Academic school of Philosophy, its lofty ideals, xxix. 11; a definition of happiness, lxxi. 18; scepticism of, lxxxviii. 44 f.
L. Accius (Roman poet, 2nd century B.C.), lviii. 5
Achaia (province of Greece), earthquakes in, xci. 9 f.
Acheron (the lake), lv. 6
Achilles, age of, compared with that of Patroclus, lxxxviii. 6
Aegialus, a farmer on the old estate of Scipio, lxxxvi. 14 ff.
Aelius Sejanus (prime minister of Tiberius), dangers of acquaintance with, lv. 3
Aetna, celebrated by poets, li. 1; proposed ascent of, by Lucilius, lxxix. 2 ff.
Africa, Pompey in, xciv. 65; Cato's march through the deserts of, civ. 33; crops in, cxiv. 26; marbles from, cxv. 8
Agamemnon, his desire to return home to Mycenae, lxvi. 26
M. Vipsanius Agrippa (counsellor of Augustus) on harmony in government, xciv. 46 f.
Alban villa (Seneca's), visit to, cxxiii. 1 f.
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), sayings of, liii. 10, lix. 12; crimes and tragedy of, due to drink, lxxxiii. 19 ff.; his desire to conquer the globe, xci. 17; his conquests of Greece, Persia, and India, xciv. 62 f.; cxiii. 29 f.; cxix. 7
Alexandria, fast sailing ships from, lxxvii. 1 f.
Anacharsis (Scythian philosopher, fl. 600 B.C.), discussed as the inventor of the potter's wheel xc. 31
Antipater (of Tarsus, Stoic philosopher, 2nd century B.C.), refutation of a Peripatetic syllogism, lxxxvii. 38 ff.; his view regarding non-essentials, xcii. 5
M. Antonius (friend of Caesar and rival of Augustus), ruined by wine and Cleopatra, lxxxiii. 25
M. Gavius Apicius (epicure, age of Tiberius), extravagance of, xcv. 42; gluttony of, cxx. 19
Apion (grammarian, 1st century A.D.), his opinion concerning the authorship of the Homeric cycle, lxxxviii. 40 f.
Appius Claudius Caecus (censor 312 B.C.), source for archaic oratorical style, cxiv. 13
Archedemus (Stoic of Tarsus, second century B.C.), authority of, cxxi. 1
Ardea (ancient city of Latium, capital of the Rutulians), capture of, xci. 16; country-place of Lucilius, cv. 1
Argos (kingdom in the Peloponnesus), a fictitious king of, lxxx. 7
Aristo (of Chios, Stoic philosopher, 3rd century B.C.), saying of, xxxvi. 3; weeds out many departments of philosophy, lxxxix. 13; on the superfluity of precepts, xciv. 1 ff.; on admiration of superfluous things, cxv. 8 f.
Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), debt to Socrates, vi. 6; on genus and species, lviii. 9; on cause, form, matter, etc., lxv. 4
L. Arruntius (cos. A.D. 6), imitator of Sallust's style, cxiv. 17 ff.
Asclepiades (Greek physician at Rome, 2nd cent. B.C.), xcv. 9
Asia, earthquakes in, xci. 9
Asinus Gallus (son of Asinus Pollio), dangers of friendship with, lv. 3
Athenodorus (of Tarsus, librarian at Pergamus, friend of Cato, on frankness toward the gods, x. 5
Athens, visited by wise men from the East, lviii. 31
Attalus (Stoic philosopher, teacher of Seneca), on friendship, ix. 7; on the memory of lost friends, lxiii. 5; on the value of pain, lxvii. 15; simile used by, lxxii. 8; on "returning the chalice to our own lips," lxxxi. 22; on philosophical ambition, cviii. passim; on the worthlessness of riches, cx. 14 ff.
