| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 5.43 | Plin. Nat. 5.44 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 6.1 |
The islands of the Propontis are, before Cyzicus, Elaphonnesus [Note], from whence comes the Cyzican marble; it is also known by the names of Neuris and Proconnesus. Next come Ophiussa [Note], Acanthus, Phœbe, Scopelos, Porphyrione, Halone [Note], with a city of that name, Delphacia, Polydora, and Artaceon, with its city. There is also, opposite to Nicomedia, Demonnesos [Note]; and, beyond Heraclea, and opposite to Bithynia, the island of Thynias, by the barbarians called Bithynia; the island of Antiochia: and, at the mouth of the Rhyndacus, Besbicos [Note], eighteen miles in circumference; the islands also of Elæa, the two called Rhodussæ, and those of Erebinthus [Note], Megale, Chalcitis [Note], and Pityodes [Note].
Summary.—Towns and nations spoken of * * * *, Noted rivers * * * *. Famous mountains * * * *. Islands, 118 in number. People or towns no longer in existence * * * *. Remarkable events, narratives, and observations * * * *.
Roman Authors Quoted.—Agrippa [Note], Suetonius Paulinus [Note], M. Varro [Note], Varro Atacinus [Note], Cornelius Nepos [Note], Hyginus [Note]. L. Vetus [Note], Mela [Note], Domitius Corbulo [Note], Licinius Mucianus [Note], Claudius Cæsar [Note], Arruntius [Note], Livius the Son [Note], Sebosus [Note], the Register of the Triumphs [Note].
foreign authors quoted.—King Juba [Note] Hecatæus [Note] Hellanicus [Note], Damastes [Note], Dicæarchus [Note], Bæton [Note], Timosthenes [Note], Philonides [Note], Zenagoras [Note], Astynomus [Note], Staphylus [Note], Aristoteles [Note], Aristocritus [Note], Dionysius [Note], Ephorus [Note], Eratosthenes [Note], Hipparchus [Note], Panætius [Note], Serapion [Note] of Antioch, Callimachus [Note], Agathocles [Note], Polybius [Note], Timæus [Note] the mathematician, Herodotus [Note], Myrsilus [Note], Alexander Polyhistor [Note], Metrodorus [Note], Posidonius [Note], who wrote the Periplus and the Periegesis, Sotades [Note], Periander [Note], Aristar-
chus [Note] of Sicyon, Eudoxus [Note], Antigenes [Note], Callicrates [Note], Xenophon [Note] of Lampsacus, Diodorus [Note] of Syracuse, Hanno [Note], Himilco [Note], Nymphodorus [Note], Calliphanes [Note], Artemidorus [Note], Megasthenes [Note], Isidorus [Note], Cleobulus [Note], and Aristocreon [Note].
APPENDIX OF CORRECTIONS.
Page 1, line 9, The allusion, otherwise obscure, is to the fact that some friends of Catullus had filched a set of table napkins, which had been given to him by Veranius and Fabius, and substituted others in their place.
Page 13, line 2, for Roman figures, read other figures.
Page 20, line 7, for the God of nature; he also tends, down to and most excellent. read the God of nature. He supplies light to the universe, and dispels all darkness; He both conceals and reveals the other stars. It is He that regulates the seasons, and, in the course of nature, governs the year as it ever springs anew into birth; it is He that dispels the gloom of the heavens, and sheds his light upon the clouds of the human mind. He, too, lends his brightness to the other stars. He is most brilliant and most excellent.
Page 21, line 13, for elected, read erected.
Page 21, line 13, for good fortune, read evil fortune.
Page 23, line 18, for our scepticism concerning God is still increased, read our conjectures concerning God become more vague still.
Page 23, line 31, for and the existence of God becomes doubtful, read whereby the very existence of a God is shewn to be uncertain.
Page 33, line 4, for as she receives, read as receives.
Page 54, line 15, for the seventh of the circumference, read the seventh of the third of the circumference.
Page 59, line 36, for transeuntia, read trascurrentia.
Page 67, line 26, for circumstances, read influences.
Page 78, line 9, for higher winds, read higher waves.
Page 78, line 17, for the male winds are therefore regulated by the odd numbers, read hence it is that the odd numbers are generally looked upon as males.
Page 79, line 15, for of the cloud, read of the icy cloud.
Page 79, line 21, for sprinkling it with vinegar, read throwing vinegar against it.
Page 79, line 22, for this substance, read that liquid.
Page 80, line 13, for but not until, read and not after.
Page 80, line 14, for the former is diffused, down to impulse, read the the latter is diffused in the blast, the former is condensed by the violent impulse.
Page 80, line 17. for dash, read crash.
Page 81, line 21, for thunder-storms, read thunder-bolts.
Page 81, line 27, for their operation, read its operation.
Page 82, line 8, for thunder-storms, read thunder-bolts.
Page 85, line 2, for blown up, read blasted.
Page 88, line 15, for the east, read the west.
Page 89, line 11, for even a stone, read ever a stone.
Page 92, line 9, for how many things do we compel her to produce spontaneously, read how many things do we compel her to produce! How many things does she pour forth spontaneously!
Page 92, line 10, for odours and flowers read odours and flavours.
Page 93, line 16, for luxuries, read caprices.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 5.43 | Plin. Nat. 5.44 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 6.1 |
