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his thunderbolts, 88, 89, 91, 92; affords lessons to 

 earthly rulers, 90 ; other names for, 91, 92. 

 Jupiter, the planet, 284, 299. 



Lacedaemonians, 189. Lacedaemon, or Sparta, was in 

 Laconia, the district in the S.E. of Southern Greece. 



Ladon, 257. River in Arcadia, tributary of Alpheus. 



Laelius, 268. Friend of the younger Scipio Africanus, consul 

 140 B.C. Chief interlocutor in Cicero s Dialogue on 

 Friendship. 



Lakes, with dense water, 138, 139; underground, 154; wide 

 extent of some, 233. 



Land and sea breezes, 198. 



Landslips, 238, 249, 251 ; effects of, 253. 



Latin, 210 (2). 



Leo (sign of the Zodiac), 301. 



Lepidus, 166 (3). Formed with Augustus and Antony the 

 Second Triumvirate after Caesar s assassination in 

 44 B.C. 



Libonotus (Wind), 210. 



Libyan (Wind), 210. 



Life, the proper conduct in, 112, 159, 266; uncertainty of, 

 226; to be carried in our hand if we desire to live happy 

 and without fear, 266. 



Lightning, 62, 66, 69, 86, 87, 100; effects of, 78, 87, 88, 

 96; portents indicated by, 79, 81, 82, 86, 92, 94, 95, 

 215 ; possible pestilential power in, 97; cause of zigzag 

 course of, 102 ; moral lessons to be derived from a 

 consideration of, 104; safe retreats from, 223; blinding 

 effects of, 292 ; connected with the planets, 275. 

 a Livy (Titus Livius), 209, 213. Roman historian, 59 B.C.-I7. 



Lower Sea ; see Propontis. 



Lucilius Junior, i, 103, 109, 114, 142, 159(2), 161, 162, 163, 

 217, 221, 265, 267, 268. See Introduction. 



Luxury, introduction of, 45, 46; growth of, 47, 188; illustra 

 tions of, 129, 187; denunciation of, 130, 187, 306. 



Lycia, 140. District S.W. of Asia Minor. 



Lycus, 142. River, probably of Phrygia in Asia Minor, 

 flowing into the Maeander. 



Lydia, 139. District in W. of Asia Minor. 



Lyncestis, 134. 



Macedonia, 138, 207, 224, 303. 



Magnesia, 122. Town of Lydia. 



Mankind, compared to ants, 6 ; early ages of, 45, 46 ; final 



