Verres
afterwards
demanded
purpose.
purpose.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - b
He is mentioned by Aristotle
ceding, with the sole exception of the difference of (Rhet. iii. 12), in conjunction with Chaeremon, as
name, those of the former bearing the name of M. among the poets whose works were rather fit for
Aurelius Scaurus, and those of the latter L. Cos- reading than for exhibition (avaywwotokol). Among
conius. [CosconiUS; SCAURUS. ) Now, as all the poems ascribed to him was one in praise of
the three sets of coins have on the obverse L. LIC. health ; a pretty sure indication of a late date, if
CN. DOM. , it is supposed that they were struck in we could be certain that the poem was his. A
the censorship of L. Licinius Crassus and Cn. Do fragment of this poem is preserved by Sextus
mitius Ahenobarbus, B. C. 92, and that L. Por- Empiricus (l. c. ), in which three lines out of six are
cius Licinus, M. Aurelius Scaurus, and L. Cosconius, identical with lines in the paean of Ariphron to
were triumvirs of the Mint in that year. Eckhel health ; and it seems likely that it was a mere
(vol. v. p. 196), however, thinks that these coins mistake in Sextus to quote the poem as by Licym-,
must have been struck at an earlier time ; but on nius. A poem of his on the legend of Endymion
this point see Drumann, Gesch. Roms, vol. v. p. 95. is mentioned by Athenaeus (xiii. p. 564, c. ), who
also refers to one of his dithyrambs on the love of
Argynnus for Hymenaeus (xiii. p. 603, d. ). Par.
thenius (c. 22) quotes from him an account of the
taking of Sardis, which has every mark of a late
and fictitious embellishment of the event. Eusta-
thius (ad Hom. Od. iii. 267) mentions Aikúuvior
Boutpagiba dolôóv. (Bergk, Poet. Lyr, Graec. pp.
839, 840 ; Schmidt, Diatrib. in Dithyramb. pp. 84
-E6 ; Ulrici, Gesch. d. Hellen. Dichtk, vol. ii. p.
497; Bode, Gesch. d. Lyr. Dichtk. vol. ii. pp. 303,
5. Porcius LICINUS, an ancient Roman poet, / 301. )
itt
CCM
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LIGARIUS.
LIMA.
;
2. Of Sicily, a rhetorician, the pupil of Gorgias, | Ligarius, who met with the same fate. Now, as
and the teacher of Polus, and the authority of a Cicero expressly mentions three brothers of this
work on rhetoric, entitled texvr. He is mentioned name (pro Lig. 12), Q. Ligarius must have been
by Plato (Phaedr. p. 267 ; comp. the scholia and one of those who were put to death on this occa-
Heindorf's note), and is quoted by Aristotle (Rhct. sion.
iii. 2, 13) and by Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Lys. 2. T. Ligarius, brother of the preceding, was
p. 82, 36 ; De Thucyd. Idiom. p. 133, 31, 148, 1 ; appointed quaestor by Caesar, and perished in the
Dem. 179, 31, ed. Sylburg. et alib. ). Dionysius proscription of the triunı virs. (Cic. ad Att. xiii.
frequently mentions the characteristics of his style, 44, pro Lig. 12; Appian, B. C. iv. 22, 23. )
which was smooth and elegant, but somewhat 3. Ligarius, a brother of the two preceding,
affected, abounding in exactly balanced antitheses. whose praenomen is not mentioned, perished along
In grammar he gave much attention to the clas- with his brothers in the same proscription. (Ap-
sification of nouns. (Spengel, Euvaywy. TEXv. pp. pian, l. c. )
88, &c. ; Schneidewin, in the Götting. G. A. for 4. P. LIGARIUS, was taken prisoner by Caesar
1845. )
[P. S. ) in the African war, B. C. 46, and was put to death
LIGA'RIUS, the name of three brothers, who by him, because he had been previously pardoned
lived in the time of the civil war between Caesar by Caesar in Spain in B. C. 49, on the condition
and Pompey. They were of Sabine origin. (Cic. that he should not serve against him. (Auct. Bell.
pro Lig. 11. )
Afr. 64. ) This Publius may have been a brother
1. Q. LIGARIUS, is first mentioned in B. C. 50 of the three other Ligarii, but is nowhere inen-
as legate, in Africa, of C. Considius Longus, who tioned as such.
