Among
served in Porphyrius's life of Plotinus (p.
served in Porphyrius's life of Plotinus (p.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - b
30; Suid.
s.
v.
losophy in the school of Plotinus, still Longinus
Rozrivos), and the extent of his information was did not show him any ill-will on that account, but
60 great, that Eunapius calls him “a living library” continued to treat him as a friend, and invited him
and “a walking museum ;” but his knowledge to come to Palmyra. (Porphyr. Vit. Plot.
was not a dead encumbrance to his mind, for the 124, 131. ) He was, and remained throughout his
power for which he was most celebrated was his life, a pagan, though he was by no means hostile
critical skill (Phot. Bibl. Cod. 259 ; Sopat. Proleg. either to Judaism or Christianity.
in Aristid. p. 3 ; Suid. s. vo. Nopeúpros, Moyyivos), Notwithstanding his manifold avocations, Lon-
and this was indeed so great, that the expression ginus composed a great number of works, which
κατά Λογγίνον κρίνειν became synonymous with appear to have been held in the highest estimation,
to judge correctly. ” (Hieronym. Epist. 95; Theo- but nearly all of which have unfortunately perished.
phylact. Epist. 17. )
All that has come down to us consists of a con-
After having spent a considerable part of his siderable part of his work Ilepl Üyous, or De Sub-
life at Athens, and composed the best of his works, limitate, and a number of fragments, which have
he went to the East, either for the purpose of been preserved as quotations in the works of con-
seeing his friends at Emesa or to settle some of his temporary and later writers. There is scarcely any
fainily affairs. It seems to have been on that oc- work in the range of ancient literature which, in-
casion that he became known to queen Zenobia of dependent of its excellence of style, contains so
Palmyra, who, being a woman of great talent, and many exquisite remarks upon oratory, poetry, and
fond of the arts and literature, made him her teacher good taste in general. It is addressed to one Pos-
of Greek literature. As Longinus had no extensive tumius Terentianus, but contains many lacunae,
library at his command at Palmyra, he was obliged which cannot be filled up, since all the MSS. extant
almost entirely to abandon his literary pursuits, are only copies of the one which is preserved at
but another sphere of action was soon opened to Paris. The following is a list of his lost works :-
him there ; for when king Odenathus had died, 1. Oi pinútoyol, a very extensive work, since
and Zenobia had undertaken the government of her a 21st book of it is quoted. It seems to have
empire, she availed herself most extensively of the contained information and critical remarks upon a
advice of Longinus, and it was he who, being an variety of subjects. (Auctor, Vit. Apollon. Rhod. ,
ardent lover of liberty, advised and encouraged her Ruhnken, Dissertatio Philol. De l'it. ci Script. Lony.
to shake off the Roman yoke, and assert her dig. p. 28, &c. )
pp. 120,
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305
LONGUS.
2. Tep! Toû kard Meidiou, i. c. on the oration | J. Toupius, with notes and emendations by Ruhn-
of Demosthenes against Meidins. (Suid. s. v. ken, of which three editions were printed at Oxford
Soyyivos ; comp. Phot. Bibl. Cod. 265. )
(1778, 1789, and 1806, 8vo. ). The most recent
3. 'Atopýuata 'Oumpiká. (Suid. l. c. ; comp. editions are those of B. Weiske (Leipzig. 1809,
Eustath. ad Ilom. Il. pp. 67, 106. )
8vo. ) and A. E. Egger, forming vol. i. of the Scrip-
4. Ει φιλόσοφος "Ομηρος. (Suid. Ι. c. ) torum Graec. Nova Collectio (Paris, 1837, 16mo. ).
5. Mpobanuata 'Ouńpou kal dúoers, in two Compare Ruhnken, Dissertatio de l'ita et Serif tis
books. (Suid. i. c. )
Longini, which is printed in Toupius and other
6. Tiva mapá tds iotoplas oi ypaupati. Kui Ws editions of Longinus ; Spongberg, de Commentar
ιστορικά έξηγούνται. (Suid. l. c. )
Dionysii Cassii Longini replőfous Expositio, Up-
7. Tepl tv map' 'Ouýpw rould onuaivovo wv sala, 1835, 4to. ; Westermann, Gesch der Griech.
hétewv, in three books. (Suid. l. c. )
Beredtsamk. $ 98, notes 1-9.
