498 . flint's U'ATUEAL HISTOEY. [Book V. 



PoEEiGH^ AuTHOKS QUOTED. — King Juba^ Hecataeus* 

 Hellanicus^, Damastes^, Dicsearchus^, Baeton'', Timosthenes', 

 Philonides^, Zenagoras^, Astynomus'", Staphylus^\ Aris- 

 toteles^^, Aristocritus^^, Dionysius", Epliorus^^ Eratos- 

 thenes^®, Hipparclms^^, Pansetius'^, Serapion^^ of Antioch, 

 CaUimaehus^", Agatliocles2\ Polybius'^^ Timjeus^' the 

 mathematician, Herodotus'", Myrsilus^^, Alexander Poly- 

 histor^^, Metrodorus^^, Posidonius^^, who wrote the Peri- 

 plus and the Periegesis, Sotades^^, Periander^", Aristar- 



1 Jnba II., king oi Mauritania. After the defeat of his father at 

 Thapsus, he was carried a prisoner to Rome, though quite a child, and 

 compelled to grace the conqueror's triumph. Augustus Csesar after- 

 wards restored to him his kingdom, and gave him in marriage Cleopatra, 

 or Selene, the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. To his literary pur- 

 suits he is chiefly indebted for his reputation. His works are continually 

 quoted by Pliny, who regards his authority with tlie utmost deference. 

 Among his numerous works he seems to have written a History of 

 Africa, Assyria, Arabia, and Rome; as also Treatises on the Stage, 

 Music, Grammar, and Painting. 2 Qf Miletus. See end of B. iv. 



3 See end of B. iv. ■♦ See end of B. iv. * See end of B. ii. 



^ He was employed by Alexander the Great in measuring distances in 

 his marches. He wrote a work upon this subject, entitled, " Distances 

 of the Marches of Alexander." 7 See end of B. iv. 



8 See end of B. iv. • See end of B. iv. 



10 See end of B. iv. " See end of B. iv. 



12 See end of B. ii. " See end of B. iv. 



14 Of Chalcis. See end of B. iv. '^ gee end of B. iv. 



15 See end of B. ii. ■'" See end of B. ii. 



13 Of Rhodes, the friend of P. Scipio jEmUianus and Lselius. He was 

 the head of the Stoic School at Athens, where he died. His principal 

 work was a Treatise on Moral Duties, which served as a model for Cicero 

 in the composition of his work, " De Officiis." He also wrote a work on 

 t)ie philosophical sects. 



19 See end of B. ii. «> See end of B. iv. 



21 See end of B. iv. 22 gee end of B. iv. 



23 See end of B. ii. 24 g^e end of B. ii. 



■25 See end of B, iv. 26 ggg g^d of B. iii. 



27 See end of B. iii. 28 See end of B. ii. 



2^ There are four literary persons mentioned of this name. 1. An 

 Athenian comic poet of the middle comedy. 2. A native of Marongea, 

 in Thrace, or else of Crete, who wrote lascivious and abusive verses, and 

 was at last put to death by order of Ptolemy Philadelphus. He was the 

 inventor of the Sotadean verse, or Ionic a Majore, Tetrameter Brachyca- 

 talectic. 3. An Athenian Philosopher, who wrote a book on mysteries. 

 4. A Byzantine philosopher, of whom nothing whatever is known. 



^ There were two writers of this name, before the time of Pliny. 1. 



