii. 189.

Hoofs of animals, ii. 549; iii. 89, 90 —how renewed when worn, 45.

Hoopoe, ii. 511; iii. 43.

Hops, iv. 347.

Horace, his birth-place, i. 228 —his works quoted, 4, 22, 86, 129, 139, 192, 193, 227; ii. 529, 533; iii. 523; iv. 131, 174, 509; vi. 175, 317, 324.

Horaion, iii. 13.

Horatii, ii. 135.

Horehound, iv. 289, 290, 291, 292.

Horminum, iv. 36, 454.

Hormiscion, vi. 451.

Horn, how bent, iii. 45 —pictures upon, 45.

Hornbeam, iii. 368.

Horned fish, ii. 411.

Horned owl, ii. 492; v. 400 —funereal, ii. 492.

Horned pheasant, ii. 530.

Horned poppy, iv. 278.

Hornets, iii. 24, 25.

Horns, of a gigantic ant, iii. 39 —various kinds of, 44, 45, 46 —moveable, 44 —on the human head, 44.

Hornstone, vi. 455.

Horse, the first use of, ii. 229 —wild, 363—the nature of, 317 —of Alexander, 317 —of Cæsar, 317, 318 —tombs of, 318 —Semiramis enamoured of one, 318 —weeping, 318 —its sense of propriety, 318 —dance by, 318 —grief of, 318, 319 —its intelligence, 319 —duration of its life, 320 —its generation, 320, 321, 322 —its paces, 322 —its gall not in the liver, iii. 69 —hermaphrodite, 92 —blood of, used by the Sarmatians, iv. 38.

Horse-radish, wild, iv. 48.

Hortensius, i. 196; ii. 496; vi. 167 —wines left by, iii. 255.

Horus, v. 420, 468; vi. 88.

Hostilia, the bees of, iv. 341.

Hostilius, Hostus, iii. 343.

Hostilius, Tullus, i. 84; v. 280, 281, 282.

Hot drinks, v. 296.

Hot springs, i. 133, 195, 266; v. 472.

Houseleek, iv. 58, 349; v. 143, 144.

Houses first built, ii. 222.

Human beings beloved by dolphins, ii. 372, 373, 374.

Human sacrifices, i. 334; ii. 122; v. 426.

Hundred-plant drink, v. 112.

Hunger, how allayed, iii. 99.

Hunting-nets, iv. 133, 134.

Hurricane, i. 79.

Hyacinth, iv. 337, 381.

Hyacinthos (stone), vi. 434.

Hyades, i. 67; iv. 87.

Hyæna, ii. 296; iii. 54; v. 309-314; vi. 451.

Hyæna (fish), vi. 66.

Hyænia, vi. 451.

Hyalin quartz, vi. 438, 439.

Hyampolis, i. 292.

Hybla, i. 220 —honey of, iii. 12.

Hybrid goats, ii. 346 —swine, 346.

Hydaspes, ii. 41, 47.

Hydrargyros, vi. 99, 124.

Hydri, v. 397.

Hydrocele, remedies for, v. 446.

Hydrolapathum, iv. 287.

Hydromancy, v. 427; vi. 461.

Hydromel, iv. 435, 436, 437.

Hydromeli, iii. 261; v. 498.

Hydrometer, v. 485, 486.

Hydrophobia, ii. 316, 317; iv. 248; v. 84, 331, 405, 436, 407; vi. 23, 210.

Hydruntum, i. 226.

Hydrussa, i. 315.

Hyginus, i. 268.

Hygremplastrum, vi. 212.

Hylas, ii. 555.

Hymen, imperforate, ii. 154.

Hymettus, i. 289 —honey of, iii. 12.

Hyophthalmos, vi. 459.

Hyoscyamos, v. 91, 92.

Hyoseris, v. 250.

Hypæpæ, i. 472.

Hypanis, i. 332, 335; v. 493 —the short-lived insect of the, iii. 42.

Hypasis, i. 107; ii. 41, 47.

Hypatodorus, vi. 169.

Hypecoön, v. 251.

Hypenemia, ii. 538, 539.

Hyperborei, i. 336, 337; ii. 23, 24.

