ibid. The Port belonging to it being Pagasae the place where Argo was built ibid. Ithaca call'd a Rock by way of Diminution 96 It s modern Name Iatacho ibid. Distant 6 or 7 Miles from Dulichium which the modern Greeks now call Thiaki ibid. Iupiter Hercaus his Temple the Sacrarium of Troy 6 The place where the Trojan Kings were inaugurated ibid. At whose Altar Priam is said to have been slain ibid. K. KNees embraced by Suppliants 72 Reason of that Custom among the Antients ibid. L. LYrnessus a City of Troas the Birth-place of Hippodamia or Briseis Daughter of Briseus 27 M. MElibaea a City ennobled by the Birth of Philoctetes to whoâ—… Hercules bequeathed his fatal Shafts that were to be employ'â—… against Troy 8â—… Mâ—…mnon Son of Tithon Priam's Brother and Aurora or of Tithoâ—… and Cissia 3â—… Brought 10000 Aethiopians and 10000 Susians to the Relief 〈◊〉 Troy ibid Slain by Achilles Pag. 30 Two of the same Name mentioned by Philostratus the one an Aethiopian Prince the other a Trojan ibid. Mâ—…don a City of Peloponnesus on the Borders of Messenia 83 By the Turks at this day call'd Moytune being a Bishop's See under the Arch-bishop of Patras 84 Mycenae a City of Argis the Birth place of Agamemnon 95 Whence so called ibid. It s modern Names ibid. N. NEritos an Island not far from Ithaca and Zant. 95 A Mountain of the same Name likewise in Ithaca ibid. O. OLenos a City of Achaia thin Peopled in Strabo's time totally deserted 84 Olympian Games The Victors therein crown'd with Wild Olive 94 In after-times with Crowns of Gold ibid. Not known in Homer's time ibid. Orestes Son of Agamemnon formerly call'd Achaeus 163 Born on the Feast-day of Ceres surnamed Erinnys ibid. Implying thereby that he should be vex'd by Furies ibid. P. PAtroclus slain in Achilles his Armour by Euphorbus and Hâ—…or not without the assistance of Apollo 55 Pelion the highest Mountain of Thessaly 86 It s Perpendicular height according to the measure of Dicaearchus Siculus ibid. â—…silea Queen of the Amazons â—…lain by Achilles 31 Who seeing her dead Beauty became passionately in Love with her ibid. Pepareâ—…us an Island in the Aegeâ—… Sea one of the Cyclades It s modern Names 89 Pergamus the Citadel of Troy That Part which was more especially said to have been immur'd by the Gods 4 Phthia a City and Region of Thessaly Pag. 82 Two Cities of that Name one in Thessaly the other in â—…chaia Phthâ—…otide ibid. One the Birth-place and Principality of Achilles the other under the Dominion of Protesilaus ibid. Pisa celebrated for the Temple of Iupiter and the Olympick Games 93 Destroy'd by the Elaean's its Neighbours ibid. Pleuron a City of Aetolia There were two of the same Name the Old and the New 85 At this day call'd Bozichistran ibid. Praefica 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chief of the Women Mourners and Directress of the Lamentations made at the Funerals of the Dead 11 Priam his Sons and Daughters 7 Twice captiv'd 14 Where and how slain 15 Call'd by Tiberius and Nero The happiest of Men for that he saw his Country and Kingdom destroy'd with himself 17 His first Name Podarces Whence called Priamus ibid. Prothous Commander of the Magnetians in the Trojan Wars 86 Pylos Three Cities of that Name each claiming to be the Country of Nestor 93 Pyrrhus introduc'd by Seneca to personate Nero. 32 R. RHetâ—…an Promontory 115 S. SAlamis or Salamine an Island near the Athenian Coast. 91 The Birth-place of Ajax ibid. Called therefore Ajax his true Salamine to distinguish it from the Cyprian Salamine built by his Brother Teucer which was call'd Ambiguous ibid. Call'd at this day Coluri ibid. Scaean Gate why so call'd 113 Scarphe a City of the Locrians By Causabon conceiv'd to be trulier call'd Tarphe 92 The reason of its Name ibid. Scyros an Island in the Aegean Sea where Achisles was conceal'd by his Mother Pag. 41 A Stony Island whence the Name seems to be deriv'd ibid. Scyrius Principatus meant of a mean and low Principality ibid. Souls by some of the Stoics suppos'd Mortal with the Body 47 By others of them believ'd to endure till the World's General Conflagration ibid. The Life after separation from the Body miserable and painful 48 Sparta or Lacedâ—…mon at this day call'd Mysithra 94 T. TAnais mistaken by Seneca for Danubius 3 A common Error among the Romans ibid. Reputed by some to have seven Mouths or Outlets by some five by others only two ibid. Telemacâ—…us Son of Ulysses and Penelope 66 Signification of his Name ibid. Teâ—…pe its Description Original of its Name 82 Thebes Nine Cities of the same Name reckon'd up by Stephanus de Urb. 27 The Cilician Thebes the Country of Ection Father of Andromache destroy'd by Achilles ibid. Thessaly its Description antient and modern Names 81 Not known by that Name in the time of the Trojan Wars ibid. Tigris erroneously said by Seneca to fall into the Erythraan or the Red Sea 3 Falls into the Persian Gulf. ibid. Titâ—…ressus a River of Thessaly that swims upon the River Peneus without mingling his Waters 92 Trachyn or Trachys a City of Phocis according to Strabo according to Stephanus of Thessaly so called from the Asperity of its Situation 82 Tricca a City of Thessaly 83 The Bishoprick of Heliodorus Author of the fair Aethiopian ibid. Triones Seven Stars in the Constellation of the Northern Bear 54 Why so called ibid. Trio A Sirname to the Lucretian Family ibid. Triton half Man half Dolphin The Prime Marine Trumpeter indu'd with Humane voice 22 Trasâ—…n a City in Peloponnesus seated 15 Stadia from the Sea 85 It s Original Famous for a fair Port under its Command call'd Portus Sarokicus Pogonus ibid. It s modern Names ibid. Troy why said to be built by Apollo and Neptune Pag. 2 What part of it more especially immur'd by the said Gods 4 The Number and Names of its Gates 113 The Game or Exercise call'd Troja 78 Different from the Pyrrhick Exercise or Measure ibid. The Exercise of Torneaments suppos'd by some to be thence deriv'd ibid. V. URâ—…e The Lots of Slaves and condemn'd Persons drawn out of an Urne 8 Call'd Hydria Situla and Sitella ibid. Sortition by Lotts drawn out of Urnes threefold Divisoria Consultoria Divinatoria ibid. Urne of Destiny ibid. Urns for conserving the Bones and Ashes of the Dead 49 Distinguish'd into Ossuaria and Cineraria ibid. Z. ZAnt an Island in the Ionian Sea lying against the Western Coast of Peloponnesus 95 FINIS ERRATA PAge 21. Line 5. read to p. 27. l. 2. both fell p. 43. l. 24. By that p. 49. l. 3. Sâ—…l riâ—…g Iâ—… l. 4. Or setting p. 59. l. ult Let us p. 78. l. 26. Wâ—…lfgangus p. 82. l. 11. religiâ—… p. 87. l. 1. 〈◊〉 p. 88. l. 27. Aâ—… p. 92. l. 21. p. 109. l. 7. Helâ—…'s a Easie Gods As Seneca here calls them Leves Deos which we render easie that is soon turn'd
the stout Virago shrink Or draw one Foot yet back though at Deaths brink But with a stern look Pyrrhus to provoke Turns to receive the Sacrificing Stroak Pitty at once and wonder all minds fill Seing her so brave and Pyrrhus slow to kill Soon as his Hand into her tender Brest Had forc'd the murthering Steel a full stream prest Of bubling Gore through the large wound nor dy'd Her Courage yet she fell as though she try'd T' oppress Achilles in his Grave and force The Earth to lye yet heavier on his Corse Both sides the Phrygians and the Greeks lament These timerously their Sighs those louder vent This was the Order of the Sacrifice Nor on the Grounds hard Surface stagnant lies Or floats in streams the sacrificed Blood The thirsty Grave soon drunk up all the Flood Hecuba Go go ye Greeks now seek your Homes again With your wing'd Fleet securely plough the Main The Royal Virgin and the Youth are slain The War 's now ended Would my life were so Where shall I bear this Burden of my Woe How quit my Deaths vivacious Remora For whom shall I my Tears sad Tribute pay For my Girl Grand-son Husband Country lost Or for all these at once or my self most Whose only wish is Death Cruel thou hy'st To murder Infants to young Virgins fly'st Each where mak'st hast to kill But me alone Thou fear'st and shun'st though all night call'd upon ' Mid'st Fire and Sword Nor Rage of hostile Pow'rs Nor Flames nor Ruins of Troy's falling Tow'rs One poor old Woman could dispatch How nigh To thee yet Priam when thou fell'st stood I Nuncius Away to Sea ye Captives now unmor'd The Greek Fleet hoises Sail Hast hast aboard FINIS A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL MATTERS IN THE ANNOTATIONS A. ABraham's Intention in offering up of Isaac mis-interpreted by the Heâ—…ens and erroniously made the occasional Introduction of Humane Sacrifices Pag. 37 Achilles