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A36161	A complete dictionary of the Greek and Roman antiquities explaining the obscure places in classic authors and ancient historians relating to the religion, mythology, history, geography and chronology of the ancient Greeks and Romans, their ... rites and customs, laws, polity, arts and engines of war : also an account of their navigations, arts and sciences and the inventors of them : with the lives and opinions of their philosophers / compiled originally in French ... by Monsieur Danet ; made English, with the addition of very useful mapps.; Dictionarium antiquitatum Romanarum et Graecarum. English	Danet, Pierre, ca. 1650-1709.	1700 (1700)	Wing D171; ESTC R14021	1,057,883	623

Brothers upon her Son she threw the Firebrand into the Fire and presently the unhappy Meleager felt a terrible Burning throughout his whole Body and died with miserable Torments His Sisters lamented him and were transformed into Turky-Hens Lucian also relates this Fable in his Dialogue concerning Sacrifices All the Evils which formerly fell out in Etolia and all the Calamities of the Calydoneans with the Murdering of them and the Death of Meleager came from the Displeasure of Diana who was angry she had been forgotten at a Sacrifice MELICERTES the Son of Athamas and Ino who with his Mother threw himself down headlong over the Rocks called Scironides and was carried by a Dolphin to Corinth where he was turned into a Sea-God by the Name of Palemon They celebrated Games in Honour of him called the Isthmian-games near Corinth with great Expence MELPOMENE one of the Nine Muses said to have been the Inventress of Tragedies Odes and Songs MEMNON the Son of Tithonus and Aurora who came to the Relief of King Priamus at the Siege of Troy and was killed by Achilles in a Duell He was changed into a Bird by his Mother when his Body was laid upon the Funeral-Pile The Egyptians erected a Statue for him which made a Noise at Sun-rising when the Sun darted it's Beams upon it and the same in the Evening had a mournful and complaining Tone as if it were concerned for the Loss of it's Presence This is the Account Philostratus and Tacitus give thereof MENANDER an Athenean famous for his Comedies of whom Phaedrus speaks in the 5th Book of his Fables He was courted by the Kings of Egypt and more particularly in Favour with Demetrius who admired the Excellency of his Wit MENIPPUS a Cynick Philosopher whom Lucian in his Dialogue entituled Icaromenippus makes to take a Journey into Heaven by the Help of a Couple of Wings one being a Vulture's and the other an Eagle's and the Reason which he makes Menippus give why he undertook so great a Journey is that after he had observed the Frailty and Inconstancy of Humane Things he began to despise Grandeur Wealth and Pleasures and to apply himself to a Contemplation and Search after Truth for which End he consulted the Philosophers but that he found so much Contradiction and Uncertainty in what they said that he was resolved to go and enquire after it into Heaven MENOECEUS the Son of Creon King of Thebes who was willing to die for the Preservation of his Country for when they came to know by the Oracle that the Thebans should obtain the Victory if the last of Cadmus his Race devoted himself to the Infernal Gods he slew himself with his own Sword after he had so devoted himself MENSIS a Month the Space of Time that the Sun takes to run through one Sign of the Zodiac which makes the 12th part of a Year Cicero derives this Word from Mensura or Metior Qui quia mensa spatia conficiunt menses nominantur Months properly speaking are no other than the Time which either the Moon takes to run thro' the Zodiac called by Astrologers a Periodical Month or to return from Sun to Sun which is distinguish'd by the Name of a Synodical Month but yet this Name has been also given to the Time the Sun is a running through the Twelfth Part of the Zodiac two Sorts of Months viz. the Lunar and the Solar being hereby distinguished The Lunar Synodical Month which is that alone that People mind is a little above Twenty Nine Days and an Half The Solar is usually accounted to consist of some Thirty Days Ten Hours and an Half The Month is again distinguished into an Astronomical and Civil Month the first is properly the Solar Month and the Civil is that which is accommodated to the Customs of People and particular Nations every one in their