(L. S. ]
8. Αττικών λέξεων εκδόσεις, in the form of a LONGI'NUS, POMPEIUS, one of the tri-
dictionary. (Phot. Lexic. s. v. Léppoi; Eustath. Lunes of the praetorian troops, was deprived of his
ud llom. p. 1919. )
command by Nero in the suppression of Piso's
9. Λέξεις 'Αντιμάχου και Ηρακλέωνος. (Suid. ! . c. ) conspiracy, A. D. 65. He is mentioned again as
10. Nepl Orik@v. (Grammat. in Biblioth. Cuislin. tribune, and one of Galba's friends, when the prac-
p. 597. )
torian troops were deserting to Otho, A. D. 69.
11. Σχόλια εις το του Ηφαιστίωνος εγχειρίδιον, 1 (Tac. Ann. Χν. 71, Hist. 1. 31. )
are still extant in MSS. , and have been transcribed LONGUS (Aóryos), a Greek sophist, who 40
by the scholiast commonly printed with Hephaes- believed to have lived in the fourth or at the lies
tion. (Schol. ad Hermoy. p. 387. )
ginning of the fifth century of our eru. Concerning
12. Περί συνθέσεως λόγων. (Longin. topl his history nothing is known, but it is probable
04. S 39. )
that he lived after the time of Heliodorus, for there
13. Téxon Ontoput, or a manual of rhetoric. are some passages in his work which seem to be
(Schol. ad Hermog. p. 380. ).
imitations of Heliodorus of Emesi. Longus is one
14. Els triu ønTopikriv ''Epuoyévous, of which of the erotic writers whom we meet with at the
some extracts are still extant in MS. at Vienna. close of ancient and the beginning of middle age
15. A commentary on the Prooemium of Plato's history. His work bears the title Nowuell@ Thor
Timaeus. (Proclus, in Tim. pp. 10, 11, 16, 20, 21, kata Aáquiv xal Xhóny, or in Latin, Pastoralia
29, 50, 63, 98. )
de Daphnide et Chloe, and was first printed at
16. A commentary on Plato's Phaedon. (Ruhn- Florence (1598, 4to), with various readings, by
ken, C. c. p. 18. )
Columbanius. It is written in pleasing and
17. Tepl . pxôv, i. e. on the principles of things elegant prose, but is not free from the artificial
(Porphyr. Vit. Plot. p. 116. )
embellishments peculiar to that age. A very good
18. Tepl Télous, i. e. De finibus bonorum et edition is that of Jungermann (Hanau, 1605, 8vo. ),
malorum; the excellent introduction to it is pre with a Latin translation and short notes.
Among
served in Porphyrius's life of Plotinus (p. 127). the more recent editions we may mention those of
19. Tepl opuñs, or on natural instinct. (Por- B. G. L Boden (Lips. 1777, 8vo. , with a Lat.
phyr. Vit. Plotin. p. 120. ).
transl. and notes), Villoison (Paris, 1778, 2 vols.
20. 'ETIOTO17) após tov 'Auéncov, on the phi- 8vo. and 4to. , with a very much improved text),
losophy of Plotinus. (Rulinken, l. c. p. 43. ) Mitscherlich (Bipont. 1794, 8vo. , printed together
21. llepl tñs kard Hiátwva Olkalorúvns, was with the Ephesiaca of Xenophon, and a Lat. transl.
directed against Amelius. (Ruhnken, b. c. p. 43. ) of both), G. H. Schaefer (Lips. 1803, 8vo. ), F.
22. Περί των ιδεών. Longinas wrote two Passow (Lips. 1811, 12mo. , with a German transl. ),
works under this title, one against Plotinus, and and of E. Seiler (Lips. 1813, 8vo. ). There is in
the other against Porphyrius. (Ruhnken, l. c. ; English translation of Longus by G. Thornley,
Syrian. ad Aristot. Metaphys. )
London, 1657, 8vo.