T. Pomponius Atticus, made immortal by Cicero's correspondence, xxi. 4; regularity of his correspondence, cxviii. 1
Augustus (Roman Emperor), confidence in the hard drinkers Piso and Cossus, lxxxiii. 14 f.; delegates power to Maecenas, cxiv. 6
Gaius Caesar (Caligula, emperor 31-41 A.D.), slain by Chaerea, iv. 7; witticism of, lxxvii. 18
C. Julius Caesar, hostility to Cato, xiv. 12 f., xxiv. 8; villas of, li. 11; conqueror of Pompey, lxxxiii. 12, ambition of, xciv. 65 f.; relations with Cato the Younger, xcv. 70; part in Clodian trial, xcvii. 2, 8; civ. 29 f.; cxviii. 2
Callistus (a favourite of the Emperor Claudius), disdains his former master, xlvii. 9
Licinius Calvus (see note ad loc.), xciv. 25
Cambyses (son of Cyrus the Great, king of the Medes and Persians, 6th century B.C.), madness of, lxxxvi. 1
Campania, thoughts inspired by the sight of, xlix. 1; its effect upon Hannibal, li. 5; home-sickness for, lv. 8
Candavian desert, xxxi. 9
Canopus, vices of, li. 3
Capreae (modern Capri, the outpost of the bay of Naples), lxxvii. 2
Gaius Cassius (one of the murderers of Caesar), temperate habits of lxxxiii. 12
Cato, "wisdom" of, quoted, xciv. 27; cxix. 2
M. Porcius Cato (the Elder), effect of the mob upon, vii. 6; model for good conduct, xi. 10; simple life of, lxxxvi. 10; his scorn of trappings, lxxxvii. 9 ff., xxv. 6; nobility of, xcv. 72; civ. 21
M. Porcius Cato (the Younger, d. 46 B.C.), his glory, xiii. 14; bravery, xiv. 12 ff.; last moments, xxiv. 6 ff.; scorn of loose living, li. 12; as species, lviii. 12; deserving of honour, lxiv. 10; heroic suicide of, lxvii. 7, 13; lxx. 19, 22; defeat of, lxxi. 8, 10, 11; obedience to fate, lxxi. 16 f.; dictum of, lxxi. 15; his courage in the face of Caesar and Pompey, xcv. 69 ff.; his part in the trial of Clodius, xcvii. 1 ff.; heroism of, xcviii. 12; civ. 21; conduct during Civil War, ib. 29ff.; used as a dialectic illustration, cxvii. 13; contrasted with Vatinius, cxviii. 4 and cxx. 19; quoted, cxxii. 2
Catulus (cos. 78 B.C.), witticism of, xcvii. 6
Cerberus, false ideas concerning, xxiv. 18 ff.
Chaerea, Cassius, murderer of Caligula, iv. 7
Charinus, archon at Athens, xviii. 9
Charondas (Sicilian law-giver, 6th century B.C.), xc. 6
Charybdis (between Italy and Sicily, opposite to Scylla), phenomena of, lxxix. 1 f.
Chelidon (a eunuch of Cleopatra), richness of, lxxxvii. 16
Chimaera (see note ad loc.), cxiii. 9 f.
Chrysippus (successor of Cleanthes as head of the Stoic school), saying of, ix. 14; advice of, xxii. 11, xxxiii. 4; civ. 22; utters great words, cviii. 38; on the source of muscular activity, cxiii. 23 f.
Chrysippus (unknown), victim of greetings, lvi. 3
M. Tullius Cicero, his tribute to philosophy, xvii. 2; confers immortality upon Atticus, xxi. 4; his deliberate speech, xl. 11; his opinion of the lyric poets, xlix. 5; on the use of essentia, lviii. 6; as species, lviii. 12; quoted in regard to the trial of Clodius, xcvii. 3 ff.; style and rank of, c. 7 ff.; as translator, cvii. 10; quoted (from the De Re Publica), cviii. 30 ff.; on rhetorical subtleties, cxi. 1; style of, cxiv. 16; advice to Atticus, cxviii. 1 f.
Tillius Cimber (one of the conspirators against Caesar), his inordinate love of liquor, lxxxiii. 12 f.
Claranus (a friend of Seneca), his heroic conduct during illness, lxvi. 1-4
Cleanthes (successor of Zeno as head of the Stoic school), disciple of Zeno, vi. 6; dicta of, xxxiii. 4 ff.; his humble station, xliv. 3; object of veneration, lxiv. 10; on the relation of precepts to general principles of philosophy, xciv. 4 ff.; hymn of, cvii. 10 f.; on rules of poetry, cviii. 10; on the source of muscular activity, cxiii. 23 f.
