L I N 
This laft perfonage and Orpheus feem to have been the 
moll ancient poets and nnificians of Greece; hut to de¬ 
termine whether Linus was the mailer of Orpheus, or Or¬ 
pheus of Linus, would be as vain to attempt as difficult 
to accomplilh. All that can be done at this diftance of 
time, is to compare the opinions of ancient writers upon 
the fubjeft, and to incline to the molt numerous and re- 
fpetflable evidence; and, in purfuing this method, it ap¬ 
pears that the majority are in favour of the fuperior anti¬ 
quity of Linus. No teltimony places him in a more re¬ 
mote period, or does more honour to his memory, than 
that of Herodotus; who tells us (Euterp.) “that, among 
other memorable cuftoms, the Egyptians fing the fong of 
Linus, like that which is iun-g by the Phoenicians, Cypri¬ 
ans, and other nations, who vary the name according to 
the different languages they (peak. But the perfon they 
honour in this fong, is evidently the fame that the Gre¬ 
cians celebrate; and, as I coniel's my furprife at many 
things I found among the Egyptians, fo I more particu¬ 
larly wonder whence they had this knowledge of Linus, 
becaufe they feem to have celebrated him from time im¬ 
memorial. The Egyptians call him by the name of 
Mancrcs , and fay he was the only fon of the firlt of their 
kings ; but, dying an untimely death in the flower of 
his age, he is lamented by the Egyptians in this mourn¬ 
ing fong, which is the only compolition of the kind ufed 
in Egypt.” 
According to archbilhop UTner, Linus flouriflied about 
1280 years before Chrilt; and he is mentioned by Eufebius 
(Praep. Evang.) among the poets who wrote before the 
time of Moles. Diodorus Siculus, who is very diftufe in 
his account of Linus, (lib. iii. cap. 85.) tells us, from Dio- 
nyfius of Mitylene the hiitorian, who was contemporary 
with Cicero, that Linus was the firft among the Greeks 
who invented verfe and mufic, as Cadmus firft taught 
them the ufe of letters. The fame writer likewife attri¬ 
butes to him an account of the exploits of the firft Bac¬ 
chus, and a treatife upon Greek mythology, written 
in Peiafgian characters, which were alfo thole ufed by 
Orpheus, and by Pronapides, the preceptor of Homer. 
Diodorus fays, likewife, that he added the ltring lichanos 
to the Mercurian lyre; and gives to him the invention of 
rhythm and melody, which Suidas, who regards him as 
the moll ancient of lyric poets, confirms. He is faid by 
many ancient writers to have had feveral difciples of great 
renown, among whom were Hercules, Thamyris, and, ac¬ 
cording to fome, Orpheus. Hercules, fays Diodorus, in 
learning of Linus to play upon the lyre, being extremely 
dull and obftinate, provoked his mailer to llrike him, 
which fo enraged the young hero, that inllantly feizing 
the lyre of the mulician, he beat out his brains with his 
own inftrument; though others fay he was killed by 
Apollo, for prefuming to rival him in mufic. 
With refpefl to the dirges, which Plutarch, from He- 
raclides of Pontus, mentions as written by Linus, we find 
no account of them in any other ancient author. It ap¬ 
pears, however, that his death has given birth to many 
longs of that kind, which have been compofed in honour 
of his memory. A feltival was likewife inftituted by the 
name of Linia, for the celebration of his virtues; and fo 
numerous were his inventions, and various the periods 
and places in which different authors fix them, that fome 
have tried to reconcile thefe jarring accounts, by fuppof- 
ing that there were three feveral illuftrious nerfonages of 
that name; a fuppofition which we fliall not pretend ei¬ 
ther to affirm or deny. 
Homer (lib. xviii. ver. 569.) has paid a tribute to the 
memory of Linus, in his defcription of the Ihield of 
Achilles: 
To tlvefe a youth awakes the warbling firings, 
Whofe tender lay the fate of Linus fings; 
In meafur’d dance-behind him move the train, 
Tune loft the voice, and anfvver to the ftrain. 