Hypericon, v. 185.

Hyphear, iii. 434.

Hypochœris, iv. 349.

Hypocisthis, v. 172.

Hypoglossa, v. 251.

Hyrcania, tree of, iii. 115.

Hyrcanian Sea, i. 453; ii. 24, 30.

Hyrcanus, the dog, ii. 313.

Hyriæ, i. 292.

Hysge, ii. 450.

Hysginian tint, ii. 450.

Hysginum, iv. 381.

Hyssop, v. 133, 134.

Hysteria, v. 355.

I

Iacchus, Fescennius, vi. 67.

Iadera, i. 259.

Iaia, vi. 281.

Ialysos, i. 483.

Ian, M., his collations of Pliny, vi. 1, 465.

Ianthinum, iv. 326.

Iapydes, i. 262.

Iasione, iv. 358, 423, 424.

Iaspis, vi. 414, 430, 431.

Iasponyx, vi. 431.

Iatraliptics, v. 371

Iatronices, v. 373.

Iazyges, i. 329.

Iberia, ii. 20.

Iberis, v. 112, 113.

Iberus, i. 361.

Ibex, ii. 346, 347.

Ibis, ii. 291, 507, 529 —black, 512.

Icaros, i. 320.

Icasium, i. 386.

Icetidas, v. 369.

Ichneumon, ii. 286-289.

Ichnusa, i. 216.

Ichthyocolla, vi. 31, 32.

Ichthyophagi, ii. 59; iii. 98, 289.

Iconicæ, vi. 155.

Iconium, i. 452.

Icterias, vi. 452.

Ictinus, vi. 63.

Ictis, v. 392.

Ida, i. 314, 474.

Idæa herba, v. 251.

Idæan bramble, v. 50.

Idæi dactyli, vi. 452.

Idalium, i. 481.

Idocrase, vi. 404.

Idumæa, i. 425.

Igilgili, i. 386.

Iguvium, i. 239 —oil of, iv. 494.

Ilerda, i. 166.

Iliac passion, remedies for, v. 442.

Iliad, contained in a nut-shell, ii. 162.

Ilium, i. 477.

Ill omen, birds of, ii. 461 —trees of, iii. 385.

Illecebra, v. 144, 145.

Illiberis, i. 175.

Illyricum described, i. 257, 265.

Ilus, tomb of, iii. 431.

Ilva, i. 214.

Imagination, effects of the, ii. 146.

Imagines, iv. 346.

Imaüs, i. 454; ii. 42, 124.

Imbros, i. 324.

Immortelle, iv. 308, 328.

Immusulus, ii. 487.

Impetigo, Greek charm for, v. 254.

Impia, v. 70.

Impotence, iv. 298.

Inarime, i. 214.

Incendiary bird, ii. 492, 493.

Incisions in trees, iii. 529, 530.

Incisors, iii. 58, 59.

Incubation of birds, ii. 512, 534-537.

India, the conquests of, i. 302 —the nations of, ii. 38 —expeditions to, of Alexander, 39, 40, 41, 360, 361; iii. 138, 211, 212; vi. 27 —of Seleucus, ii. 41 —voyages to, 60-63 —wonders of, 129 —terrestrial animals of, 280.

Indian ass, iii. 89, 90 —fig, 109, 110 —ink, ii. 417; vi. 241 —olive, iii. 111 —thorn, 109.

Indian Ocean, plants of, iii. 211 —monsters of, ii. 359.

Indica (stone), vi. 452.

Indicum, vi. 143, 241, 242, 243.

Indiges, Jupiter, i. 193.

Indigestion, iii. 98.

Indigo, vi. 143, 242, 243, 452.

Indurations, remedies for, v. 357.

Indus, ii. 46.

Inequality of climates, i. 102, 103, 104.

Infants, swathing of, ii. 118, —born with teeth, 153 —dreams of, 553 —never cry in the womb, iii. 94 —diseases of, v. 364, 465, 466, 467; vi. 56, 57.

Influences of the seasons, i. 67, 68, 69.

Ingævones, i. 343.

Inguinalis, v. 188, 229.