Way some using the Lunar others the Solar Months The Jews Greeks and Romans formerly made use of Lunar Months but to avoid all such Fractions in Numbers as would happen they made them alternatively to consist of Twenty Nine and Thirty Days calling the former Cavi and the other Pleni The Egyptians used Solar Months and ordered all of them to consist of Thirty Days only adding to the End of the Year Five Days which were made up of the Supernumerary Hours and neglecting the Six Hours or thereabouts that arose from the Half Hours and this made their Seasons in the Revolution of every Four Years go backward One Day We now make use of these Months tho' we render them unequal and at the same Time reserve the Six Hours to make up a Day from Four Year to Four Year and this has been explained under the Word Annus which may be seen for this Purpose Romulus made his Year at first to consist but of Ten Months the first of which was March then April May June Quintilis July Sextilis August September October November December But Numa Pompiltus who had a very particular Converse with Pythagoras of whom he had learned divers Things in the Astronomical Art of which he made good Use especially upon this Occasion added Two Months more to Romulus's Ten Months by taking a Day off from April June August September and December to which Romulus had allowed Thirty Days leaving Thirty One Days to the rest as they had them then adding those Six Days to Fifty One that were wanting in Romulus his Year which consisted of 304 Days in order to perfect his own of 355 that made 57 Days the which he divided into Two other Months viz. into January which had 29 Days and February 28. which he placed before March He was not concerned that the Days in this last Month consisted of an even Number because he designed it for the Time to offer Sacrifices in to the Infernal Gods to which this Number as being unhappy according to the Egyptians Superstition seemed to belong He constituted the Month of January which he appointed for the Winter-Solstice to be the first Month in the Year instead of March which was so before and which Romulus had put for the Vernal Equinox The Romans made use of Three Words to reckon the Days of their Months by to wit the Calends Nones and Ides The first Day of every Month was called Calends the Four following Days were the Nones except in March May July and October who had 6 Days of Nones then came the Ides which contained Eight Days And the rest of the Month was reckoned by the Calends of the following Month We now make use of the Roman Months and only reckon the Days therein by 1 2 3 4 c. See what has been said upon Calendae and Calendarium MENSORES Harbingers whose Business it was to go and fix upon Lodgings for the Emperors when they were minded to go to any Province and when they intended to encamp they marked out the same and assigned its Post to every Regiment MENSURA Measure being that which serves

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XI 21. XII 21. XI 21. XI 22. XI 22. X 22. XI 22. X 22. XI 22. X 22. X 22. XI 22. X 22. X 23. X 23. IX 23. X 23. IX 23. X 23. IX 23. IX 23. X 23. IX 23. IX 24. IX 24. VIII 24. IX 24. VIII 24. IX 24. VIII 24. VIII 24. IX 24. VIII 24. VIII 25. VIII 25. VII 25. VIII 25. VII 25. VIII 25. VII 25. VII 25. VIII 25. VII 25. VII 26. VII 26. VI 26. VII 26. VI 26. VII 26. VI 26. VI 26. VII 26. VI 26. VI 27. VI 27. V 27. VI 27. V 27. VI 27. V 27. V 27. VI 27. V 27. V 28. V 28. IV 28. V 28. IV 28. V 28. IV 28. IV 28. V 28. IV 28. IV 29. IV 29. III 29. IV. 29. III 29. IV 29. III 29. III 29. IV 29. III 29. III 30. III 30. Prid. 30. III 30. Prid. 30. III 30. Prid. 30. Prid. 30. III 30. Prid. 30. Prid. 31. Prid.     31. Prid.     31. Prid.         31. Prid.         'T is true there needed no long time to discover that this Account was too short and that his Year must begin long before the Solar Year and therefore to reduce these things into Order he ordain'd that all the Days which were over and above what he had reckoned in this Calendar should be inserted amongst the rest without any Name by way of Intercalation which was done with little Care But under the Reign of Numa Pompilius the Calendar was first reform'd This Prince had private Conferences with Pythagoras from whom he learn'd many things concerning Astronomy which he chiefly applied to this Purpose and he followed very near the same Order which the Greeks then observed in the