Satires, Epistles and Ars Poetica

INDEX OF PROPER NAMES

The references are to books and lines in the Latin text. Abbreviations :
A.P. = Ars Poetica; E.= Epistles; S. = Satires or Sermones ; also adj.
adjective; al. =alius; fem. = feminine; plur. = plural; sing. = singular;
subst. = substantive.
ACADEMUS, an old Athenian hero. Roman setting, known

In a garden dedicated to him and togatae, E. ii. 1. 57
called Academia, Plato and his Africa, i.e. Africa Provincia, the

successors taught. E. ii. 2. 45 Roman province of Africa, S.
Accius, Roman tragic poet, born ii. 3. 87

170 B.C., S. i. 10. 53; E. ii. 1. 56; Agave, daughter of Cadmus, wife
A.P. 258

of Echion, king of Thebes, who
Achilles, hero of the Iliad, s, i. 7. in the madness of Bacchic rites

12; ii. 3. 193; E. ii. 2. 42; A.P. tore her son Pentheus to pieces,
120. See Pelides

S. ii. 3. 203
Achivi, the Greeks, s. ii. 3. 194; Agrippa, i.e. M. Vipsanius Agrippa,
E. i. 2. 14 ; ii. 1. 33

son-in-law of Augustus, aedile in
Actius, adj., of Actium, promon- 33 B.C., S. ii. 3. 185; erected the

tory and town of Greece on the Portico of Neptune in 27 B.C.,
Ambracian Gulf, where Octavius E. i. 6. 26; had estates in Sicily,
defeated Antony in 31 B.C., E. i. E. i. 12. 1; conquered the Can.
18. 61

tabri in 20-19 B.C., E. i. 12. 26
Aegaeus, adj., Aegean, applied to Aiax, Greek hero, son of Telamon,

the sea between Greece and Asia and brother of Teucer. In his
Minor, E. i. 11. 16

tragedy, the Ajax, Sophocles
Aemilius,udj., of Aemilius (Lepidus), represents Menelaus as forbid-

who, according to Porphyrio, ding Teucer to bury the dead hero.
set up a gladiatorial school, S. ii. 3. 187, 193, 201, 211
A.P. 32

Albanus, adj., Alban, associated
Aeneas, the Trojan hero, son of with the Alban hills, or the

Anchises and Venus, S. ii. 5. 63 Alban Mount (now Monte Cavo)
Aeschylus, Greek tragic poet, E. near Rome, S. ii. 4. 72; E. i. 7.
ii. 1. 163; A.P. 279

10; ii. 1. 27
Aesopus, Roman tragic actor, S. Albinovanus, i.e. Celsus Albino-
ii. 3. 239; E. ii. 1. 82

vanus, E. i. 8. 1. See Celsus
Aetna, the famous Mt. Etna in Albinus, probably a usurer, A.P. 327
Sicily, A.P. 465

Albius, (1) a man of expensive tastes,
Aetolus, adj., of Aetolia, in central S. i. 4. 28, 109; (2) the poet,
Greece, E. i. 18. 46

Albius Tibullus, E. i. 4. 1, possibly
Afer, adj., African, S. ii. 4. 58; son of (1)
ii. 8. 95

Albucius, a name from Lucilius,
Afranius, a writer of comedies with S. ii. 1. 48 ; ii. 2. 67

Alcaeus, Lesbian poet, E. i. 19. 29;

ii. 2. 99
Alcinous, king of Phaeacia and

host of Ulysses, E. i. 2. 28
Alcon, a Greek slave, S. ii. 8. 15
Alexander, i.e. Alexander the Great,

king of Macedon, E. ii. 1. 232, 241
Alfenus, a barber, who is said to

have become eminent in the law,

S. i. 3. 130
Allifanus, adj., of Allifae, a town

of Samnium, known for its
pottery, S. ii. 8. 39
Alpes, the Alps, S. ii. 5. 41
Alpinus, properly an adj., of the

Alps, a nickname given to M.
Furius Bibaculus, who wrote an
Aethiopis and a poem on Gaul, S. i.

