INDEX. 



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"Sinins." the name, iii.56. 



Sindbad, the Sailor, and the 

 story of Aristomenes, iii. 

 66. 



Sindos, ii. 13. 



Sinews, remedies for dis- 

 Rases and affections of, v. 

 202, 203, 358, 457, 458 ; vi. 

 50. 



Singara, 1. 444. 



Singing, aided by plates of 

 lead, vi. 216. 



Singing of birds, iii. 94— 

 how prevented, vi. 272. 



Sinigaglia, i. 238. 



" Sinister,'' meaning of the 

 word, vi. 72. 



Sinon, ii. 229. 



Sinope, ii. 4. 



Sinopis, vi. 235, 236. 



Sinuessa, v. 474. 



Siphnus. i. 318. 



Sipontum, i. 227. 



Sipylum, i. 470. 



Sira?iim, iii. 248. 



Sirbonian Lake, i. 425. 



Sirbytnm, ii. 103. 



Sirenes (bees), iii. 17. 



Sirens, i. 197; ii. 530. 



Siriasis, iv, 414 ; v. 465, 

 466, 467. 



Sirins, ii. 316 ; iii. 11. 



Sisymbrium, iv. 197, 293. 



Sittacene, ii. 78. 



Sium, iv. 424, 425 ; v. 172. 



Size, instances of unusual, 

 ii. 155, 156, 157. 



Skarpanto, i. 483. 



Skate, vi. 33. 



Skin, coverings of the, iii. 

 81. 



Skirrets, iv. 166-169, 220. 



Sky, colours of the, i. 60, 61 

 — rattling of arms in, 88. 



SlaT)s of marble, vi. 324, 325, 

 326. 



Slave-dealing, ii. 148 ; iv. 

 381. 



Slavejy, introduction of, ii. 

 227. 



Slaves, iii. 373 ; iv. 9, 381 ; 

 vi. 79, 81, 129, 130, 302— 

 sold at high prices, ii. 

 185, 186. 



Sleep, of fish, ii. 367— of 

 other animals, 552, 5.53 — 

 the mind retiring into it- 

 self in, ii. 553 — animals 

 without, iii. 48— provoca- 

 tives of, v. 467. 



Slips, propagation by, iii. 

 464. 



Slugs, V. 409. 



Smaragdus, vi. 388, 408. 414. 



Smarides, vi. 45. 



Smegma, vi. 204. 



Smell of juices, iii. 325,326 



Smilax, tlie maiden, and the 

 youth Crocus, iii. 402. 



Smilax, the plant, iii. 402. 



Smilis, vi. 342. 



Smintheus, i. 475. 



Smoked wines, iv. 473. 



Smoke-plant, v. 142. 



Smoking, instances of the 

 practice of, iv. 362 ; v. 55, 

 164, 356 ; vi. 220. 



Smoothing of paper, iii. 190. 



Smyrna, i, 470. 



Smyrnium, iv. 203 ; v. 266, 

 267. 



Smyrus, vi. 64. 



Snails, ii. 311 — valued as a 

 food, 312 — destitute of 

 sight, iii. 50— used as a 

 diet, V. 437, 438— remedies 

 derived from, 463. 



Snapdragon, v. 131. 



Sneezing, v. 297. 



Snow, region of, i.336 — red- 

 dened by insects, iii. 42 — 

 used fur cooling water, v. 

 486. 



Snow-partridge, ii. 529. 



Snow-water, v. 483. 



Soap, V. 342. 



Soapstone, vi. 368, 458. 



Soapwort, v. 162. 



Social War, vi. 78. 



Socondion, vi. 433. 



Socrates (artist), vi. 277, 318. 



Socrates (philosopher), his 

 sedateness, ii. 159 — the 

 wisest of men, 178; vi. 

 159— how put to death, v. 

 140. 



Soft fish, ii. 416. 



Soft stones, vi. 371. 



Sogdiani, ii. 33. 



Soils, the various kinds of, 

 iii. 446^55 — crops adapt- 

 ed to certain, iv. 59, 60. 



Solanum, v. 266. 



Soldering of metals, vi. 111. 



Sole(fish),ii. 388.396. 



" Solecism," origin of the 

 word, i, 448. 



Solen, ii. 547 ; iii. 50; vi. 64. 



Soles of the feet, iii, 89 — 

 perfumed, 167. 



Soli, i. 448. 



Solinus quoted, i. 202, 234, 

 33.3— a mistake by, ii. 137. 



Solipuga, ii. 295; iv, 445; 

 V. 403. 



Soils gemma, vi. 456, 



Solo, iv. 303. 



Solstice, the winter, iv. 82, 

 as- the summer, 92-97. 



Solstitial grapes, iii. 256. 



Somphus, iv. 212. 



Sonchos,iv. 426,427; v. 314. 



Sonticus morbus, vi. 361. 



Sophocles, iv. 387 — his bu- 

 rial, ii. 174 — his death, 

 213— his works quoted, iv. 

 25, 375. 



Soracte, i, 121 ; ii. 128. 



Soranus, Valerius, i, 11,102, 



Sorbs, iii. 314; iv. 512. 



Soriciilata, v. 273. 



Sornatius, v. 522. 



Sorrel, iv. 287 ; v. 258. 



Soi-us, vi. 64. 



Sory, vi. 198, 199. 



Sosigenes, i. 30, 148 ; iv. 76. 



Sosiraenes, iv. 302. 



Sostratus, vi. 174, 339. 



Sotacus, vi. 385. 



Sotades, i, 498. 



Sotira, v. 368. 



Souchet, iv. 383. 



Soul, its immortality deni- 

 ed, ii. 218 — in plants, iii. 

 101. 



Sour apples, iv. 497. 



Sour-krout, iv. 187, 2.36. 



Southernwood, iv. 334,377, 

 378 ; V. 106, 232. 



Sow, womb of the, iii. 75— 

 a great delicacy,' 75. 



Sow-bread, v. 125, 126. 



Sow-thistle, iv. 426, 427. 



Sowing, rotation in, iv. 68 

 — seed required for, 71, 72 

 — proper times for, 72,73, 

 74— winter, 79, 80, 



Spa, V. 476. 



Spagas, iii. 265. 



Spain described, i. 153, 160 

 —how colonized, 157 — its 

 minerals, 173, 174 — its 

 high rank among nations, 

 vi. 465. 



Spalatro, i. 259. 



Spanish broom, v. 28. 

 parganion, v. 122, 123. 



Sparrow, ii. 518. 



Sparta, i. 283. 



Spartacus, iii. 331 ; vi. 93. 



~partel, i. 374. 



Sparus, vi. 457, 



Spartopolias, vi. 460. 



Spartum, iii. 7, 187 ; iv. 139 

 -142 ; V. 28, 29. 



Spathe,iii. 155: iv. 495,496. 



Specillum, ii. 215. 

 pecular iron, vi. 3.56. 363. 



Specular stone, iv. 344 ; vi. 

 368, 369. 



Spells. See " Magic." 

 pelt, iv, 19, 24. 31, 32. 



Sperchius, i. 293. 



Sphacos, iv. 449, 4.50 ; v. 12. 



Sphseroraancy, v. 427. 



Sphfex, iii. 24, 



Sphagnos, iii. 145, 146; v. 

 12, 



