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I^^DEX. 



106 — absnrd error com- 

 mitted by, 111— singular 

 mistake made by, 131 — 

 mistake possibly made 

 by, 137 — inveighs against 

 magic, 159, 160— against 

 gluttony, 169 — admires 

 the research of the an 

 cients, 218, 219— his be 

 lief iu first causes, 219— 

 error committed by, 236— 

 inveighs against magic. 

 237 — error committed by, 

 240 — error probably com- 

 mitted by, 273 — his great 

 but unsuspecting credu- 

 lity, 275 — his horror of 

 cruelty, 276, 278 — ap 

 proves of suicide, 278— 

 inveighs against magi- 

 cians, 307 — his rare at- 

 tempts at wit, 318 — in- 

 veighs against magic, 355 

 — exclaims against im 

 morality, 378 — inveighs 

 against the Greeks, 381 

 — against magic, 395, 400, 

 427 — mistake probably 

 made by, 509 — his credu- 

 lity, vi. 2, 3— effusion of 

 wit, 21 — mistake made 

 by, 25— exclaims against 

 avarice, 68,69 — against 

 obscenity, 70 — against 

 the use of gold, 71 — 

 against vast retinues of 

 slaves, 81 — mistake made 

 by, 116— effusion of wit, 

 129 — laments the down- 

 fall of Roman morals, 136, 

 137, 138 — his credulity, 

 205 -*- mistake made by, 

 245 — commends the sim- 

 plicity of ancient tiipes, 

 271 — exclaims against 

 luxury, 306 — commends 

 the ancient simplicity, 

 349— exclaims against the 

 depravity of taste, 351, 

 352-inveighs against lux- 

 ury, 391, 392 — against the 

 falsehoods of magic, 405 

 — instances of bis credu- 

 lity, 407, 408 — mistake 

 made by, 422 — exclaims 

 against the practices of 

 magic, 434, 450. 



" Pliny's graft," iii. 478. 



Plistolochia, iv. 2&1 ; v. 116, 

 117. 



Plistonicus, iv. 302. 



Plocamus, Annius, ii. 53. 



Plotius, L., betrayed by his 

 perfumes, iii. 169. 



Plough, tirst use of, ii. 226, 

 227— described, iv. 62. 



Ploughing, iv. 62-66— sea- 

 sons for, iii. 359. 

 Plover, ii. 527. 

 Plum, iii. 294, 295, 296 ; iv. 



507, 508 ; v. 236-of Egypt, 



iii. 184. 

 Plumbago (plant), v. 141, 



142. 

 Plutarch quoted, i. 79, 157, 



302 ; iv. 407. 

 Pluto, i. 219. 

 Pnigitis, vi. 299. 

 Po, i. 186, 243. 

 Podium, vi. 402. 

 Poetry, origin of, ii. 231. 

 Poison, animals that live 



on, ii. 548 ; iii. 98 — of ser- 

 pents, iii. 57, 58 — taken 



interaally, 3'23— remedies 



for, V. 130, 332, 333, 334. 



407, 408 ; vi. 19 —in rings, 



vi.80. 

 Poisonous, fungi, iv. 430— 



honey, iv. 431, 432. 

 Polecat, ii. 310 

 Polemonia, v. 102, 103, 127. 

 Polenta, iv. 28, 29, 442. 

 Poles of the magnet, vi. 356, 



357. 

 Poles, or stakes, iii. 494, 495. 

 Poley, iv. 325, 326, 356, 372, 



373. 

 Polias, vi. 460. 

 Folium, iv. 325, 326, 356, 372, 



373. 

 Pollio, Asinius, i. 310; ii. 



177, 239; vi. 318. 

 Pollio, Carvilius, vi. 134. 

 Pollio, Najvius, the giant, 



ii. 156. 

 Pollio, Romilius, his old 



age, iv. 437, 438. 

 Pollio, Vedius, his cruelty, 



ii. 410. 

 Polyacanthos, iv.353. 

 Polyanthemum, iv. 353. 

 Polybius,i. 370— the voyage 



of, 378~his history quoted, 



169. 

 Polycles, vi. 169, 170, 183 



319. 

 Polycletus, vi. 152, 168, 171, 



172. 

 Polycnemon, v. 209. 

 Polvcrates, vi. 81, 82,386, 



387. 

 Polycritus, iii. 157. 

 Polydorus, i. 305. 

 ]*olygala, v. 262. 

 Pclygnotus, vi. 141, 185, 



241, 249. 

 Polygonatos, iv. 405. 

 Polygonoides. v. 57. 

 Polygonos, v. 259, 260. 

 Poly id us, vi. 188. 

 Polymita, ii. 338. 



Polypi, ii. 407,408, 416-421 ; 



vi. 36, 50— sailing, ii. 419 



— their hatred of cuuila, 



548. 

 Polypodion, v. 175, 176, 243. 

 Polypus of the nose, v. 176. 

 Polythrix, v. 132 ; vi. 460. 

 Poly tiichos, iv. 41.5, 416, 417. 

 Polyzonos, vi. 460. 

 Pomegranate, iii. 200, 201 — 



remedies derived from, iv. 



498-502. 

 Pomes described, iii. 293, 



294. 

 Pometia, i. 204 ; ii. 154. 

 Pompeii, i. 82, 197 ; iii. 228 



— wines of, iii. 244. 

 Pompeiopolis, ii. 5. 

 Pompeius, Cneius, i. 161. 

 Pompeius Magnus, i. 164, 



414. 424 ; ii. 35 ; v. 78, 79 ; 



vi. 390, 391— his theati'e, 



ii. 136 — resemblance to 



him, 147 — his conquests, 



167. 

 Pompeius, SextuB, ii. 213, 



391. 

 Ponipholyx, vi. 202. 203. 

 Pompilos, ii. 388, 419. 

 Pomponianus, Scipio, vi.225. 

 Pomponius, Sextus, iv. 440. 

 Pomptine Marshes, i. 194. 

 Pontic mouse, ii. 550. 

 Pontica, vi. 455. 

 Pontus, animals of, iii. 69. 



Also, see "Enxine." 

 Poplar, iii. 154. 376; v. 21, 



22 — used for training the 



vine, iii. 218. 

 Poppsea, V. 340 ; vi. 132, 403 



— bathes in as.ses' milk. 



iii. 84 — the funeral of, 



137. 

 Poppy, iv. 196, 275-279 — 



when to soav, 81 — used for 



linen, 138. 

 Porcelain, vi. 392. 

 Porcupine, ii. 305, 

 Porphyrio, ii. 530. 5.37. 

 Porphyrites, vi. 328. 

 Porpoise, ii. 377. 

 Porrigo, remedies for, iv. 



227 ; V. 409. 

 Porsena, King, i.84; vi. 160, 



206 — his Labyrinth, vi. 



342. 

 Port Mahon, i. 212. 

 Portico of Octavia, i 164. 

 Porto Fino, i. 185. 

 Portents, v. 280, 281, 282. 



Jlso, see '•'Magic," "O- 



mens," and " Prodigies." 

 Portraits, vi. 224-228 — 



waxen, iv. 346. 

 Porus, ii. 48. 

 Posca, iii. 266 ; iv. 219. 



