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plint's natural histoet. 
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though it is equally certain that they do sleep. Eut we must 
now pass on to a description of the insects. 
SuMMAEY. — Eemarkable facts, narratives, and observations, 
seven hundred and ninety-three. 
Roman authors quoted. — Manilius,^^ Cornelius Valerianus,''^ 
the Acta Triumphorum,'^^ Umbricius Melior,'^^ Massurius Sabi- 
nus,'^ Antistius Labeo,*^* Trogus,"^^ Cremutius,'^^ M. Varro,'''' 
• Macer ^milius,^^ Melissus,*^^ Mucianus,^ T^epos,®^ Fabius 
Pictor,^^ T. Lucretius, Cornelius Celsus,^^ Horace,^^ Deculo,^^ 
Hyginus,®"^ the Sasernae,®^ Nigidius,^^ Mamilius Sura.^ 
FoEEiGN AUTHOES QUOTED. — Homcr, Phcmonoe,^^ Phile- 
M. Manilius, mentioned in c. 2. Nothing certain is known of him, 
but by some he is supposed to have been the senator and jurisconsult of 
that name, contemporary with the younger Scipio. The astronomical poem 
which goes under his name was probably written at a much later period. 
^0 See end of B. iii. See end of B. v. 
A famous soothsayer, who predicted to Galba, as we learn from 
Tacitus, the dangers to which he was about to be exposed. He wrote on 
the science of Divination, as practised by the Etruscans. 
''^ See end of B. vii. 
'^^ A Roman legislator, proconsul of Gallia Narbonensis, and long a 
favourite of Augustus. According to Aulus Gellius, his works were very 
numerous. He also wrote a treatise on the Etruscan divination. 
''^ Trogus Pompeius. See end of B. vii. 
S2 He was the most ancient writer of Roman history in prose. His history, 
which was written in Greek, is supposed to have commenced with the arrival 
of ^neas in Italy, and to have come down to his own time. He was sent 
by the Romans to consult the oracle at Delphi, after the battle of Cannae. 
^3 The famous poet and writer on the Epicurean philosophy. He was 
born B.C. 98, and slew himself B.C. 54. See end of B. vii. 
Q. Horatius Flaccus, one of the greatest Roman poets. 
Nothing is known of this writer ; indeed, the correct reading is a 
matter of doubt. ^'^ See end of B. iii. 
Father and son, who wrote treatises on agriculture, as we learn from 
90 A writer on agriculture, mentioned by Columella. 
91 A priestess of Delphi, said to have been the inventor of hexameter 
verse. Servius identifies her with the Cumaean Sibyl. Pliny quotes from 
her in c. 8, probably from some work on augury attributed to her. A 
work in MS. entitled Orneosophium," or Wisdom of Birds," is attri- 
buted to Phemonoe. She is said to have been the first to pronounce the 
celebrated VvatOi aiavrbvy commonly attributed to Thales. 
'6 See end of B. vii. 
'^^ See end of B. ix. 
^0 See end of B. ii. 
'^'^ See end of B, ii. 
See end of B. vii. 
81 See end of B. ii. 
Columella. 
89 See end of B. vi. 
