3461De Lapidibus.
3461De Lapidibus.
3462He alludes to petrified shells, most probably.
3462He alludes to petrified shells, most probably.
3463“Phaleræ.” See B. vii. c. 2, and B. xxxiii. c.6.
3463“Phaleræ.” See B. vii. c. 2, and B. xxxiii. c.6.
3464“Nature;”i.e.“works of Nature.”
3464“Nature;”i.e.“works of Nature.”
3465“Lenticula.” Like a lentil in shape.
3465“Lenticula.” Like a lentil in shape.
3466Substituting garnets for rubies, as an illustration.
3466Substituting garnets for rubies, as an illustration.
3467“Minium.” See Chapter23of this Book.
3467“Minium.” See Chapter23of this Book.
3468Lest the deception should be commonly practised. Seneca, Epist. 19, mentions one Democritus, who had discovered the art of making artificial Emeralds. See further on this subject, Beckmann, Hist. Inv. Vol. 1. p. 124.Bohn’s Edition.
3468Lest the deception should be commonly practised. Seneca, Epist. 19, mentions one Democritus, who had discovered the art of making artificial Emeralds. See further on this subject, Beckmann, Hist. Inv. Vol. 1. p. 124.Bohn’s Edition.
3469Ten in the morning.
3469Ten in the morning.
3470See Chapters18and20.
3470See Chapters18and20.
3471We can only guess at the meaning of this passage, as it is acknowledgedly corrupt.
3471We can only guess at the meaning of this passage, as it is acknowledgedly corrupt.
3472Our Obsidian. See B. xxxvi. c.67, and Chapter65of this Book.
3472Our Obsidian. See B. xxxvi. c.67, and Chapter65of this Book.
3473See Chapter15of this Book. Ajasson thinks that he has here confounded two different substances, powdered emery and diamond dust.
3473See Chapter15of this Book. Ajasson thinks that he has here confounded two different substances, powdered emery and diamond dust.
3474See B. iv. c. 26.
3474See B. iv. c. 26.
3475“Trigariis.” “Three-horse chariot races,” literally. See B. xxviii. c. 72, and B. xxix. c. 5.
3475“Trigariis.” “Three-horse chariot races,” literally. See B. xxviii. c. 72, and B. xxix. c. 5.
3476It having been in recent times declared unlawful to work them, as he has already informed us.
3476It having been in recent times declared unlawful to work them, as he has already informed us.
3477“Quacunque ambitur mari.” With these words the Natural History of Pliny terminates in all the former editions. M. Ian was the first among the learned to express a suspicion that the proper termination of the work was wanting; an opinion in which Sillig coincided, and which was happily confirmed, in the course of time, by the discovery of the Bamberg MS., the only copy of the Natural History (or rather the last Six Books) in which the concluding part of this Chapter has been found.
3477“Quacunque ambitur mari.” With these words the Natural History of Pliny terminates in all the former editions. M. Ian was the first among the learned to express a suspicion that the proper termination of the work was wanting; an opinion in which Sillig coincided, and which was happily confirmed, in the course of time, by the discovery of the Bamberg MS., the only copy of the Natural History (or rather the last Six Books) in which the concluding part of this Chapter has been found.
3478See B. xix. c. 7.
3478See B. xix. c. 7.
3479See B. xxxvi. c.45.
3479See B. xxxvi. c.45.
3480See Chapter15of this Book.
3480See Chapter15of this Book.
3481See Chapter16of this Book.
3481See Chapter16of this Book.
3482See Chapters7,8, and11of this Book.
3482See Chapters7,8, and11of this Book.
3483“Coccum.” See B. xvi. c. 12, and B. xxiv. c. 4.
3483“Coccum.” See B. xvi. c. 12, and B. xxiv. c. 4.
3484See B. xix. c. 15, and B. xxii. c. 49.
3484See B. xix. c. 15, and B. xxii. c. 49.
3485See B. xii. c. 26.
3485See B. xii. c. 26.
3486See B. vi. c. 20, and B. xii. c. 1.
3486See B. vi. c. 20, and B. xii. c. 1.
3487See B. xiii. c. 29, and B. xv. c. 7.
3487See B. xiii. c. 29, and B. xv. c. 7.
3488See B. xii. c. 42.
3488See B. xii. c. 42.