P. Clodius Pulcher (d. 52 B.C.), defendant in adultery charge, xcvii. 2 ff.
L. Licinius Crassus (b. 140 B.C.), source for oratorical vocabulary, cxiv. 13
M. Licinius Crassus (the triumvir), death of, iv. 7; opponent of Cato, civ. 29; riches of, cxix. 9
Crates (of Thebes, Cynic philosopher c. 300 B.C.), his advice to a young man, x. 1
Croesus, captivity of, xlvii. 12
Cumae, lv. 2
C. Scribonius Curio (cos. 76 B.C.), source for oratorical vocabulary, cxiv. 13
Cynic School of Philosophy, its high standards, xxix. 11; free speech, xxix. 1
Cyprus, often wasted by earthquakes, xci. 9
Cyrenaic school (precursor of Epicureanism), remove physics and logic, and are content with ethics alone, lxxxix. 12
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Dahae (see n.), objects of Roman conquest, lxxi. 37
Darius (king of Persia), xciv. 63; cxix. 7
Darius, the mother of, in captivity, xlvii. 12
P. Decius Mus (both father and son, heroes of the Latin wars, 4th century B.C.), heroism and self-sacrifice of, lxvii. 9
Demetrius Poliorcetes (acquired control of Athens 307 B.C.), conversation of, ix. 18 f.
Demetrius (Cynic philosopher and friend of Seneca), consistent simplicity of, xx. 9; companion of Seneca, lxii. 3; definition of an untroubled existence, lxvii. 14; his contempt for gossip, xci. 19
Democritus (Greek atomic philosopher, 5th and 4th centuries B.C.), on the importance of the individual, vii. 10; supposed madness of, lxxix. 14; discussed as the inventor of the arch, xc. 32 f.
M. Curius Dentatus (cos. 290 B.C.), sternness of, cxx. 19
Dexter (the tribune who executed Lepidus), iv. 7
Didymus (surnamed "Brazen-Bowels," scholar of Alexandria, fl. 1st century B.C.), his voluminous and variegated writings, on Aeneas, Anacreon, Sappbo, etc., lxxxviii. 37
Diogenes (Cynic philosopher, 4th century B.C.), his free speech, xxix. 1; slavery, xlvii. 12; contrasted as a philosopher with Daedalus the inventor, xc. 14
Dossennus (ancient Latin comic writer, or a type in the Atellane farce), inscription on the tomb of, lxxxix. 7
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Egypt, marbles from, cxv. 8
Egyptians, customs of bandits among the, li. 13
Q. Ennius (Roman poet, 239-169 B.C.), lviii. 5; verses on Scipio Africanus, cviii. 32 f.; indebtedness to Homer, ib. 34
Epicurean, the spirit of an, xlviii. 1; a philosophy of leisure, lxviii. 10; void, lxxii. 9; definition of philosophy as twofold, lxxxix. 11
Epicurus (founder of the school, 342-279 B.C.), his influence, vi. 6, xxi. 3; self-denial, xviii. 6 ff.; addressed, xx. 11; confers glory, xxi. 3 ff.; wide application of his sayings, viii. 8, xxi. 9, xxxiii. 2; arguments concerning mythology, xxiv. 18; bravery, xxxiii. 2; Lucilius' style resembles his, xlvi. 1; quoted, ii. 5 f., iv. 10, vii. 11, viii. 7, ix. 1 and 20, xi. 8, xii. 10, xiii. 16, xiv. 17, xv. 9, xvi. 7, xvii. 11, xviii. 14, xix. 10, xx. 9, xxi. 3 ff., xxii. 6 and 14, xxiii. 9, xxiv. 22 ff., xxv. 5 f., xxvi. 8, xxvii. 9, xxviii. 9, xxix. 10, xxx. 14, lii. 3 f.; on the joy of suffering, lxvi. 18, lxvii. 15; on the painless body and the serene mind, lxvi. 45; on the different classes of goods, lxvi. 47 f.; late-won renown of, lxxix. 15 f.; on the payment of obligations, lxxxi. 11; declares virtue alone not sufficient for happiness, lxxxv. 18; on calm amid pain, xcii. 25; quoted, xcvii. 13, 15
Eretrian school (somewhat inclined toward the Socratic), scepticism of, lxxxviii. 44 f.