at his first Arrival at Troy kills Cycnus 21 Slain by Paris 23 Honour'd after Death with divine Rites 43 Conceal'd in Scyros among King Lycomedes his Daughters in the Habit of a Virgin and call'd Pyrrha 24 Takes Lesbos Kills Trambelus Layes Siege to Methymne and causes Pisidice who had betray'd the Town to him to be ston'd to death 24 Discover'd in his disguise by the Stratagem of Ulysses 25 Wounds Telephus and cures him Pag. 26 Takes Thebes Lyrnessus Chryse Tenedos Cille in his March to Troy Kills Memnon Hector and Penthefilâ—… p. 28 29 30 31. His Character 32 His Lute 39 His Tomb not on the Rhetâ—…an but Sigaean Promontory 113 Acte a Promontory and City of Magnesia 90 Agamemnon and Menelaus supposed Sons of Plisthenes and not of Atreus 43 Aâ—…ax Oileus ravishes Cassandra in the Temple of Minerva 6 Amyclae a City of Laconâ—…a at this day call'd Voâ—…donia or Vordona 10 Another in Italy destroyd through the silence of its Inhabitants ibid. Antenor's Wife 9 Argos three Cities in Greece of that name 94 Ashes strown upon the Heads of those that mourn'd for the Dead 12 Asia Minor or Anatolia its several Parts or Provinces 2 Under the Dominion of Priam. ibid. Assaracus not the Son but Brother to Ilus 4 His Genealogy according to Apollodorus and Conon ibid. Atreus and Thyestes the Crimes of their Families 42 Their Descent and Genâ—…alogy 43 B BEssa a Town of the Locrians 92 Reason of its Denomination ibid. Breaâ—…s beaten a usual Expression of Funeral Sorrow 13 C CAâ—…vdnae an Island in the Agean Sea 88 Call'd likewise Calymna ibid. Famous for Excellent Honey ibid. Calydon a City of Aetolia where Diana was worshipped by the Name of Laphria 91 Calydonian Boar his Tusks transported by Augustus Câ—…sar to Rome ibid. Extant in the time of Pausanias one of them half an Ell in length ibid. Captives how ordered in the Triumphal Processions of the Antients 16 Carâ—…stus a Maritime City of Eubaea famous for rich Marble Quarries 87 Cassandra her Prophecies forbidden by Apollo to be beleiv'd 5 The reason thereof Caycus a River of Mysia its several ancient Names its modern Pag. 29 Cephalenia an Island under the Dominion of Ulysses 60 Call'd anciently Same Samos and Taphos ibid. Chalcis the Chief City of Eubâ—…a upon the Euripus 87 Whence so called ibid. Call'd at present Negropont ibid. The Original of that Name ibid. Chiron his Cell 86 Difference between Antrum Caverna and Spelunca ibid. Which of these was Chiron's Cell ibid. Chryse a Town of Phrygia Minor where Chryses the Priest of Apollo and Father of Astynome or Chrysis lived 27 Cause of Difference between Agamemnon and Achilles ibid. Cybele so call'd from the Mountain of that Name â—…0 Cycnus the Son of Neptune Slain by Achilles Five of that Name famous in the Poetic Stories 21 D DAncing a part of the Religious Worship of the antient Ethnicks 79 Saltatio 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Honour of Apollo describ'd ibid. Saltatio Corybâ—…tia in Honour of Cybele the Phrygian Goddesâ—… ibid. E. EArthquake call'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 scu Mugiens 20 The cause thereof ibid. Eleusis a Maritime City of Attica famous for the Temple of Ceres and the Eleusinian Mysteries 90 Elysian Fields where seated 18 Whence so called ibid. Eâ—…ispae a City of Arcadiâ—… or Phocis 89 Euripus a Narrow strait between Boeotia and Euboea 88 Famous for its wonderful Tides which see describ'd ibid. Eyes of the dying clos'd by those of their nearest Relations 47 F. FUneral Pile the Custom or Ceremony of setting Fire to it Pag. 49 Funeral Torches how made ibid. Funeral whence denominated ibid. G. GIrton a City of Macedonia call'd at this day Taccâ—…i volicati 83 Gods why call'd Easy 1 〈◊〉 a City of Perhibea or Promontory of Pellene 89 By Pausanias call'd Donussa ibid. Grâ—…ian Fleet in the Expedition against Troy of what Number of Ships 34 Computation of the Army transported in the said Ships ibid. pag. 35 H. HAir torn by those that mourn'd for the Dead 12 Hector Exemplary for his Piety as well as Valour 18 For which designed after death for the Islands of the Blessed ibid. His fashion or manner of wearing his Hair peculiar 56 Imitated and affected by Caligula Nero and others of the Claudian Family ibid. Hecuba her Dream of being deliver'd of a Firebrand when with Child with Paris 5 Her Death 96 Where buried ibid. Her Monument call'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ibid. The Reason thereof ibid. Helena Auspex at the Tragical Marriage of Polyxena 98 Compar'd to the Fowl call'd Crex or the Daker Hen ominous in Augury especially as to Nuptials ibid. Derivation of the Name Helena 100 Her proper Name Echo ibid. Call'd likewise Leonâ—…a ibid. Helenus his Wife 9 I. INformers and Calumniators how punished by Titus and Trajan the Roman Emperours Pag. 108 Iolcos a City of Thessaly at this day call'd Iacco 85 Said but erroneously to have been the place whence Iason and the Argonauts set Sail. ibid. Not a Port Town but seated 30 Stadia within the Land
seated within the Land 30 stadia di â—… an t from the Sea or the Pagasaean Bay It s modern name is Iaco. according to the Testimony of Ferrarius c Creet c. An Island in the Mediterranean Sea more known than that it needs here to be describ'd heretosore from the number of its Cities called Hecatompolis d Tricca A City of Thessaly so denominated from Tricca the Daughter of Peneus at this day called Tricala according to Sophianus an Episcopal See under the Metropolitan of Larissa And in nothing more famous than that Heliodorus the incomparable Author of The Fair Aethiopian there sate Bishop in the time of Arcadius and Honorius Emperours the Honour of which he is said rather to have parted with than with the Reputation of having been Author of that most 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Piece if we may believe Nicephorus The truth of which 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 much doubted of by the Learned Monsieur Hueâ—…ius in his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 l'Origine des Romans e Gyrton A City of Macedonia in the Region of Stymphalia not far from the Lake and City of Lychnidus to the East by Strabo called â—…blegyiae by Pausanias Andreis at this day Tachi Volicati according to Nardus as Ferrarius testifies The Vulgar Editions have in the Original Gortyâ—…e but we are beholding to Gronovius for this truer reading f Modon A City of Peloponnesus on the borders of Messenia Southwest heretofore called Metbone at this day by the Turks Moytune part of the Territories of Philoctetes according to Homer Iliad 2. and 〈◊〉 l. 9. at this time in a flourishing condition being a Praefectship of the Turks and a Bishop's See under the Archbishop of Pâ—…tras There is another Metbone of Thrace which Stephanus confounds with this but see the Error rectified by Piâ—…edo g Th' Oetoean Woods recess Melibaeâ—… a City seated in the recess of a large Bay at the foot of the Mountains Ossa and â—…elion and within the Promontory sepias according to Mela l. 2. c. 3. ennobled by the Birth of Philoctetes to whom Hercules bequeathed his fatal Shafts that were to be imployed against Troy built by Magnes the Great-Grand-Son of Aeolus and Father of Hymenaus according to Antonius Liberalis and so called from the Name of his Wife as Eustathius in Iliad 2. testifies h Thin-peopled Olenos A City of Achaia so called from Olenus the Son of Iupiter and Anaxiâ—…ea one of the Danaides according to Stephanus from the Authority of Ister in Aegypt Coloniis Or as others will from Olenos the Son of Vulcan its Founder here said to be thin-peopled Which answers to what Pausanias in Achaic writes of it where he says That it appears by the Elegies of Hermesianax that it was from the beginning 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but a small Town and in process of time deserted by its Inhabitants 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by reason of its debility For we find that in Strabo's time it was totally deserted being transferred to Dymae the Ruins thereof as he says appearing between Patrae and Dymae There is likewise another place in Aetolia of the same name mention'd by Homer Iliad 2. i Pleuron A City of Aetolia by Stâ—…ius â—…heb l. 4. call'd Meleagria Pleuron as if by him built or rather because he was there born Strabo l. 10. says there were two Cities of the same name the Old and the New his words are to this purpose Near to Aracynthus the Inhabitants built the new Pleuron leaving the old which lay near to Calydon in a fertile and plain soil when that Region was wasted by Demetrius