Ink, v. 2, 3 —Indian, ii. 417; vi. 241 —of the sæpia, 58.

Inoculation of trees, iii. 477.

Insanity, Lake of, v. 478.

Insects, the minuteness of, iii. 1, 2 —why so called, 1 —whether they respire, ii. 3 —voice of, 3 —whether they have blood, 3 —their bodies, 4, 5 —wings of, 33 —parasitical, iii. 40 —feet of, 95 —that breed in leguminous plants, iv. 415.

Instinct of animals, ii. 248.

Interamna, i. 233.

Interbreeding of fish, ii. 464.

Intercalation, iv. 76.

Interlunium, iv. 112.

Intoxication, remedies for, v. 468.

Introduction to the work, i. 1-11.

Inundations, i. 116.

Invalids, peaches recommended for, iii. 294.

Inventions, v. 77.

Inventors of various things, ii. 219.

Iol, i. 386.

Iolcos, i. 296.

Iolite, vi. 407.

Iollas, iii. 158.

Ion, vi. 169.

Ionia described, i. 466.

Ionian Sea, i. 265.

Ios, i. 321.

Irinum, iii. 160.

Irio, iv. 36, 453, 454.

Iris (plant), iv. 324, 325, 371, 372.

Iris (stone), vi. 438, 439.

Iritis, vi. 439.

Iron, discovery of, ii. 225 —the art of working, 225 —rings of, vi. 78 —an account of, 205-209, 210, 211.

Irrigation, iii. 528, 629; iv. 68.

Irving, Washington, indebted to the story of Epimenides, ii. 211.

Isatis, iv. 229.

Isauria described, i. 450.

Ischæmon, v. 111.

Ischia, i. 214.

Isidorus, C. Cæcilius Claudius, vi. 130.

Isidorus of Charax, i. 150.

Isigonus, ii. 241.

Isinglass, vi. 31, 32.

Isis, hair of, iii. 212.

Iskenderun, i. 447.

Islands, suddenly formed, i. 117, 118, 119 —united to the main land, 119 —of Europe, 210.

Ismaron, i. 304.

Ismenias (musician), vi. 388.

Ismenias (writer), vi. 468.

Isoscinnamomum, iii. 141.

Isocrates, ii. 174.

Isodomon, vi. 372.

Isopyron, v. 251, 252.

Isox, ii. 382.

Issa, i. 259, 260.

Issos, i. 447.

Istævones, i. 347.

Ister, i. 250, 262, 328. _See also_ “Danuvius.”

Isthmian games, i. 285.

Isthmus of Corinth, i. 278, 279.

Istria, i. 251.

Istropolis, i. 328.

Italy, described, i. 180 —its praises enlarged upon, 181, 182; vi. 464, 465 —its shape, i. 183 —forbidden to be dug for minerals, 257 —the country of the vine, iii. 215, 218 —when generous wines were first made in, 251 —its climate, v. 158 —practice of magic in, 425, 426 —its high rank among nations, vi. 464, 465.

Itch, remedies for, v. 360.

Ithaca, i. 311.

Iton, iv. 144.

Iulis, vi. 39, 63.

Iviza, i. 211.

Ivory, ii. 247; iii. 103 —fossil, ii. 247.

Ivy, iii. 376, 399-403; v. 32-35.

Ixias, iv. 407, 408, 409; v. 234.

Iÿnx, iii. 90.

J.

Jackal, ii. 97, 304.

Jackdaw, ii. 493, 503 —guilty of stealing, 508.

Jaculus, ii. 285.

Jaffa, i. 426; ii. 364.

Janiculum. i. 204.

Jannes, v. 425.

Janus, vi. 90, 315.

Jason, the Argonaut, i. 207; ii. 9, 26, 233.

Jason, of Pheræ, ii. 206.

Jasper, vi. 425, 429, 430, 431, 445.

Jaundice, remedies for, iv. 438; v. 200, 354, 452.

Jawbone, iii. 56.

Jaxartes, ii. 25.

Jay, ii. 622.

Jealousy in females, v. 397.

Jerboa, ii. 308.

Jericho, i. 427, 428; iii. 175.

Jerome, Saint, quoted, vi. 267.

