Aufidius Bassus (perhaps the historian whose work the Elder Pliny continued, see Plin. Ep. iii. 5. 6), illness of, xxx. 1 ff.
C. Julius Caesar, hostility to Cato, xiv. 12 f., xxiv. 8; villas of, li. 11
Gaius Caesar (Caligula), slain by Chaerea, iv. 7
Callistus (a favourite of the Emperor Claudius), disdains his former master, xlvii. 9
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
M. Porcius Cato (the Censor), effect of the mob upon, vii. 6; model for good conduct, xi. 10, xxv. 6
M. Cato (the younger), 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
Cerberus, false ideas concerning, xxiv. 18 ff.
Chaerea, Cassius, murderer of Caligula, iv. 7
Charinus, archon at Athens, xviii. 9
Chrysippus (successor of Cleanthes as head of the Stoic school), saying of, ix. 14; advice of, xxii. 11, xxxiii. 4
Chrysippus (unknown), victim of greetings, lvi. 3
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
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
M. Licinius Crassus (the triumvir), death of, iv. 7
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
Cynic School of Philosophy, its high standards, xxix. 11; free speech, xxix. 1
Darius, the mother of, in captivity, xlvii. 12
Demetrius Poliorcetes (acquired control of Athens 307 B.C.), conversation of, ix. 18 f.
Demetrius (of Sunium), consistent simplicity of, xx. 9; companion of Seneca, lxii. 3
Democritus (Greek atomic philosopher, 5th and 4th centuries B.C.), on the importance of the individual, vii. 10
Dexter (the tribune who executed Lepidus), iv. 7
Diogenes (Cynic philosopher, 4th century B.C.), his free speech, xxix. 1; slavery, xlvii. 12
Egyptians, customs of bandits among the, li. 13
Q. Ennius (Roman poet, 239–169 B.C.), lviii. 5
Epicurean, the spirit of an, xlviii. 1
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.
Euripides, quoted, xlix. 12
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
Felicio, pet slave of Seneca, son of Philositus, xii. 3
Flaccus (friend of Lucilius), death of, lxiii. 1 ff.
Germany, training of children in, xxxvi. 7
Julius Graecinus (man of noble character, slain by Caligula), witticism of, xxix. 6
Graian Alps, xxxi. 9
Greeks, the word oestrus used by, lviii. 2; proverbs and maxims of, xxxiii. 7; headlong style of, xl. 11; as species of man, lviii. 12; their idea of the poet, lviii. 17
Hannibal, weakened by Campanian luxuries, li. 5 f.
Harpaste, blindness of, 1. 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
Heraclitus (philosopher of Ephesus, c. 500 B.C.), sayings of, xii. 7, lviii. 23
Hermarchus (successor of Epicurus as head of the school), close adherence to Epicurus, vi. 6; dicta of, xxxiii. 4; a philosopher of the third grade, lii. 4
Herodotus (Greek historian, 5th century B.C.), reminiscence of, vi. 5
Hesiod, reminiscence of, i. 5; misquoted by Sabinus. xxvii. 6
Homer, called the poet by the Greeks, lviii. 17; on the rapid and gentle styles, xl. 2; misquoted by Sabinus, xxvii. 6
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.
Jupiter, amid the Stoic conflagration, ix. 16; happiness of, xxv. 4; popularly called the father of Alexander, lix. 12
Juvenal, compared, xiv. 9 n.
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
Latin Language, narrow limits of, lviii. passim
Aemilius Lepidus (favourite of Caligula, slain by him A.D. 39), iv. 7
Liternum (town on sea-coast of Campania, near Cumae), abode of Scipio in exile, li. 11
T. Livius (the historian, age of Augustus), comparison of his style with that of Lucilius, xlvi. 1
Lucilius, procurator in Sicily, xxxi. 9ff., 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.
Lucretius (Roman poet, 1st century B.C.), as species of man, lvili. 12
Maecenas, character of, xix. 9 f.; quoted, ib.