3489See B. xii. c. 43.
3489See B. xii. c. 43.
3490See B. xii. c. 28.
3490See B. xii. c. 28.
3491See Chapter11of this Book.
3491See Chapter11of this Book.
3492See B. xii, c. 54.
3492See B. xii, c. 54.
3493See B. xii. c. 33.
3493See B. xii. c. 33.
3494See B. xii. c. 30.
3494See B. xii. c. 30.
3495See B. xii. c. 25.
3495See B. xii. c. 25.
3496See B. xxxiv. c.41.
3496See B. xxxiv. c.41.
3497In B. xii. c. 37, and B. xxvi. c. 30.
3497In B. xii. c. 37, and B. xxvi. c. 30.
3498See B. ix. cc. 60, 61.
3498See B. ix. cc. 60, 61.
3499See B. x. c. 28, and B. xxix. c. 13.
3499See B. x. c. 28, and B. xxix. c. 13.
3500“Numeris omnibus.”
3500“Numeris omnibus.”
3501Bernhardy,Grundriss d. Röm. Lit.p. 644, has expressed an opinion that there is still some deficiency after the concluding words, “tuis fave;” notwithstanding the comparative completeness of the restored text as given by the Bamberg MS.
3501Bernhardy,Grundriss d. Röm. Lit.p. 644, has expressed an opinion that there is still some deficiency after the concluding words, “tuis fave;” notwithstanding the comparative completeness of the restored text as given by the Bamberg MS.
3502See end of B. ii.
3502See end of B. ii.
3503See end of B. v.
3503See end of B. v.
3504See end of B. ix.
3504See end of B. ix.
3505See end of B.xxxii.
3505See end of B.xxxii.
3506See end of B. xvi.
3506See end of B. xvi.
3507See end of B. v.
3507See end of B. v.
3508See end of B.xxxiii.
3508See end of B.xxxiii.
3509See end of B.xxxvi.
3509See end of B.xxxvi.
3510See end of B. x.
3510See end of B. x.
3511A Dithyrambic poet, a native of Cythera, or, according to some, of Heraclea in Pontus. During the latter part of his life he resided at the court of the younger Dionysius, tyrant of Sicily, and diedB.C.380, at the age of 55. Of his poems, only a few fragments are left.
3511A Dithyrambic poet, a native of Cythera, or, according to some, of Heraclea in Pontus. During the latter part of his life he resided at the court of the younger Dionysius, tyrant of Sicily, and diedB.C.380, at the age of 55. Of his poems, only a few fragments are left.
3512One of the great Tragic Poets of Greece, born at SalamisB.C.480. Of his Tragedies, eighteen are still extant, out of seventy-five, or, according to some accounts, ninety-two, which he originally wrote.
3512One of the great Tragic Poets of Greece, born at SalamisB.C.480. Of his Tragedies, eighteen are still extant, out of seventy-five, or, according to some accounts, ninety-two, which he originally wrote.
3513See end of B. viii.
3513See end of B. viii.
3514Nothing positive seems to be known of this author, who is mentioned in Chapters11,24, and25of the present Book as having written on Precious Stones. It is possible that he may have been the architect mentioned in B. xxxvi. c.14. Hardouin would identify him with a Comic writer of Olynthus, of this name.
3514Nothing positive seems to be known of this author, who is mentioned in Chapters11,24, and25of the present Book as having written on Precious Stones. It is possible that he may have been the architect mentioned in B. xxxvi. c.14. Hardouin would identify him with a Comic writer of Olynthus, of this name.
3515See end of B. iii.
3515See end of B. iii.
3516See end of B. xii.
3516See end of B. xii.
3517See end of B. x.
3517See end of B. x.
3518A Roman senator, who wrote a work on Fishing, in 26 Books, one on Hydromancy or aquatic divination, and other works connected with history. It is probably from a work of his, “On Rivers,” that Plutarch quotes. See Chapters11and23of the present Book.
3518A Roman senator, who wrote a work on Fishing, in 26 Books, one on Hydromancy or aquatic divination, and other works connected with history. It is probably from a work of his, “On Rivers,” that Plutarch quotes. See Chapters11and23of the present Book.
3519Author of a “Periplus,” and of a poem “on the Fabulous forms of Men,” both mentioned by Tzetzes. See Chapters11,23,24, and51of this Book.