Papirius Fabianus (an adviser and teacher of Seneca), his modesty, xi. 4; deliberate style, xl. 12; calmness of his audience, lii. 11; authority for the use of the word essentia, lviii. 6; style of, c. passim
Fabii (clan famous in early Roman history), sacrifice in behalf of the state, lxxxii. 20
Q. Fabius Maximus (hero of second Punic war), simple life of, lxxxvi. 10
C. Fabricius Luscinus (temp. Pyrrhus), self-restraint of, xcviii. 13; loyalty and temperance of, cxx. 6; plainness of, cxx. 19
Felicio, pet slave of Seneca, son of Philositus, xii. 3
Fenestella (Augustan antiquarian) on the death of Romulus, cviii. 31
Flaccus (friend of Lucilius), death of, lxiii. 1 ff.
Floralia (Roman festival, April 28 to May 3), tributes to Cato during the, xcvii. 8
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Gallio (brother of Seneca), illness of, in Achaia, civ. 1 and note ad loc.
Genius (the "patron saint" of Roman men), cx. 1
German (gladiator), revolting suicide of a, lxx. 20
Germans, bound-up hair of, cxxiv. 22
Germany, training of children in, xxxvi. 7
Julius Graecinus (man of noble character, slain by Caligula), witticism of, xxix. 6
Graian Alps, xxxi. 9
C. Sempronius Gracchus (tribune 123 B.C.), source for oratorical vocabulary, cxiv. 13
Greeks, the word oestrus used by, lviii. 2; proverbs of, xxxiii. 7; headlong style of, xl. 11; as species of man, lviii. 12; their idea of the poet, lviii. 17; their use of paradoxes (inopinata) in philosophy, lxxxi. 11; futilities of dialectic, lxxxii. 8 f.; their use of indifferentia, lxxxii. 10; encyclic arts of the, lxxxviii. 23; definition of wisdom, lxxxix. 7; definition of orbatio, lxxxvii. 39; on calm, xcii. 6; a proverb of the, cxiv. 1; preceptive philosophy of, xcv. 1; ib. 10; association with their philosophers, civ. 21; tragic poets, quoted, cxv. 14 f.
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Hannibal, weakened by Campanian luxuries, li 5 f.; contrasted with Scipio, lxxxvi. 3
Harpaste, blindness of, l. 2 f.
Q. Haterius (orator of the Early Empire), rapidity of, xl. 10
Hecato (a philosopher of Rhodes and pupil of Panaetius, c. 100 B.C.), on hope and fear, v. 7; on self-knowledge, vi. 7; on love, ix. 6
Hecuba (Queen of Troy), captivity of, xlvii. 12
Helen, age of, compared with Hecuba's, lxxxviii. 6
Hephaestion (volcanic region in Lycia, in Asia Minor), lxxix. 3
Heraclitus (philosopher of Ephesus, c. 500 B.C.), sayings of, xii. 7, lviii. 23
Hercules, travels of, xciv. 63
Hermarchus (successor of Epicurus as head of the school), close adherence to Epicurus, vi. 6; dicta of, xxxiii. 4; philosopher of the third grade, lii. 4
Herodotus (Greek historian, 5th century B.C.), reminiscnece of, vi. 5
Hesiod, reminiscence of, i. 5; misquoted by Sabinus, xxvii. 6; compared with Homer in seniority, lxxxviii. 6
Hippocrates ("Father of Medicine," 5th cent. B.C.), xcv. 9; on the health of women, ib. 20
Homer, called the poet by the Greeks, lviii. 17; on the rapid and gentle styles, xl. 2; misquoted by Sabinus, xxvii. 6; claimed by various schools of philosophy as a witness in their behalf, lxxxviii. 5 f.; in various connexions, lxxxviii. passim; mentions the potter's wheel, xc. 31; indebtedness of Ennius to, cviii. 34
Horatius (defender of Rome against Tarquins), heroism of, cxx. 7
Idomeneus (prominent in state affairs and a contemporary of Epicurus), correspondence with Epicurus, xxi. 3 ff., xxii. 5
Ixion, torments of, in the lower world, xxiv. 18 ff.
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Jugurtha (African prince, conquered by Marius), xciv. 66
Juno, dedications to, xcv. 47; patroness of women, cx. 1
Jupiter, amid the Stoic conflagration, ix. 16; happiness of, xxv. 4; popularly called the father of Alexander, lix. 12; comparison of, with the ideal sage, lxxiii. 12 ff.; dedications to, xcv. 47; ib. 72; addressed in hymn of Cleanthes, cvii. 10 f.; happiness of, cx. 18; independence of cxix. 7
Juvenal, compared, xiv. 9 n.
