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of, the highest pursuit, 230; power of variation in, 301 ; in- 

 exhaustibility of, 306; still most imperfectly known, 306. 



Naval wars denounced, 213. 



Nebaioth, 208. An Arabian people, put for East in general. 

 Latin form is Nabataei. 



Neptune (Earthshaker), 255. 



a Nero Caesar, 25, 235, 290, 294 ; probably referred to, though 

 not named, 90 (last two sentences). 



Nicopolis, 259. City in W. of Greece at entrance to Ambracian 

 Gulf. The word means " city of victory," something like 

 our oft-recurrent "Victoria." 



Nile, unusual character of, 114, 135, 166; physiological effect 

 of water of, 140; rise of, 141, 167, 169, 172; course 

 of, 168, 170, 233; cataracts of, 168; mode of descent 

 of, 169; delta of, 170, 171; canalisation of, 170; 

 deposit of, 170, 258; inundation of, 171; supposed 

 underground supply of, 235; Nero's expedition to the, 

 235 ; transport of sediment by, 258. 



Nonacris, 137. Town in Arcadia. 



Notus (Wind), 209. 



Nuceria, 221. Town in Campania. 



Ocean, 6 (2), 112, 119, 135, 143, 153, 155, 231, 254 (2), 266. 

 a Oenopides (of Chios), 175. Mathematician and astronomer, 



probably contemporary of Anaxagoras, fifth century B.C. 

 Olympic, 142 (2). Olympia was in Elis. 

 Olympus, 257. High mountain in Thessaly, Northern 



Greece. 



Omens, arranged by Providence, 80; from lightning, 82. 

 Organs (hydraulic), 56. 



Ossa, 257. Mountain in Thessaly, Northern Greece. 

 Ostia, 41. Town at mouth of Tiber; port of Rome. 

 a Ovid, 114, 133, 148, 165, 168. Latin poet, 43 B.c.-i8. 



Parhelia, 35. 



Pamphylia, 211. District on S. of Asia Minor. 

 a Panaetius, 304. Stoic philosopher of Rhodes, friend of 



Laelius and the younger Scipio Africanus ; died 1 1 1 B.C. 

 Paphos, 259. Town on W. of Cyprus. 

 Parium, 22. Town in Mysia on N.W. of Asia Minor. 

 Parthians, 5, 215. 

 Paterculus, 303. His consulship is said to have been in the 



year 60. 



Patras, 257. Town at entrance of Gulf of Corinth. 

 Paulus, 9. L. Aemilius P., consul 181 and 168 B.C. 