left him in command of the province, while he LIGEIA or LIGEA (Nígera), i. e. the shrill
went to Rome to become a caudidate for the con- sounding, occurs as the name of a seiren and of a
sulship. [Considius, No. 9. ). On the breaking nyinph. (Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1709; Virg. Georg.
out of the civil war in the following year, L. Attius iv. 336. )
[L. S. ]
Varus, who had commanded the Pompeian troops LIGUR. The name Ligur or Ligus, without
at Auximum, and had been obliged to fly before any nomen, occurs in Cicero, ad Att. xii. 23, where
Caesar, arrived in Africa, of which province he had he is ironically congratulated with respect to a
been formerly propraetor. Into his hands Ligarius daughter called Gamala.
[C. P. M. ]
resigned the government, although L. Aelius LIGUR, AEʼLIUS, tribune of the plebs, B. C.
Tubero had been appointed to the province by the 57, endeavoured by his veto to prevent the passing
senate; and when Tubero made his appearance off of the decree of the senate for Cicero's recall. He
Utica shortly afterwards, he was not permitted seems to have been an obscure individual, and, ac-
even to land. Ligarius fought under Varus against cording to Cicero, had assumed a surname to which
Curio in the course of the same year (B. C. 49), he had no right. (Cic. pro Sext. 31, 32, 43, pro
and against Caesar himself in B. C. 46. After the Dom. 19, de Harusp. Resp. 3. ) (C. P. M. )
battle of Thapsus, in which the Pompeian army LIGUR, OCTAVIUS. 1. M. a Roman sena-
was defeated, Ligarius was taken prisoner at Adru- tor. During the praetorship of C. Sacerdos he had
His life was spared, but he was banished become possessed of an estate in Sicily by the will
by Caesar. His friends at Rome exerted them- of one C. Sulpicius Olympus. When Verres be-
selves to procure his pardon, but were unable to came praetor, in accordance with one of his edicts
Bucceed at first, notwithstanding the intercession the daughter of the patronus of Sulpicius sued
of his brothers, of his uncle, T. Brocchus, and of Ligur for a sixth part of the estate. Ligur found
Cicero himself, who had an audience with the himself compelled to come to Rome to assert and
dictator on the 23d of September, B. C. 46, for the defend his rights.
Verres afterwards demanded
purpose. Meantime, a public accusation was brought money from Ligur for trying the cause.
M. Ligur
against Ligarius by Q. Aelius Tubero, the son of and his brother are set down as tribunes of the
L. Tubero, whom Ligarius had united with Varus plebs in the same year (B. C. 82) by Pighius (vol.
in preventing from landing in Africa. He was iii. p. 266). (Cic. in Verr. i. 48, ii. 7, 48. )
accused on account of his conduct in Africa, and L. The brother of the preceding. During the
his connection with the enemies of the dictator. absence of his brother he defended his interests
The case was pleaded before Caesar himself in the against the unjust proceedings of Verres (B. C. 74).
forum. Cicero defended Ligarius in a speech still He is possibly the same who is mentioned by
extant, in which he maintains that Ligarius had Cicero (ad Att. vii. 18. $ 4). [C. P. M. ]
as much claims to the mercy of Caesar, as Tubero LIGUR, VA'RIUS, a man mentioned once or
and Cicero himself. Ligarius was pardoned by twice by Tacitus. In Annal. iv. 42, he is spoken
Caesar, who was on the point of setting out for the of as the paramour of Aquilia (A. D. 25). Some
Spanish war, and who probably was not sorry to time after he escaped a prosecution by buying off
have this public opportunity of exhibiting his usual the informers. (Annal. vi. 30. ) [C. P. M. ]
mercy. The speech which Cicero delivered in his LIGYRON (Aegúpwv), i. é. the whining, is
defence was subsequently published, and was much said to have been the original name of Achilles,
admired. Ligarius, however, felt no gratitude for and to have been changed into Achilles by Cheiron.
the favour that had been shown him, and eagerly (Apollod. iii. 13. $ 6; comp. ACHILLES. ) [L. S. ]
joined the conspirators, who assassinated Caesar in LILAEA (Nirala), a Naiad, a daughter of Ce-
B. C. 44. (Cic. pro Ligario, passim, ad Fam. vi. phissus, from whom the town of Lilaca in Phocis
13, 14, ad Att. xiii. 12, 19, 20, 44; Auct. Bell. was believed to have derived its name. (Paus. X.