Division of Time 'T is true that instead of 354 Days which they gave to their common Years he gave to his 355 because he would have the Number to be odd out of a superstitious Opinion which he learned from the Egyptians who had an Aversion to even Numbers which they accounted unfortunate And therefore he took away one Day from each of these Six Months April June Sextilis September November and December to which Romulus had given 30 Days that they might have but 29 and left to the rest 31 Days which they had before and then adding these Six Days to the 51 which Romulus's Year of 304 Days wanted to make up his own Year of 355 he made them in all 57 Days which Number he divided into Two to make of it Two other Months which he placed before the Month March viz. January consisting of 29 Days and February of 28 which Month he design'd for the Sacrifices which were offered to the Infernal Gods to which this even Number as being unfortunate seem'd most properly to belong Thus he made the Month of January which he plac'd at the Winter-solstice the first Month of the Year instead of March which was the first before and which Romulus had placed at the Vernal Equinox And to make this Institution everlasting he made use of the Intercalation of 90 Days every Eight Years which Number was made up of the Eleven Days and a Quarter which the Lunar Year consisting of 354 Days wanted of the Solar Year consisting of 365 Days and Six Hours Of these the Greeks made Three Months each whereof had 30 Days which they called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and which they intercalated after the Third the Fifth and the Eigth Years but Numa made Four Months of them and intercalated one every Two Years after the Feast called Terminalia which happened on the Sixth of the Kalends of March i. e. on the 24th of February and the first Month intercalated he made to consist of 22 Days and the next of 23 that so the whole Intercalation in the Space of Four Years might make up the Number of 45 Days which was equal to that used among the Greeks in their Olympiads This Month intercalated every Two Years was called Mercedonius and the Intercalary February The Year of Numa which consisted of 355 Days ending one Day later than the Greek Year it was easie to observe that since their Beginnings were so far from agreeing together they would in a little time recede very far from one another And therefore the same Numa to obviate this Inconvenience ordain'd that in the Space of Eight Years the whole 90 Days should not be intercalated according to the Custom of the Greeks but only 82 Days which were to be inserted in this Order At first in the Space of Two Years an Intercalation was made of 22 Days next after that an Intercalation was made of 23 Days at the Third time an Intercalation was made of 22 Days and at the Fourth an Intercalation was made of 15 Days only in lieu of 23 which should have been inserted this Deduction was necessary to take off in Eight Years time the Eight superfluous Days he had added to his Year Numa's Year therefore consisted of Twelve Months viz. January February March April May June Quintilis Sextilis September October November and December whereof Seven had 29 Days and the rest 31 except February which had only 28 which may be seen in the following Account of his Calendar But as to the Division of Months into Calends Nones and Ides and the Manner of reckoning Days See hereafter the Paragraph before Caesar's Calendar The CALENDAR of Numa Pompilius containing 12 MONTHS and consisting of 355 DAYS January February March April May. June Quintilis Sextilis September October November December 1. Kalend. 1. Kalend. 1. Kalend. 1. Kalend. 1. Kalend. 1. Kalend. 1. Kalend. 1. Kalend. 1. Kalend. 1. Kalend. 1. Kalend. 1.

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III 13. Id. 13. III 13. Id. 13. Id. 13. III 13. Id. 13. Id. 14. XVII 14. XVI 14. Prid. 14. XVII 14. Prid. 14. XVII 14. Prid. 14. XVII 14. XVII 14. Prid. 14. XVII 14. XVII 15. XVI 15. XV 15. Id. 15. XVI 15. Id. 15. XVI 15. Id. 15. XVI 15. XVI 15. Id. 15. XVI 15. XVI 16. XV 16. XIV 16. XVII 16. XV 16. XVII 16. XV 16. XVII 16. XV 16. XV 16. XVII 16. XV 16. XV 17. XIV 17. XIII 17. XVI 17. XIV 17. XVI 17. XIV 17. XVI 17. XIV 17. XIV 17. XVI 17. XIV 17. XIV 18. XIII 18. XII 18. XV 18. XIII 18. XV 18. XIII 18. XV 18. XIII 18. XIII 18. XV 18. XIII 18. XIII 19. XII 19. XI 19. XIV 19. XII 19. XIV 19. XII 19. XIV 19. XII 