M. Tullius Marcellinus (a friend of Seneca), faults of, xxix. 1 ff,
C. Marius (rival of Sulla), the massacres of his epoch, xivii. 10; villas of, li. 11
M. Valerius Messala Corvinus (statesman and man of letters, b. 59 B.C.) describes Aetna, li. 1
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
Mucius Scaevola (hero of Roman-Etruscan wars), puts his hand into the flames, xxiv. 5
Naples, memories of, xlix. 1; journey to, lvii. 1
P. Ovidius Naso (Roman poet, age of Augustus), quoted, xxxiii. 4
Nesis (islet in the bay of Naples), liii. 1
Nile, the distracting noise of its waters, lvi. 3
Niobe, restraint of, in her mourning, lxiii. 2
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
Parthenope (another name for Naples), favourite place of Lucilius, liii. 1
Parthia, kings of, xvii. 11
Parthian, 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
Pennine Alps, xxxi. 9
Peripatetics, their dislike for the common herd, xxix. 11; referred to in jest, ibid. 6
Persians, bravery of, xxxiii. 2
Phidias, the sculptor, ix. 5
Plato (Athenian philosopher, 428-347 B.C.), debt to Socrates, vi. 6; read by Cato, xxiv. 6; ennobled by philosophy, xliv. 3f.; captive, xlvii. 12; theory of ideas, lxv. 7; worthy of honour, lxiv. 10; on being, lviii. 1 and passim; quoted, xliv. 4 and passim
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
Pompeius (the triumvir), his shyness, xi. 4; death, iv. 7; villas, li. 11; disagrees with Cato, xiv. 12 f.
Pomponius (possibly Pomponius Secundus, a contemporary of Seneca, writer of tragedies and letters), iii. 6
Porsenna (Etruscan king), encounter with Mucius, xxiv. 5
Posidonius (Stoic philosopher, pupil of Panaetius and friend of Cicero), dicta assigned to, xxxili. 4
Prometheus, title of a work of Maecenas, xix. 9
Publilius Syrus (writer of farces and mimes, 1st century B.C.), greatness of, viii. 8 f.
Puteoli (near Naples), voyage of Seneca to, liii. 1
Pythagoras (Greek philosopher, 6th century B.C.), rules of, lii. 10
Pythocles, a friend of Idomeneus, xxi. 7 f.
Roman style, dignity and slowness of, xl. 113
Romans as species of man, lviii. 12
Rome, complicated life in, l. 3
P. Rutilius Rufus (orator and statesman, banished 92 B.C.), exile of, xxiv. 4
Calvisius Sapinus (a typical parvenu), his illiteracy and bad taste, xxvii. 5 ff.
Annaeus Serenus (friend and possibly relative of Seneca; praefectus vigilum at Rome), loss of, lxiii. 14 f.
Q. Sextius (the Elder), inspiring writings of, lxiv. 2 ff.; a simile of, lix. 7
Sicily, Scylla, and Charybdis, dangers of, xiv. 8, xxxi. 9, xlvi. 2
Sisyphus, punishedin 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
Sotion (the Pythagorean), recollections of, xlix. 2
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
Stoics (passim), agreement with Stilbo, ix. 19; boldness of their style, xiii. 4; their caution, xxii. 7; wise advice of their leaders, xxil. 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
Sulla (dictator at Rome, 1st century B.C.), anger of, xi. 4; disobeyed by Rutilius, xxiv. 4
Syria, governed by Pacuvius, xii. 8
Syrtes (quicksands), xxxi. 9
Theophrastus (successor of Aristotle as head of the Peripatetic School), views on friendship, iii. 2
Tiberius (Roman emperor, 14–37 A.D.), mentioned with other royal connexions of Atticus, xxi. 4
Timon, dinners like those of, xviii. 7
Ulysses, temptations of, xxxi. 2 ; vietim of seasickness, liii. 4 ; remedy against Siren Songs, lvi. 15
C. Valgius Rufus (Roman poet, b. 81 B.C.), describes Aetna, ii. 1
P. Terentius Varro (surnamed Atacinus, Latin poet, 83–37 B.C), quoted, vi. 6
Servilius Vatia (rich man of leisure in the early Empire), country-house of, lv. 2 ff.
