352 PHYSICAL SCIENCE 



Animals, blind in subterranean waters, 129. 



Animals, new forms of, discovered in Seneca's time, 305 ; 



many still to be found out, 305. 

 Antiochus, 288. King of Syria, 137-128 B.C. 

 Antony (Mark), 172. 

 Ants, mankind compared to, 6. 

 Apennines, 184. 



Apollonia, 12, 68, 176. Town in Illyria. 

 a Apollonius (of Myndus), 274, 290, 300. Said to have 



flourished about the time of Alexander the Great 



(330 B.C.). There may be some confusion in the text 



between him and the celebrated Pythagorean philosopher, 



A. of Tyana, who was born shortly before the Christian 



era. 

 Apollonius Pycta (or pyctes = the boxer), 1 6 1 . Unknown 



otherwise ; apparently a gladiator. 

 Apulia, 211. District in S.E. of Italy. 

 Aquarius (sign of the Zodiac), 301. 

 Aquilo (Wind), 209. 



a Aratus, 37. Of Cilicia, astronomical poet, flourished 270 B.C. 

 Araxes, 246. River in Armenia (Aras). 

 Arcadia, 122, 137. District in centre of Southern Greece. 

 a Archelaus, 239. Philosopher, flourished about 450 B.C. 



Pupil and partly disciple of Anaxagoras. 

 Arethusa, 142 (2), 235. Celebrated fountain in Syracuse in 



Sicily. 



Argestes (Wind), 210. 



Argolic, 142. Argolis is a district in N.E. of Southern Greece. 

 a Aristotle, 8, 9, 10, 19 (2), 33, 63, 240, 242, 276, 277, 302 (2), 



33 ( 2 )> 34- See Introduction. 

 a Artemidorus (of Parium), 22, 286 (2), 287. Not otherwise 



known. 



a Asclepiodotus, 74, 77, 207, 246, 253. Not otherwise known. 

 Asia, 224, 233. Province on the W. coast of Asia Minor, or 



generic name for area E. and N.E. of Europe. 

 Astronomy (Caelestid), scope of, 51; of Egyptians, 274; of 



Chaldaeans, 275; of Greeks, 298. 

 Atabulus (Wind), 211. 

 Atalanta, 256. Small island between Euboea and mainland 



of Greece. The channel now bears the name Talanta, 



which is likewise that of a neighbouring town. 

 Athens, 211. 



a Attalus, 94, 95. Stoic philosopher, one of Seneca's teachers. 

 Attalus, 288. King of Pergamus, 241-197 B.C. 

 Atlantic Ocean, 174, 175 (2). 