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Lacon, Spartan boy who refused to do menial service, lxxvii. 14 f.
Lacones (Spartans under Leonidas at Thermopylae), lxxxii. 20 ff.
Ladas, a traditionally swift runner, lxxxv. 4
C. Laelius Sapiens (statesman and friend of Scipio the Younger), effect of the mob upon, vii. 6; a model for mankind, xxv. 6; worthy of honour, lxiv. 10; sanity of, xcv. 72; civ. 21
Latin Language, narrow limits of, lviii. passim; technical terms in, xcv. 65
Aemilius Lepidus (favourite of Caligula, slain by him A.D. 39), iv. 7
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, lxx. 10
Licinus (native of Gaul; appointed govenor in 15 B.C.), riches of, cxix. 9; cxx. 19
Liternum (town on sea-coast of Campania near Cumae), abode of Scipio in exile, li. 11, lxxxvi. 3
T. Livius (the historian, age of Augustus), comparison of his style with that of Lucilius, xlvi. 1; reckoned as both historian and philosopher, c. 9
Lucilius, procurator in Sicily, xxxi. 9 ff., li. 1; b. at Pompeii or Naples, xlix. 1; a Roman knight, xliv. 2 ff.; interested in philosophy, passim, esp. xl. 2; author, xlvi. 1; poetry of, viii. 10, xxiv. 21. See Introduction, p. ix.
T. Lucretius Carus (Roman poet, 1st century B.C.), as species of man, lviii. 12; quoted xcv. 11; on corporeality, cvi. 8; on fear, cx. 6 f.
Lucrine oysters (from a lake near the Bay of Naples), delicate taste of, lxxviii. 23
Lugudunum (capital of Gaul, now Lyons), destruction of, xci. passim
Lycurgus (of Sparta, 9th century B.C. ?), giver of laws, xc. 6
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Macedonia, earthquakes in, xci. 9
Maeander (river in Phrygia, Asia Minor), tortuous course of, civ. 15
C. Cilnius Maecenas (prime minister of Augustus), character of, xix. 9 f.; quoted, ib.; witty saying of, xcii. 35; his womanly fear of death, ci. 10 ff.; careless speech of, cxiv. passim; daintiness of, cxx. 19
M. Tullius Marcellinus (a friend of Seneca), faults of, xxix. 1 ff.; suicide of, lxxvii. 5 ff.
C. Marius (rival of Sulla), the massacres of his epoch, xlvii. 10; villas of, li. 11; political and martial ambition of, xciv. 66
Iunius (?) Marullus (see note ad loc.), consolation addressed to, xcix. 1 ff.
M. Valerius Messala Corvinus (statesman and man of letters, b. 59 B.C.) describes Aetna, li. 1
Maximus (a friend of Seneca), lxxxvii. 2 ff.
Medi, objects of Roman conquest, lxxi. 37
Megaric school, scepticism of, lxxxviii. 44 f.
Menelaus (Homeric hero), actor posing as, lxxx. 8
Meta Sudans (see ad loc.), the haunt of noisy pedlars, lvi. 4
Q. Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (Roman general and statesman, retired into exile, 100 B.C.), conduct in exile, xxiv. 4
Metrodorus (follower of Epicurus), vi. 6; xiv. 17; his simple life, xviii. 9; dicta, xxxiii. 4; a genius of the second grade, lii. 3; his modest manner of life, lxxix. 15 f.; on the thankfulness of the sage, lxxxi. 11; quoted, xcviii. 9; on the pleasure of sadness, xcix. 25 ff.
Mithridates (king of Pontus), conquered by Pompey, xciv. 65
Iulius Montanus (poet and favourite of Tiberius), anecdote of, cxxii. 11 f.
Mucius Scaevola (hero of Roman-Etruscan wars), puts his hand into the flames, xxiv. 5; heroism of, xcviii. 12
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Cn. Naevius (early Roman writer of drama) quoted, cii. 16
Naples, memories of, xlix. 1; journey to, lvii. 1
P. Ovidius Naso (Roman poet, age of Augustus), quoted, xxxiii. 4
Natalis (early Empire), vileness and richness of, lxxxvii. 16
Pinarius Natta (see note ad loc.), cxxii. 11 f.
