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son of Zeno, Sudmes,^* ^sdiylus/^ Pliiloxenus, ^^ Euripides,-* 

 Nicander,*^ Satynis,3o Theophrastus,^^ Chares,^^ Philemon/'^' 

 Demostratus/* Zenothemis,^ Metrodorus,^^ Sotacus," Pytheas,^^ 

 Timaeus^^ the Sicilian, Nicias/" Theochrestus," Asarubas/'^ 

 Mnaseas/3 Theomenes/* Ctesias/^ Mithridates,^° Sophocles/^ 



25 See end of B. xxxvi. 26 gee end of B. x. 



2' A Ditliyrarabic poet, a native of Cythera, or, according to some, of 

 Heraclea in Pontus. During the latter part of his life he resided at the 

 court of the younger Dionysius, tyrant of Sicily, and died B.C. 380, at 

 the age of 55. Of his poems, only a few fragments are left. 



23 One of the great Tragic Poets of Greece, born at Salamis b.c. 480. 

 Of his Tragedies, eighteen are still extant, out of seventy-five, or, accord- 

 ing to some accounts, ninety-two, which he originally wrote. 



^^ See end of B. viii. ^^ Nothing positive seems to be known of this 

 author, who is mentioned in Chapters 11, 24, and 25 of the present Book 

 as having written on Precious Stones. It is possible that he may have 

 been the architect mentioned in B. xxxvi. c. 14. Hardouin wouM identify 

 him with a Comic writer of Olynthus, of this name. 



31 See end of B. iii. 32 See end of B. xii. 33 gee end of B. x. 



3* A Poman senator, who wrote a work on Fishing, in 26 Books, one 

 on Hydromancy or aquatic divination, and other works connected with 

 history. It is probably from a work of his, " On Rivers," that Plutarch 

 quotes. See Chapters 11 and 23 of the present Book. 



35 Author of a " Periplus," and of a poem " on the Fabulous forms 

 of Men," both mentioned by Tzetzes. See Chapters 11, 23, 24, and 51 of 

 this Book. 36 See end of Books iii. and xxxv. 37 gee end of B. xxxvi. 



38 See end of B. ii. 39 gee end of B. iv. 



^^ A writer on Stones, of this name, is also mentioned by Plutarch and 

 Stobaeus, but no further particulars are known of him. He is mentioned 

 in Chapter 11 of this Book. 



*i Mentioned also in Chapter 11 of this Book. A person of this name 

 is quoted by the Scholiast on ApoUonius Rhodius as the author of a work 

 on Libya ; from which he is supposed to have been a native of Africa. 



^^ Beyond the mention made of him in Chapter 11 of this Book, as a 

 contemporary of Pliny, no further particulars are known. 



43 A native of Patara in Lycia, who wrote a Description of the Earth, 

 and a collection of the Oracles given at Delphi. See Chapter 1 1 of this 

 Book. 



"•i Beyond the mention made of him in Chapter 11 of this Book, nothing 

 relative to this writer seems to be known. 



*5 See end of B. ii. 



*6 Mithridates VI., Eupator, or Dionysus, King of Pontus, and the 

 great adversary of the Romans, commonly known as Mithridates the Great. 

 His notes and Memoirs were brought to Rome by Pompey, who had them 

 translated into Latin by his freedman Pompeius Lenaeus. See end of B. 

 xiv. : also B. vii. c. 24, B. xxiii. c. 77, B. xxv. cc. 3, 27, 79, B. xxxiii. c. 

 64, and Chapters 5 and 11 of the present Book. 



*'' See end of B. xxi. 



