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Labour, division of, iii. 99. Labra of the baths, ii. 88. Lacedæmonian nurses, i. 134. mourning, iii. 438. Lacedæmonians, their mode of preserving the fruits of the earth, iii. 259. Laconia, cheese of, iii. 331. productions of, iii. 334. description of, i. 58. steel of, iii. 156, 336. Laconic sayings, i. 282. Lacydes, the philosopher, anecdote of him, iii. 14. Ladanum, collection of, iii. 365. Ladies’ summer mantles, iii. 334. Lagenophoria, an Alexandrian festival, iii. 80, _n._ 319 Lagobolon, i. 213. Laïs, anecdote concerning her, ii. 43. Lalantian plain, contest for, i. 10. Lambs, protected by law, ii. 130. Lamia, story of, i. 141. Lamprey fisheries, iii. 233. Lamps, ii. 120. manufacture of, iii. 194. Lamp-wicks, iii. 197. Bœotian, iii. 338. Lances, iii. 160. Language of Macedonia identical with that of Greece, i. 9. the Pelasgi, i. 26. Thrace identical with that of Greece, i. 9. Lanterns, iii. 186. of horn, iii. 121. Lapdogs from Malta, iii. 368. Lapis lazuli, from Scythia, iii. 346. Lapis specularis for windows, ii. 82. Lapithæ, Pelasgi, i. 5. overcome the Perrhæbians, i. 9. Larch resin, iii. 397. Larissa, in Mysia, i. 13. Larissa, cities so named, i. 10. Cremaste, i. 10. in Thessaly, i. 10. Latagè, a term in the game of kottabos, ii. 213. Latax, ᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧ”ᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧ”ᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧ”ᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧᚧ ii. 213. Lattice work, ii. 82. Laughter, story of the man who had lost the power of, ii. 188. Laura of Samos, i. 74. Laurel staff, its miraculous powers, i. 368. legend connected with, ii. 305. Laurion, mines of, iii. 168. Laws of the fishmarket, ii. 142. Leaping as an exercise, i. 199. Leather dyed, iii. 222. Leda, egg brought forth by, i. 102. Leeks, from Ascra, iii. 338. Legend of a cup, ii. 113. Legends of the mythology taught to children, i. 164. Lelegeis, ancient name of Miletos, i. 15. Leleges, Pelasgi, i. 47. slaves of the Carians, i. 24. in Doris, Locris, &c., i. 11. in Laconia, i. 19. serfs of the Carians, iii. 66. in Caria, i. 14. fortifications of, i. 14. Lelex, an autochthon of Laconia or Leucadia, i. 19. Lemnian wine, iii. 116. earth, iii. 200. Lemnos, earths of, iii. 358. wine of, iii. 249. Lending money, iii. 292. Lentiscus, cultivation of, iii. 364, _n._ 2197 Leroi, ornaments, ii. 64. Leros, Guinea fowl from, iii. 368. Lesbian wine, iii. 116. Lesbos, myrtle-berries of, iii. 366. Leschæ, places of refuge for the poor, iii. 89. Lesche Pœcile at Sparta, i. 102. Leschenorios, an epithet of Apollo, iii. 89. Letters, little cultivated at Sparta, i. 288. Lettuces from Paphos, iii. 366. how blanched, ii. 326. Leucolithos in Judea, iii. 394. Libations before dinner, ii. 176. to absent friends, ii. 193. to mistresses, ii. 193. Library, ii. 84. Libs, South-west wind, iii. 321. Lightning, its import, ii. 377. Light-houses, iii. 324. Ligurian all-heal, iii. 371. Lilies in Grecian gardens, ii. 309. from Pisidia, iii. 352. succession of, how produced, ii. 309. Lily, dance so called, ii. 259. Limnatæ, quarter of the, i. 94, 104. Linen corslets, iii. 164. Lion hunting, i. 208. a dance, ii. 257. and shepherds, ii. 404. where found, i. 226. Lipari islands, exports of, iii. 376. Liquorice vetch, iii. 331. Literature, its lofty character, i. 318. little esteemed at Sparta, i. 281. its effect on our fancy, i. 295. character of the Hellenic, i. 314. Grecian, varied character of, i. 315. its influence on education, i. 1, _n._ 970 Loans, iii. 281. Loaves, size of, iii. 110. Lobsters from Egypt, iii. 388. Locks of the ancients, iii. 156. Locrians possessed no slaves, iii. 11. Locust eating, iii. 95, _n._ 388 Locusts from Africa, iii. 383. Logeion, a part of the theatre, ii. 225. Logic, study of, i. 235. Logistæ, iii. 128, _n._ 611 Long walls, i. 76. Longevity, Greece the abode of, i. 45. Loom, labours of the, share of the women, i. 376. Lotus-tree in Africa, iii. 385. where found, ii. 330. in bread, iii. 107. wine, ii. 361, iii. 118. Love, mode of declaring, i. 419. elevated conception of, i. 423. Love-chamber at Sparta, i. 192. Lovers wrote the names of their mistresses on trees, i. 418. Lucanians, a law of theirs, i. 1, _n._ 145 Lunar influences regarded in marriage, ii. 10. rainbow, iii. 1, _n._ 5 Lupins, ii. 330. Lustral font, i. 367. Lute-strings, Laconian, iii. 336. Lyceum, gymnasium of, i. 194. Lycia, a Pelasgian settlement, i. 7. Lycion, from Cappadocia, iii. 351. Lycurgos, his object in legislation, i. 383. aimed at extinguishing avarice, iii. 260. Lydia, steel of, iii. 156. Lydian slaves, iii. 7. bakers, iii. 108. Lyncurios, iii. 150. Lysias, his speech for a poor man’s allowance, iii. 71. Lysiodos, a kind of actor, ii. 236. Lysippus invented a new kind of vase, i. 116.