19. XII 19. XIV 19. XII 19. XII 20. XI 20. X 20. XIII 20. XI 20. XIII 20. XI 20. XIII 20. XI 20. XI 20. XIII 20. XI 20. XI 21. X 21. IX 21. XII 21. X 21. XII 21. X 21. XII 21. X 21. X 21. XII 21. X 21. X 22. IX 22. VIII 22. XI 22. IX 22. XI 22. IX 22. XI 22. IX 22. IX 22. XI 22. IX 22. IX 23. VIII 23. VII 23. X 23. VIII 23. X 23. VIII 23. X 23. VIII 23. VIII 23. X 23. VIII 23. VIII 24. VII 24. VI 24. IX 24. VII 24. IX 24. VII 24. IX 24. VII 24. VII 24. IX 24. VII 24. VII 25. VI 25. V 25. VIII 25. VI 25. VIII 25. VI 25. VIII 25. VI 25. VI 25. VIII 25. VI 25. VI 26. V 26. IV 26. VII 26. V 26. VII 26. V 26. VII 26. V 26. V 26. VII 26. V 26. V 27. IV 27. III 27. VI 27. IV 27. VI 27. IV 27. VI 27. IV 27. IV 27. VI 27. IV 27. IV 28. III 28. Prid. 28. V 28. III 28. V 28. III 28. V 28. III 28. III 28. V 28. III 28. III 29. Prid.     29. IV 29. Prid. 29. IV. 29. Prid. 29. IV 29. Prid. 29. Prid. 29. IV 29. Prid. 29. Prid.         30. III     30. III     30. III         30. III                 31. Prid.     31. Prid.     31. Prid.         31. Prid.         And to add the greater Weight and Authority to this Law he appointed the High-priests to put it in Execution and enjoyn'd them to signifie to the People the Time and Manner in which this Intercalation of extraordinary Days must be made But these Priests either thro' Ignorance or Malice brought the Account of Time and other Matters depending upon it into so great Confusion that the Festivals happen'd at such Seasons as were directly opposite to the Times of their Institution and the Feasts of Autumn fell out in the Spring and those of Harvest in the Middle of Winter This Disorder came to so great a Height that when Julius Caesar was Dictator and High-priest after the Battle of Pharsalia he thought the Reformation of the Calendar to be a Thing well worthy of his Care and necessary for the good Government of the Empire And for this purpose he fetch'd one Sosigenes from Alexandria who was esteemed the best Astronomer of that Time and he by the Order of the Emperor after he had several times corrected it himself declared that the Destribution of Time in the Calendar could never be settled as certain and unalterable unless a principal Regard was had to the Annual Course of the Sun and that it was necessary for the Future by a Method contrary to that which had been hitherto practised to adjust the Lunar Year by the Motion of the Sun rather than accommodate the Course of the Sun to the unequal Laws of the Moon 's Motion And because it passed then for a thing certain among A stronomers that the Annual Period of the Sun's Course was predsely 365 Days and Six Hours therefore he resolved to give the whole Time of 365 Days to the Year in his Calendar reserving the Six Hours to the End of Four Years when they made a whole Day which he then added to the rest by way of Intercalation so that this Year did not consist of 365 Days as the other Years did which he called common but of 366 Days And since according to the Institution of Numa Pompilius the Intercalation of the Month Mer●edonius was made towards the End of February the same Sosigenes by order of the Emperor used the same Time for the Intercalation of this Day which happened to fall out on that Day which they called Regifugium because the Romans in ancient Times had drove their Kings out of Rome on that Day and on the Day which follows another Festival called Terminalia i. e. on the 24th Day of February or to speak in the Language of the Romans on the Sixth of the Calends of March and because this Day was called the second Sixth of the Calends which in Latin is Biss●xius therefore the Year in which this Intercalation was made was called Bissextile or Intercalary He chang'd nothing in the Order nor Names of the Months nor yet in the Number of Days in these Four viz. March May Quintil is and October which had each 31 Days in Numa's Calendar but to make room for the Ten Days whereby the Solar Year exceeded that of Numa he added Two Days to each of these Three Months January Sextilis and December which had only 29 Days before and so he made them equal to the other Months which had 31 but he added only