surnamed Aetolicus It is at this day called Bozichistran according to the Testimony of S. Gall in a Manuscript of Cardinal Barberine's Library cited by Baudrand in Ferrar. Diana was an Enemy to this Town in regard Oeneus when Prince thereof sacrificing of the first fruits of his Land to the Celestial Deities omitted her whereupon she sent the Calydonian Bore to waste and ravage his Countrey of which the Fable is sufficiently known in Ovid. Met. l. 8. k Fair harbour'd Trazen The Original of this Town is much to this effect delivered by Pausanias in Corinthiac Hyperes and Anthas Sons of Neptune and Alcyone Daughter of Atlas founded in Peloponnesus two Towns call'd after their names Hypereâ—… and Anthea Afterwards Traezen and Pitheus Sons of Pelops having their Seats in the neighbouring Territory soon made themselves Masters of the said Towns and Pitheus uniting them into one City gave it the Name of Traezen from his Brother Traezen not long before deceased being also called Aphrodisias Saronica Posidonias and Apollonias as is mention'd by Stephanus de Urbibus It s Situation according to Strabo being 15 stadia from the Sea where it hath a fair Port heretofore called Portus Saronicus and Pogonus in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifying a Beard whence grew the Proverb of sending Beardless people 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 unto Traezen of which see Suidas in voce 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Traezen at this day according to Niger is vulgarly called Damala according to Castaldus Pleda l Pelion A noted Mountain of Thessaly contiguous to Ossa and Olympus at this day according to Io. Tzeâ—…zes called Petras which Dicaâ—…rcbus Siculus as liny l. 2. reports sound by the measure of its Perpendicular to be 1250 Paces higher than any other Mountain of Thessaly though Pliny seems withall to doubt the truth of this Assertion m Prothous proud seat The Vulgar Latin Editions have instead of Prothous Proteus but erroneously which error Gronovius by the help of the Florentine Manuscript hath rectified Prothous was Commander of the Magnetians in the Trojan War mention'd by Homer Iliad 2. in these Verses 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Prothous Teuthredon's Son the Magnets led Near Peneus and shady Pelion bred n In 's Cell which eating Time had made The Original hath montis exesi antro where we may take notice of the different acceptions of the words antrum caverna and spelunca As to the first we find according to Ammonius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 esse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a spontaneous or natural Cavity The difference between caverna and spelunca some make to be this that the former is made by cutting into a Rock the other an accidental foramen of the Earth Others will have the former to be natural and the later artificial or the work of hands So Ammonius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Now which of these was this Cell of Chiron Statius in 1. Achilleid will best inform us where he thus describes it Domus ardua montem Perforat certo suspendit Pelion Arcu Pars exhausta manu partem sua ruperat â—…tas Where we see the Poet's Ingenuity hath united and reconciled the several differences * Achilles o Carystus A Maritim City of Eubâ—…a on the South of the said Island at the foot of the Hill Ocha looking to the Myrtoan Sea so called from Carystus the Son of Chiron whence says
Roof of the Temple in abhorrence of his villanous Act as the Scholiast of Homer in Iliad V. and Lycophron tell us l Nor yet Jove's Sacred Fane The Temple of Iupiter Hercaus at whose Altar Priam was slain which he here calls Sacrum Regri that is the Sacrarium says Scaliger ubi inaugurandi Reges in auspicabantur A Fane says Asconius Paedianus in â—… in Verr. est religiosissimum Templum unde fata petuntur There is a difference between Fanum and Delubrum Fanum being a Temple appropriate to one single Deity Delubrum a Place where there were many Chappels dedicated to several Gods Vide Do â—…iss Ger. Io. Voss. 〈◊〉 Ling. Lat. m To so many Princes Father Apollodorus reckons them up thus The Sons by Arisba his first Wife Aesacus by Hecuba his second Wife Daughter of Dimantes or as some will Cisseus as others of Sangarius and Metope Hector Paris Deiphobus Helenus Pamâ—…ones Polytes Antiphus Hipponous Polydorus Troilus And by other Wives Melanippus Gorgythion Philaemâ—…n Hippothous Glaucus Agathon Chersidamâ—…s 〈◊〉 Hippodamas Mestor Atas Doryclus Lycaon Dryops Bias Chromius Astygonus Telestas Evander Cebriones Mellus Archemachus Laodocus Echephron â—…domeneus Hyperion Ascanius Democoon Arrâ—…etas Deioptes Clonjus Echemon Hypirichus Aegeoneus Lysithous and Polymedon The Daughters by Hecuba Ilione Maxima Natarum Priami Creusa Laodice Cassandra Polyxena By other Wives Medusa Medesicasta Lysimache Aristodame A goodly Number Of whom we might have spar'd the particular nomination were it not that these Notes are chiefly intended for the satisfaction of the newly-initiated into these Delphian Mysteries to whom haply this kind of Poetical Heraldry may not be altogether unpleasing n Funeral Fire So Manilius l. 4. Priamiâ—…sque in littore Truncus Cui nec Troja rogus Which makes me believe Seneca was not unacquainted with Manilius his Writings whom not only in this but in several other places he seems to have imitated o By the Urn. It was the Custom among the Greeks and Romans to draw their Lots out of an Urn. The Lots were made of round Balls of Clay on which the Names or Marks of those that were concerned were impress'd and cast into an Urn whence that of Horace Sat. 1. l. 2. Cervius iratus leges minitatur Urnam This Urn was by the Greeks call'd Hydria and by the Romans likewise Situla and Sitella from its form And this kind of Sortition was threefold Divisoria which is that here meant Consultoria and Divinatoria In allusion to this Custom of the Ancients is that Fiction of the Poets touching the Distribution of humane Destiny as to Life and Death which they will have to be dispens'd by this kind of Sortition Whence that of Horace speaking of the Living Omne capax movet urna nomen And Omnium versatur urna Seriùs aut ocyùs sors exitura And Virgil lib. 6. of the Dead 〈◊〉 Minos urnam movet In confirmation of which Heathenish Opinion I think it not amiss here to add what I find in Sponius his Appendix to his Antiquities and Curiosities of Lyons lately published where he gives us the Sculp of an ancient Relique being a small brazen Image of Imarmene or Destiny plac'd upon an Urn of the same Metal having under one Foot a Globe representing the World and in her Hand a Hydria or â—…tula as it were the Fatal Urn of Humanity A like Statue Levinus Torrentius reports himself in his Comment upon that Place of Horace before cited to have seen at Rome in the Garden of Cardinal Caesi in which was one of the Parcae standing with one Foot upon a Wheel and holding in her Hands two Lots or Scrowls as drawn from this Lottery of Destiny and underneath this word FATIS p Some Helenus Who was Helenus his first Wife is not certainly known for it is that which is here meant his second Wife was Andromache whom Pyrrhus at his death bequeathed to him with the Kingdom of Epirus Touching which see Pausanias and the Conjecture of Delrius upon this Place q Some may Antenor's take Tâ—…eano was Wife to Antenor of whom Servius in 1. Aeneid says the was Venerabilis inter Trojanos Foemina She is mentioned by Homer and Triphiodorus r Amyclae A City of Laconia one of the Hundred with which that Region was once beautified built by Amyclas the Son of Lacedâ—…mon says Stephanus de Urbibus called likewise anciently Liâ—…a distant 20 Stadia from Sparta to the Sea-ward the most famous in all Laconia for the Temple of Apollo In the time of Pausanias but a small Town having been twice before that destroyed first by Teleclus the Son of Archelaus afterwards by the Dâ—…rians what is left of it being at this day call'd Vordonia or Vordona according to Ortelius from the Authority of Niger There was another Amycla in Italy between Gaeta and Terracina seated on the Sea-shore and giving its Name to the Bay anciently called Mare Amyclanum at this day Golso di Gaeta and according to Saâ—…felicius in Ortelius Mar di Spâ—…rlungs built by the Companions of Castor and Pollâ—… 〈◊〉 and lost by the Silence of its Inhabitants which gave rise to the Proverb Amyclas perdidit silentium The Reason whereof see in Servius upon Virgil lib. 10. and others s Cybels Pine That is the Ship wherein Paris sail'd to Greece whose