[L. S. )
23. Hepi yoxís, a fragment of it is quoted by LONGUS, L. ATI'LIUS, was one of the first
Eusebius. (Praep. Evung. xv. 21; comp. Porphyr. three consular tribunes, elected B. C. 444. In
ur. Stol. Eclog. Phys. i. p. 109 ; Proclus, ad Plat consequence of a defect in the auspices, he and his
Polit. p. 415. )
colleagues resigned, and consuls were appointed in
24. 'Obalvados seems to have been the latest of their stead. (Liv. iv. 7 ; Dionys. xi. 61. )
the works of Longinus, and to have been a euiogy LONGUS, CASSIUS, praefect of the camp,
on Odenathus, the husband of Zenobia (Liban whom the soldiers of Vitellius, A. D. 69, chose is
Epist. 998. )
one of their leaders in the mutiny against Alienus
The first edition of the treatise replővous is Caecina, when he prematurely declared for Vespa-
that of Fr. Robortello, Basel, 1554, 4to. The next sian. (Tac. Hist. iii. 14. )
important edition is that of F. Portus (Geneva, LONGUS, CONSI'DIUS. [CONSIDIUS, No.
1569, 8vo. ), which forms the basis of all subsequent 9. ]
editions until the time of Tollius. We may,
how- LONGUS, C. DUI'LIUS, consular tribune
ever, mention those of G. Langbaene (Oxford, B. c. 399, with five colleagues. (Liv. v. 13; Diod.
1636, 1638, and 1650, 8vo. ) and T. Fabri (Salmur. xiv. 54; Fasti apit
1663, 8vo. ). In 1694 there appeared the edition LONGUS, LUCI'LIUS, one of the most in-
of Tollins, with notes, and Latin translation (Tra timate friends of Tiberius, and the only one of the
ject. ad Rhen. 4to. ): it was followed in the editions senators who accompanied him to Rhodes, when
of Hudson (Oxford, 1710, 1718, 1730, 8vo. , and Augustus obliged him to withdraw from his court.
Edinburgh, 1733, 12mo. ), Pearce (London, 1721, On his death in A. D. 23, Tiberius honoured him,
4to. , 1732, 8vo. , and often reprinted), and N. although he was a novus homo, with a censor's
Morus (Leipzig, 1769-73, 8vo. ). A collection of funeral, and other distinctions. (Tac. Ann. iv. 15. )
all that is extant of Longinus was published by LONGUS, L. MANLIUS VULSO. (Vulso.
3 p 3
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LONGUS.
LONGUS.
LONGUS, L. MU’SSIDIUS, not mentioned | Boii, and in B. c. 191 he served as legate to the
by ancient writers, but whose name frequently consul M. Acilius Glabrio, in his campaign against
occurs on the coins of Julius Caesar and the tri- | Antiochus in Grecce. In B. c. 184 he was an un-
um virs.
successful candidate for the censorship. (Liv. xxxi.
20, xxxii. 27, 29, xxxiii. 24, 26, 43, xxxiv. 42,
45, 46, 47, xxxv. 5, xxxvi. 22, xxxix. 40. ) lle
died B. c. 174. (Liv. xli. 21. )
3. C. SEMPRONIUS LONGUS was elected de
cemvir sacris faciundis in the place of Ti. Sem-
pronius Longus (No. 2], who died in the great
pestilence 1. c. 174. (Liv. xli. 21. ) He may have
been a son of No. 2, and thus succeeded his father
COIN OF MUSSIDIUS LONGUS.
in the pricstly office.
LONGUS, SEMPRONIUS. 1. T). SEN- 4. P. SEMPRONIUS LONGUs, praetor B. C. 184,
rronius C. F. C. n. Longus, consul with P. Cor- obtained further Spain as his province. (Livi
nelius Scipio B. c. 218, the first year of the second | xxxix. 32, 38. )
l'unic war. Sicily was assigned to him as his LONGUS, SULPICIUS. 1. Q. SI'LPICIUS
province, since the Romans did not dream that Longus, one of the consular tribunes B. c.