these two Consuls and yet Cassiodorus affirms that he has taken his Chronology out of the Calendars or Fasti of the Capitol where they are recorded A. M. 3879. R. 578. L. POSTHUMIUS ALBINUS M. POPILIUS LAENAS Peace was granted to the People of Corsica upon condition that they should pay every year two hundred thousand pounds weight of Wax A. M. 3880. R. 579. C. POPILIUS LAENAS P. AELIUS LIGUR A stormy wind drove away so great a quantity of Locusts into Apulia that the Land was all over covered with them The Roman people solemnly renounced the friendship of Perseus King of Macedonia hearing that he was forming a party in Asia against them A. M. 3881. R. 580. P. LICINIUS CRASSUS C. CASSIUS LONGUS Perscus defeated the Roman Army commanded by the Consul Licinius says Eutropius This Battle was fought on the Banks of the River Penes The Praetor Lucretius laid the siege before Coronea and took it by storm with the Town of Thebes A. M. 3882. R. 581. C. ATTILIUS SERANUS C. HOSTILIUS MANCINUS The Alabandii out of a base and ridiculous flattery rank'd Rome in the number of their Gods built her a Temple and instituted annual Games to the honour of their new created Goddess Mancinus got some advantage over Perseus A. M. 3883. R. 582. Q. MARTIUS PHILIPPUS Q. SERVILIUS CAEPIO Perseus desired peace but it was denied him The Censors forbad the Farmers of the publick Revenues to renew their Lease A. M. 3883. R. 583. L. AEMILIUS PAULUS C. LICINIUS CRASSUS Paulus Aemilius was chosen to have the conduct of the Macedonian war tho' he was then sixty years old He found Perseus incamp'd and well fortified upon Mount Olympus and forc'd him to remove from thence and afterwards engag'd him The Macedonians after a long and vigorous resistance were at last overcome and Perseus surrender'd himself to Paulus Aemilius who led him in triumph with his three Children that unfortunate Prince died in Irons and two of his Children before him Theyoungest called Alexander was very skilful in Joyners work and Turning and writ so good a hand that the Register of the Commonwealth took him for his Clerk A sad fate of the last Successor of Alexander the Great Macedonia was then reduced to a Province having been govern'd by thirty Kings during nine hundred and twenty three years but had no great name in the world according to Justin till one hundred and eighty two years before the defeat of Persius Paulus Aemilius as an exemplary punishment of the Illyrians quarter'd his Army in threescore of their chiefest Towns and at an appointed day gave them up to be plunder'd by his Soldiers who sold one hundred and fifty thousand Inhabitants for Slaves A. M. 3885. R. 584. Q. AELIUS POETUS M. JUNIUS POENUS Memmius Praetor of Spain reduc'd some Spaniards that were in Rebellion A. M. 3886. R. 585. M. MARCELLUS C. SULPITIUS GALBA Marcellus made war with good success A. M. 3887. R. 586. CN OCTAVIUS NEPOS T. MANLIUS TORQUATUS A. M. 3888. R. 587. AULUS MANLIUS TORQUATUS Q. CASSIUS LONGUS The war was carried on in Spain with differing success A. M. 3889. R. 588. T. SEMPRONIUS GRACCHUS M. JUVENTIUS Sempronius reduced Thracia and the Country along the River Danube into a Province and brought them under the subjection of the Roman Empire A. M. 3890. R. 589. P. SCIPIO NASICA L. MARTIUS FIGULINUS A. M. 3891. R. 590. M. VALERIUS MESSALA C. FANNIUS STRABO A. M. 3892. R. 591. L. ANNICIUS GALLUS CORNELIUS CETHEGUS A. M. 3893. R. 592. CN CORNELIUS DOLABELLA M. FULVIUS NOBILIOR A. M. 3894. R. 593. M. AEMILIUS LEPIDUS C. POPILIUS LAENAS The Romans sent people to work in the Mines that were discovered in Macedonia A. M. 3895. R. 594. SEXTUS JULIUS CAESAR L. AURELIUS ORESTES A. M. 3896. R. 595. L. CORNELIUS LENTULUS C. MARTIUS FIGULINUS A. M. 3897. R. 596. P. CORNELIUS SCIPIO NASICA M. GLAUDIUS MARCELLUS A. M. 3898. R. 597. L. POSTHUMIUS ALBINUS Q. OPIMIUS NEPOS A. M. 3899. R. 598. Q. PULVIUS NOBILIOR T. ANNIUS LUSCUS A. M. 3900. R. 599. M. CLAUDIUS MARCELLUS L. VALERIUS FLACCUS A. M. 3901. R. 600. L. LICINIUS LUCULLUS AULUS POSTHUMIUS ALBINUS Lucullus made war against the Celtiberians and sent Scipio over into Africa to desire some Elephants of Massmissa A. M. 3902. R. 601. L. QUINTIUS FLAAMINIUS M. ACILIUS BALBUS A. M. 3903. R. 602. L. MARTIUS M. MANLIUS NEPOS The reduction of Utica gave sufficient occasion to the Romans for proclaiming war against the Carthaginians They sent over the two Consuls into Africa with one hundred and fifty Galleys with five Oars in a seat Quiqueremes one hundred with six Oars Sextiremes and fourscore thousand Foot all Romans born and four thousand of their best Horse The Carthaginians surpriz'd at these preparations of war sent Deputies to complain to the Senate of this infraction