10. 36. See also Furius
Amphion, son of Jupiter and

Antiope, mother of Zethus, and
famous player on the lyre. The
citadel of Thebes was built to the
accompaniment of his music. E,

i. 18. 41, 44; A.P. 391. See Zethus
Ancus, Ancus Marcius, fourth king

of Rome, E. i. 6. 27
Antenor, a Trojan chief, who pro-

posed to restore Helen to the

Greeks, E. i. 2. 9
Anticyra, a town in Phocis on the

Corinthian gulf, famous for its
hellebore, s. ii. 3. 83, 166, A.P.

300
Antiphates, king of the Laestry.

gones (Homer, Od. x. 100 f.), A.P.

145
Antonius, (1) Marcus Antonius,

the triumvir, S. i. 5. 33; (2)
Musa Antonius, a freedman and
physician, who cured Augustus
by cold - water treatment, E. i.

15. 3
Anxur, the old name of Terracina,

originally built at the top of a
hill, but later rebuilt on the

plain below, S. i. 5. 26
Anytus, one of the accusers of

Socrates, S. ii. 4. 3
Apella, a Jewish freedman, S. i. 5.

100
Apelles, a famous Greek painter,

E. ii. 1. 239
Apollo, the god, . i. 9. 78; ii. 5.

60; E. i. 3. 17; i. 16. 59; ii. 1.

216; A.P. 407
Appia (Via), Appian Way, S. i. 5. 6
Appius, i.e. Appius Claudius

Caecus, who in 312 B.c. built the
Appian Way and Aqueduct, E.
i. 6. 26; i. 18. 20. The Forum
Appi, 43 miles south of Rome, was
also named from him, s. i. 53.
The Appius mentioned in S. i. 6.
21 is perhaps Appius Claudius

Pulcher, who was censor in 50 B.C.
Apulia, a district of Italy, S. i. 5. 77
Apulus, adj., of Apulia, S. ii. 1.

34, 38
Aquarius, the water-bearer, a sign

of the Zodiac, S. i. 1. 36
Aquilo, the north wind, or the

North, S. ii. . 6. 25; ii. 8. 56;

A.P. 64
Aquinas, adj., of Aquinum, a town

of Latium, E. i. 10. 27
Arabs, an Arab, E. i. 6. 6; i. 7. 36
Arbuscula, an actress or mima,

celebrated in Cicero's time (Ad

Att. iv. 15), S. i. 10. 77
Archiacus, adj., of Archias, a maker

of furniture, E. i. 5. 1
Archilochus, Greek iambic poet,

flourished about 650 B.C., S. ii. 3.

12; E. i. 19. 25, 28 ; A.P. 79
Arellius, a rich neighbour of Horace,

S. ii. 6. 78
Argi, city of Argos, in the Pelopon.

nesus, often representative of
Greece in general, S. ii. 3. 132;

E. ii. 2. 128; A.P. 118
Aricia, a town sixteen miles south

of Rome, S. i. 5. 1
Aricinus, adj., of Aricia, E. ii. 2. 167
Aristarchus, a great Homeric critic,

flourished at Alexandria about

180 B.C.; A.P. 450
Aristippus, founder of the Cyrenaic

school of philosophy, S. ii. 3. 100;

E. i. 1. 18; i. 17. 14, 23
Aristius Fuscus, a friend of Horace,

S. i. 9. 61 ; i. 10. 83; E. i. 10. 1
Aristophanes, the most famous of

Attic writers of comedy, S. i. 4. 1
Armenius, adj., Armenian, E. i. 12.

27
Arrius, whose praenomen was Quin.

tus, and who gave a great funeral

entertainment, mentioned by
Cicero (In Vatinium, xii.), S. ii. 3.

86, 243
Asia, the province of Asia, in Asia

Minor, S. i. 7. 19, 24 ; E. i. 3, 5
Asina, cognomen of Vinius, E. i.

13. 8
Assyrius, adj., of Assyria, A.P. 118
Atabulus, a hot, dry wind, peculiar

to Apulia, the scirocco, S. i. 5. 78
Atacinus. See Varro
Athenae, Athens, S. i. 1. 64; ii. 7.

