Sat. II. 8. 44.

Abnormis sapiens, phrase explained,
Sat. II. 2. 3.

Accius, the Roman tragic writer, cha-
racter of his compositions, Sat. I.
10. 53; blamed for the too fre-
quent use of the spondee, Epist. to
P. 259.
Achæmenes, denoting the Persian
kings in general, Od. II. 12. 21;
with whom identical, ib.
Achæmenium, equivalent to Persi-
cum, Od. III. 1. 44.
Acherontia, where situated, Od. III.

4. 14; why called nidus, ib.
Acinaces, weapon meant thereby, Od.
27.5.

Acria pocula, import of, Sat. II. 6. 69.
Acroceraunia, cost of the, why dreaded
by mariners, Od. I. 3. 20.
Actors, legitimate number of, in a
drama, Epist. to P. 192; Roman,
the part of the stage they per-
formed in, 215.

Adam, Dr. a passage in his Roman
Antiquities corrected, Od. I. 37. 3.
Addison, quoted, Od. I. 35. 13.
Addicere nummo, import of, Sat. II.
5. 110.

Addicti, import of, Epist. I. 1. 14.
Addocet, force of the preposition in,
Epist. I. 5. 18.

Adjective, neuter, used adverbially,
Od. II. 20. 11.
Edile and Prætor, offices of, princi-
pal avenues to higher preferment,
Sat. II. 3. 180; heavy expenditure
necessary in canvassing for, ib.
Eneid, revision of the, to whom
entrusted by Augustus, Od. I. 6. 1.
Eolus, where fabled to have reigned,
Od. I. 3. 3.

Eschines, Socraticus, authority of,
referred to, Epist. I. 18. 100.
Eschylus, authority of, referred to,
Od. III. 4. 75; quoted, Od. III. 23.
1; Epod. 1. 12; author of the fifth
form of tragedy, Excur. 1. added a
second actor, Epist. to P. 192. Ex-
curs. 1. first used masks in tra-
gedy, Epist. to P. 275; his other
improvements, Excurs. 1.

Esop, authority of, referred to, Sat.

II. 3. 298.

29. 6.

Ætas, an age, length of, Epod. 16. 1.
Ethiops, put for Egyptians generally,
Od. III. 6. 14.

Afranius, a close imitator of Me-

nander, Epist. II. 1. 57; his pieces,
why called toga!æ, ib.
Africus, the wind, direction of, Od. I. 1.
15; derivation of name, ib., consi-
dered by some the same as the
Sirocco, Od. III. 23. 5.

Agrippa, M. Vipsanius, his magnifi-
cence as ædile, Sat. II. 3. 185.
Agyieus, derivation and import of, Od.
IV. 6. 28.

Alcæus, birthplace of, Od. I. 6. 1;
like Eschylus, a soldier, Od. I. 32.
6; the various subjects of his odes,
Od. II. 13. 26; an imitator of Archi-
lochus, Epist. I. 19. 23; employed
some of his measures, ib.
Alexander, the Great, his good and
bad taste, Epist. II. 1. 229; sup-
posed condition of the reward he
offered to Chœrilus, 233.

Algidus, Mount, to whom sacred, Od.
I. 21. 6.

Alifæ, situation of, Sat. II. 8. 39;
cups of, ib.

Allobroges, the, where situated, Epod.
16. 6.

Altilia, import of, Epist. I. 7. 35.
Amicus, equivalent to tuus, Od. IV. 7.
19.
Amphitheatre, the first, by whom
erected, Epist. II. 1. 186.
Amphyction, his law respecting the
use of wine, Od. I. 18. 8.
Ampulla, proper and fig. meaning of,
Epist. to P. 96

Amystis, import of, Od. I. 36. 14.
Anacreon, birthplace of, Od. I. 17. 18;

authority of, referred to, Od. III.
11. 10; Epist. to P. 187; his pro-
ductions nearly all lost, Od. IV. 9. 9.
Analecta, the slave meant thereby,
Sat. II. 8. 11.

Ancients, the, their custom with things
detested, Od. I. 16. 4.
Ancilia, import of, Od. III. 5. 10.
Angustus clavus, import of, Sat. I. 5.
36; the garb of what order, Sat. II.
7.54.
Animus and mens, distinction be-