of a peace so sólemnly sworn and so religiously kept on their side The Romans demanded three hundred Hostages and that they should bring up all their Arms to the Consuls The Carthaginians obey'd exactly they deliver'd up their Hostages and their Arms consisting of Arms for two hundred thousand men such as were used in that time and two thousand Engines of war When they were thus disarm'd Marsius told them that he had orders to destroy their Town but that he would give them leave to rebuild another Carthage on the firm Land fourscore Furlongs at least off from the Sea The Carthaginians were thunder-struck at this cruel Declaration and tho' they were without Forces and Arms they shut up their Gates and provided themselves with Arms as well as they could making use in that necessity of their Wives hair instead of strings for their Bows Asdrubal took the Field with twenty thousand men and from time to time supply'd the Town with Provisions Manlius attempting to rid himself of this troublesome Enemy fell inconsiderately into a defilé where he had certainly perish'd had not the Tribune Scipio brought him off A. M. 3904. R. 603. SP. POSTHUMIUS ALBINUS L. CALPURNIUS PISO The Carthaginians sent Ambassadours every where for relief and made such progress therein that the Romans were amazed at it A. M. 3905. R. 604. P. CORNELIUS SCIPIO AFRICANUS C. LIVIUS DRUSUS Scipio went over into Africa at the desire of the people tho it was the Province of his Colleague and had under his command fourscore thousand Foot and four thousand Horse with leave to raise such number of the Confederates as he should think fit Scipio with these Forces by night attack'd a quarter of Carthage called Megara on the land 's side took it by storm and there he lodg'd himself and so kept the besieged from receiving Provisions At the beginning of the winter having left some Troops to block up the place he marched with the remaining Forces against Asdrubal who was very troublesome to him Asdrubal not being able to withstand him got into Nephera where Scipio besieged him and took the place wherein seventy

Etymology from the Greek word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. the Hair as if it were an appointed place for shaving Mercurialis without troubling himself with the Etymology affirms that it was a place where they laid up the Wrestlers Cloaths or such as went into the Baths and gives no other reason for the same but only that such a room was requisite in the Palaestra but Baldus tells us that this word Coriceum is derived from the Greek word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies a Ball and his interpretation of this word seems the most reasonable wherefore we may say that Coryceum is a place where men play at long Tennis vulgarly called Welsh Tennis or at Baloon which was a necessary thing in a wrestling place CORINTHUS Corinth the chief City of Achaia placed in the middle of the Isthmus of Peloponnessus between the Ionian and the Aegean Seas It was built first by Sisiphus the Son of Aeolus and named Corcyra according to Strabo and after having been destroyed it was rebuilt by Corinthus Pelops his Son and called after his Name Corinthus The Corinthians abused the Roman Ambassadors whereupon Mummius was sent thither who put the Inhabitants to the sword and razed the Town to the ground CORINTHIUM Viz. AES Corinthian Brass Pliny mentions three sorts of Corinthian Brass viz. the white red and the mixt coloured this diversity arises from the proportion of the three sorts of Metals whereof 't is compounded which are Gold Silver and Copper which according to Pliny and Florus were mix'd together when the City of Corinth was burnt for many Statues and Vessels of these three Metals were melted down and so incorporated CORINTHIUS Viz. ORDO The Corinthian Order one of the three orders of Architecture consisting in its Pillars and Chapiter which is adorn'd with Carvers work of two ranks of fine leaves sixteen in number being cut therein and from whence come out so many small branches or stalks covered again with the same number of Cartridges This order was invented by Callimachus Stone-cutter who by chance found a Basket set upon a plant of Acanthus covered with a tile that had very much bent its leaves This new Figure pleased him and he imitated it in the Pillars he wrought afterwards at Corinth settling and regulating upon this Model all the proportions and measures of the