Afr. 89 ; Plut. Cic. 39, Brut. 11 ; Appian, B. C. 33. ♡ 2. )
[L. S. ]
ii. 113. ) Appian speaks of two brothers of the LIMA, a Roman divinity protecting the thresh-
name of Ligarius, who perished in the proscription old (limen, Arnob. adv. Gent. iv. 9); it is, how-
of the triuinsirs in B. c. 43 (B. C. iv. 22), and ever, not impossible that she may be the same as
in the following chapter (c. 23) he mentions a third the dea Limentina. [LIMEYTINUS. ]
[L. S. ]
metum.
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LINUS.
707
LINUS.
LIME'NIA, LIMENI'TES, LIMENITIS, \ ii. 19. § 7 ; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1164), or of
and LIMENO'SCOPUS (American Aluevians, Amphimarus by Urania (Paus. ix. 29. § 3). Re-
Aquevitis, AleVOO KOTOS), i. e. the protector or specting his mother Psamathe, the story runs thus :
superintendent of the harbour, occurs as a sumame -When she had given birth to Linus she exposed
of several divinities, such as Zeus (Callimach. the child. He was found by shepherds, who brought
Fragm. 114, 2d ed. Bentl. ), Artemis (Callim. Hymn. bim up, but the child was afterwards torn to pieces
in Dian. 259), Aphrodite (Paus. ii. 34. ♡ Il; by dogs. Psamathe's grief at the occurrence ben
Serv, ad Acn. i. 724), Priapus (Anthol. Palat. x. trayed her misfortune to her father, who condemned
1, 7), and of Pan (Anthol. Palat. x. 10. ) (L. S. ] her to death. A pollo, in his indignation at the
LÍMETA'NUS, C. MAMI'LIUS, tribune of father's cruelty, visited Argos with a plague, and
the plebs. B. c. 110, carried a law for inquiring when his oracle was consulted about the means of
into the cases of all persons who had assisted averting the plague, he answered that the Argives
Jugurtha in his opposition to the senate, and had must propitiate Psamathe and Linus. This was
received bribes from him to neglect their duty to attempted by means of sacrifices, and matrons and
the state. Three quaesitores were appointed under virgins sang dirges which were called aivoi, and
this law, which was the first serious blow given to the month in which this eolemnity was celebrated
the power of the nobility since the death of C. was called αρνειός, and the festival itself αρνίς, be-
Gracchus. Many men of the highest family were cause Linus had grown up among lambs. The
condemned under it, and among them four who had pestilence, however, did not cease until Crotopus
been consuls. (Sall. Jug. 40, 65; Cic. Brul. 33, quitted Argos and settled at Tripodisium, in New
34. ) The name of Linetanus occurs on a coin of garis (Conon. Narrat. 19 ; Paus. i. 43. $ 7 ; Athen.
the Mamilia gens. [Mamilia GENS. )
iii. p. 99). According to a Loeotian tradition
LIMENTI'NUS, the god protecting the thresh- Linus was killed by Apollo, because he had ven-
old (limen) of the house. (Arnob. udv. Gent. i. tured upon a musical contest with the god (Paus.
15, iv. 9, 11; Tertull. Idol. 15; August. de Civ. ix. 29. § 3 ; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1863), and near
Dei, iv. 8, vi. 7. ) Much superstition was con- Mount Helicon his image stood in a hollow rock,
nected among the Romans with the threshold, and formed in the shape of a grotto ; and every year
many persons were very scrupulous in always before sacrifices were offered to the Muses, a funeral
putting the right foot across it first. (Petron. Sat. sacrifice was offered to him, and dirges (Aivoi) were
30. )
[L. S. ] sung in his honour. His tomb was claimed both
LIMNAEA, LIMNEʻTES, LIMNE'GENES by the city of Argos and by Thebes (Paus. l. c. ,
(Λιμναία (ος), Λιμνήτης (ις), Λιμνηγενής), i. e. in- comp. ii. 19. 8 7); but after the battle of Chaeroneia,
habiting or born in a lake or marsh, is a surname of Philip of Macedonia was said to have carried away
several divinities who were believed either to have the remains of Linus from Thebes to Macedonia.
sprung from a lake, or had their temples near a Subsequently, however, the king was induced by a
lake. Instances are, Dionysus at Athens (Eustath. dream to send the remains back to Thebes. Chalcis
ad Hom. p.
