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54 BC (search for this): book 10, chapter 98
anus,See end of B. ii. Nepos,See end of B. ii. Fabius Pictor,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 Æneas 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 Cannæ. T. Lucretius,See end of B. vii. Cornelius Celsus,The famous poet and writer on the Epicurean philosophy. He was born B.C. 98, and slew himself B.C. 54. Horace,Q. Horatius Flaccus, one of the greatest Roman poets. Deculo,Nothing is known of this writer; indeed, the correct reading is a matter of doubt. Hyginus,See end of B. iii. the Sasernæ,Father and son, who wrote treatises on agriculture, as we learn from Columella. Nigidius,See end of B. vi. Mamilius Sura.A writer on agriculture, mentioned by Columella. FOREIGN AUTHORS QUOTED.—Homer, Phemonoë,A priestess of Delphi, said to have been the inventor of hexameter verse. Servius identifies her<
40 BC (search for this): book 10, chapter 98
Priene, DionSee end of B. viii. of Colophon, Democritus,See end of B. ii. DiophanesSee end of B. viii. of Nicæa, EpigenesSee end of B. ii. of Rhodes, EuagonOf this writer nothing whatever seems to be known. of Thasos, EuphroniusSee end of B. viii. of Athens, Juba,See end of B. v. AndrotionSee end of B viii. who wrote on Agriculture, ÆschrionSee end of B. viii. who wrote on Agriculture, LysimachusSee end of B. viii. who wrote on Agriculture, DionysiusCassius Dionysius of Utica, flourished B.C. 40. He condensed the twenty-eight books of Mago into twenty, and dedicated them to the Roman prætor Sextilius. who translated Mago, DiophanesSee end of B. viii. who made an Epitome of Dionysius, Nicander,See end of B. viii. Onesicritus,See end of B. ii. Phylarchus,See end of B. vii. Hesiod.See end of B. vii. ERRATA IN VOL. I. Page vii. line 31, for Coisicius, read Cossicius. " xvii. " 15, for pepole, read people. " xviii. " 30, for Fabulosetas, read Fabulositas. " 378, " 20, f