Nausiphanes (disciple of Pyrrho the Sceptic, 4th century B.C.), on seeming and non-being, lxxxviii. 43 f.
Neapolis (now Naples), a place for retirement, lxviii. 5; theatre at, lxxvi. 4
Neptune, the god to whom the sailor prays, lxxiii. 5; invoked by the Rhodian pilot, lxxxv. 33
Nesis (islet in the bay of Naples), liii. 1
Nestor (Homeric hero), long life of, lxxvii. 20
Nile, the distracting noise of its waters, lvi. 3; rising in summer, civ. 15
Niobe, restraint of, in her mourning, lxiii. 2
Nomentum (Latin town 14 m. N.E. of Rome), Seneca's villa at, civ. 1 ff., cx. 1
Numidian outriders, cxxiii. 7
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P. Ovidius Naso (Roman poet, 43 B.C.-18 A.D.), his description of Aetna, lxxix. 5; quoted. xc. 20; on the lower order gods, cx. 1; on gold, cxv. 13
P. Octavius (gourmand, age of Tiberius), bids against Apicius, xcv. 42
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Pacuvius (a vice-governor of Syria under Tiberius), mock-funerals of, xii. 8
Panaetius (head of Stoic school, 2nd century B.C.), dicta assigned to, xxxiii. 4; on love, cxvi. 5 f.
Paphus (city on west coast of Cyprus), often wrecked by earthquakes, xci. 9
Sextus Papinius (an Early Empire night-liver), cxxii. 15 f.
Parmenides (Greek philosopher, fl. 500 B.C.), on the One, lxxxviii. 44 f.
Parthenope (another name for Naples), favourite place of Lucilius, liii. 1
Parthia, kings of, xvii. 11
Parthians (tribe E. of Euphrates), allusion to the defeat and death of Crassus, 53 B.C., iv. 7; training of Parthian children, xxxvi. 7; as species of man, lviii. 12; flowing hair of, cxxiv. 22
Paulina (wife of Seneca), civ. 2 ff., note ad loc., and Introduction, vol. i.
Pedo Albinovanus (poet, contemporary of Ovid), anecdote of, cxxii. 15 f.
Penelope, moral character of, lxxxviii. 8
Pennine Alps, xxxi. 9
Peripatetics, their dislike for the common herd, xxix. 11; referred to in jest, ibid. 6; their softening of Stoic paradoxes, lxxxv. 3, 31, etc.; their objections to Stoic syllogisms, lxxxvii. 12, 38; their establishment of economic philosophy, lxxxix. 10; their interpretation of emotion, cxvi. 1; on wisdom and being wise, cxvii. 11 f.
Persians, bravery of, xxxiii. 2; objects of Roman conquest, lxxi. 37
Phaedo (contemporary of Plato) quoted, xciv. 41
Phalaris, tyrant of Agrigentum in Sicily (6th century B.C.), the bronze bull of, lxvi. 18
Pharius, pacemaker for Seneca, lxxxiii. 4
Phidias (Athenian sculptor, 5th century B.C.), ix. 5; variety of his materials, lxxxv. 40
Philip (of Macedon, father of Alexander), conquests of, xciv. 62
Phrygian priests (worshippers of Cybele), enthusiasm of, cviii. 7
Lucius Piso (Roman official under Augustus), abnormal drunkenness of, lxxxiii. 14. f.
L. Munatius Plancus (gov. of Transalpine Gaul, 43 B.C.), founder of Lyons, xci. 14
Plato (Athenian philosopher, 428-341 B.C.), debt to Socrates, vi. 6; read by Cato, xxiv. 6; ennobled by philosophy, xliv. 3 f.; captive, xlvii. 12; theory of ideas, lxv. 7; worthy of honour, lxiv. 10; on being, lviii. 1 and passim; quoted, xliv. 4 and passim; Laws of, discussed by Posidonius, xciv. 38; master of wisdom, cviii. 38