Jerusalem, i. 428, 431.

Jet, vi. 361, 362.

Jewels, vi. 386, 387, 388 —displayed at Rome by Pompeius Magnus, vi. 390, 391.

Jews, vent their rage upon the, balsamum of Judæa, iii. 148 —their rites, v. 508, 509.

Jew-stone, vi. 443, 456, 457, 460.

Jhelum, ii. 41, 47.

John, Saint, i. 321.

John the Baptist, i. 430, 431.

Joints, diseases of, v. 202, 203.

Jomanes, river, ii. 41, 42.

Jonquil, iv. 244.

Joppa, i. 426; ii. 364.

Jordanes, river, i. 427, 428, 429.

Josephus quoted, i. 427, 428, 431, 432, 467; ii. 75.

Joshua, i. 395.

Jovis gemma, vi. 452.

Juba, King, i. 383, 498; ii. 82; iii. 125.

Judæa, described, i. 427 —its balsamum, iii. 148 —its palm-trees, 169.

Judices, v. 378; vi. 82, 83.

Jugerum, iv. 4, 5 —grain required for sowing a, 71, 72.

Jugglers, iii. 58.

“Juglans,” origin of the word, iii. 317.

Juices of fruits, iii. 323-326 —of trees, 412.

Jujube, iii. 297.

Julia, ii. 198, 199, 535, 536 —her depravity, 143.

Julius Cæsar, i. 58, 62, 168, 241, 256, 279, 390; ii. 166; iv. 188; v. 283; vi. 155, 232, 233, 324, 346 —his epistles quoted, iii. 241, 242 —wine given by him at his banquets, 255 —Pliny borrows from his account of the yew, 360 —his reformation of the calendar, iv. 76.

Jumna, ii. 41, 42.

Juncinum, iii. 289.

Juniper, iii. 178, 380, 381; v. 24, 25 —wine from the, iv. 478.

Juno, v. 485 —Temple of, at Rome, vi. 322.

Jupiter, feasts of, v. 121 —Temple of, at Rome, vi. 322.

Jupiter’s beard (shrub), iii. 372.

Jura, i. 174.

Jurisdictio, i. 159.

Jus Latii, i. 155.

Justin quoted, i. 177, 225.

Juvenal quoted, i. 21, 301, 321; ii. 541; iv. 144; vi. 70, 80, 305.

K

Kæmpfer quoted, vi. 4.

Kaffa, i. 334.

Kastri, i. 277.

Keeping of fruits, iii. 303-307.

Κήποι, ii. 278.

Kermes-berry, ii. 450; iii. 353; iv. 390; v. 4, 5.

Kertsch, i. 327, 334.

Kestril, ii. 519.

Khimara, i. 272.

Kidneys, iii. 73, 74 —stags with four, 73.

Kidney-bean, iv. 47.

Killing of animals, the first, ii. 235.

Kingfisher, ii. 512, 513; vi. 36.

Kipes for fishing, v. 361.

Kirmanshah, ii. 79.

Kissing, as a salutation, v. 153.

Kite, ii. 490.

Knees, iii. 87, 88.

Knot-grass, v. 259.

Kohl, iii. 54; vi. 115.

Kokend, ii. 33.

Κόσμος, i. 17.

Kraken or korven, ii. 362.

Kurds, ii. 29.

L

Labeo, Antistius, ii. 554.

Labeo, C. Atinius, ii. 193.

Labeo, Titidius, vi. 230.

“Labeo,” origin of the name, iii. 56.

Laberius, ii. 476.

Laborium, i. 195.

Labourers, their wines, iii. 234, 251 —fed on figs, 113.

Labranda, vi. 8.

Labrum Venereum, v. 148, 242, 243.

Labrusca, iii. 255; iv. 464, 465.

Labyrinth, i. 418; vi. 339-342 —of Crete, vi. 184.

Laccadives, ii. 51.

Lacedæmon, i. 283.

Lacinium, i. 223.

Laconia described, i. 283.

Lactes, iii. 71.

Lactoris, v. 68.

“Lactuca,” whence derived, iv. 181.

Lacus, iv. 109.