Corinthian Order Villappendus says that this History of Callimachus is a Fable that the Greeks did not invent the Corinthian Chapiter but took the Model thereof from the Temple of Solomon where the top of the Pillars were adorn'd as he says with leaves of Palm-trees unto which the leaves of an Olive-tree are more like than those of an Acanthus which he tells us never were us'd by the Ancients in the Corinthian Chapiters However the contrary is observed in many tops of Pillars that are yet to be seen in Greece and even in the Pillars called Tutelles at Bourdeaux the tops whereof are of the Corinthian Order with the leaves of Acanthus CORIOLANUS After the taking of the Town of Corioli the Consul C. Martius took the Sirname of Coriolanus Dionysius Hallicarnasseus tells us that Coriolanus being upon the Guard the Enemies made a sally out of the Town and attacked him in his post but he beat them back so vigorously that he entered the Town along with them and set it on fire which brought such terror upon the Inhabitants and the Garrison that they quitted the place Plutarch relates this in a different manner and says that the Consul having engaged the Volsci some miles from Corioli he perform'd wonderful deeds of Valour and having routed them he went at the head of a body of Reserve and charged the Rear of the Enemies who flying into Corioli for shelter he got in promiscuously with them and made himself Master of the Town This great Captain proud of the Nobility of his Family and his Rank does treat the Roman people with too much Authority and exasperated them to that degree that they banish'd him out of Rome Coriolanus highly resenting this Affront retired among the Volsci and came at the head of them to incamp on the Cluvian Trenches two leaguesoff Rome after he had taken many Towns from the Romans The Romans afraid of their lives attempted to move him by Prayers The Pontiffs and the most considerable of the Senate were sent to him but could not prevail with him and he yeilded only to the solicitations of his Mother and his wife Volumnia He brought again the Volsci into their own Country but they put him to death for having been so favourable to his Country CORNELIA Viz. FAMILIA The Cornelian Family Many great men and worthy Ladies in the Roman Commonwealth came from that Illustrious Family CORNELIA Pompey's Wife for whom he had more tenderness and regard than for the whole Empire All his fear was upon her account and he took more care to save her from the publick danger than to prevent the ruine of the Universe Seponere tutum Conjugii decrevit onus Lesboque remotam Te procul a saevi strepitu Cornelia belli Lucanus After the loss of the battle of Pharsalia Pompey encouraged her to constancy telling her that if she had lov'd only the person of her Husband she had lost nothing and if she had loved his Fortune she might be glad to have now nothing else to love but his Person Tu nulla tulisti Bello damna meo Vivit post praelia magnus Sed forma perit quod defles illud amasti Luc. Cornelia imbark'd with Pompey and departed from the Island of Lesbos where she was left during the war The Inhabitants of the Island were generally sorry at her departure because she had lived all the while she was there during her Husbands profperity with the same modesty as she should have done in time of his adversity Stantis adhuc fati vixit quasi conjuge victo After the death of Pompey she took no other pleasure but in mourning and seemed to love her grief as much as she had loved Pompey Saevumque arctè complexa dolorem Parfruitus lacrymis amat pro conjuge luctum CORNELIUS COSSUS A military Tribune who kill'd Volumnius King of the Veientes in a pitch'd battle and consecrated his Spoils called Opimae to Jupiter sirnamed Pheretrius CORNELIUS MERULA He was Consul and Priest to Jupiter He sided with Sylla and got his Veins opened for fear of falling into the hands of Marius who had seized upon Rome with his party CORNELIUS GALLUS An intimate Friend to Augustas and Virgil whose Encomium you may read in the 4th Book of his Georgicks under the name of Aristeus He kill'd himself because he had been suspected of Treachery CORNELIUS SEVERUS An Heroick Poet and a Declaimer Quintilian and seneca speak commendably of him CORNELIUS TACITUS A Famous Historian and a wise Politician who wrote the History of the Roman Emperors in sixteen Books of Annals beginning from the death of Augustus The six seven