P. Vergilius Maro (Roman poet, 70–19 B.C.), immortalizes Nisus and Euryalus, xx i. 5 ; the artisfs conception of, lviii. 20; mentioned in illustration of obsolete words, lviii. 2 ff.; quoted, xii. 9, xviii. 12, xxi. 5, xxviii. 1 and 3, xxxi. 11, xxxvii. 3, xli. 2, xlviii. 11, xlix. 7, liii. 3, lvi. 12, lviii. 2ff., lix. 17, lxiv. 4
P. Vinicius, ridiculed by Aseilius and Varius for his stammering, xl. 9 f.
Zeno (founder of the Stoic school, fl.c. 300 B.C.), model for Cleanthes, vi. 6; advice of, xxii. 11; dicta of, xxxiii. 4 ff.; object of veneration, lxiv. 10
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INDEX OF PROPER NAMES
Academic (School of Philosophy), a definition of happiness, lxxi. 18; scepticism of, lxxxviii. 44 f.
Achaia (province of Greece), earthquakes in, xci. 9 f.
Achilles, age of, compared with that of Patroclus, lxxxviii. 6
Aegialus, a farmer on the old estate of Scipio, lxxxvi. 11 ff.
Aetna, proposed ascent of, by Lucilius, lxxix. 2 ff.
Agamemnon, his desire to return home to Mycenae, lxvi. 26
Alexander of Macedon (the Great, d. 323 B.C.), crimes and tragedy of, due to drink, lxxxiii. 19 ff.; his desire to conquer the globe, xci. 17
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. 6
M. Antonius (friend of Caesar and rival of Augustus), ruined by wine and Cleopatra, lxxxiii. 25
Apion (grammarian, 1st century A.D.), his opinion concerning the authorship of the Homeric cycle, lxxxviii. 10 f.
Ardea (ancient city of Latium, capital of the Rutulians), capture of, xci. 16
Argos (kingdom in the Peloponnesus), a fictitious king of, lxxx. 7
Aristo of Chius (Stoic, 3rd century B.C.), weeds out many departments of philosophy, lxxxix. 13
Asia, earthquakes in, xci. 9
Attalus (Stoic, teacher of Seneca), on the value of pain, lxvii. 15; simile used by, lxxii. 8; on “returning the chalice to our own lips,” lxxxi. 22
Augustus (Roman Emperor), confidence in the hard drinkers Piso and Cossus, lxxxiii. 14 f.
Decimus Junius Brutus (c. 81–43 B.C., see n.), cowardly death of, lxxxii. 12 f.
Gaius Caesar (Caligula, emperor 37–41 A.D.), witticism of, lxxvii. 18
Gaius Iulius Caesar, conqueror of Pompey, lxxxiii. 12
Cambyses (son of Cyrus the Great, king of the Medes and Persians, 6th century B.C.), madness of, lxxxvi. 1
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
M. Porcius Cato (the Elder), simple life of, lxxxvi. 10; his scorn of trappings, lxxxvii. 9 ff.
M. Porcius Cato (the Younger, d. 46 B.C.), 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.
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
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
Cyprus, often wasted by earthquakes, xci. 9
Cyrenaic school (offshoot of Epicureanism), remove physics and logic, and are content with ethics alone, lxxxix. 12
Dahae (see n.), objects of Roman conquest, lxxi. 37
P. Decius Mus (both father and son, heroes of the Latin wars, 4th century B.C.), heroism and self-sacrifice of, lxvii. 9
Demetrius (of Sunium, philosopher and friend of Seneca), definition of an untroubled existence, lxvii. 14; his contempt for gossip, xci. 19
Democritus (Greek philosopher, of Abdera, 5th century B.C.), supposed madness of, lxxix. 14; discussed as the inventor of the arch, xc. 32 f.
Didymus (surnamed “Brazen-Bowels,” scholar of Alexandria, fl. 1st century B.C.), his voluminous and variegated writings, on Aeneas, Anacreon, Sappho, etc., lxxxviii. 37
Diogenes (the Cynic), contrasted as a philosopher with Daedalus the inventor, xc. 14
Dossennus (ancient Latin comic writer, or a Lype in the Atellane farce), inscription on the tomb of, lxxxix. 7
Epicurean, 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.), on the joy of suffering, lxvi. 18, lxvii. 15; on the painless body and the serene mind, lxvi. 46; 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
Eretrian school (somewhat inclined toward the Socratic), scepticism of, lxxxviii. 44 f.