Materials were cut from Mount Ida which was dedicated to the Goddess Cybele or from the Mountain Cybâ—…le or Cybela in Phrygia whence the Goddess Rhea her self was so called Stephâ—… de Urb. makes it a City and a Temple in Phrygia which gave that Name to the Goddess But Pinedo in his late published Observations upon that Author conceives that instead of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Stephanus it ought rather to be read 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Which his Conjecture he strengthens from the Authority of 〈◊〉 lib. 12. where it is said That Rhea was call'd Dindymene from the Mountain Dindymus as Cybele from Cybela This Mountain being likewise taken notice of by Ovid Fastâ—…r lib. 4. where he mentions together Dindymon Cybelen 〈◊〉 fontibus Idam t Time keep with thy advanced Hand He reflects upon the Custom of the Ancients among whom in their Lamentations for the Dead which was perform'd by Women hired to sing their Naniae or Lugâ—…bria Carmina there was one whom the Romans call'd Prafica the Greeks 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who did Ordinare planctus and as Festuâ—… says Dabat cateris plangendi Modum directing the others by her Voice and Hand to keep due Order Time and Decorum in their several Parts of the sad and solemn Office which was perform'd both by Vocal and Instrumental Musick Of which see more in Kirkmannus and Meursius de Funeribuâ—… and if you please in Cuperuâ—… Observationum lib. 1. c. 1. The Method of this mournful Solemnity Seneca hath here exactly observed by making Hecuba as it were the Prâ—…fica to the rest This Cborus seeming to have been acted not according to the ordinary
Achilles regarded only the Arms. Whereupon Ulysses gave private notice to a Trumpeter he had brought with him to sound at a fitting distance a Charge as if some Enemy were coming upon them At which the young Ladies affrighted ran speedily away to secure themselves only Achilles undauntedly seiz'd upon a Buckler and a laveline and put himself in a posture of desending his Life By which act he discover'd himself to Ulysses who by fair persuasions so wrought with him that he went along with the Greeks to the Trojan War See the History at large in Hyginus De Fabulis cap. 96. in Statius Achilleid l. 2. and Natalis Comes l. 9. c. 1. x His yet rude Hand in that Prince's blood â—…e first imbru'd The manner how Telephus was wounded and afterwards cured by Achillos is thus related both by Tzetzes upon Lycophron and Eustathius in Iliad 1. The Greek Army marching to the siege of Troy mistook their way and fell into Mysia where they were vigorously oppos'd by Telephus King of that Country who had like to have given them a total defeat had not Bacchus in requital of Agamemnon his many Sacrifices to him caused a Vine suddenly to spring out of the Earth with whose entangling branches Telephus his Legs or as some say those of his Horse were ensnar'd so that he was thrown to the ground and at the same time dangerously wounded by Achilles to which Pindar seems to allude in Isthm. Ode 8. Of this hurt he could find no cure till consulting the Oracle he was told that he was to expect remedy from the Hand only that had wounded him Whereupon he had recourse to Achilles who gave him present cure on condition he should be Guide to the Greeks in their March against Troy which in gratitude he afterwards performed The means of his Cure is variously reported Some will have it by scraping the rust of his Spear-head into Telephus his Wound Others that it was by the Juice of an Herb call'd Syderitiâ—… taught him by Chiron very prevalent in the curing of Wounds the Herb from this application of Achilles being afterwards called Achillea Others that it was by a Plaster of Verdigrease of which they attribute the Invention to Achilles Some by a mixture of the Spearrust and Plaster But Pliny inclines rather to the first because the ancient Pictures saies he represent him scraping the rust of his Spear-head with his Sword into Telephus his Wound the Poets and Painters agreeing herein Vide Plin. l. 25. c. 5. and l. 34. c. 15. y Thebes Of this name Stephanus De Urbibus reckons up no less than nine Cities But that here meant is the Cilician Thebes where Eâ—…tion Father of Andromache Reign'd call'd 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by Eustathius in Iliad 1. because built in loco campestri plano See Pinedo upon Stephanus This City Achilles is here said to have ruin'd with the slaughter of its Prince Hence that of Ovid met l. 12. where Achilles boasts of himself Ectioneaâ—… implevi sanguine Thebas z Lyrnessus A City of Troas the Birth-place of Hippodamia the Daughter of Briseus thence call'd Briseis and Wise of Mineus King thereof whom Achilles according to Homer Iliad 2. is said to have slain bringing away Briseis Captive from the subverted City a Chryse A Town of Phrygia Minor where Chryses the Priest of Apollo and Father to Astynome or Chrysis lived whom they will have to be Brother to Briseus Father of Hippodamia or Briseis who liv'd at Pedasus Both which Towns Achilles having sack'd and ruin'd and dividing the Spoils among the Souldiers and Commanders he gave to Agamemnon Astynome or Chryseis reserving to himself Hippodamia or Briseis But Clryses Astinome's Father being Apollo's Priest demanded his Daughter from Agamemnon but was dismiss'd with threats and injuries Apollo therefore to vindicate his Priest sent a Plague into the Grecian Army whereupon to appease the God Chryseis was restored to her Father And Agamemnon suspecting Achilles to have encourag'd Chryles in re-demanding his Daughter took away Hippodamia or Briseis from Achilles whence grew the differences between those Princes b Tenedos Notissima famâ Insula as described by Virgil lying in sight of the Trojan Shore heretofore call'd Leucophrys as Stephanus De Urbihus writes sacred to Apollo who there had his Temple and was honour'd with the title of Apollo Sminâ—…hius It retains at this day its old name being vulgarly call'd Tenedo c Cilla There were anciently three Cities of this Name one in Africa another of Aeolis and a third in Cilicia being that here meant 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 where Apollo had a Temple as Hesychius writes whence he deriv'd the Attribute of Cillaus as Strabo lib. 13. testifies And here I cannot but acquaint the Reader that Groâ—…ovius his Text differs from the Vulgar he reading from the Authority of the Florentine Manuscript the immediately foregoing Verses in the Original thus Et nota famâ Tenedos quae pascuo Foecunda pingui Thracios nutrit Greges Syros fretumque Lesbos Aegeum secans Et sacra Phoebâ—… Cilla Where he takes the fifth Verse in the beginning of this Scene and inserts it the third of the fore-cited viz. Syros fretumque c. We have yet follow'd the vulgar Editions nor without reason which we could easily make out both against Delrius his Exceptions and those of Gronovius would the narrow limits of this Page allow me to expatiate d Caycus A River of Mysia according to Virgil Georg l. 4. by whom it is called Mysiusque Caycus Strabo l. 12. makes it a River of Aeolâ—… Lucan of Idalis being a Province of the lesser Asia where he writes Gelido Tellus persusa Cayco Idalis By Ovid Metam l. 2. it is call'd Teuthrantaeusque Caycus from Teuthrantia a Province of Mysia so call'd from Teuthras King thereof Ovid likewise tells us Metam l. 15. that it was first call'd Mysus in these Verses Et Mysum capitisque suiripaque prioris Poenituisse ferunt aliâ nunc â—…re Caycum And Mysus his first Head and Banks disclaim'd Runs a new Course and is Caycus nam'd It was likewise anciently call'd Adurus Then Astraeus from Astraeus the Son of Neptune who threw himself into it Also Pauraus which name was chang'd into Caycus and by means of Caycus Son of Mercury and Ocyrhoe who having slain Timander a Noble Mysian and being pursu'd cast himself into it as Plutarch 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 reports At this day it is most commonly call'd Girmasti by Niger Castri by others Chiay as Ortelius and Ferrarius affirm e So many Cities There are reckon'd to be taken and sack'd by Achilles in his Expedition to Troy no less than twelve Maritime and eleven Inland Towns and Cities as himself boasts Iliad 9. Twelve Cities with my Fleet I did destroy Eleven with my Land-forces f His Marches Actions To the same sence Claudian in 4. Cons. Honorii Quod longis alii bellis poâ—…uere mereri Hoc