C. Asinius Pollio (patron of Vergil), style and rank of, c. 7 ff.
Polyaenus (correspondent of Epicurus), influence of Epicurus upon, vi. 6, xviii. 9
Polyclitus (Greek sculptor, 5th century B.C.), works of, lxv. 5
Pompeii, probable home of Lucilius, xlix. 1; recalls memories of Seneca's boyhood, lxx. 1
Gn. Pompeius Magnus (the triumvir), his shyness, xi. 4; death, iv. 7; villas, li. 11; disagrees with Cato, xiv. 12 f.; three defeats of his forces, lxxi. 8 ff.; ambitious campaigns of, xciv. 64 f.; relations with Cato the Younger, xcv. 70; part in Clodian trial, xcvii. 8; civ. 29 ff.; cxviii. 2
Pomponius (possibly Pomponius Secundus, a contemporary of Seneca, writer of tragedies and letters), iii. 6
Posidonius (Stoic philosopher, pupil of Panaetius and friend of Cicero), dicta assigned to, xxxiii. 4; on length of life, lxxviii. 28; opinion on drunkenness, lxxxiii. 10; definition of riches, lxxxvii. 31 ff.; on the arts and crafts, lxxxviii. 21; on the sage and the inventor, xc. 5 ff.; on the weakness of the flesh, xcii. 10; on Plato's Laws, xciv. 38; on precepts, and other aids to virtue, xcv. 65 f.; civ. 22; cviii. 38; on independence of fortune, cxiii. 28; cxxi. 1
Prometheus, title of a work of Maecenas, xix. 9
Protagoras (Greek philosopher of Abdera. 5th century B.C.), opinion on the flexibility of dialectic, lxxxviii. 43 f.
Publilius Syrus (writer of farces and mimes, 1st century B.C.), greatness of, viii. 8 f.; quoted, xciv. 28; cviii. 8 ff.
Puteoli (a coast-town near Naples in Campania), voyage of Seneca to, liii. 1; the idlers of, lxxvii. 1
Pyrrhonic school, scepticism of, lxxxviii. 44 f.
Pyrrhus (king of Epirus, 3rd cent. B.C.), relations with Fabricius, cxx. 6
Pythagoras (Greek philosopher, 6th century B.C.), rules of, lii. 10; teacher of many famous lawgivers. xc. 6; on impressions of divinity, xciv. 42; reasons for abstaining from animal food, cviii. 17 ff.
Pythocles, a friend of Idomeneus, xxi. 7 f.
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M. Atilius Regulus (hero of first Punic war), the sufferings of, lxvii. 7, 12; his pledge of honour, lxxi. 17; heroism of, xcviii. 12
Rhodian (Telesphorus the), cowardly words of, lxx. 6
Roman style, dignity and slowness of, xl. 11; Romans as species of man, lviii. 12
Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus (prominent but unscrupulous statesman in the reign of Tiberius), witticism of, xxix. 6
P. Cornelius Scipio (Africanus Major, conqueror of Hannibal), a model for mankind, xxv. 6; his exile at Liternum, li. 11; adoration by Seneca at his house and tomb, lxxxvi. 1 ff.; praised by Ennius, cviii. 32 f.
P. Cornelius Scipio (Africanus Minor, conqueror of Carthage in 146 B.C.), lxvi. 13; friendship with Laelius, xcv. 72
P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica (admiral, defeated by Caesar's fleet. 46 B.C.), heroism of, lxx. 22; defeat of, lxxi. 10
Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (father-in-law of Pompey), heroism of, xxiv. 9 ff.
Scribonia (see n.), witty saying of, lxx. 10
Scylla (dangerous rock on Italian side of Sicilian strait), lxxix. 1 f., xcii. 9.
Scythia (from the Carpathians eastward), vanity of its rulers, lxxx. 10; clothing of its inhabitants, xc. 16
Scythians (tribe inhabiting steppes of S. Russia), flowing hair of, cxxiv. 22
L. Annacus Seneca, (see Introduction, vol. i.), addresses himself, lxviii. 10
Cornelius Senecio (friend of Seneca), untimely death of, ci. 1 ff.
Annaeus Serenus (friend and possibly relative of Seneca; praefectus vigilum at Rome), loss of, lxiii. 14 f.
Sertorius (1st cent. B.C.) conquered by Pompey in Spain, xciv. 64
Servius Tullius (Roman King), doubtful parentage of, cviii. 30
Cornelius Severus (contemp. of Ovid, author of a Bellum Siculum), description of Aetna, lxxix. 5
Q. Sextius (the Elder), inspiring writings of, lxiv. 2 ff.; a simile of, lix. 7; his comparison of the sage with Jupiter, lxxiii. 12, 15; declines honour at Caesar's hand, xcviii. 13; vegetarianism of, cviii. 17 f.