Rozrivos), and the extent of his information was did not show him any ill-will on that account, but
60 great, that Eunapius calls him “a living library” continued to treat him as a friend, and invited him
and “a walking museum ;” but his knowledge to come to Palmyra. (Porphyr. Vit. Plot.
was not a dead encumbrance to his mind, for the 124, 131. ) He was, and remained throughout his
power for which he was most celebrated was his life, a pagan, though he was by no means hostile
critical skill (Phot. Bibl. Cod. 259 ; Sopat. Proleg. either to Judaism or Christianity.
in Aristid. p. 3 ; Suid. s. vo. Nopeúpros, Moyyivos), Notwithstanding his manifold avocations, Lon-
and this was indeed so great, that the expression ginus composed a great number of works, which
κατά Λογγίνον κρίνειν became synonymous with appear to have been held in the highest estimation,
to judge correctly. ” (Hieronym. Epist. 95; Theo- but nearly all of which have unfortunately perished.
phylact. Epist. 17. )
All that has come down to us consists of a con-
After having spent a considerable part of his siderable part of his work Ilepl Üyous, or De Sub-
life at Athens, and composed the best of his works, limitate, and a number of fragments, which have
he went to the East, either for the purpose of been preserved as quotations in the works of con-
seeing his friends at Emesa or to settle some of his temporary and later writers. There is scarcely any
fainily affairs. It seems to have been on that oc- work in the range of ancient literature which, in-
casion that he became known to queen Zenobia of dependent of its excellence of style, contains so
Palmyra, who, being a woman of great talent, and many exquisite remarks upon oratory, poetry, and
fond of the arts and literature, made him her teacher good taste in general. It is addressed to one Pos-
of Greek literature. As Longinus had no extensive tumius Terentianus, but contains many lacunae,
library at his command at Palmyra, he was obliged which cannot be filled up, since all the MSS. extant
almost entirely to abandon his literary pursuits, are only copies of the one which is preserved at
but another sphere of action was soon opened to Paris. The following is a list of his lost works :-
him there ; for when king Odenathus had died, 1. Oi pinútoyol, a very extensive work, since
and Zenobia had undertaken the government of her a 21st book of it is quoted. It seems to have
empire, she availed herself most extensively of the contained information and critical remarks upon a
advice of Longinus, and it was he who, being an variety of subjects. (Auctor, Vit. Apollon. Rhod. ,
ardent lover of liberty, advised and encouraged her Ruhnken, Dissertatio Philol. De l'it. ci Script. Lony.
to shake off the Roman yoke, and assert her dig. p. 28, &c. )
pp. 120,
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305
LONGUS.
2. Tep! Toû kard Meidiou, i. c. on the oration | J. Toupius, with notes and emendations by Ruhn-
of Demosthenes against Meidins. (Suid. s. v. ken, of which three editions were printed at Oxford
Soyyivos ; comp. Phot. Bibl. Cod. 265. )
(1778, 1789, and 1806, 8vo. ). The most recent
3. 'Atopýuata 'Oumpiká. (Suid. l. c. ; comp. editions are those of B. Weiske (Leipzig. 1809,
Eustath. ad Ilom. Il. pp. 67, 106. )
8vo. ) and A. E. Egger, forming vol. i. of the Scrip-
4. Ει φιλόσοφος "Ομηρος. (Suid. Ι. c. ) torum Graec. Nova Collectio (Paris, 1837, 16mo. ).
5. Mpobanuata 'Ouńpou kal dúoers, in two Compare Ruhnken, Dissertatio de l'ita et Serif tis
books. (Suid. i. c. )
Longini, which is printed in Toupius and other
6. Tiva mapá tds iotoplas oi ypaupati. Kui Ws editions of Longinus ; Spongberg, de Commentar
ιστορικά έξηγούνται. (Suid. l. c. )
Dionysii Cassii Longini replőfous Expositio, Up-
7. Tepl tv map' 'Ouýpw rould onuaivovo wv sala, 1835, 4to. ; Westermann, Gesch der Griech.
hétewv, in three books. (Suid. l. c. )
Beredtsamk. $ 98, notes 1-9.
