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riffied in the attempt, till Hippomenes the fon of Macareus 
propofed as her admirer. Venus had prefented him with 
three golden apples from the garden of the Hefperides, or, 
according to others, from an orchard in Cyprus; and, as 
fooivas he had darted in the courfe, he artfully threw 
down the apples at fome didance one from the other. 
While Atalanta, charmed at the light, dopped to gather 
the apples, Hippot*enes hadened on his courfe, arrived 
fird at the goal, and obtained Atalanta in marriage. Thefe 
two fond lovers, in the impatience of confummating their 
nuptials, entered the temple of Cybele; and the goddefs 
was fo offended at their impiety, and at the profanation of 
her houfe,- that (he changed them into two lions. Apol- 
lodorus fays, that Atalanta’s father was defirous of railing 
a male ilTue, and that therefore fhe was expofed to wild 
beads as foon as born. She was however fuckled by a 
fhe-bear, and preferved by fhepherds. She dedicated her 
time to hunting, and refolved to live in celibacy. She 
killed two centaurs who attempted her virtue. She was 
prefent at the hunting of the Calydonian boar, which die 
fird wounded, and die received the head as a prefent from 
Meleager, who was enamoured of her. She was alfo at 
the games indituted in honour of Pelias, where (lie con¬ 
quered Peleus; and when her father, to whom fhe had 
been redored, widied her to marry, die confented to give 
herfelf to him who could overcome her in running, as has 
been faid above. ,She had a fon called Parthenopaeus, by 
Hippomenes. Hyginus fays, that that fon was the fruit 
of her love with Meleager; and Apollodorus fays, fhe had 
him by Milanion; or, according to others, by Mars. 
ATALAN’TIS, Atlan'tica, or Atlan'tis. See 
Atlantis. 
ATALA'YA, a town of Portugal, in the province of 
Edremadura, containing about two hundred inhabitants, 
with one parifh. It is defended by a fortrefs on an emi¬ 
nence difficult of accefs: two leagues Couth of Tomar. 
ATAMARAM',/ in botany. See Annona. 
ATAMAS'CO LI'LY. See Amaryllis. 
ATARAX'I A, or At'araxy, 71 [a priv. and ?, 
perturbation.] Exemption from vexation; tranquillity.— 
The fceptics affected an indifferent equiponderous neutra¬ 
lity, as the only means to their ataraxia, and freedom from 
paffionate didurbances. Glanville. 
ATARGA'TIS FA'NUM, the temple of a goddefs 
worfhipped by the Syrians and Parthians, having the face 
of a woman and tail of a fifli, and called Derceto by the 
Greeks. Her temple dood in the city Bambyce, called 
afterwards Hierapolis. It was extremely rich, infomuch 
that Craffus, in his march againft the Parthians, fpent fe- 
veral days in weighing the treafure. Vodius makes the 
name of this goddefs Phoenician, from addir dag , “ the 
great fifh.” 
ATARNE'A, an ancient town of Myfia, dtuated be¬ 
tween Adrymittium and Pitane, remarkable for the mar¬ 
riage of Aridotle with the lider or concubine of the ty¬ 
rant Hermias ; alfo for the dotage of that philofopher. 
ATAX'IR,y. [“nytss* Arab.] A tenefmus; adifeafe.of 
the eye. 
AT AXO'R A, a town of Spain, in Navarre, four leagues 
from Olita. 
AT'AXY ,f. [ataxia , Lat. of «ra|ta, Gr.] The want 
of order. With phydcians, it fignides irregularity of cri- 
fes and paroxyfms of fevers. 
ATCH AIR'SKOI, a fortrefs of Siberia, on the Irtich, 
twenty-eight miles fouth-ead of Omlk. 
AT'CHE,y in commerce, a fmall filver coin ufed in 
Turkey, and worth only one-third of the Englifh penny. 
AT'CHINSK, a town of Siberia, on the Tchulim, 424 
miles ead-fouth-ead of Tobolfk. Lat. 56. 20. N. Ion. 
107. 20. E. Ferro. 
A'TE, the goddefs of all evil, and daughter of Jupi¬ 
ter. She raifed fuch jealoufy and ('edition in heaven among 
the gods, that Jupiter dragged her away by the hair, and 
baniflied her for ever from heaven, and fent her to dwell 
on earth, where die incited mankind to wickednefs, and 
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Cowed commotions among them. Homer. She is the fame 
as the Difcord of the Latins. 