Lacydes and his goose, ii. 499.

Ladanum, iii. 132, 133, 134; v. 171, 172.

Læstrygones, i. 194.

Lagara, wine of, iii. 243.

Lagenæ, iii. 242.

Lagine, v. 56.

Lagopos, ii. 529; v. 173, 174.

Laina, iii. 132.

Laippus, vi. 170, 176.

Laïs, v. 368.

Laletanum, wine of, iii. 244.

Lalisiones, ii. 326.

Lambs, ii. 331.

Lamia, L., ii. 210.

Lamia (fish), ii. 411.

Lamium, iv. 404, 405; v. 254.

Lamp-black, iii. 259, 263; vi. 241.

Lamp-stands, vi. 152.

Lampedusa, i. 403.

Lampido, ii. 188.

Lamprey, ii. 394.

Lampsacus, i. 308, 389.

Lanata, iii. 297.

Land, fishes that live upon, ii. 471, 472 —buying of, iv. 11, 12, 13 —manuring of, iv. 68, 69 —laying out of, iv. 114-117.

Lands, separated by the sea, i. 119 —changed into sea i. 119, 120 —swallowed up by the sea, i. 120.

Landslips, i. 115, 116; iii. 527.

Language, iii. 95.

Lantern-fish, ii. 415.

Laocoön, the Belvedere, vi. 320.

Laodice, ii. 146.

Laodicea, i. 437, 441, 460.

Lapathum, iv. 287, 288.

Lapdogs, i. 267 —nursing of, v. 437.

Lapidaries, vi. 389.

Lapis lazuli, vi. 432.

Lapithæ, i. 295.

Lappa, iv. 358.

Lappa boaria, v. 194.

Lappa canaria, v. 71.

Lappago, v. 192, 193.

Lapsana, iv. 188, 241.

Lapwing, ii. 512.

Lar, v. 285.

Larch, iii. 357, 359, 414, 416; v. 13.

Lard, v. 324, 325, 326.

Lares, iii. 331 —Compitales, i. 203.

Larinus, vi. 63.

Larisa, i. 294.

Lartius Licinius, v. 480.

Larvæ, iii. 519.

Laser, i. 396, 398; iii. 399; iv. 145, 147, 432, 433, 434.

Laserpitium, iv. 144-147, 148.

Latace, v. 159.

Latera, Lake, ii. 374.

Lathyris, v. 252.

Laticlave tunic, ii. 331, 335, 447 —purple, 442.

Latium described, i. 191.

Latin confederacy, i. 205.

Latin Festival, v. 233.

Latiniensian wines, iii. 242.

Latinitas, i. 155.

Latmus, i. 467.

Latona, i. 319.

Latro, Porcius, iv. 263.

Laughing-plant, v. 66.

Laughter, absence of, ii. 159 —description of, iii. 70, 71 —persons die with, when pierced, 71 —connected with the spleen, 73.

Laurea, Tullius, v. 473.

Laurel, oil of, iii. 288 —varieties of, 332, 333, 334 —anecdotes connected with, it, 334-337 —never struck by lightning, 335 —crackles in the fire, 335 —remedies derived from, iv. 516-519.

Lauriotis, vi. 203.

Lauron, wine of, iii. 244.

Laurus cassia, iii. 153.

Lavender, iii. 120; iv. 338; v. 169.

Laver, v. 172.

Laws, first introduction of, ii. 220. _See also_ “Twelve Tables.”

Layers, trees propagated from, iii. 475, 476, 477.

Leæna, her fortitude, ii. 164; vi. 179.

Lead, vi. 112, 212-218.

Lead-wort, v. 141, 142.

Leaf-gold, vi. 96, 97.

Leather, tanning of, iii. 201 —preparation of, v. 38 —dyeing of, 71.

Leaven, iv. 38, 39.

Leaves, trees that never lose their, iii. 118 —of trees described, 374-379 —of plants, iv. 356.

Lebanon, i. 435.

Lebedos, i. 469.

Lecanomancy, v. 427.

Lecheæ, i. 278.

Lectisternia, vi. 10.

Leda (plant), iii. 133.

Leeches, vi. 29, 51.