(L. S. ]
8. Αττικών λέξεων εκδόσεις, in the form of a LONGI'NUS, POMPEIUS, one of the tri-
dictionary. (Phot. Lexic. s. v. Léppoi; Eustath. Lunes of the praetorian troops, was deprived of his
ud llom. p. 1919. )
command by Nero in the suppression of Piso's
9. Λέξεις 'Αντιμάχου και Ηρακλέωνος. (Suid. ! . c. ) conspiracy, A. D. 65. He is mentioned again as
10. Nepl Orik@v. (Grammat. in Biblioth. Cuislin. tribune, and one of Galba's friends, when the prac-
p. 597. )
torian troops were deserting to Otho, A. D. 69.
11. Σχόλια εις το του Ηφαιστίωνος εγχειρίδιον, 1 (Tac. Ann. Χν. 71, Hist. 1. 31. )
are still extant in MSS. , and have been transcribed LONGUS (Aóryos), a Greek sophist, who 40
by the scholiast commonly printed with Hephaes- believed to have lived in the fourth or at the lies
tion. (Schol. ad Hermoy. p. 387. )
ginning of the fifth century of our eru. Concerning
12. Περί συνθέσεως λόγων. (Longin. topl his history nothing is known, but it is probable
04. S 39. )
that he lived after the time of Heliodorus, for there
13. Téxon Ontoput, or a manual of rhetoric. are some passages in his work which seem to be
(Schol. ad Hermog. p. 380. ).
imitations of Heliodorus of Emesi. Longus is one
14. Els triu ønTopikriv ''Epuoyévous, of which of the erotic writers whom we meet with at the
some extracts are still extant in MS. at Vienna. close of ancient and the beginning of middle age
15. A commentary on the Prooemium of Plato's history. His work bears the title Nowuell@ Thor
Timaeus. (Proclus, in Tim. pp. 10, 11, 16, 20, 21, kata Aáquiv xal Xhóny, or in Latin, Pastoralia
29, 50, 63, 98. )
de Daphnide et Chloe, and was first printed at
16. A commentary on Plato's Phaedon. (Ruhn- Florence (1598, 4to), with various readings, by
ken, C. c. p. 18. )
Columbanius. It is written in pleasing and
17. Tepl . pxôv, i. e. on the principles of things elegant prose, but is not free from the artificial
(Porphyr. Vit. Plot. p. 116. )
embellishments peculiar to that age. A very good
18. Tepl Télous, i. e. De finibus bonorum et edition is that of Jungermann (Hanau, 1605, 8vo. ),
malorum; the excellent introduction to it is pre with a Latin translation and short notes.
Among
served in Porphyrius's life of Plotinus (p. 127). the more recent editions we may mention those of
19. Tepl opuñs, or on natural instinct. (Por- B. G. L Boden (Lips. 1777, 8vo. , with a Lat.
phyr. Vit. Plotin. p. 120. ).
transl. and notes), Villoison (Paris, 1778, 2 vols.
20. 'ETIOTO17) após tov 'Auéncov, on the phi- 8vo. and 4to. , with a very much improved text),
losophy of Plotinus. (Rulinken, l. c. p. 43. ) Mitscherlich (Bipont. 1794, 8vo. , printed together
21. llepl tñs kard Hiátwva Olkalorúvns, was with the Ephesiaca of Xenophon, and a Lat. transl.
directed against Amelius. (Ruhnken, b. c. p. 43. ) of both), G. H. Schaefer (Lips. 1803, 8vo. ), F.
22. Περί των ιδεών. Longinas wrote two Passow (Lips. 1811, 12mo. , with a German transl. ),
works under this title, one against Plotinus, and and of E. Seiler (Lips. 1813, 8vo. ). There is in
the other against Porphyrius. (Ruhnken, l. c. ; English translation of Longus by G. Thornley,
Syrian. ad Aristot. Metaphys. )
London, 1657, 8vo.
