INDEX 361 



destruction of, 147, 152 ; re-creation of, after the deluge, 



155 ; world not made only for, 305. 

 Marmora or Marmara (Sea of) ; see Propontis. 

 Mars, the planet, 10, 275, 284. 

 Marseilles, 174. 



Marshes, 233 ; of the Nile, 236. 

 Magalenopolis (or Megalepolis or Megalopolis), 257. Town in 



Arcadia. 



Melas, 137. River of Boeotia in Central Greece. 

 Memphis, 170. Great Egyptian city a little above Cairo. 

 a Menander, 165. Athenian comic poet, 342-291 B.C. 

 Mercury, the planet, 284. 

 Messalina, 163. Third wife of Emperor Claudius ; put to 



death by Narcissus, 48. 

 Messana (Messina), 142. 

 Metalliferous veins, 126. 

 Metals, melted by lightning, 78, 96 ; denunciation of the 



search for the precious, 207, 215. 

 Meteorology (Subtimta), scope of, 51. 

 Meteors, 8-n, 37, 38, 40, 275, 276, 292, 293, 296. 

 a Metrodorus (of Chios), 248 (2). Philosopher who flourished 



about 330 B.C. &quot;Sceptic.&quot; Disciple of Democritus, perhaps. 

 Milky Way, 289. 



Mind, the human, its nature and seat unknown, 297. 

 Mines, water in, 154 ; ancient, explored by Philip of Macedon, 



207. 



Mirrors, 22, 23, 24, 27, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47. 

 Mock-suns, 35. 



Moon, eclipse of, 298; varying colour of, 300. 

 Moral reflections, Seneca s, 1-8, 42, 44-47, 102-105, 109- 



114, 130-132, 143-156, 159-166, 186-190, 207, 213- 



217, 222-229, 254, 265-268. 

 Mountains, insignificance of height of, compared with the 



whole mass of the earth, 184. 

 Mushrooms, 189. 



Mylae, 142. Town on N. coast of Sicily, near Messina. 

 Myndus, 274, 290. Town in Caria. 



Naples, partly damaged by earthquake of A.D. 63, 221. 



Narcissus, 164. Freedman of Claudius, put to death by 

 Agrippina, 54. 



Natural Philosophy, 3, 8. 



Nature, influence of, 3 ; origin of, 7 ; as a synonym for God, 

 92 ; advantage of the study of, 113, 265 ; finds no task 

 hard, 144, 154; inadequate conceptions of, 228; study 