Fabii (clan famous in early Roman history), sacrifice in behalf of the state, lxxxii. 20
Fabius Maximus (hero of second Punic war), simple life of, lxxxvi. 10
German (gladiator), revolting suicide of a, lxx. 20
Graeci, 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
Hannibal, Contrasted with Scipio, lxxxvi. 3
Helen, age of, compared with Hecuba’s, lxxxviii. 6
Hephaestion (volcanic region in Lycia, in Asia Minor), lxxix. 3
Hesiod, compared with Homer in seniority, lxxxviii. 6
Homer, 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
Jupiter, comparison of, with the ideal sage, lxxiii. 12 ff.
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
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
Liternum (Campanian coast-town), retreat of Scipio, lxxxvi. 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, lxxviii. 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, lxxvii, 5 ff.
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
Metrodorus (follower of Epicurus), his modest manner of life, lxxix, 15 f.; on the thankfulness of the sage. lxxxi, 11
Metronax (a philosopher, seeEp. xciii. 1), lectures by, lxxvi, 4
Natalis (early Empire), vileness and richness of, lxxxvii. 16
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
Nestor (Homeric hero), long life of, lxxvii. 20
P. Ovidius Naso (Roman poet, 43 B.C.–18 A.D.), his description of Aetna, lxxix. 5; quoted, xc. 20
Paphus (city on west coast of Cyprus), often wrecked by earthquakes, xci. 9
Parmenides (Greek philosopher, fl. 800 B.C.), on the One, lxxxviii, 44 f.
Penelope, moral character of, lxxxviii. 8
Peripatetics, their softening of Stoic paradoxes, lxxxv. 3. 81, etc.; their objections to Stoic syllogisms, lxxxvii, 12, 38; their establishment of economic philosophy, lxxxix. 10
Persae (the Persians), objects of Roman conquest, lxxi. 37
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.), variety of his materials, lxxxv. 40
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
Pompeii (possibly the birthplace of Lucilius), recalls memories of Seneca's boyhood, lxx. 1
Gn. Pompeius Magnus, three defeats of his forces, lxxi. 8 ff.
Lars Porsenna, king of the Etruscans, who yielded to Mucius Scaevola, lxvi. 51 ff.
Posidonius (Stoic philosopher, fl. 1st century B.C.), 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
Protagoras (Greek philosopher of Abdera, 5th century B.C.), opinion on the flexibility of dialectic, lxxxviii. 43 f.
Puteoli (a coast-town near Naples in Campania), the idlers of, lxxvii. 1
Pyrrhonic school, scepticism of, lxxxviii. 44 f.
Pythagoras (Greek philosopher, 6th century B.C.). teacher of many famous lawgivers, xc. 6
M. Atilius Regulus (hero of first Punic war), the sufferings of, lxvii. 7, 19; his pledge of honour, lxxi. 17
Rhodian (Telesphorus the), cowardly words of, lxx. 6
P. Cornelius Scipio (Africanus Maior, conqueror of Hannibal), adoration by Seneca at his house and tomb, lxxxvi. 1 ff.
P. Cornelius Scipio (Africanus Minor, conqueror of Carthage in 146 B.C., and of Numantia in 133 B.C.). lxvi. 13
P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica (admiral, defeated by Caesar's fleet, 46 B.C.), heroism of, lxx. 22; defeat of, lxxi. 10
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
Seneca (see Introduction, vol. i.), addresses himself, lxviii. 10
Cornelius Severus (contemp. of Ovid, author of a Bellum Siculum), description of Aetna, lxxix. 5
Sextius (seeEp. lxiv. 2 n., vol. i.), his comparison of the sage with Jupiter, lxxiii. 12, 15
Sicily, Lucilius’ travels through, lxxix. 1
Socrates, 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
Solon (see n. ad loc.), lawgiver of Athens, and one of the seven wise men, xc. 6
Speusippus (4th century B.C., predecessor of Xenocrates as head of the Academy), qualifies the definition of the bonum, lxxxv. 18
Stoic, a certain, who gave good advice to Marcellinus, lxxvii, 6
Stoic (school of philosophy), recommendation of the quiet life, lxviii. 1; reply to Peripatetics regarding virtue, lxxxv, 31; paradoxes of the, lxxxvii, 1
Syria, earthquakes in, xci. 9
Syrtes (north coast of Africa), cave-homes of dwellers by the, xc. 17
Tarentum (city in Southern Italy), a place for retirement, lxviii. 5
Tauromenium (now Taormina) in Sicily, lxxix. 1
Tiberius (emperor 14–37 A.D.), his confidence in the drunken Cossus, lxxxiii. 15
Timagenes (from Alexandria, historian, and one-time friend of Augustus), grudge against Rome, xci. 13
Ulysses, home-sickness of, lxvi. 26 wanderings of, lxxxviii. 7 f.
