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Laespodias, a general, 165

Lais, the courtesan, 409 Lamachus, hetter opinion of, 234 Lamia, transformed, 64

Lariz (the), 57

Lamias, unknown, 333 Lampadephoria, the, 87

Laropon, a diviner, 114 ; prediction of, 185 Lasus, the poet, 74 Laurium, the mines of, 142

Leather, allusion to old, 11 Leogaras, an epicure, 68 Leotrophides, his leanness, 156 Lesbian women, tricks of, 250

Literature, heavy, 254

Locksmiths, Spartan, 288 Lots, drawing, 414 Love exercises, ref. to, 58 Lore's Labour's Lost, 391 Lovers, gifts of, 287; paid, 407

Lyenbettus, 235 “Lycimnius,’ a tragedy, 149 Lycus, a titulary god, 27; statue of, #5 Lyre, sound imitated, 415

Lysicrates, a treacherous general, 115; famed for ugliness, 367

Magic rings, 447 Marathon, ref. to, 58 Masks, use of, 88 Masturbation, jest on, 380

Measure, false, punished, 462 Medusa, head of, 314 Melanthius, a poct and leper, 95 Megubyzus, a general, 113 Megara, birthplace of comedy, 12 Memmnon, 231 Meniére (Dr, P.}, ref. to, 302 Merchants, exemption of, 384, 448 Meton, a eometrician, 136

“ Milesian bravery,” 454 Military service (see Merchants), 384, 448

Molon. a gigantic actor, 181 Morsimus, a minor poet, 184 Morychus, 32; nuintle of, 61 Mother, son marries, 343 Mouth.strap, (the:
 * Mother of the Gods,” the, 126

Munychion, April, 140 Myronides, a general, 344 Myrtia, a baker’s wife, 73 Myrtle boughs, use of, 87 Mysteries. insulting the, 26; of Eleusis, 444

Nausicydes, 350

Naxos, island of, 25

Neoclides, an orator, 436

Nephelococcygia, meaning, 128

Nicias, grandson of, 350

Nicias, the general, 107 his slackness, ll

Nightingale, song of, 125 “« Niobe,” tragedies of, 35 Nysa, a town of Dionysus, 194

Odeon (the), by whom built, 59

Odysseus, manner of escape, 18; as spy, 25 ; how he tortured, 416

Odyssey, the, quoted, 165

Offal, human, tasting, 436

Oil, extensive use of, 442

Olive leaves, 335

Olophyxians, the, 140

Omen, word for, 125; satire on, 125; starting on journey, 192

Onions, as aphrodisiac, 388

Oracles, trees as, 125

Orators, infamous, 236; venom of, 290; wear chaplets, 335; rapacity of, 336

«Orestes. prologue of the, 238

Orestes, the robber,125;cave alluded to,160

Origanum, used for corpses, 38+

Ormaments, worn by girls, 123

Orne, a town, 109; alluded to by prophet, 135

Owls, as omen, 59; at Athens, 103

Ox-fat, syn. for people, 11

Palamedes, the inventor, 245

Pamphilus, two of the name, 419

Pan, the god, 125

+ Pankration ” (the), 65

Puntacles, unknown, 234

“ Parsley and the rue," 31

Pathos and bathos, 134

Patrocles, a rich miser, 402

Pauson, ruined, $12; poverty of, 433

Peace, mother of Plutus, 401

Peacock and hoopoe, 92

Pebble, the, how held, 13, 14

Pelargicon, the, 129

Pellené, a town, 187

Peplus, the, 129

Perfumes, on dead bodies, $81

Perseus, legend of, 314

Persian (the), cloak, 61

Phanz, land of informers, 172

Pharnaces and bribery, 139

Pharsalus, a town, 64

Philepsius, a buffoon, 408

Philippus, traitor and alien, 29

Philocles, the poet, 101, 276

Phlegra, plain of, 129

Phratria, registers of the, 170

Phrygi the, 274

Phrygians, origin of, 126

Phrynichus, tragic writer, 20, 77, 2275 precocious talent of, 276

Phrynondas, the infamous, 307

‘ Phryxus’ (the), lines from, 237

Phylarchs, the, 127

Phylé, occupation of, 464