Pope, in his note on this paffage, fays, from Raufanias, 
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that, “before the yearly facrifice to the mufes on Mount 
Helicon, the obfequies of Linus were performed, who had 
a ltatue and altar erefted to him in' that place. Homer 
alludes to that cuftom in this palfage, and was doubtlefs 
fond of paying this refpect to the old father of poetry.” 
LI'NUS, fuppofed to be the firlt biftiop of Rome, was 
born at Volterra, in Tufcany. According to Irenarus, 
he received his bilhopric from the hands of the apoltles 
Peter and Paul, which he is fuppofed to have retained 
twelve years. He is mentioned by St. Paul in the Second 
Epiftle to Timothy ; and is faid, by fome writers, to have 
been the ion of Ciaudia, who is mentioned at the fame 
time. Nothing more is known of him which can be re¬ 
lied on, though it has been laid that he tellified to the 
truth of his principles by fuffering martyrdom ; and two 
letters in the fecond volume of the Biblioth. Patr. have 
been aferibed to him : but there is no good authority for 
thefe faffs. 
LIN'ZA , f . in botany. See Ulva. 
LPO, a lake of Thibet, about thirty miles in circum° 
ference. Lat. 31.22. N. Ion. 86. 34. E. 
LFOI-KPA-LANC-TSA', a town of Thibet: 100 
fifties fouth-fouth-ealt of Lafla. Lat. 28. 8. N. Ion. 92. 
44. E. 
LI'OI-POU', a lake of Thibet, about thirty miles in 
circumference. Lat. 34. 27. N. Ion. 90. 34. E. 
LIO'MER, a town of France, in the department of the 
Somme: eighteen miles weft of Amiens. 
LI'ON, J. [lion, Fr. leo, Lat.] The fierceft and molt 
magnanimous of four-footed beads. See Felis, vol. viL 
•—The fphinx, a famous monfter in Egypt, had the face 
of a virgin, and the body of a lion. Peackam on Drawing. 
Each with their kind, lion with lionefs; 
So fitly them in pairs thou haft combin’d. Milton . 
A fign of the zodiac. See Leo : 
The lion for the honours of his Ikin, 
Tiie fqueezing crab, and Hinging icorpion, Ihine 
For aiding heav’n, when giants dar’d to brave 
The threatened ftars. Creech's Manillas, 
The lion is the conftant companion of Britannia, as a na¬ 
tional fymbol of ftrength, courage, and generality. In 
ancient gems, in paintings, and llatuary, the lion’s lkin 
is the attribute of Hercules. In fcriptural compofitions, 
he is painted at the fide of the evangelift St. Mark; and 
holds the fifth place among the figns of the zodiac, an- 
fwering to the months of July and Auguft. 
LI'ON, a river of Scotland, in Perthlhire, on the nor¬ 
thern extremity of Loch Tay, which runs into the Tay: 
the valley through which it pafles is called Glen Lion. 
LI'ON d’ANGE'RS, a town of France, in the depart¬ 
ment of the Mayne and Loire: fix miles fouth-eall oi" Se- 
gre, and ten north-north-weft of Angers. Lat. 47. 37. N. 
Ion. o. 39. W. 
LI'ON CO'VE, a fmall bay in the Straits of Magellan, 
furrounded by rocks. The water is deep, but the ground 
is good. It is not a bad place for one lhip, nor a good 
one for two. Here is a good watering up a fmall creek, 
but no wood. There is good landing at the watering- 
place, but no where elfe; no refrefiiments are found but 
a few mufcles, limpets, and rock-filh, with a little celery, 
Lat. 53. 26. S. Ion. 74. 25. W. 
LI'ON’s FOOT, in botany. See Catananche, voL 
iii. p. 897. 
LI'ON-KEARTED, adj . Bold as a lion: 
See lion-hearted Richard, 
Pioufly valiant, like a torrent fvvell’d 
With wintry tempells, that difdains all mounds. 
Breaking away impetuous, and involves 
Within its fweep trees, houfes, men, he prefs’d, 
Amidft the thiclceft battle. Philips<, 
LI'ON’s LEAF. See 'Leontice. 
H'ON-LIKE, adj. Valorous,—King Richard’s firname 
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