Page:Correspondence of Marcus Cornelius Fronto volume 2 Haines 1920.djvu/341

 59; contrasted with Parrhasius as not painting unicolora, II. 49; Invested the humblest of subjects with distinction, I. 169; type of supreme excellence, I, 129; Appelles, I. 169

Aphrodite, see Venus

Apolaustus, an actor named Agrippa Memphis, whom Lucius brought from Syria and named Apolaustus (Capit. Vit. Ver. 8), but the actor mentioned under this name may be a second one of the same name (see Mommsen, Hermes viii, p. 213), I. 305

Apollinaris, Sulpicius, conversation with Fronto in Aul. Gellius, II. 279

Apollo, deflects Teucer's arrow (Hom. Il. viii, 311), I. 133; libraries of his temple on the Palatine, I. 179; author of paeans, II. 67; in a doubtful passage as inventor of oars (?), II. 200

Apollonides, Appius, Greek letter to, in favour of Cornelianus, I. 287

Apollonius, a philosopher of Chalcedon and teacher of Marcus, I. 235; his son Apollonius, ibid.

Apollonius Rhodius, opening lines of his Argonautica, II. 106

Appianus, the historian and friend of F, letter from F. with a gift of two slaves, I. 265 f.; Fronto 's answer refusing them, I. 269; F. asks Pius to give Appian an office, I. 263

Appius Maximus, see Maximus

Aquila, Antoninus, apiaro? prjrdpwv, wants a place as instructor of youth in Victorinus's province, II. 171

Aquilinus, Julius, recommended to Aegrilius Plarianus in his province, I. 289

Arbaces (?), a Parthian General who routed and slew Maximus, one of Trajan's commanders—possibly should be read Arsaces (m* Arbalatuce), II. 214

Argo, the ship of the Argonauts, II. 106

Aricia, a town of Latium, 16 miles from Rome, holus aricinum,l. 117

Aridelus, a freedman of M. and L., recommended to M. for a procuratorship, I. 239 Arion, of Lesbos, a famous musician, whose story is told, I. 55 f.

Ariston, a Stoic philosopher of Chios (about 260 B.C.) with Platonic tendencies, Marcus in 146 A.D.

captivated by his writings, I. 217

Aristophanes, the comic poet, the word vivos quoted from a lost comedy (? 'A/cAaifr) in Aul. Gellius, II. 278

Armenia, subjugation of, II. 137; title Armeniacus refused by M.. II. 133; Sohaemus, king of, restored by Lucius, II. 145

Arpinum, birthplace of Marius, II. 205

Arsaces, a Parthian king, letter of Mithridates asking his help (Sallust, Hist, iv), II. 143; a possible reading for Arbaces, II. 214

Artaxata, capital of Armenia, taken by Statius Priscus (Capit. Vit. Mar. 9, § 1), a success attributed to Lucius, II. 133

Artemas, M. Antonius, at Smyrna, II. 295

Artemidorus Daldianus refers to Fronto in his 'Oyeipo/cpmKa, n. 252

Asclepiodotus, a persona grata with Lucius, found fault with by F. in a speech, II. 221, 235

Asellio, Sempronius, a historical authority followed by Nepos in his account of the Numantine war (Hauler), II. 145

Asia, voyage from, I. 159; F. proconsul designate of, I. 235, 237

Aspasia, a teacher of Socrates, ii. 11

Athena, see Minerva

Athenodotus, a philosopher and teacher of Fronto, I. 171; II. 50; taught F. the use of el/coves or similes, I. 205; perhaps alluded to, II. 57

Athens, city of Minerva, I. 50; friends of F. summoned thither from Alexandria, I. 237; exactions of, I. 273 325