13; E. ii. 1. 213; ii, 2. 43, 81
Atreus, son of Pelops, murdered

the children of T'hyestes, his
brother, and served them as a

meal to their father, A.P. 186
Atrides, son of Atreus, Agamem.

non, S. ii. 3. 187; E. i. 2. 12;
Menelaus, E. i. 7. 43; plur. of

both sons, S. ii. 3. 203
Atta, i.e. T. Quintius Atta, a writer

of togatae, who died in 78 B.C.,

E. ii. 1. 79
Attalicus, adj., of Attalus, the

name of several kings of Pergamos.
The last of these left his enormous
wealth to the Roman people in

133 B.C., E. i. 11. 5
Atticus, adj., of Attica or Athens,

S. ii. 8. 13
Aufidius, perhaps M. Aufidius

Lurco, the first to fatten pea-
cocks for sale, according to Pliny

(N.H. x. 23. 20), S. ii. 4. 24
Aufidius Luscus, the “.

"praefectus
at Fundi, S. i. 5. 34
Aufidus, a river of Apulia, now

Ofanto, S. i. 1. 58
Augustus, imperial title of Octavius

Caesar, E. i. 3. 2, 7; i. 16. 29;

ii. 2. 48. See Caesar
Aulis, a town of Boeotia, whence

the Greeks sailed for Troy, s.

ii. 3. 199
Aulus, son of Oppidius, S. ii. 3. 171.

See Cascellius
Auster, the south wind, s, i. 1. 6;

ii. 2. 41; ii. 6. 18; ii. 8. 6; E, i.

11. 15
Avidienus, a miser, S. ii. 2. 55
Bacchius, a famous gladiator, S. i.

7. 20. See Bithus

Bacchus, a god of wine and of poets,

S. i. 3. 7 where some editors
read Bacchae, i.e. votaries of

Bacchus; E. ii. 2. 78
Baiae, a town of Campania, a

favourite seaside resort of the

Romans, E. i. 1. 83 ; i. 15. 2, 12
Baianus, adj., of Baiae, S. ii. 4. 32
Baius, a certain poor man, S. i. 4. 110
Balatro, a parasite of Maecenas, S.

ii. 8. 21, 33, 40, 83 (cf. S. i. 2. 2)
Balbinus, a person unknown, s.

i. 3. 40
Barbaria, a general term for all

countries not Greek, E. i. 2. 7
Barium, a town in Apulia, now

Bari, S. i. 5.97. To-day steamers
go from Bari to ports in Albania,

Montenegro, and Dalmatia
Barrus, (1) a vain person, unknown,

S. i. 6. 30; (2) a foul-mouthed

person, s. i. 7. 6
Bellona, sister of Mars, and goddess

of war, S. ii. 3. 223
Beneventum, a town of Samnium,

now Benevento, S. i. 5. 71
Bestius, probably a character in

Lucilius, E. i. 15. 37
Bibulus, probably C. Calpurnius

Bibulus, a step-son of Brutus, S.
i. 10. 86
Bioneus, adj., of Bion, a philosopher,

born in Scythia, who lived in
Athens in the third century B.C.,
and was famous for his caustic

wit, E. ii. 2. 60
Birrius, a robber, S. i. 4. 69
Bithus, a gladiator. He and

Bacchius, after slaying many
opponents, finally killed each

other. S. i. 7. 20
Bithynus,adj., of Bithynia, a Roman

province in Asia Minor, south of

the Euxine, E. i. 6. 33
Boeotus, adj., of Boeotia, a district

in Greece, north-west of Attica,

E. ii. 1. 244
Bolanus, a hot-headed acquaintance

of Horace (the name was derived
from Bola, a town of the Aequi),

S. i. 9. 11
Brundisium, now Brindisi, famous

port of Calabria, s. i. 5. 104; E.
i, 17, 52; i. 18. 20

Brutus, i.e. M. Junius Brutus, who

slew Caesar. He was properly pro-
praetor of Macedonia, but after
the coalition of Octavian and M.
Antonius, and the murder of C.
Trebonius, proconsul of Asia, he
assumed the jurisdiction of that

province as well, S. i. 7. 18, 33
Bullatius, a friend of Horace, E. i.