Spâ—…rta dedicated to him and built by Praces Grandchild of Pergamus Son of Neoptolemus or Pyrrhus where the Athletâ—… or Combatants who went into the Plane-tree Grove on Solemn days to fight offer'd Sacrifice to Achilles before the Combat And Dion Prusiâ—…us Orat. 36. reports that his Countrymen the â—…orystenitae had him in highest veneration to whom they built a Temple in a certain Island which they call'd after his Name By the Athenians likewise he was worshipped as their Tutelar Deity by whose supposed Protection both that City and the whole Region of Attica as Zosimus in 4. Hist. from the Authority of Syrianus the Philosopher would persuade his Reader to believe was preserv'd from the threatning ruin of Earth-quakes generally infesting all Greece in the time of Valens the Eastern Emperour The same Zosimus in his fifth Book likewise adding that when Alaricbus besieg'd that City with intent to have destroy'd it he was frighted from his design by the appearance of this angry Demi-God at the Prayers and Intercession of the Besâ—…eged Not to mention the Honours done him by Alexander the Great and Antonius Carâ—…calla the Roman Emperour in their Parentations at his Monument mentioned by Arrian and Herodian The over-curious criticizing of Gronovius upon this place endeavouring to wrest the Original text from the common Reading of the Words as we have rendred them is to little purpose In the following Câ—…orus consisting of Trojan Women aptly enough introduc'd to question the verity of Achilles's rising from the Dead as rumour'd in the foregoing Act Seneca takes occasion to make them speak his own Epicurâ—…an and Sâ—…oical Sentiments in prejudice to the Persuasion of the Souls Immortality thereby rendring the subject of their Discourse confessedly impious In so much that Delrius otherwise no less a friend to him than his friend Lipsius is here forc'd to leave him and to cry out Valeat Seneca cum suis Animae necatoribus having first prepar'd an Antidote against his poisonous Assertions therein vindicating the Soul's Immortality by Arguments drawn not only from the Reasonings of the wisest Philosophers and the common Sentiment of most Nations but also from the Dictates of Scripture Fathers Councils and the meeâ—… light of Nature To which by way of pre-caution we refer the unwary Reader z Souls yet do live The Stoics are not all of one persuasion touching the state of the Soul after the Death of the Body some affirming it to dye with the Body as Panaetius and his Followers Others with Cleanthes with whom likewise Chrysâ—…ppus in part consents as to the Souls only of the Wise allow to them a survivance after the Body but not to endure longer than the Worlds general Conflagration Which opinion Cicero in 1. Tuscul. hath thus ingeniously exprest Stoâ—…ci usuram nobis largiuntur tanquam Cornicibus Diu mansuros 〈◊〉 Aâ—…tmos semper negunt a The Wife hath clos'd with cries The Husband's Eyes The Ancients as well Greeks as Romans were most superstitiously observant of the Ceremony of closing the Eyes of the Dead and this was always done or intended to be done by those of neerest Relation as of Wives for their Husbands Husbands for their Wives Parents for their Children Children for their Parents and so in order according to their Degree of Proximity by Blood or Friendship Of the manner of performing which Ceremony and of the Reasons for it the Reader may find a particular account in Kirkmannus de Funeribus lib. 1. c. 6. and Meursius upon the same subject lib. singular c. 3. b When to Ashes turn'd Our Bones are Urn'd After the Corps was burnt which was the manner of the ancient Funeral they collected the remaining Bones and Ashes of the Dead which Office or Duty among the Romans was call'd Ossilegium The Bonâ—… and Ashes so collected together they be sprinkled with Wine and other odorous Liquors and bedew'd with their Tears then put them up into small Vessels which they call'd Urns which Urns or Vessels were distinguish'd by their proper names of Ossuaria and Cinâ—…raria See the forecited Authors in the precedent Note c A longer life with pain They still retain This is the best condition which the most eminent of the Stoics allow to a separated Soul for the Life of a Soul after the Body's Death the Stoics as Delrius upon this place notes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 miseriam rebantur though Lactantius lib. 7. reports Zeno to have taught otherwise The words of Lactantius are these Esse Inferos Zenon Stoicus docuit sedes Piorum ab Impiis esse discretas illos quidem quietas ac delectabiles incolere regiones â—…os verò literâ—… poenas in tenebâ—…osis locis atque in coeni voraginibus horrendis d Tapers are apply'd To th' naked side Alluding to the ancient Custom or Ceremony in setting fire to the Funeral Pile whereon the dead body was to be burnt which was done by the nearest of kin of the Male Sex who as Virgil expresses the manner of doing it subjectam more Parentum Aversam tenuere facem going backward and turning their Faces from the Pile Ut id officium necessitatis esse ostenderent non voluntatis says Servius upon that place adding likewise that these Funeral Lights or Torches were made ex funibus of twisted Cords which as Isâ—…dore tells us were cerâ circundaâ—…i whence Varro derives the denomination of Funeral e Nothing is after Death and this Too Nothing is Seneca here does not so much seem to declare as to confirm his Opinion to use Heinsius's Expression which he hath elsewhere to this purpose laid down both in his Epistles to Lucilius and particularly in Consolat ad Marciam from whom his Nephew Lucan hath borrowed thus much in the third of his Pharsalia Aut nihil est sensûs animis à morte reliâ—…um Aut mors ipsa nihil Or Souls no sense do after Death retain Or Death is nothing To a much better and contrary sense Propertius lib. 3. Elâ—…g Sunt aliquid Maâ—…es Lethum non omnia finit f The Covetous That is the desirous of death in hopes thereby to better their Condition g The sad That is those that fear punishment for their Offences after death h Where lie th' unborn This is but a Repetition of what he elsewhere declares Consolat ad Marc. Mors nos in illam tranquillitatem in qua antequam nasceremur jacuimus repoâ—…it Si mortuorum aliquis miseretur nonnatorum misereatur i What e're of Taenarus they sing c. The same Position he maintains in Consolat ad Marciam in these words Illa quae nobis inferos faciunt terribiles fabula est c. Luserunt ista Poetâ—… vanis nos agitavere terroribus Where we may see he hath in this place onely transferred the sense of his Philosophical Prose into Poetical Numbers and from this Instance and the foregoing clearly infer were there no other Arguments to evince it that Seneca the Philosopher was the Author of this
supplice â—…etu Admovere manus But of this see more in Alex. ab Alex. Genial Dier l. 2. c. 19. and his learned Commentator Tiraquel Stuckius de Sâ—…rif Gentil p. 87. La Cerda in Virg. 〈◊〉 3. 10. and Iosephus Laurentius in his Polymathia l. 1. dissert 27. where the several Circumstances relating to this matter are particularly handled v Stern Alcides pacifi'd Hercules having taken Troy and slain Laomedon gave his Daughter Hesione to Telamon with further assurance that those among the Captives whom she should desire to be released should be granted her Whereupon she desired that her Brother 〈◊〉 then a Child should be given her Hercules reply'd that he was then to be made a Slave Upon which pulling off her rich Veil from her â—…ead she therewith ransomed him Whence he was afterward called â—…iamus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from his being so redeem'd and was by Herâ—…les not onely restor'd to his Liberty but also to his Kingdom See 〈◊〉 Fab. 89. and Apollodorus Biblioth l. 2. and Tzeâ—…zes in Lycophroâ—… But Diodorus Siculus lib. 4. reports that he was restor'd to his Kingdom by Hercules for the Justice and Kindness shâ—…wn to Hercules his Embassadors whom his Father had imprisoned to whom he afforded the means of making their Escape For which Hercules after he had taken Troy and slain Laomedon seated him on his Father's Throne x Well train'd Troops in noble Motions lead This was that kind of Exercise which was call'd Troja proper to the Phrygians being an imitation of a Fight on Horseback with nimble motions and turnings in exact time and measure which Ascaâ—…us is said to have instituted at his building of long Alba in commemoration of what was used to be practised in his Native Countrey and is describ'd by Virgil Aeneid 5. This Servius will have to be the same with that which they call the Pyrrhick Dance but erroneously as Meursius in his Orchestra and Salmasius in Exerc. Plinian