INDEX OF NAMES
a general under Trajan, slain by the Parthians, II. 23, 203, 215
Maximum, Junius, letter of F. to, II. 245; a tribune who brought laurelled dispatches from Cassius, II. 191
Maximus, T. Atilius, II. 295
Menelaus, at the banquet (in Homer II. vi. 408), II. 50; eloquence of (Il. iii. 112), II. 59
Menoetiades, see Patroclus Mercury, with winged ankles, II.
17; controller of messages, II. 67
Mesopotamia, reverse in, under Trajan, II. 23 (see under Maximus); ii. 201
Metellus, L. Caecilius, pont. max. 243-223 B.C., mentioned by Cl. Quadrigarius, H. 268; II. 165
Metellus, Q. Caecilius, Numidicus, mentioned (109 B.O.), I. 167; his exempla, II. 149
Minerva, Goddess of Athens, I. 51; temple at, II. 297; foils the suitors (Homer's Od.), I. 133; child of Zeus, I. 135; mistress of every art, I. 149; II. 15; of eloquence, II. 65; feast of, on 19 March, I. 211
Minturnae, a city of Latium, II. 29n.
Mithridates, letter of, to Arsaces, II. 143
Montanus, Licinius, recommended to Lollianus Avitus, I. 279
Muses, meet Hesiod, I. 44; sing to Jove in Heaven, I. 167; the fifth hour appropriate to them, II. 4; presided each over an art, I. 148
Musonius, Stoic philosopher under Nero, II. 60
N
Naevius, writer of plays and satires in the old Saturn ian metre, and an epic on the Punic War, in which he served, uses chosen words, I. 5: amor capVatis, I. 114; on flatterers, I. 139 Naples. I. 141, 146; climate, I. 143
Naucellius, see Claudius Julianus
Nazarius (circa 320 A.D.) imitates Fronto, II. 117n.
Nealces, a late Greek painter (circa 245 B.C.), painter of small canvasses, II. 49
Nepos, Cornelius, the historian and friend of Cicero, reference to Numantine War quoted, II. 145
Nepos, transcriber of Cicero's works, I. 169
Neptune, cannot thunder. II. 135: refuses to preside over Sleep, II. 15; mentioned in mutilated passage, II. 216
Nerva, the emperor, plagiarized a speech, II 137
Nicephorium (MS. Nicephorus), on the Euphrates, taken, II. 133
Nicias, an Athenian painter about 310 B.C., did not paint sombre subjects, II. 49
Nicias, the Athenian general, II. 143
Niger, see Censorius Niger, reader or secretary to Marcus at Alsium, II. 5
Nigidius Figulus, a Pythagorean philosopher about 60 B.C., II. 267
Nile, fountains of, I. 91
Novius, a writer of Atellane farces about 100 B.C., notable for rustic and comic words, I. 5; passages from, extracted by M., I. 139; possible quotation from his Vindemiatores, I. 183
Numa, a gourmand and holiday maker, I. 11; Hadrian compared to, II. 209; Pius compared to him in margin of Cod. ibid. (see Capitolinus)
Numantia, defeat of Romans before, II. 21; Nepos's account of war with, II. 145
Numida, Julius Celsinus, visits Fronto, II. 273
Numidicus, see Metellus
Nursia, a Sabine city, birthplace of Vespasian, II. 205
O
Ocha, a cook mentioned by Cato, ii. 3
Olympia, crowns at, I. 271