11. 1
Butra, a friend of Torquatus, E. i.

5. 26
Byzantius, adj., of Byzantium,
centre of the tunny fishery of

the Black Sea, S. ii. 4. 66
CADMUS, (1) a public executioner,

S. i. 6. 39; (2) founder of Thebes
in Boeotia. He and his wife
Harmonia were changed into
serpents (so Ovid, Met. iv. 563 ff.),

A.P. 187
Caecilius, Roman comic poet, older

contemporary of Terence, E. ii.

1. 59; A.P. 54
Caelius, a robber, S. i. 4. 69
Caeres, adj., belonging to Caere, an
old town of Etruria, which had

limited Roman franchise.
Whether this was given as a re-
ward or was due to punishment
imposed, is uncertain, E. i. 6. 62
Caesar, a family name in the Julian

gens; hence (1) C. Julius Caesar,
the famous statesman and dic-
tator, who left his gardens by his
will to the Roman people, S. i. 9.
18; (2) C. Julius Caesar Octavia-
nus, also called Augustus when
emperor, grandnephew of the
dictator, who adopted him as his
son and heir, S. i. 3. 4; ii. 1. 11, 19,
84; E. i. 5. 9; i. 12. 28; i, 13. 18;

ii. 1. 4; ii. 2. 48. See Augustus
Cala ber, adj., of Calabria, E. i. 7.

14 ; ii. 2. 177
Callimachus, famous poet of Alex.

andria, flourished about 270 B.C.,

E. ii. 2. 100
Calvus, i.e. C. Licinius Calvus,

orator and poet, friend of Catul-

lus, S. i. 10. 19
Camena, pure Latin name of the

Greek Mohoa, Muse, S. i. 10.

45; E. i. 1. 1; i. 18. 47 ; i. 19.

5; A.P. 275
Camillus, i.e. M. Furius Camillus,

who took Veii and freed Rome

from the Gauls, 390 B.C., E. i. 1.64
Campanus, adj., of Campania, S. i.

5. 45, 62 ; i. 6. 118; ii. 3. 144 ; ii.

8. 56
Campus, the Campus Martius or

Field of Mars, in Rome, S. i. 1.
90; i. 6. 126 ; ii. 6. 49; E. i. 7.

59; i. 18. 54
Canidia, a sorceress, S. i. 8. 24, 48 ;

ii. l. 48; ii. 8. 95
Canis, (1) the Dog-star, E. i. 10.

16; (2) a nickname, s. ii. 2. 56
Cantaber, adj., of Cantabria, in

Spain, E. i. 12. 26
Cantabricus, adj., of Cantabria,

E. i. 18. 55
Canusinus, adj., of Canusium, s.

i. 10, 30
Canusium, a place in Apulia, where

they spoke both Greek and Latin,

S. i. 5. 91 ; ii. 3. 168
Capito. See Fonteius'
Capitolinus. See Petillius
Cappadox, a Cappadocian, living in

Cappadocia, the most eastern
Asiatic province of the Romans,

E. i. 6. 39
Caprius, a public prosecutor, S. i.

4. 66
Capua, a town in Campania, s. i.

5. 47; E. i. 11. 11
Cascellius, with praenomen Aulus,

an eminent jurist, contemporary
of Cicero, but living into the

time of Augustus, A.P. 371
Cassius, (1) Etruscus, a poet, per-

haps same as (2), s, i. 10. 62; (2)
Parmensis, an elegiac poet, one

of the slayers of Caesar, E. i. 4. 3
Castor, (1) brother of Pollux and

Helen, s. ii. 1._26; E. ii. 1. 5;
(2) a gladiator, E. i. 18. 19
Catia, a shameless woman, S. i. 2. 95
Catienus, an actor, S. ii. 3. 61
Catius, according to the scholiasts

either an Epicurean philosopher,
or a writer on the art of baking,

S. ii. 4. 1, 88
Cato, (1) the famous censor, M.

Porcius Cato, S. i. 2. 32; E.

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