have noted For the Pyrrhick Dance was Saltatio Pedestris this Lusus Equestris the former was performed by Men and Women mix'd together on Foot the later onely by Youths on Horseback The former was invented by Pyrrhus Son of Achilles or Pyrrhicus the Lacedemonian the other not invented but renovated by Ascanius La Cerda from the Authority of Wolfang Lâ—…zius conceives the Original of Tournaments to come from this Trojan Exercise and to be called Torneamenta quasi Trojamenta with what probability let the Reader judge y In Phrygian Temples dance an antick round Dancing was a part of the Religious Worship of the ancient Ethnicks What kind of Dance yet is here particularly meant is not easily determined unless it be that which was called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being a lofty kind of Dance and seems to be appropriated to the Honour of Apollo as Meursius in Orchestra from the Authority of Menander the Rhetorician tells us and was so called because they sung and danc'd about the Altar while the Sacrifice was burning Which Dance was thus ordered First they moved from the left hand to the right then from the right they turned again to the left The former Motion was in imitation of that of the Zodiack the later in conformity to that of the Heavens Lastly they danced and skipped round about the Altar And this was done in a mix'd Company of Men and Women according to the Testimony of Athenaus l. 14. But perhaps here is rather meant the Saltatio Corybantia in Horâ—…our of Cybele the Phrygian Goddess who was particularly affected with those kinds of Measures of which see Lucian 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 De Saltatione x Hilly Thessaly A most celebrated but hilly Region of Greece wherein are the Famous Mountains of Ossa Pelion and Olympus on the North Oeta and Othrys on the South and Pindus on the West anciently call'd Pelasgia by which name and Pelasgion Argos it is only known in Homer And therefore Seneca here and other Writers who make mention of Thessaly within the compass of the Trojan times do it by a kind of Prolepsis as is noted by Pinedo upon Steph. de Urâ—…ibus in voce 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 It is known in Poetical Stories by several Names being called Pyrrhaea from Pyrrha the Wife of Deucalion as Pandâ—…ra from his Mother Aemonia from Aemon Nesonis from Neson the Son of Thessalus and from Thessalus the Son of Aemon according to Strabo l. 9. or according to Diod. Siculus l. 4. of Iason and Medea Thessalia It was anciently divided into four Parts Phthiotis 〈◊〉 Thessaliotis and Pelasgiotis The Modern vulgar Names by which it is known are divers being by Castaldus called Comenolitari by Antonius Geufraus Theumenestia by Lazius Lamina as both Orteâ—…us and Ferrarius affirm But the most vulgar name by which according to Brâ—…etius it is known amongst the Turks now Lords thereof is Ianna y Shady Tempe A most pleasant part of Thessaly lying in a delightful Valley through which the River Penéus glides hemm'd about by Hills and Woods elegantly describ'd by Aelian Var. Hist. l. 3. c. 1. here call'd Opaâ—…a Tempe and by Statius and Lucan Umbrosa Nemorosáque Tempe Its name according to the excellently-learned Doctor Isaac Vossius Observ. in Melam being derived à regione loci And therefore Mela thus speaks of it Hic sacro Nemore nobilia Tempe For à 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and by contraction 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and thence according to the Aeolick Dialect changing 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 into 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies lucum vel fanum where the People offer'd Sacrifice and perform'd divine Rites continually Which unintermined Worship of the Gods to use Aelian's words made the place sacred z Phthia A City and Region of Thessaly so call'd according to Stephanus de Urb. from Phthius the Son of Neptune and Larissa the birth-place of Achilles whence by Horace he is called Phthius Achilles sam'd for the breeding of good Soldiers Palmerlus in Exerc. p. 404. from the Authority of Pausanias tells us that anciently there were two Phthia's one in Thessaly of which Protesilaus was Prince whose Inhabitants were called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The other in Achaia Phthiotide whose Inhabitants were called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of which Achilles was Lord. To confirm which he cites the Author of the brief Scholia's upon Homer Iliad 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Stony Trachin A City of Phocis according to Strabo according to Stephanus of Thessaly seated under Mount Oeta built by Hercules and so called from the roughness and asperity of its soil and situation b Iolchos A City of Thessaly so called from Iolchus the Son of Aâ—…yrus the Birth-place of Iason from whence he with the Minya set sail in the first Ship Argo under the Conduct of Typhis for the Golden Fleece as the Poets fable Though to speak trulier the Argonauts set sail from Pagasae the Port where Argo was built and not from Iolchus which was
Stephanus by Theodoridas it is called Chironia famous for rich Quarries of Marble the most eminent and noted being that of a Sea-green colour of which Statius concolor alto Venaemari And elsewhere gaudens fluctus â—…quare or fluctu cerâ—…are Carystus As Salmasius Notis in Iul Capitolin reads and corrects the Verse p Chalcis The chief City of Euboea seated upon the Euripus at this day call'd Negroponte by the modern Greeks Egripos by the Turks Egribis as Leunclavius affirms and so they call thâ—… Euripus upon which it is seated Whence Sponius in his Voyages conceives the Original of that corrupt name Nigroponte to arise For the â—…ranks as he notes at their first coming into these parts hearing the Islanders say when they went to this Town 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. to Egripos from their misunderstood Dialect and their corrupt pronuntiation thereof clapping the last letter in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to the beginning of Egripos they formed this name Negroponte Which seems to afford a better Original of the name than that of the Italians who call it Nigroponte from I know not what Bridge of black stone which never was nor is now to be sound The old Chalcis seems to be so called according to Stephanus from Combe the Daughter of Asopus called likewise Chalcis oâ—… as he says 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from Brass-works or â—…ounderies there first set up Or as Bochartus in Câ—…anaan l. 1. c. 13. would rather have it from the Phoenician word â—…lakin which signifies to divide Quia medium spatium inter Chalciâ—…em Baeoticam impetu maris divisum est per angustiam 〈◊〉 says he as Sicily from Rhegium so called a rumpendo which in Greek is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Stephanus reckons up four other Cities of the same name one in the Territory of Corinth another in Aeâ—…olia a third in Syria and a fourth in Sâ—…ythia See likewise Sam. Tenullius Notis in 〈◊〉 Chalcidens in Nicomach Arithm. p. 63 64. q Euripus does roar A narrow Strait of the 〈◊〉 Sea running with a violent Eddy between Boeotia and the Island Eubâ—…s at this day called Stretto di Negroponte famous for its wonderful Tides of which Mela Livy Strabo Pliny Suiâ—…as have written but diversly some reporting it to flow and ebbe six times some seven some no less than 14 times in 24 hours But no better Account can be given hereof than what is delivered by a late Learned Jesuit Paul Babin in a Letter of his inserted by Sponius in his Voyage into the Levant and confirmed by his own experience According to wâ—…om the Euripus is said to have two sorts of Tides the one regular and common with the Ocean the other irregular and extraordinary of which he gives this following Table respecting the several phases of the Moon viz. From the first day of the Nâ—…w Moon to the eighth following it is regular from thence beginning with the first Quarter to the thirteenth day it is irregular fâ—…owing 12 13 or 14 times and as often ebbing in 24 hours From thence about Full Moon to the twentieth day following it is regular again Then commencing with the last Quarter to the twenty sixth day it continues irregular after that reassuming its regular course So that in every Moon there are reckoned 11 days of â—…regular and 18 or 19 days of regular motion Of the Cause of this strange Effect partly proceeding from Winds partly from the Influence of the Moon and Eddy-like motions of