554 PLZ^y's ^'ATUEAL HISTOET. [Book X. 



thouj^h it is equally certain that they do sleep. Eut we must 

 now pass on to a description of the insects. 



SuiniAET. — Remarkable facts, narratives, and observatious, 

 seven hundred and ninety-three. 



Ro3IA^' AriHOEs QroTED. — Manilius,^ Cornelius Yalerianus,"'*' 

 the Acta Triiimphorum,'^ Umbricius Melior,'- ilassurius Sabi- 

 nus,'-^ Antistius Labeo,'* Trogus,'^ Cremutius,'^ M. Yarro,'' 

 Macer ^milius,"^ Melissus,'^ Mucianus,^ Xepos,*^ Fabius 

 Pictor,^^ T. Lucretius, ^^ Cornelius Celsus,^ Horace,^ Deculo,^ 

 Hyginus,-' the Sasernae,^ Xigidius,-^ Mamilius Sura.^ 



FoEEiGx AUTHOES QroTED. — Homer, Phemonoe,^^ Phile- 



^9 M. Manilius, mentioned in c. 2. Nothing certain is known of him, 

 but by some he is supposed to have been the senator and jurisconsult of 

 that name, contemporary with the younger Scipio. The astronomical poem 

 which 2;oes under his name was probably written at a much later period. 



''^ See end of B. iii. 'i See end of B. v. 



'- A famous soothsayer, who predicted to Galba, as we learn from 

 Tacitus, the dangers to which he was about to be exposed. He wrote on 

 the science of Divination, as practised by the Etruscans. 



'3 See end of B. vii. 



'* A Eoman legislator, proconsul of GalL'a Xarbonensis, and long a 

 favourite of Augustus. According to Aulus Gellius, his works were very 

 numerous. He also wrote a treatise on the Etruscan divination. 



"•^ Trogus Pompeiu5. See end of B. vii. 



'^ See end of B. vii. '" See end of B, ii. 



''^ See end of B. ix. -^ See end of B. vii. 



^ See end of B. ii. ^ si See end of B. ii. _ 



^ He was the most ancient writer of Roman history in prose. His history, 

 which was written in Greek, is supposed to have commenced with the arrival 

 of JEneas in Italy, and to have come down to his own time. He was sent 

 by the Eomans to consult the oracle at Delphi, after the battle of Cannae. 



*^3 The famous poet and writer on the Epicurean philosophy. He was 

 born B.C. 98, and slew himself e.g. o4. ^^ See end of B. vii. 



^^ Q. Horatius Flaccus, one of the greatest Roman poets. 



■^^ Nothing is known of this writer ; indeed, the correct reading is a 

 matter of doubt. *>" See end of B. iii. 



^ Father and son, who wrote treatises on agriculture, as we learn from 

 Columella. 89 gee end of B. vi. 



^" A writer on agriculture, mentioned by Columella. 



9^ A priestess of Delphi, said to have been the inventor of hexameter 

 verse. Servius identifies her with the Cumjean Sibyl. Pliny quotes from 

 her in c. 8, probably from some work on auorury attributed to her. A 

 work in MS. entitled " Orneosophium," or " Wisdom of Birds," is attri- 

 buted to Phemonoe. She is said to have been the first to pronounce the 

 celebrated FvutOi aeavTov, commonly attributed to Thules. 



