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Leonidas at Thermopylae),
Ixxxii. 20 ff.
Ladas, a traditionally swift
runner, Ixxxv. 4
Aebutius Liberalis (friend
of Seneca), disconsolate
over the Lyons conflagration
of c. 64 A.D., xci.
passim
Drusus Libo (duped into
dreams of empire, committed
suicide A.D. 16),
contemplated self-destruction
of, Ixx. 10
Liternum (Campanian coasttown),
retreat of Scipio,
Ixxxvi. 3
Lucilius (procurator in Sicily
and contemporary of
Seneca), addressed, passim.
See Introduction,
vol. i. p. ix
Lucrine oysters (from a lake
near the Bay of Naples),
delicate taste of, Ixxviii.
23
Lugudunum (capital of Gaul,
now Lyons), destruction
of, xci. passim
Lycurgus (of Sparta, 9th century
B.C. ?), giver of laws,
xc. 6
MACEDONIA, earthquakes in,
xci. 9
Maecenas (prime minister of
Augustus), witty saying
of, xcii. 35
Tullius Marcellinus (a friend
of Seneca), suicide of,
Ixxvii. 5 if.
Maximus(a friend of Seneca),
Ixxxvii. 2 ff.
Medi, objects of Roman conquest,
Ixxi. 37
Megaric school, scepticism
of, Ixxxviii. 44 f.
Menelaus (Homeric hero),
actor posing as, Ixxx. 8
Metrodorus (follower of Epicurus),
his modest manner
of life, Ixxix. 15 f. ; on the
thankfulness of the sage,
Ixxxi. 11
Metronax (a philosopher, see
Ep. xciii. 1), lectures by,
Ixxvi. 4
NATALIS (early Empire), vileness
and richness of,
Ixxxvii. 16
Nausiphanes (disciple of
Pyrrho the Sceptic, 4th
century B.C.), on seeming
and non-being, Ixxxviii.
43 f.
Neapolis (now Naples), a
place for retirement,
Ixviii. 5; theatre at, Ixxvi. 4
Neptune, the god to whom
the sailor prays, Ixxiii. 5 ;
invoked by the Rhodian
pilot, Ixxxv. 33
Nestor (Homeric hero), long
life of, Ixxvii. 20
P. OVIDIUS NASO (Roman
poet, 43 B.C. -18 A.D.), his
description of Aetna, Ixxix.
5 ; quoted, xc. 20
PAPHUS (city on west coast
of Cyprus), often wrecked
by earthquakes, xci. 9
Parmenides (Greek philosopher,
fl.
500 B.C.), on the
One, Ixxxviii. 44 f.
477