INDEX 359 



Gusts of wind, origin of, 203. 



Gylippus, 12. Spartan commander against Athenians at 

 Syracuse, 414 B.C. 



Haemus (Balkan Mountains), 122. 



Hail, 177, 181 ; falls more in summer than winter, 179; 



prognostications of, 181. 



Halos (crowns), round sun and moon, 12, 14, 34, 41. 

 Hannibal, no, 209. Famous Carthaginian general in Second 



Punic War, 219-201 B.C. 

 Happiness, how to be gained, 5, 266. 

 Heavenly bodies, influence of, on rivers, 141 ; on weather, 275 ; 



apparent retrogression of some, 299. 

 Heavens, extent of the, 7 ; contemplation of the starry, 271 ; 



divisions of the, 210; supposed by Artemidorus to be a 



solid vault, 286. 

 Helice and Buris (or Bura), 254, 257, 259, 267, 276, 



277, 289. Towns in Achaia swallowed by earthquake 



373 B.C 

 Heracleotic (mouth of the Nile), 171. Most westerly and 



largest, not far from Alexandria. 

 a Heraclitus, 100. Ancient representative of pessimism, "the 



weeping philosopher," of Ephesus, toward end of 



sixth century B.C. 

 Herculaneum, 221 (2), 259. 

 a Homer, 258. 

 Horizon, 211. 

 Hostius Quadra, 42. Unknown save for Seneca's unfortunate 



mention of him. 

 Hydissus, 132. Orthography of this Carian town is uncertain ; 



Gercke reads Idumus. 

 Hydraulic organs, 56. 



lapygian (Wind), 211. 



Ice, 140. 



India, 7, 212, 215. 



Intermittent action, 128. 



Iron, discovery of, 45 ; money made of, 46. 



Islands, floating, 139. 



Ister (or Hister), a name of the Danube, which see. 



Italy, no, 117, 133, 212, 261, 262 (adj.), 263. 



Junior; see Lucilius, 168. 



Jupiter (Jove), temple of, in African desert (Ammon), 78; 