3519Author of a “Periplus,” and of a poem “on the Fabulous forms of Men,” both mentioned by Tzetzes. See Chapters11,23,24, and51of this Book.
3520See end of Books iii. andxxxv.
3520See end of Books iii. andxxxv.
3521See end of B.xxxvi.
3521See end of B.xxxvi.
3522See end of B. ii.
3522See end of B. ii.
3523See end of B. iv.
3523See end of B. iv.
3524A writer on Stones, of this name, is also mentioned by Plutarch and Stobæus, but no further particulars are known of him. He is mentioned in Chapter11of this Book.
3524A writer on Stones, of this name, is also mentioned by Plutarch and Stobæus, but no further particulars are known of him. He is mentioned in Chapter11of this Book.
3525Mentioned also in Chapter11of this Book. A person of this name is quoted by the Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius as the author of a work on Libya; from which he is supposed to have been a native of Africa.
3525Mentioned also in Chapter11of this Book. A person of this name is quoted by the Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius as the author of a work on Libya; from which he is supposed to have been a native of Africa.
3526Beyond the mention made of him in Chapter11of this Book, as a contemporary of Pliny, no further particulars are known.
3526Beyond the mention made of him in Chapter11of this Book, as a contemporary of Pliny, no further particulars are known.
3527A native of Patara in Lycia, who wrote a Description of the Earth, and a collection of the Oracles given at Delphi. See Chapter11of this Book.
3527A native of Patara in Lycia, who wrote a Description of the Earth, and a collection of the Oracles given at Delphi. See Chapter11of this Book.
3528Beyond the mention made of him in Chapter11of this Book, nothing relative to this writer seems to be known.
3528Beyond the mention made of him in Chapter11of this Book, nothing relative to this writer seems to be known.
3529See end of B. ii.
3529See end of B. ii.
3530Mithridates VI., Eupator, or Dionysus, King of Pontus, and the great adversary of the Romans, commonly known as Mithridates the Great. His notes and Memoirs were brought to Rome by Pompey, who had them translated into Latin by his freedman Pompeius Lenæus. See end of B. xiv.: also B. vii. c. 24, B. xxiii. c. 77, B. xxv. cc. 3, 27, 79, B. xxxiii. c.54, and Chapters5and11of the present Book.
3530Mithridates VI., Eupator, or Dionysus, King of Pontus, and the great adversary of the Romans, commonly known as Mithridates the Great. His notes and Memoirs were brought to Rome by Pompey, who had them translated into Latin by his freedman Pompeius Lenæus. See end of B. xiv.: also B. vii. c. 24, B. xxiii. c. 77, B. xxv. cc. 3, 27, 79, B. xxxiii. c.54, and Chapters5and11of the present Book.
3531See end of B. xxi.
3531See end of B. xxi.
3532See end of B. viii.
3532See end of B. viii.
3533From the mention made of him in Chapters12and25of this Book, we may conclude that he was a writer on Precious Stones.
3533From the mention made of him in Chapters12and25of this Book, we may conclude that he was a writer on Precious Stones.
3534See end of B. ii.
3534See end of B. ii.
3535From the mention of him in Chapters23and28of this Book, he appears to have been a writer on Precious Stones.
3535From the mention of him in Chapters23and28of this Book, he appears to have been a writer on Precious Stones.
3536Probably the physician of Miletus, sometimes called Olympiacus, who, according to Galen, belonged to the sect of the Methodici, and lived in the first century after Christ. Galen speaks of him as “a frivolous person.”
3536Probably the physician of Miletus, sometimes called Olympiacus, who, according to Galen, belonged to the sect of the Methodici, and lived in the first century after Christ. Galen speaks of him as “a frivolous person.”
3537See Cornelius Alexander, end of B. iii.
3537See Cornelius Alexander, end of B. iii.
3538See end of B. xxx.
3538See end of B. xxx.
3539See end of B. xxix.
3539See end of B. xxix.
3540See end of B. xviii.
3540See end of B. xviii.
3541A native of Babylon, mentioned in Chapter60of this Book, as having dedicated a work, on Precious Stones, to King Mithridates.
3541A native of Babylon, mentioned in Chapter60of this Book, as having dedicated a work, on Precious Stones, to King Mithridates.