Leeks, iv. 173, 174, 223, 224, 225 —juice of, poisonous, 174.

Lees, of sapa, iv. 484 —of wine, 482, 483 —of vinegar, 483.

Legacy-hunting, iii. 217.

Legion, the fifth, iii. 43.

Leguminous grain, iv. 106, 107.

Leguminous plants, iv. 43, 44, 81 —insects that breed in, iv. 455.

Leleges, i. 292, 478.

Lemanus, Lake, i. 175.

Lemnisci, iv. 306.

Lemnos described, i. 324 —earth of, vi. 236, 237 —Labyrinth of, vi. 341.

Lemonium, v. 122.

Lenæus, Pompeius, v. 78, 79.

Lentils, iv. 46, 448, 449.

Lentisk, iii. 132, 323; v. 17, 19, 20.

Lentulus, ii. 147.

Leochares, vi. 169, 182, 316, 317.

Leonatus, ii. 60.

Leonidas, tutor of Alexander, iii. 128.

Leontice, v. 133.

Leontios, vi. 460.

Leontiscus, vi. 174.

Leontopetalon, v. 252.

Leontophonus, ii. 310.

Leontopodion, v. 173.

Leopard, how produced, ii. 264, 265.

Lepanto, i. 175.

Lepas, vi. 63.

Lepidi, family of the, ii. 145.

Lepidotis, vi. 452.

Lepidus, M., ii. 181; vi. 272, 324, 348.

Lepis, vi. 194, 195.

Lepontii, i. 254, 255.

Leprosy, v. 153.

Leptis, i. 391, 393.

Leptophyllos, v. 180.

Leptorragæ, iii. 220.

Lerida, i. 166.

Lernæa, a parasitical class of insects, ii. 390.

Leros, i. 322.

Lesbias, vi. 452.

Lesbos, described, i. 487 —wines of, iii. 245.

Lethargus, iv. 461.

Lethargy, v. 198, 355; vi. 49.

Lethe, v. 477.

Letters, origin of, i. 424; ii. 220, 221 —ancient, 236.

Lettuce, iv. 180, 181, 182, 228-232.

Leucacantha, iv. 405; v. 263.

Leucacanthos, iv. 353.

Leucadia, i. 274.

Leucanthemum, iv. 378; v. 263.

Leucanthemus, iv. 411, 412.

Leucanthes, iv. 383.

Leucatas, i. 494.

Leucate, i. 274.

Leuce, i. 315, 471.

Leuce (plant), v. 254, 255.

Leuceoron, v. 173.

Leucimna, i. 310.

Leucochrysos, vi. 435, 453.

Leucocoüm, iii. 247, 248.

Leucogæa, vi. 449, 476.

Leucographis, v. 255.

Leucographitis, vi. 449.

Leucopetra, i. 210.

Leucophoron, vi. 98, 99, 237, 238.

Leucophthalmos, vi. 452.

Leucopœcilos, vi. 453.

Leucosyri, ii. 7.

Leucrocotta, ii. 279.

Leuctra, i. 283.

Libadion, v. 104.

Libanian wine, iii. 262.

Libanochrus, vi. 453.

Libanotis, iv. 203, 267.

Libanus, i. 435.

Libations, iii. 262.

Libella, vi. 89.

Liber (the divinity), i. 290; ii. 167; vi. 316.

Libera, vi. 316.

Liberal arts, iii. 217; iv. 391.

Libethra, i. 296.

Libo, Scribonius, vi. 346.

Library, first public, ii. 177.

Libs, iv. 116.

Liburnia described, i. 257.

Liburnica, ii. 365.

Libya, i. 374 —Mareotis, described, i. 401.

Lilybæum, i. 218.

Libycum, iv. 245, 246.

Libyphœnices, i. 390.

Libyssa, i. 494.

Lice, remedies for, iii. 40; v. 409.

Lichen, remedies for the disease, iv. 208; v. 152, 153, 154, 160, 161; vi. 35.

Lichens, iii. 145, 146 —on plumtrees, iv. 508.

Liciniani, ii. 150.

