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son of Zeno, Sudines, 24 ./Eschylus, 24 Fhiloxcnus, 27 Euripides,-* 

 Nicander, 79 Satyrus, 40 Theophraatus, 51 Chares," Philemon,- 3 

 Dempstratu*, 31 Xcnothcmis," Metrodorus, 36 Sotacus, 37 Pytheas, 46 

 Tinrjuus 3y the Sicilian, Nicias, 40 Theochrcstus,* 1 Asarubas, 4 - 

 Muascas/ 3 Theomeuey, 41 Ctesias, 45 Mithridates, 46 Sophocles, 47 



25 Sec end of B. xxxvi. 2C See end of 13. x. 



2 ' A Dithyrambic poet, a nntivc of Cythera. or, according to some, of 

 Ileracle.t in i'ontus. During the latter part of his life he resided at the 

 court of tin? 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-live, or, accord-, 

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



*' J See end of 15. viii. *' Nothing positive stems to be known of this 

 author, who i.> mentioned in Chapters 11, 24, and 25 of the present Book 

 us having written on Precioui Stones. It is possible that lie may ha\e 

 bren tin! architect mentioned in 11. xxxvi, c. 14. Jlardouin wouM identify 

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



' 3I Sr; Mid of B. iii* a - See end of H. xii. 33 See end of B. x. 



a * A Roman senator, who wrote a work on Fishing, in 20 Books, one 

 on Ilydrotnuncy or aquatic divination, and other works competed with 

 history. It is probably from a \\oiu. of his, " On Rivers," that 1'lutaicU 

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



34 Author of a *' I'eripltis," and of a poem " on the Fabulous fonws 

 of M* n," both mentioned by T/et/es. Sue Chapters 11, 23, 24, and 51 of 

 this Hook. ** Se-; end of Books iii. and xxxv. a7 See end oi JJ. xxxvi. 



33 See end of B. ii. ' M See end of B. iv. 



40 A writer on Stones, of this name, is aUo mentioned by Plutarch and 

 Stobo-'us, but no further particulars are known of him. He is mentioned 

 in Chapter U of this Book. 



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

 is quoted by the Scholiast on Apollonius Khodius 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, a> a 

 Contemporary of J'liny, no further particulars are known. 



4a A 'native of 1'at.ira in Lycia, who wrote a Description of tin* Earth, 

 and a collection of the Oracles given at IMphi. See Chapter 11 of this 



Book. 



41 Beyond the mention made of him in Chapter 11 of this Book, nothing 

 relative to this writer seems to be known. 



*'> See end of B ii. 



4 ' ; Mithridates VI., Eupator, or Dionysus, King of Toutu% and the 

 great adver>arv of the Romans, commonly known as Mithrtdatet the Clreat. 

 Jlis not-s and Mctnoiri were brought to Uome by 1'ompe.y, who had them 

 tran.shittd into Latin by his freedm.in rompeins Lenwis. See end of B. 

 xiv.: also B. vii. c. 21, B. xxiii. c. 77, B. xxv. cc. 3, 27, 79, B. xxxiii. c. 

 6l, and Chapters 5 and 11 of the pixaeiit Book. 



See cud of B. x.\i. 