ceding, with the sole exception of the difference of (Rhet. iii. 12), in conjunction with Chaeremon, as
name, those of the former bearing the name of M. among the poets whose works were rather fit for
Aurelius Scaurus, and those of the latter L. Cos- reading than for exhibition (avaywwotokol). Among
conius. [CosconiUS; SCAURUS. ) Now, as all the poems ascribed to him was one in praise of
the three sets of coins have on the obverse L. LIC. health ; a pretty sure indication of a late date, if
CN. DOM. , it is supposed that they were struck in we could be certain that the poem was his. A
the censorship of L. Licinius Crassus and Cn. Do fragment of this poem is preserved by Sextus
mitius Ahenobarbus, B. C. 92, and that L. Por- Empiricus (l. c. ), in which three lines out of six are
cius Licinus, M. Aurelius Scaurus, and L. Cosconius, identical with lines in the paean of Ariphron to
were triumvirs of the Mint in that year. Eckhel health ; and it seems likely that it was a mere
(vol. v. p. 196), however, thinks that these coins mistake in Sextus to quote the poem as by Licym-,
must have been struck at an earlier time ; but on nius. A poem of his on the legend of Endymion
this point see Drumann, Gesch. Roms, vol. v. p. 95. is mentioned by Athenaeus (xiii. p. 564, c. ), who
also refers to one of his dithyrambs on the love of
Argynnus for Hymenaeus (xiii. p. 603, d. ). Par.
thenius (c. 22) quotes from him an account of the
taking of Sardis, which has every mark of a late
and fictitious embellishment of the event. Eusta-
thius (ad Hom. Od. iii. 267) mentions Aikúuvior
Boutpagiba dolôóv. (Bergk, Poet. Lyr, Graec. pp.
839, 840 ; Schmidt, Diatrib. in Dithyramb. pp. 84
-E6 ; Ulrici, Gesch. d. Hellen. Dichtk, vol. ii. p.
497; Bode, Gesch. d. Lyr. Dichtk. vol. ii. pp. 303,
5. Porcius LICINUS, an ancient Roman poet, / 301. )
itt
CCM
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786
LIGARIUS.
LIMA.
;
2. Of Sicily, a rhetorician, the pupil of Gorgias, | Ligarius, who met with the same fate. Now, as
and the teacher of Polus, and the authority of a Cicero expressly mentions three brothers of this
work on rhetoric, entitled texvr. He is mentioned name (pro Lig. 12), Q. Ligarius must have been
by Plato (Phaedr. p. 267 ; comp. the scholia and one of those who were put to death on this occa-
Heindorf's note), and is quoted by Aristotle (Rhct. sion.
iii. 2, 13) and by Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Lys. 2. T. Ligarius, brother of the preceding, was
p. 82, 36 ; De Thucyd. Idiom. p. 133, 31, 148, 1 ; appointed quaestor by Caesar, and perished in the
Dem. 179, 31, ed. Sylburg. et alib. ). Dionysius proscription of the triunı virs. (Cic. ad Att. xiii.
frequently mentions the characteristics of his style, 44, pro Lig. 12; Appian, B. C. iv. 22, 23. )
which was smooth and elegant, but somewhat 3. Ligarius, a brother of the two preceding,
affected, abounding in exactly balanced antitheses. whose praenomen is not mentioned, perished along
In grammar he gave much attention to the clas- with his brothers in the same proscription. (Ap-
sification of nouns. (Spengel, Euvaywy. TEXv. pp. pian, l. c. )
88, &c. ; Schneidewin, in the Götting. G. A. for 4. P. LIGARIUS, was taken prisoner by Caesar
1845. )
[P. S. ) in the African war, B. C. 46, and was put to death
LIGA'RIUS, the name of three brothers, who by him, because he had been previously pardoned
lived in the time of the civil war between Caesar by Caesar in Spain in B. C. 49, on the condition
and Pompey. They were of Sabine origin. (Cic. that he should not serve against him. (Auct. Bell.
pro Lig. 11. )
Afr. 64. ) This Publius may have been a brother
1. Q. LIGARIUS, is first mentioned in B. C. 50 of the three other Ligarii, but is nowhere inen-
as legate, in Africa, of C. Considius Longus, who tioned as such.
left him in command of the province, while he LIGEIA or LIGEA (Nígera), i. e. the shrill
went to Rome to become a caudidate for the con- sounding, occurs as the name of a seiren and of a
sulship. [Considius, No. 9. ). On the breaking nyinph. (Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1709; Virg. Georg.
out of the civil war in the following year, L. Attius iv. 336. )
[L. S. ]
Varus, who had commanded the Pompeian troops LIGUR. The name Ligur or Ligus, without
at Auximum, and had been obliged to fly before any nomen, occurs in Cicero, ad Att. xii. 23, where
Caesar, arrived in Africa, of which province he had he is ironically congratulated with respect to a
been formerly propraetor. Into his hands Ligarius daughter called Gamala.