[L. S. )
23. Hepi yoxís, a fragment of it is quoted by LONGUS, L. ATI'LIUS, was one of the first
Eusebius. (Praep. Evung. xv. 21; comp. Porphyr. three consular tribunes, elected B. C. 444. In
ur. Stol. Eclog. Phys. i. p. 109 ; Proclus, ad Plat consequence of a defect in the auspices, he and his
Polit. p. 415. )
colleagues resigned, and consuls were appointed in
24. 'Obalvados seems to have been the latest of their stead. (Liv. iv. 7 ; Dionys. xi. 61. )
the works of Longinus, and to have been a euiogy LONGUS, CASSIUS, praefect of the camp,
on Odenathus, the husband of Zenobia (Liban whom the soldiers of Vitellius, A. D. 69, chose is
Epist. 998. )
one of their leaders in the mutiny against Alienus
The first edition of the treatise replővous is Caecina, when he prematurely declared for Vespa-
that of Fr. Robortello, Basel, 1554, 4to. The next sian. (Tac. Hist. iii. 14. )
important edition is that of F. Portus (Geneva, LONGUS, CONSI'DIUS. [CONSIDIUS, No.
1569, 8vo. ), which forms the basis of all subsequent 9. ]
editions until the time of Tollius. We may,
how- LONGUS, C. DUI'LIUS, consular tribune
ever, mention those of G. Langbaene (Oxford, B. c. 399, with five colleagues. (Liv. v. 13; Diod.
1636, 1638, and 1650, 8vo. ) and T. Fabri (Salmur. xiv. 54; Fasti apit
1663, 8vo. ). In 1694 there appeared the edition LONGUS, LUCI'LIUS, one of the most in-
of Tollins, with notes, and Latin translation (Tra timate friends of Tiberius, and the only one of the
ject. ad Rhen. 4to. ): it was followed in the editions senators who accompanied him to Rhodes, when
of Hudson (Oxford, 1710, 1718, 1730, 8vo. , and Augustus obliged him to withdraw from his court.
Edinburgh, 1733, 12mo. ), Pearce (London, 1721, On his death in A. D. 23, Tiberius honoured him,
4to. , 1732, 8vo. , and often reprinted), and N. although he was a novus homo, with a censor's
Morus (Leipzig, 1769-73, 8vo. ). A collection of funeral, and other distinctions. (Tac. Ann. iv. 15. )
all that is extant of Longinus was published by LONGUS, L. MANLIUS VULSO. (Vulso.
3 p 3
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LONGUS.
LONGUS.
LONGUS, L. MU’SSIDIUS, not mentioned | Boii, and in B. c. 191 he served as legate to the
by ancient writers, but whose name frequently consul M. Acilius Glabrio, in his campaign against
occurs on the coins of Julius Caesar and the tri- | Antiochus in Grecce. In B. c. 184 he was an un-
um virs.
successful candidate for the censorship. (Liv. xxxi.
20, xxxii. 27, 29, xxxiii. 24, 26, 43, xxxiv. 42,
45, 46, 47, xxxv. 5, xxxvi. 22, xxxix. 40. ) lle
died B. c. 174. (Liv. xli. 21. )
3. C. SEMPRONIUS LONGUS was elected de
cemvir sacris faciundis in the place of Ti. Sem-
pronius Longus (No. 2], who died in the great
pestilence 1. c. 174. (Liv. xli. 21. ) He may have
been a son of No. 2, and thus succeeded his father
COIN OF MUSSIDIUS LONGUS.
in the pricstly office.
LONGUS, SEMPRONIUS. 1. T). SEN- 4. P. SEMPRONIUS LONGUs, praetor B. C. 184,
rronius C. F. C. n. Longus, consul with P. Cor- obtained further Spain as his province. (Livi
nelius Scipio B. c. 218, the first year of the second | xxxix. 32, 38. )
l'unic war. Sicily was assigned to him as his LONGUS, SULPICIUS. 1. Q. SI'LPICIUS
province, since the Romans did not dream that Longus, one of the consular tribunes B. c.