Caesar (Augustus, the Emperor) delegates power to Maecenas, cxiv. 6
C. Iulius Caesar, ambition of, xciv. 65 f.; relations with Cato the Younger, xcv. 70; part in Clodian trial, xcvii. 2, 8; civ. 29 f.; cxviii. 2
Licinius Calvus (see note ad loc.), xciv. 25
Cato, “wisdom” of, quoted, xciv. 27; cxix. 2
M. Porcius Cato (the Censor), nobility of, xcv. 72 ; civ. 21
M. Porcius Cato (the Younger), 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. 29 ff.; used as a dialectic illustration, cxvii. 13; contrasted with Vatinius, cxviii. 4 and cxx. 19; quoted, cxxii. 2
Chrysippus (Stoic, successor of Cleanthes), civ. 22; utters great words, cviii. 38; on the source of muscular activity, cxiii. 23 f.
M. Tullius Cicero, 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.
Cleanthes (successor of Zeno as head of the Stoic school), 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.
Q. Ennius (Roman poet, fl. 200 B.C.), verses on Scipio Africanus, cviii. 32 f.; indebtedness to Homer, ib. 34
Epicurus (founder of school, 342–279 B.C.) quoted, xcvii. 13, 15
Euripides (Greek tragic poet), anecdote of, cxv. 15 f.
Papirius Fabianus (teacher of Seneca), style of, c. passim
C. Fabricius Luscinus (temp. Pyrrhus), self-restraint of, xcviii. 13; loyalty and temperance of, cxx. 6; plainness of, cxx. 19
Fenestella (Augustan antiquarian) on the death of Romulus, cviii. 31
Floralia (Roman festival, April 28 to May 3), tributes to Cato during the, xcvii. 8
Gallio (brother of Seneca), illness of, in Achaia, civ. 1 and note ad loc.
Genius (the “patron saint” of Roman men), cx. 1
Germans, bound-up hair of, cxxiv. 22
C. Sempronius Gracchus (tribune 123 B.C.), source for oratorical vocabulary, cxiv. 13
Greeks, 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.
Hercules, travels of, xciv. 63
Hippocrates (“Father of Medicine,” 5th cent. B.C.), xcv. 9; on the health of women, ib. 20
Homer, indebtedness of Ennius to, cviii. 34
Horatius (defender of Rome against Tarquins), heroism of, cxx. 7
Jugurtha (African prince, conquered by Marius), xciv. 60
Juno, dedications to, xcv. 47; patroness of women, cx. 1
Jupiter, dedications to, xcv. 47; ib. 72; addressed in hymn of Cleanthes, cvii. 10 f.; happiness of, cx. 18; independence of, cxix. 7
C. Laelius Sapiens (friend of Scipio the Younger), sanity of, xcv. 72; civ. 21
Latin language, technical terms in, xcv. 65
Licinus (native of Gaul; appointed governor in 15 B.C.), riches of, cxix. 9; cxx. 19
T. Livius (historian, age of Augustus) reckoned as both historian and philosopher, c. 9
Lucilius (procurator in Sicily and contemporary of Seneca) addressed, passim. See Introduction, vol. i. p. ix
T. Lucretius Carus (Roman poet, 1st cent. B.C.) quoted xcv. 11; on corporeality, cvi. 8; on fear, cx. 6 f.
Maeander (river in Phrygia, Asia Minor), tortuous course of, civ. 15
C. Cilnius Maecenas (minister of Augustus), his womanly fear of death, ci. 10 ff.; careless speech of, cxiv. passim; daintiness of, cxx. 19
C. Marius (see note ad loc.), political and martial ambition of, xciv. 66
Iunius (?) Marullus (see note ad loc.), consolation addressed to, xcix. 1 ff.
Metrodorus (follower of Epicurus), quoted, xcviii. 9; on the pleasure of sadness, xcix. 25 ff.