[C. P. M. ]
resigned the government, although L. Aelius LIGUR, AEʼLIUS, tribune of the plebs, B. C.
Tubero had been appointed to the province by the 57, endeavoured by his veto to prevent the passing
senate; and when Tubero made his appearance off of the decree of the senate for Cicero's recall. He
Utica shortly afterwards, he was not permitted seems to have been an obscure individual, and, ac-
even to land. Ligarius fought under Varus against cording to Cicero, had assumed a surname to which
Curio in the course of the same year (B. C. 49), he had no right. (Cic. pro Sext. 31, 32, 43, pro
and against Caesar himself in B. C. 46. After the Dom. 19, de Harusp. Resp. 3. ) (C. P. M. )
battle of Thapsus, in which the Pompeian army LIGUR, OCTAVIUS. 1. M. a Roman sena-
was defeated, Ligarius was taken prisoner at Adru- tor. During the praetorship of C. Sacerdos he had
His life was spared, but he was banished become possessed of an estate in Sicily by the will
by Caesar. His friends at Rome exerted them- of one C. Sulpicius Olympus. When Verres be-
selves to procure his pardon, but were unable to came praetor, in accordance with one of his edicts
Bucceed at first, notwithstanding the intercession the daughter of the patronus of Sulpicius sued
of his brothers, of his uncle, T. Brocchus, and of Ligur for a sixth part of the estate. Ligur found
Cicero himself, who had an audience with the himself compelled to come to Rome to assert and
dictator on the 23d of September, B. C. 46, for the defend his rights.
Verres afterwards demanded
purpose. Meantime, a public accusation was brought money from Ligur for trying the cause.
M. Ligur
against Ligarius by Q. Aelius Tubero, the son of and his brother are set down as tribunes of the
L. Tubero, whom Ligarius had united with Varus plebs in the same year (B. C. 82) by Pighius (vol.
in preventing from landing in Africa. He was iii. p. 266). (Cic. in Verr. i. 48, ii. 7, 48. )
accused on account of his conduct in Africa, and L. The brother of the preceding. During the
his connection with the enemies of the dictator. absence of his brother he defended his interests
The case was pleaded before Caesar himself in the against the unjust proceedings of Verres (B. C. 74).
forum. Cicero defended Ligarius in a speech still He is possibly the same who is mentioned by
extant, in which he maintains that Ligarius had Cicero (ad Att. vii. 18. $ 4). [C. P. M. ]
as much claims to the mercy of Caesar, as Tubero LIGUR, VA'RIUS, a man mentioned once or
and Cicero himself. Ligarius was pardoned by twice by Tacitus. In Annal. iv. 42, he is spoken
Caesar, who was on the point of setting out for the of as the paramour of Aquilia (A. D. 25). Some
Spanish war, and who probably was not sorry to time after he escaped a prosecution by buying off
have this public opportunity of exhibiting his usual the informers. (Annal. vi. 30. ) [C. P. M. ]
mercy. The speech which Cicero delivered in his LIGYRON (Aegúpwv), i. é. the whining, is
defence was subsequently published, and was much said to have been the original name of Achilles,
admired. Ligarius, however, felt no gratitude for and to have been changed into Achilles by Cheiron.
the favour that had been shown him, and eagerly (Apollod. iii. 13. $ 6; comp. ACHILLES. ) [L. S. ]
joined the conspirators, who assassinated Caesar in LILAEA (Nirala), a Naiad, a daughter of Ce-
B. C. 44. (Cic. pro Ligario, passim, ad Fam. vi. phissus, from whom the town of Lilaca in Phocis
13, 14, ad Att. xiii. 12, 19, 20, 44; Auct. Bell. was believed to have derived its name. (Paus. X.