Sicily, dangers of Scylla and Charybdis, xiv. 8, xxxi. 9, xlv. 2; Lucilius' travels through, lxxix. 1; crops in, cxiv. 26
Sisyphus, punished in Hades, xxiv. 18 ff.
Socrates, inspiring personality of, vi. 6; effect of the mob upon, vii. 6; glory of, xiii. 14; his resignation, xxiv. 4; on globe-trotting, xxviii. 2; facing the Thirty Tyrants, xxviii. 8; humble birth, xliv. 3; worthy of reverence, lxiv. 10; drinks the poison, lxvii. 7; resignation of, lxx. 9, lxxi. 17; emphasis upon character, lxxi. 7; on truth and virtue, lxxi. 16; late-won renown of, lxxix. 14; resignation of, xcviii. 12; on restless travel, civ. 7; ib. 21; sufferings of, civ. 27 f.
Solon (see n. ad loc.), law-giver of Athens, and one of the seven wise men, xc. 6
Sotion (the Pythagorean, contempory of Seneca), recollections of, xlix. 2; on vegetarianism, cviii. 17 ff.
Speusippus (4th century B.C., predecessor of Xenocrates as head of the Academy), qualifies the definition of the bonum, lxxxv. 18
Stilbo (Megarian philosopher and a strong influence on the Cynic and Stoic schools, fl. 4th century B.C.), attacked by Epicurus, ix. 1 ff.; teacher of Crates, x. 1; quoted, ix. 18
Stoic, a certain, who gave good advice to Marcellinus, lxxvii. 6
Stoics (school of philosophy), agreement with Stilbo, ix. 19; boldness of their style, xiii. 4; their caution, xxii. 7; wise advice of their leaders, xxii. 11; their lofty aims, xxix. 11; free ideas, xxxiii. 4; theory on the fate of the soul at death, lvii. 7; definitions of the primary genus, lviii. 13 ff.; views on pleasure, lix. 1; on cause and matter, lxv. 2 and passim; recommendation of the quiet life, lxviii. 1; reply to Peripatetics regarding virtue, lxxxv. 31; paradoxes of the, lxxxvii. 1; on the value of precepts, xciv. 2 ff.; on the limits to mourning, xcix. 27 f.; their many great masters, cviii. 38; resemblance to the early Romans in their opinion of the gods, cx. 1; their leaders on the "animality" of the virtues, cxiii. 1 ff.; on the primal essence, cxiii. 23, on the emotions, cxvi. 1 ff. and 7; on wisdom and corporeality, cxvii. 1 ff.; on bonum and honestum, cxx. 1 ff.; overdone ideas of omniscience, cxxiii. 15 f.
Sulla (dictator at Rome, 1st century B.C.), anger of, xi. 4; disobeyed by Rutilius, xxiv. 4
Syria, governed by Pacuvius, xii. 8; earthquakes in, xci. 9
Syrtes (north coast of Africa), quicksands, xxxi. 9; cave-homes of dwellers by the, xc. 17
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Tanusius Geminus (historian, 1st cent. B.C.), "heaviness" of, xciii. 11. For discussion of his identification with Volusius see edd. of Catullus, 36
Tarentum (city in Southern Italy), a place for retirement, lxviii. 5
Tauromenium (now Taormina) in Sicily, lxxix. 1
P. Terentius Afer (writer of comedies, 2nd cent. B.C.) quoted xcv. 53
Themison (pupil of Asclepiades, 1st cent. B.C.), xcv. 9
Theophrastus (successor of Aristotle as head of the Peripatetic School), views on friendship, iii. 2
Tiberius (Roman emperor, 14-31 A.D.), mentioned with other royal connexions of Atticus, xxi. 4; his confidence in the drunken Cossus, lxxxiii. 15; puts a fish up for auction, xcv. 42; opposition to foreign cults, cviii. 22; epigram of, cxxii. 10
Tibur (now Tivoli), earthenware from, cxix. 3
Tigris, disappearance and reappearance of, civ. 15
Timagenes (from Alexandria, historian, and one-time friend of Augustus), grudge against Rome, xci. 13
