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 a general under Trajan, slain by the Parthians, II. 23, 203, 215

Maximum, Junius, letter of F. to, II. 245; a tribune who brought laurelled dispatches from Cassius, II. 191

Maximus, T. Atilius, II. 295

Menelaus, at the banquet (in Homer II. vi. 408), II. 50; eloquence of (Il. iii. 112), II. 59

Menoetiades, see Patroclus Mercury, with winged ankles, II.

17; controller of messages, II. 67

Mesopotamia, reverse in, under Trajan, II. 23 (see under Maximus); ii. 201

Metellus, L. Caecilius, pont. max. 243-223 B.C., mentioned by Cl. Quadrigarius, H. 268; II. 165

Metellus, Q. Caecilius, Numidicus, mentioned (109 B.O.), I. 167; his exempla, II. 149

Minerva, Goddess of Athens, I. 51; temple at, II. 297; foils the suitors (Homer's Od.), I. 133; child of Zeus, I. 135; mistress of every art, I. 149; II. 15; of eloquence, II. 65; feast of, on 19 March, I. 211

Minturnae, a city of Latium, II. 29n.

Mithridates, letter of, to Arsaces, II. 143

Montanus, Licinius, recommended to Lollianus Avitus, I. 279

Muses, meet Hesiod, I. 44; sing to Jove in Heaven, I. 167; the fifth hour appropriate to them, II. 4; presided each over an art, I. 148

Musonius, Stoic philosopher under Nero, II. 60

Naevius, writer of plays and satires in the old Saturn ian metre, and an epic on the Punic War, in which he served, uses chosen words, I. 5: amor capVatis, I. 114; on flatterers, I. 139 Naples. I. 141, 146; climate, I. 143

Naucellius, see Claudius Julianus

Nazarius (circa 320 A.D.) imitates Fronto, II. 117n.

Nealces, a late Greek painter (circa 245 B.C.), painter of small canvasses, II. 49

Nepos, Cornelius, the historian and friend of Cicero, reference to Numantine War quoted, II. 145

Nepos, transcriber of Cicero's works, I. 169

Neptune, cannot thunder. II. 135: refuses to preside over Sleep, II. 15; mentioned in mutilated passage, II. 216

Nerva, the emperor, plagiarized a speech, II 137

Nicephorium (MS. Nicephorus), on the Euphrates, taken, II. 133

Nicias, an Athenian painter about 310 B.C., did not paint sombre subjects, II. 49

Nicias, the Athenian general, II. 143

Niger, see Censorius Niger, reader or secretary to Marcus at Alsium, II. 5

Nigidius Figulus, a Pythagorean philosopher about 60 B.C., II. 267

Nile, fountains of, I. 91

Novius, a writer of Atellane farces about 100 B.C., notable for rustic and comic words, I. 5; passages from, extracted by M., I. 139; possible quotation from his Vindemiatores, I. 183

Numa, a gourmand and holiday maker, I. 11; Hadrian compared to, II. 209; Pius compared to him in margin of Cod. ibid. (see Capitolinus)

Numantia, defeat of Romans before, II. 21; Nepos's account of war with, II. 145

Numida, Julius Celsinus, visits Fronto, II. 273

Numidicus, see Metellus

Nursia, a Sabine city, birthplace of Vespasian, II. 205

Ocha, a cook mentioned by Cato, ii. 3

Olympia, crowns at, I. 271 338