Metronax, death of, xciii. 1 (and note)
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 Etruscan wars), heroism of, xcviii. 12
Cn. Naevius (early Roman writer of drama) quoted, cii. 16
Pinarius Natta (see note ad loc.), cxxii. 11 f.
Nile, rising in summer, civ. 15
Nomentum (Latin town 14 m. N.E. of Rome), Seneca's villa at, civ. 1 ff.; cx. 1
Numidian outriders, cxxiii. 7
P. Octavius (gourmand, age of Tiberius), bids against Apicius, xcv. 42
P. Ovidius Naso (Roman poet, Augustan age), on the lower order of gods, cx. 1; on gold, cxv. 13
Panaetius (head of Stoic school, 2nd cent. B.C.) on love, cxvi. 5 f.
Sextus Papinius (an Early Empire night-liver), cxxii. 15 f.
Parthians (tribe E. of Euphrates), 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.
Peripatetics, their interpretation of emotion, cxvi. 1; on wisdom and being wise, cxvii. 11 f.
Phaedo (contemporary of Plato) quoted, xciv. 41
Philip (of Macedon, father of Alexander), conquests of, xciv. 62
Phrygian priests (worshippers of Cybele), enthusiasm of, cviii. 7
Plato (Athenian philosopher, 428–347 B.C.), Laws of, discussed by Posidonius, xciv. 33; master of wisdom, cviii. 38
C. Asinius Pollio (patron of Vergil), style and rank of, c. 7 ff.
Gn. Pompeius (the triumvir), ambitious campaigns of, xciv. 64 f.; relations with Cato the Younger, xcv. 70; part in Clodian trial, xcvii. 8; civ. 29 ff.; cxviii. 2
Posidonius (Stoic philosopher, friend of Cicero), on Plato's Laws, xciv. 38; on precepts, and other aids to virtue, xcv. 65 f.; civ. 22; cviii. 33; on independence of fortune, cxiii. 28; cxxi. 1
Publilius Syrus (writer of farces, 1st cent. B.C., and traditional source of many proverbs) quoted, xciv. 28; cviil. 8 ff.
Pyrrhus (king of Epirus, 3rd cent. B.C.), relations with Fabricius, cxx. 6
Pythagoras (Greek philosopher, 6th cent. B.C.), on impressions of divinity, xciv. 42; reasons for abstaining from animal food, cviii. 17 ff.
M. Atilius Regulus (hero of first Punic war), heroism of, xcviii. 12
Romulus (first Roman king), death of, cviii. 31
P. Rutilius Rufus (1st cent. B.C.), heroism of, xcviii. 12
C. Sallustius Crispus (historian, close of Republic), quoted, cix. 16; aped by later historians because of archaic style, cxiv. 17 ff.
P. Cornelius Scipio (Africanus Major) praised by Ennius, cviii. 32 f.
P. Cornelius Scipio (Africanus Minor, conqueror of Carthage in 146 B.C.), friendship with Laelius, xcv. 72
Scythians (tribe inhabiting steppes of S. Russia), flowing hair of, cxxiv. 22
Seneca, see Introduction, vol. i.
Cornelius Senecio (friend of Seneca), untimely death of, ci. 1 ff.
Sertorius (1st cent. B.C.) conquered by Pompey in Spain, xciv. 64
Servius Tullius (Roman king), doubtful parentage of, cviii. 30
Q. Sextius (the Elder), declines honour at Caesar's hand, xcviii. 13; vegetarianism of, cviii. 17 f.
Sicily, crops in, cxiv. 26
Socrates, resignation of, xcviii. 12; on restless travel, civ. 7; ib. 21; sufferings of, civ. 27 f.
Sotion (the Pythagorean, contemporary of Seneca) on vegetarianism, cviii. 17 ff.
Stoics, on the value of precepts, xciv. 2 ff.; on the limits to mourning, xcix. 27 f.; their many great masters, cviii. 38; resemblance to 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.
Tanusius Geminus (historian 1st cent. B.C.), “heaviness” of, xciii. 11. For discussion of his identification with Volusius see edd. of Catullus, 36
P. Terentius Afer (writer of comedies, 2nd cent. B.C.) quoted xcv. 53
Themison (pupil of Asclepiades, 1st cent. B.C.), xcv. 9
Tiberius (Second Roman Emperor), 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