the Ocean 's intercepted waters in that narrow Strait see the Observations of the most Learned Doctor Isaac Vossius in McIam l. 2. c. 7 p. 211. r Calydnae And Island seated by Strabo near Tenedos in the Aegean Sea Hesychius places it not far from Rbodes so called according to Stephanus from Calydnus the Son of Coelus Others make two Islands of that name among whom Lycophron in Cassandra who from them brings the Snakes that murder'd the Sons of Laocâ—…on as Quintus Smyrnaus likewise lib. 12. who makes yet but one Island of it and calls it Calydna and Eustathius ad Iliad 2. says it was called Calydnae plurally as 〈◊〉 and Athenâ—… being likewise called Calymna and Calymnia â—…amous for excellent Honeâ—… according to Ovid. Met. l. 8. Fâ—…cus dá que meâ—…e Calydna Whence Mel Calydâ—…ium and 〈◊〉 s Gonoessa A City of Perrhibaeâ—… according to Stephanus Hom. Il. 2. and Eustathius upon him makes it a Promontory of Pellene or a City there seated calling it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 altam Gonoessam By reason of which situation it is as our Author adds much exposed to Winds and Tempells Pausanias in Corinth calls it Gonussa and makes it a City seated above Sicyon and in Acbaic will have its true name to be Donussa telling us that Pisistratus or whoever was employed by him in collecting the scattered Verses of Homer together through ignorance corrupted its name Lycophroâ—… mentions it ad vers 869. upon which his Commentator Tzetzes makes it a City of Thessaly and adds that there was a Lake of the same name in Sicily to which Menelaus in his wandering course was driven t Enispae A City of Arcadia according to Stephanus and as he adds by some made to be a City of Cletoria or Phocis mentioned by Homer Iliad 2. where he calls it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which Statius Theâ—…aid l. 4. hath imitated where it is by him called Ventosa Enispe Pausanias in Arcadicis writes that it was by some reported to have been an Island in the River Ladon as Statia and Rhipe were but he censures it for a very Erroneous Opinion Strabo l. 8. writes that both Enispae and the other two were long before his time so utterly ruined that no remains of them were possibly to be found v Peparethos An Island in the Aegean Sea one of the Cyclades over against the Coast of Magnesia as Strabo l. 3. 9. places it Pliny l. 4. c. 12. places it over against Mount Athos Athos says he ante se habet insulas quatuor Peparethum cum oppido quondam Euoenum dictam for the noble Wine it yielded It is by Ovid Met l. 7. celebrated likewise for its Fertility in Olives in this Verse nitidaeque ferax Peparethos Olivae It is by Niger called Lemene by Castaldus Saraquino by others Opula But part of its old name seems yet to adhere to it for in the Vulgar Nautical Tables it is called Peperi according to Ferrarius and Bauâ—…rand x Acte's pointed Land In all the Latin Originals the Verse is thus read Atticâ pendens Peparethos or â. by an unexcusable Error in Seneca as Gronovius censures it as inconsisistent with Geographical exactness This Delrius long since observed and therefore instead of Attica supposes it might be better read Actia from Acte a Promontory and City of Magnesia of which Stephanus in voce 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Where he likewise adds that Demetrius remembers by that name the Region and Shore by Mount
Athos over against which and Magnesia Geographers place the Island of Peparethos Which Conjecture grounded upon fair probability we have followed in our Version y Eleusis A Maritime City of Attica seated between Mâ—…gara and Portus â—…us so called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ab adventu Cereriâ—… For Ceres in search after Proserpina came thither and was kindly received by Celeus in requital of which she shewed to his Son Tripâ—…olemus the way of sowing Corn Though others report it was so called from Eleusis or Eleusiâ—… the Son of Mercury and Daâ—…ra Daughter of Oceanus whom some will have to be the Father of Triptolemus At this day it is called Sepsâ—…a as Sophianus testifies and famous for the Temple of Câ—…res where the Eleâ—…inian Mysteries were celebrated built by Iâ—…ynus and as Strabo l. 9. reports capable of as much â—…ompany as any Theatre z Silent Mysteries The Eleusinian Rites and Ceremonies were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 called Mysteria and observed with so great secrecy that it was death for any one to reveal them as is manifest by the story of Diagoras Melius his being for divulging them condemned by the Athenians who offered a Talent of Gold to any to kill him and two Talents to such as should bring him alive to Judgment Of which Suidas in voce 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Hence they are called Silent Mysteries the particular description whereof the Reader may find in Meursius who hath written expresly upon that subject as Peâ—…rus 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and Io. Fasoldus in his Gracorum veterum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Ajax his true Salamine The Salamis or Salamine here meant is an Island near the Athenian Coast with a City of the same name here called Ajax his true Salamine to distinguish it from the Salamine built by his Brother Teucer in Cyprus during his Exile For as Velleius Paterc tells us Teucer non receptus à patre Telamonâ—… â—…b segnitiem non vindicatâ—… fratris injuriâ—… he means the affront given by Ulysses about Achilles his Arms the occasion of his death Cyprum appulsus cognominem patriae suae Salâ—…mina constituit Which Cyprian Salamine is by Authors called Ambigua quia dubitandum nomen Salaminis fecit says Gronovius Observ. l. 1. c. 3. the Attick Salamine being the true Country of Ajax And therefore by Maâ—…lius and Lucan as well as by our Author here the Epithet Verâ—… is given to it by Horace to the other that of Ambigua in these Verses Od. 7. l. 1. certus enim promisit Apollâ—… Ambiguam tellure novâ Salamina futuram Apollo certainly in a new Land Promis'd Ambiguous Salamine should stand The Isâ—…and was anciently according to Strabo called Scirus Cychreâ—… and Pityussa The modern name as Ferrarius from the Authority of Sophianus reports being Coluri b Calydon A City of Aetolia where Dianâ—… was worshipped by the name of Laphria who incensed against Oeneus for his neglect in sacrificing to her sent the Calydonian Boar to waste his Country slain by Meleager and Atalanta of which see the Fable in Ovid. Met. l. 8. Pausanias in Arcad. reports that the two great Tusks of this Boar were kept in the Temple of Minerva in Alea a Town of Arcadia and were from thence by Augustus Caesar transported to Rome one of them being extant in his time half an Ell in length c Bessa A Town of the Locrians mention'd by Homer Iliad 2. so called according to Strabo l. 9. as being seated in a Heathy Plain d Scarpbe Another City of the Locrians seated upon a higher ground so called according to Strabâ—… in regard the Fields and Country about it were thick beset with Woods and Fruit-trees Whence Casâ—…ubon upon that place affirms the true name to be Tarphe For 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies densitas sylvarum Of which Conjecture of his he is much opinionated and maintains the former Name to be an inveterate error of the ancient Copies Strabo in the same place likewise reports that in his time it was called Pharygâ—… and that Iuno had there a Temple and was thence called Iuno Pharygâ—… He adds further in his first Book from the Authority of Demetrius Câ—…latianus that it was almost totally ruined by an Earthquake But it seems some Reliques thereof are yet remaining and call'd Bondoâ—…iza according to Moletius apud Ferrarium e Titaressus Or as the Greeks write it Titaresius a River of Thessaly qui it Orcus says Vibius Sequester Strabo likewise lib. 7. writes that it was anciently call'd Europus It rises from the Mountain Titarus and falls into Peneus and by reason of the oily thickness of it Waters mingles not with it but swims upon it Quem Stygiâ palude crescere quidam autumant adds Vibius Sequester thus describ'd by Lucan Pharsal lib. 6. Solus in alterius nomen cùm ventrit undae Defendit Titaressus â—…quas lapsusque supernâ—… Gurgite Penei pro siccis utitur arvis Hunc fama est Stygâ—…s manare paludibus amnem Et capitis memorem fluvii contagia vilis Nolle paâ—…i superâ—…que sibi servare timorem Thus rendred by Mr. Tho. May. Alone his stream pure Titaressus keeps Though in a different-named Flood he creeps And using Peneus as his Ground he flows Above from Styx