Life, the duration of, ii. 132, 133, 200-205 —the frailty of, 141, 142 —the uncertain tenure of, 206 —persons who have returned to, 210 —whether the blood is the principle of, iii. 80.

Light, emitted from the eyes of dead fish, iii. 54 —from rotten wood, 54.

Lightning, particulars connected with, i. 69, 70, 84, 85, 86; v. 471 —its effects, i. 81, 82 —objects struck by, 86 —not struck by, 86, 87 —of a remarkable nature, ii. 200 —expiation for, iii. 302, 310.

Liguria described, i. 184.

Ligurians, i. 185.

Ligusticum, iv. 265.

Ligustrum, iii. 146; v. 32.

Lily, iv. 314, 315, 316, 366, 367.

Limbs, of animals, iii. 43 —superfluous, 95.

Lime (tree), iii. 366, 367; v. 23.

Lime (for building), vi. 373, 375.

Limestone, iii. 455.

Limeum, v. 254.

Limonia, iv. 425, 426.

Limoniatis, vi. 453.

Limonion, iv. 233.

Limonite, vi. 363.

Limyra, i. 455.

Linden-tree, iii. 366, 367; v. 23.

Lindos, i. 483.

Linen, iv. 132, 133; v. 273 —when first dyed, iv. 138 —bleaching of, iv. 279.

Lingua (plant), v. 69.

Lingulaca, v. 132, 133.

Linnet, ii. 522.

Linozostis, v. 92, 93, 94.

Linseed, iv. 135, 294, 295.

Linus (river), v. 475.

Lion, how produced, =ii.= 264, 265, 266 —different species of, 266 —its food, 266, 267 —attacks men, 267 —its alleged clemency, 267, 271 —its anger and courage, 268 —terrified by the crowing of a cock, 269 —when first exhibited at Rome, 269 —how caught, 270 —wonderful feats by, 270 —harnessed, 270 —its gratitude, 271, 272 —killed by the leontophonus, 310 —killed by a dog, 315 —its breath fœtid, =iii.= 97 —remedies derived from, =v.= 308.

Lion-crab, ii. 425.

Lipara, i. 221.

Liparæ, vi. 219.

Liparæan islands, i. 221.

Liparea, vi. 453.

Liparis, river, i. 450; v. 478.

Lips, iii. 56.

Liqueurs, iii. 247.

Liquorice, iv. 351, 399, 400; v. 110, 163, 217.

Lirinon, iv. 314.

Lisbon, i. 364.

Liternum, ii. 311; iii. 234.

Litharge, vi. 117, 118.

Lithontriptics, v. 444; vi. 28.

Lithospermum, v. 253, 254.

Live iron, vi. 209.

Liver, of the goose used for food, ii. 499 —described, iii. 67, 68 —wanting in victims, 68 —sometimes double, 68 —increase of, with the moon, 70 —its powers of preservation, 70 —remedies for complaints of, v. 344 —remedies for pains in, 438, 439; vi. 39.

Livia Augusta, her longevity, iii. 239 —omen of the laurel, 336.

Livy, ii. 114 —his birthplace, i. 252 —his works quoted, 5, 87, 88, 105, 143, 187, 224, 229, 297, 478; ii. 136.

Livy, the Younger, i. 497.

Lixos, i. 375, 376.

Lizards, ii. 299, 312; v. 397, 402, 403, 414, 415, 417 —gigantic, ii. 312 —spotted, iii. 31.

Loadstone, vi. 209, 355. 356.

Localities of trees, iii. 370, 371, 372.

Lochia polyrrhizos, v. 116, 117, 118.

Lochius, Publilius, vi. 301, 302.

Loci, iii. 75.

Lockets, v. 435.

Locri, i. 222.

Locrians, Epicnemidian, i. 192.

Locris described, i. 276.

“Locuples,” derivation of the word, iv. 5.

Locusta (the botanic term), iv. 455.

Locusts, ii. 133; iii. 55, 56, 57 —plagues of, 36, 37 —eaten, 37 —remedies derived from, v. 403.

Loins, remedies for pains in the, v. 344, 345, 440, 441.

Loligo, ii. 389, 416, 417.

Lollia Paulina, her pearls, ii. 437, 438.

