Alphabetical INDEX
Of the Principal Matters con-
tain'd in the TEXT of, and
NOTES upon, LUCRETIUS.
CCIDENTS,
proper and com-
mon. Pag. 40
Achaia, hurtful to
the Eyes. 738
Ron Acheron, one of
the Rivers of Hell. 301
Acherufia Temple. 18
Achilles. The Fierceness of his
Temper,allay'd by Mufick. 142
Injurious to the Memory of his
dead Friend Patroclus. 816
Acorns. The chief Food of the
firft Men. 543.
Action. All Things either act,
or are acted on. 40
Adam. The Authour of all Arts
and Sciences. 518. The firft
Impofer of Names. 556. Firft
invented Letters. 590
Adonis. Festivals inftituted in
Honour of him. 547
Adraftus. 790
Adytum of the Temple of A-
pollo. 440
Age. The Name of feveral
Towns. 681
Agipan. 500
Egoceros. Pag. 500
Egypt. 737
Egyptians fubject to the Lepro-
fie. 736
Holipila. 668.
Eolus. 680, 681. Why feign'd to
keep the Winds imprison'd in
a vaft Cave. 688
Æther. 476
Ethiopia. 695. That in that
Countrey there are two Win-
ters every Year, and as many
Summers. 698.
Etna. Defcription of it. 61. Why
it throws out Fire. 685 & feqq.
Agamemnon. 15
Agifipolis, King of the Lacede-
monians. 263.
Agriculture. First Invention of
it. 582. Its Dignity, Ufeful-
nefs, &c. 583
Air. Not the Principle of Natu-
ral Things. 56. Is a Conti-
nuum. 107. Motus nexus in the
Air. ibid. Waftes and is re-
new'd. 458. Sea of Air. ibid.
Caufe of Difeafes. 735. And
of the different Colours and
Complexions of Men. ibid.
Air of one Countrey different
from that of another. P. 736.
Air of Florence prejudicial to
the Brain. 738. Effects of the
Air of feveral Countreys. ibid.
Whether the Air be fole Caufe
of Plagues. 742. & feqq. Two
Thousand times lighter than
Gold. 38.
Alexander the Great wept when
he was told there were many
Worlds. 174. Compell'd the
Priefts of Jupiter Ammon to
acknowledge him for the Son
of their God. 715. Was like to
have been worship'd as a God
at Athens. Lucky Omen at his
Birth. 640
Alpheus and Arethufa. 718
Amaryllis. Etymology of that
Name. 585
Ambition. Vanity of it. 99.
Whence it proceeds. 101
Ammon. Wonderful Spring in
the Grove of Ammon.
Cham, the Son of Noah, wor-
fhip'd under that Name. 715.
Jupiter Ammon. 714
Anadema. An Ornament worn
antiently on the Head. 404
Anaxagoras. 67. His Doctrine
of Homœomery explain'd.
ibid. and confuted. 68. & feqq.
Thrown into Prifon for difpu-
ting of celeftial Meteors. 610.
His Opinion of falling Stars.
112. Of the fix'd and erratick
Stars. 479.Of the Magnitude of
the Sun. 490. Of Thunder. 613,
617. Affirm'd Snow to be
black. 767. His Opinion of
Wind. 688. Of the overflow-
ing of the Nile. 695
Anaxarchus. How he drew Tears
from Alexander the Great. 174
Anaximander. His Opinion of
the Gods. 11. Of the World.
437. Of the Sun's Magnitude.
490. Of Thunder. 616. Of
Wind, 668. Of Lightning. 625
Anaximenes Milefius held Air to
be the Principle of all Things.
56. Held an infinite Number
of Worlds. 174. His Opinion
of Thunder. 616. Of Light
ping. 625. Of Clouds. 669.
Of Earthquakes. Pag. 678.
Ancus Martius. 277
Androgynus. 538
on the ift Book. 89
on the 2d Book. 183
on the 3d Book. 283
on the 4th Book. 419
on the 5th Book. 597
on the 6th Book. 822
Animadverfion of Joannes Nar-
dius, concerning the Funerals
of the Athenians. 789.
Animals. That they can not be
born daily, unless they be re-
new'd by certain Seeds. 25.
Caufe of their Growth and
Decay. 179. First produc'd
from the Earth. 530. & feqq.