they say this River rose Who mindful of his Spring scorns with base Floods To mix but keeps the reverence of the Gods f Pylos A City of Messeâ—…ia in Peloponnesus Of which name Strabo and Stephanus reckon three Towns whereof two seated upon the Sea-coast One in Elis at the foot of the Mountain Scollis another in Messenia near Coryphasium a third in Arcadia all in Peloponnesus Every of which the respective Inhabitants boasted to be the Country of Nestor But the Nestorian Pylos was the Messenian which was likewise call'd Nelea by Pausanias by Ptolemy Abarinus by Stephanus Coriphasium by Suiâ—…as Spacteria It s modern name according to Sophianus being Navarino according to Niger and the Italian Nauticaâ—… Tables Teste Leunclavio Zonichia g Pharis a City of Laconia mentioned by Homer in his Catalogue or second Book of the Iliads destroy'd as Pausanias writes by the Lacedamonians in the time of Teleclus son of Archelaus and Grandson of Agesilaus h Iove's Pisa. A City and â—…ountain in the Olympic Plains where Iupiter had his Temple which Hercules intending to destroy was prohibited by Apollo's Delphian Oracle in these words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Pisa Patri curae c. here therefore call'd Iove's Pisa chiefly in regard of the Olympick Games there exercised Which honour was the occasion of its ruin for contesting with Elis about the jurisdiction of celebrating the said Games the incensed Elâ—…ans wrought at last its destruction of which see Pausanias l. 5. 6. Strabo l. 8. writes that some made a doubt whether there ever were such a City as Pisa but allow'd of the Fountain of that name which in his time he says was called Bisa
i Elis. A City in the Region so called not far from Olympia which though Seneca here makes to be coaeval with the time of the Trojan War yet Strabo lib. 8. affirms the contrary and says it was not built in Homer's days but long after that is after the time of the Persian War He asserts likewise that all those Places in Peloponnesus which Homer mentions were not Cities but Regions inhabited by several small Pagi or Boroughs out of which the Cities bearing the names of the several Regions were afterwards collected 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. And after this manner says he the Inhabitants of the several Pagi or Boroughs in the Region of Elis congregated themselves into one City of the same name k Adorn'd with wreaths of Victory That is the Crowns gain'd by the Victors in the Olympian Games there celebrated These Crowns were of Olive-branches yet not of every kind of Olive-tree but of that only which was called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Oleaster or the wild Olive In process of time they came to be of Gold of which see particularly Pâ—…scalius De Coronis l. 6. c. 18. 19. 20. to spare the mentioning of ancient Authors which Tiraquel in Alex. ab Alex. l. 5. c. 8. will point out to the more inquisitive Reader And here Seneca again seems to speak proleptically and by way of anticipation For Strabo lib. 8. affirms that these Games were not in use in the time of the Trojan War nor this manner of crowning the Victors then practis'd and that Homer makes no mention of them those by him mentioned being only Funeral Games or such like solemn Exercises l Sparta The principal City of Lacoâ—…ia called likewise Lacedaemon the birth-place of Helena at this day call'd Mysithrâ—… whose modern condition see described by Monsieur de Guilleâ—…iere in his Lacedaemone Ancienne et Nouvelle m Argos There are three Cities of this name The first Argos Peloponnesiacum the chief City of Argia at this day called Argo the second Argos Amphilochium in Epirus at this day Anfilocha the third Argos Pelasgicum at this day vulgarly called Armiro The first is that which is hear meant Se Ortelius in Thesaur Geograph Ferrar. n Mycenae A City of Argia so called from Mycenus the Son of Sparto or Mycene the Daughter of Inachus as some will or from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Pommel of Perseus Sword-hilt falling oâ—…f there or from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifying likewise a Mushrome which Perseus pulling up there gushed out a spring of water with which he quench'd his thirst Upon which accident he there built the City and called it Mycene as Pausanias writes or from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 because Io when turn'd into a Cow as Stephanus De Urbiâ—…us there first Low'd the birth-place of Agamemnon at this day called Agios Aâ—…rianos according to Sophianus by Niger Charia by Theveâ—… Grebigni as Ortelius testifies o Neritos An Island not far from Ithaca and Zant of which Virgil Aeneid 3. makes mention in these Verses Medio apparet â—…uctu nemorosa Zacynthos Dulichiumque Sameque Neritos ardua saxis There was a Mountain of the same name in Ithaca of both which Strabo speaks lib. 10. citing the Authority of Homer p Zant. An Island in the Ionian Sea lying against the Western coast of Peloponnesus near the entrance of the Sinus Corinthiacus anciently call'd Zacynthus from Zacynthus the Son of Dardanus according to Stephaus Pliny likewise affirming that it was before that called Hyrie It s length according to Baudrand in Ferrar. is reckon'd 25. Miles its breadth 20. its circumference 60. q Rocky Ithaca It is noted sayes Gryphiander de Insulis that the Poets when they speak of small and stony Islands call them Rocks Sive quia scopulis suis munita sive quia rem extemâ—…ant contemptiùs de ed loqâ—…ntur So Virgil. â—…n l. 3. Effugimus Ithaca scopulos Lacrtia regna Cicero de Orator 1. speaks very undervaluingly of the City so call'd when he describes it to be in asperrimis scopulis ceu nidulum affixam This Island is in circuit about 25 Miles inhabited only by Exiles and Pirats now vulgarly called Val de Compare Yet Sponius in his Voyages into the Levant says it is call'd Iatacho and distant about six or seven Miles from Dulichium or Tâ—…iaki as the Modern Greeks now call it r Who Hecuba can tell thy Fate Hyginus de Fabulis c. 111. writes that Hecuba in her passage by Sea through impatience of her grief threw her self over-board into the Hellespoâ—…t and was transform'd into a Bitch The Fable arising from the acerbity and rage of her sorrow which caus'd her to curse and revile all she met with especially of the Greeks To which Plautus in Meâ—…oechmo alludes Act 5. Sc. 1. Hecuba quod iu nunc facis Omnia mala ingerebat quem quem aspexerat Itaque adeo jure caepta appellari est Canis being ston'd to death by the Thracians in Cherronesus and a Tomb erected for her in the place bearing the Title of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or the Bitches Monument which Pliny places in fronte obliquâ—… Mastusiae a Promontory of the Thracian Cherronesus over against Sygaeum Strabo between the City Dardanus and Abyâ—…s over against the Mouth of the River Rhodius in the same Cherronesus Solinus upon the Promontory of the Asiâ—…n Sygâ—…um but falsely as is observed by his learned Exercitatorâ—… Salmasius Cedrenus in Histor. Compend reports that she was ston'd to death on Ship-board by Ulysses and his Companions and thrown into the Sea near the Promontory Maronea which srom that accident they called Cynossema Suidas in voce 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 writes that Ulysses coming to the Cape Maronea and being prohibited by the Inhabitants from taking such necessaries as he wanted landed his Men and encountring with them worsted them where Hecuba exercising her bitter and invective Language was ston'd to death by the Souldiers who there buried her calling the Place The Bitcâ—…es Monument Ovid. Metam lib. 14. tells us yet the story otherwise which there see Iulius Pollux lib. 5. c. 5. conceives this 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be rather the Monument of some famous Dog of which he gives several instances as of Atalanta's and Xanthippus their Dogs in Calydon and Salcmine and Gargâ—…ius Geryon's Dog in Spain who had their Monuments so called Which conjecture seems not to displease the incomparable Observator upon Mela p. 129. s Helen's a fit Auspex The Ancients in contracting or solemnizing Marriages were directed therein by the flight of Birds or Augury And the person that perform'd the Augurating Office was called Auspex The Romans were very observant hereof for a long time and though at length they left off the custom of Augury yet they still retain'd the Office of Auspices Of which thus Cicero De Divinat l. 1. Nihil fere quondam majoris rei nisi auspicato ne privatim quidem gerebatur Quod