Lollius, M. ii. 438.

Lomentum, vi. 108, 109, 142.

Lonchitis, v. 134.

Long life, indications of, iii. 96.

Longompori, ii. 103.

Longula, i. 206.

Longulanus, C. Severus, ii. 148; vi. 303.

Lopadusa, i. 403.

Lophius piscatorius, ii. 412.

Lora, iii. 234, 251,

Loretum, iii. 337.

Lorum, vi. 72.

Lotapea, v. 425.

Lotometra, iv. 412, 413.

Lotophagi, i. 393.

Lotus, iii. 439; iv. 358, 412; v. 3, 4 —of Africa, iii. 198 —of Egypt and the Euphrates, 199, 200 —aged, 430.

Louis XIV. of France, ii. 153.

Louse-plant, iv. 464.

Lovage, iv. 194, 195, 265.

Luca, i. 187.

Lucan, his “Pharsalia” quoted, i. 57, 86, 107, 117, 177, 185, 241, 261, 375, 413, 431; ii. 37, 283; iv 124, 226, 280, 321, 481, 516; v. 73, 129.

Lucania described, i. 207.

Lucanian oxen, ii. 251.

Lucanus, C. Terentius, vi. 246.

Lucanus (a beetle), v. 454.

Lucca, i. 187.

Lucentum, i. 164.

Lucerne (plant), iv. 53, 54.

Lucian, his birth-place, i. 443.

Lucifer, i. 29.

Lucilius, C., mentioned, ii. 355 —quoted, vi. 377.

Lucretius, T., mentioned, ii. 554 —quoted, i. 133, 205; ii. 137, 553; iv. 138, 321.

Lucrinus, Lake, i. 196; ii. 372 —emissary of, vi. 354.

Lucullan marble, vi. 325.

Lucullus, L., i. 306; ii. 8, 9; v. 87, 159; vi. 285, 302 —his largesses in wine, iii. 255 —introduces the cherry into Italy, 322 —his want of moderation, v. 297.

Lucullus. M., i. 338.

Ludius, vi. 270.

Lugdunensis (Gallia) described, i. 355.

Lugdunum, i. 357.

Luna, i. 187 —wines of, iii. 242 —marble of, vi. 325.

Lungs, iii. 67.

Luperci, vi. 155.

Lupines, iv. 49, 50, 452, 453.

Lupus (fish), ii. 392, 399.

Lurco, M., Aufidius, ii. 496

Lusitania described, i. 363 —its fertility, ii. 322.

Lustra, vi. 228.

Lustration, ii. 522.

Lutarius, ii. 402.

Luxor, i. 416.

Luxury, appliances of, found in the sea, ii. 429 —excesses of, iii. 167, 168 —in woods, 429.

Lycanthropy, ii. 283.

Lycaon, the animal, ii. 304.

Lycaonia described, i. 451.

Lycapsos, v. 252, 253.

Lyceas, vi. 385.

Lychnis (plant), iv. 313, 337, 381 —agria, v. 131.

Lychnis (stone), vi. 424, 425.

Lychnitis, v. 127, 128.

Lychnomancy, v. 427.

Lycia described, i. 455.

Lycium, iv. 499, 501; v. 50, 51, 103.

Lycius, vi. 169, 182.

Lycophthalmos, vi. 459.

Lycus, the physician, iii. 157.

Lycus, river, ii. 3, 8.

Lydda, i. 428.

Lydia described, i. 465.

Lygdinus, vi. 330.

Lygos, v. 26.

Lyncestis, i. 299.

Lyncarium ii. 310; vi. 404, 405.

Lynx, ii. 278. 284, 310; v. 319; vi. 398.

Lyons, i. 357.

Lyron, v. 129, 130.

Lysander, i. 308.

Lysias, vi. 319.

Lysimachia, v. 106.

Lysimachos (stone) vi. 453.

Lysimachus the historian, ii. 357.

Lysimachus strangles a lion, ii. 270.

Lysippus, ii. 184; vi. 169, 174, 175, 176.

Lysistratus, vi. 169.

Lyson, vi. 187.

Lystra, i. 492.

Lytarmis, ii. 24.