Owe their Nourishment and
Growth to the four Elements.
65. Why Animals are in per-
petual Want of Food. 380
Annihilation. That Nothing can
be annihilated. 25. & feqq.
Antæus. 433
Anticthones. Inhabitants of the
Moon. 514
Antiperiftafis. 712
Antipodes, deny'd by St. Au-
ftin, Lactantius, and others 85.
Foolish Objections of fome of
the Antients against the Anti-
podes. 86
Antifthenes. His Anfwer to one
that begg'd Money of him for
the Goddess Cybele, 145
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Aphrodite. Why Venus was fo
call'd. 4
Apollo, why call'd Pythius. 439.
Apollonius Tyanæus could ex-
pound the Notes of Birds. 558
Arabia Fælix. 4.
Arbutus. A Tree fo call'd, and
the Fruit it bears. 544.
Arcefilas derides a foolish Opi-
nion of the Stoicks. 51. His
Sophifm, That Nothing can be
known, confuted. 343. & feqq.
Archelaus held an infinite Num-
ber of Worlds. 175. His Opi-
nion of the Magnitude of the
Sun. 499.
Apfánov jasa. 796.
Arethufa; fee Alpheus.
Of the 1ft Book, I
Of the 2d Book. 93
Of the 3d Book. 193
Of the 4th Book.293
Of the 5th Book. 421
Of the 6th Book.601
Ariftarchus. His Opinion of the
Sun's Magnitude. 490
Ariftides, bury'd at the Expence
of the Publick, and why. 803,
804
Ariftotle, no Enemy to Provi-
dence. II. His Opinion con-
cerning the Soul.17, 218.Of the
Original of Fountains. 26. His
Definition of Time. 41. His
Opinion of falling Stars. 112.
His Definition of violent Mo-
tion. 121. His Opinion of
Colour. 157. Of the Caufe
of Sight. 159, 318. Of the
Seat of the Mind. 211. Of
Images. 307. His Definition
of Sound. 348. His Opinion of
Odours. 368. Of the Caufe of
Motion in Animals. 382. His
Definition of Sleep. 385. His
Opinion of Dreams.389. Held
the World to be eternal. 437.
and that the Heavens are incor-
ruptible, and even immaterial.
443. His Opinion of the Stars.
480. Of Thunder. 615. Of
Wind. 668. Of Rain. 672.
Of Earthquakes. ibid. That
he collected many Things wor-
thy of Note, from the Philo-
fophical Writings of Salomon.
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nomy. Pag. 518. & feqq.
Alaeaia of Epicurus. 9
Athamas, a River in Phthia,
whose Water kindles Wood. 717
Athenagoras. His Opinion of
Providence. 12
Athens when built, and why so
call'd. 605, 606. Why call'd
Cecropia. 745
Athenians. That they were the
firft Inventours of Arts, and
firft inftituted Societies. 605,
606, 789. Condemn'd and put
to Death ten of their Generals,
and why. 790. Very jealous
of their Liberties. 805.
Atlas. 431. Whence faid to fup-
port Heaven on his Shoulders.
432
Atomes. Whence fo call'd. 45.
See Seeds.
Attalus. King of Pergamus, first
found out the Art of Embroi-
dering with Gold. 304.
Averni, feveral Places fo call'd.
703. Whence they had their
Name. 704. The Gates of the
Roads that lead to Hell. 707
Avernus. A Lake so call'd, and
the true Nature of it. 705
Augeas, kill'd by Hercules. 433
Auguries, on the Right or Left,
lucky or unlucky. 611 & 612
Augmentation of Things: how
caus'd. 22, 31, 103
Aurora. See Morning.
St. Auftin. His Saying of Time.
42. Held Spirits to be corpo-
real. 190. deny'd the Anti-
podes. 85.
Babe new-born, the maft help-
lefs of all Animals. 454
Babylon. 394
Babylonians and Chaldeans very
skilful in Aftronomy. 516
Baccha. 149, 427
Bacchus. His Birth, and why so
call'd. 148. Why call'd Iac-
chus. 408. Why the God of
Wine. 426. Conquer'd the
Indies. Ibid. Why call'd Evis
Evan. 526. Erected the Tem
ple of Jupiter Ammon. 714
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