Ate, the preterite of eat. See To Eat. —Even our 
fird parents ate themfelves out of Paradife; and Job’s 
children junketted and feaded together often. South. 
ATE'CA, a town of Spain, in the country of Arra- 
gon, on the river Xalon: two leagues above Calatiaud. 
ATEC'NIA,y. [from a neg. and tix.tw, to bring forth.] 
Venereal impotency; inability to procreate children. 
ATE'GAR, y [of aelon, Sax. to ding or throw.] A 
weapon, a fort of hand-dart. 
ATEGU'A, or At'tegua, anciently a town of Spain, 
placed by fome in the road from Antiquara, now Ante- 
quera, to Hifpalis, or Seville ; by others near Alcala Real; 
which lad is. the more probable fituation, becaufe the Flu- 
men Salfum, now the Salado, was in its neighbourhood. 
Now Tcbala Vicja, or Teivela. 
ATEL'LA, an ancient town of Campania, in Italy, be¬ 
tween Capua and Naples. From this town the Atellanee 
fabulce , or Atellani ludi, took their name. Thefe were al¬ 
fo called O/ci, from their inventor, in whole territory 
Atella lay. They were generally a fpecies of farce, in¬ 
terlarded with much ribaldry and buffoonery;»4|td fome- 
times were exordia or interludes prefented between the 
adts of other plays. The adtors in thefe farces were not 
reckoned among the common players, nor deemed infa¬ 
mous ; but retained the rights of their tribe, and might 
be lided for foldiers, the privilege only of free men. i he 
ruins of this town are dill to be feen about eleven miles 
from the modern Averfa,which was built out of its materials. 
ATELLA'R A, or Atei.la'ri, a river of Sicily, which 
runs into the fea between Syracufe and Cape Paffaro. 
A TEM'PO GIUS'TO,/. in mufic, dignifies to fing or 
play in an equal, true, and jud, time. 
ATE'NA, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, 
dtuated on the river Negro, in the Principato Citra: ten 
miles wed of Marfico Novo. 
AT'ENES, y. [from a. neg. and to extend.] Ri¬ 
gid, fixed, firm. 
ATER AM'Nl A,y [from « neg. and to break in 
pieces.] Difficulty of concodtion or digedion. 
ATE'RES,y [from araw, to hurt. ] Noxious, hurtful. 
ATERGA'TIS, in mythology, a goddefs of the Sy¬ 
rians, fuppofed to be the mother of Semiramis. She was 
reprefented with the face and breads of a woman, but the 
red of her body refembled a fidi. Voffius fays, the term 
dignifies without JiJh, and conjedtures that the votaries of 
this deity abdained from fifh. 
ATER'NUM, a towm of Lucania in Italy, now Atervi. 
Alfo a town in the territory of the Piceni, now Pcfcata, 
a port-town of Naples, dtuated on the Adriatic. Lat. 42, 
30. N. Ion. 15. 25. E. 
ATES'TE, anciently a town in the territory of Venice, 
now called EJle. 
AT'FICH, or Et'fih, a town of Egypt, on the cud 
coaft of the Nile, and chief place of a didridt; thirty-five 
miles dmth of Cairo. Lat. 29. 28. N. Ion.48. 54.E.Ferro. 
ATH, a fmall but populous city of Hainault, (ituated 
on the river Dendre, yielded to France by the treaty of 
Aix-la-Chapelle in 1668, and then fortified by Vauban; 
but redored to the Spaniards by the treaty of Nimeguen, 
in 1678. The French laid dege to it in May, 1697, under 
the command of marefchal Catinat, and, thirteen days af¬ 
ter the trenches were opened, the town furrendered ; but 
the fame year was redored to Spain. September 16, 1706, 
• the allied army inveded the place, under the command of 
field-marffial Owerkercke, with fixty-four pieces of can¬ 
non, and forty-two mortars. On the fird of October, the 
•governor, cointe de St. Pierre, was obliged to capitulate, 
and with his troops furrender pri(oners ot war, being con¬ 
ducted to Bergen-op-Zoom and Breda. The Dutch re¬ 
mained in poffeffion till the year 1716, when it was given 
up to the emperor. It is nine miles north-wed of Mons, 
and forty-one cad of Tournay. Lat. 30. 37. N. Ion. 21. 
22t E, Ferro* 
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