Afr. 89 ; Plut. Cic. 39, Brut. 11 ; Appian, B. C. 33. ♡ 2. )
[L. S. ]
ii. 113. ) Appian speaks of two brothers of the LIMA, a Roman divinity protecting the thresh-
name of Ligarius, who perished in the proscription old (limen, Arnob. adv. Gent. iv. 9); it is, how-
of the triuinsirs in B. c. 43 (B. C. iv. 22), and ever, not impossible that she may be the same as
in the following chapter (c. 23) he mentions a third the dea Limentina. [LIMEYTINUS. ]
[L. S. ]
metum.
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LINUS.
707
LINUS.
LIME'NIA, LIMENI'TES, LIMENITIS, \ ii. 19. § 7 ; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1164), or of
and LIMENO'SCOPUS (American Aluevians, Amphimarus by Urania (Paus. ix. 29. § 3). Re-
Aquevitis, AleVOO KOTOS), i. e. the protector or specting his mother Psamathe, the story runs thus :
superintendent of the harbour, occurs as a sumame -When she had given birth to Linus she exposed
of several divinities, such as Zeus (Callimach. the child. He was found by shepherds, who brought
Fragm. 114, 2d ed. Bentl. ), Artemis (Callim. Hymn. bim up, but the child was afterwards torn to pieces
in Dian. 259), Aphrodite (Paus. ii. 34. ♡ Il; by dogs. Psamathe's grief at the occurrence ben
Serv, ad Acn. i. 724), Priapus (Anthol. Palat. x. trayed her misfortune to her father, who condemned
1, 7), and of Pan (Anthol. Palat. x. 10. ) (L. S. ] her to death. A pollo, in his indignation at the
LÍMETA'NUS, C. MAMI'LIUS, tribune of father's cruelty, visited Argos with a plague, and
the plebs. B. c. 110, carried a law for inquiring when his oracle was consulted about the means of
into the cases of all persons who had assisted averting the plague, he answered that the Argives
Jugurtha in his opposition to the senate, and had must propitiate Psamathe and Linus. This was
received bribes from him to neglect their duty to attempted by means of sacrifices, and matrons and
the state. Three quaesitores were appointed under virgins sang dirges which were called aivoi, and
this law, which was the first serious blow given to the month in which this eolemnity was celebrated
the power of the nobility since the death of C. was called αρνειός, and the festival itself αρνίς, be-
Gracchus. Many men of the highest family were cause Linus had grown up among lambs. The
condemned under it, and among them four who had pestilence, however, did not cease until Crotopus
been consuls. (Sall. Jug. 40, 65; Cic. Brul. 33, quitted Argos and settled at Tripodisium, in New
34. ) The name of Linetanus occurs on a coin of garis (Conon. Narrat. 19 ; Paus. i. 43. $ 7 ; Athen.
the Mamilia gens. [Mamilia GENS. )
iii. p. 99). According to a Loeotian tradition
LIMENTI'NUS, the god protecting the thresh- Linus was killed by Apollo, because he had ven-
old (limen) of the house. (Arnob. udv. Gent. i. tured upon a musical contest with the god (Paus.
15, iv. 9, 11; Tertull. Idol. 15; August. de Civ. ix. 29. § 3 ; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1863), and near
Dei, iv. 8, vi. 7. ) Much superstition was con- Mount Helicon his image stood in a hollow rock,
nected among the Romans with the threshold, and formed in the shape of a grotto ; and every year
many persons were very scrupulous in always before sacrifices were offered to the Muses, a funeral
putting the right foot across it first. (Petron. Sat. sacrifice was offered to him, and dirges (Aivoi) were
30. )
[L. S. ] sung in his honour. His tomb was claimed both
LIMNAEA, LIMNEʻTES, LIMNE'GENES by the city of Argos and by Thebes (Paus. l. c. ,
(Λιμναία (ος), Λιμνήτης (ις), Λιμνηγενής), i. e. in- comp. ii. 19. 8 7); but after the battle of Chaeroneia,
habiting or born in a lake or marsh, is a surname of Philip of Macedonia was said to have carried away
several divinities who were believed either to have the remains of Linus from Thebes to Macedonia.
sprung from a lake, or had their temples near a Subsequently, however, the king was induced by a
lake. Instances are, Dionysus at Athens (Eustath. dream to send the remains back to Thebes. Chalcis
ad Hom. p.
