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Diodorus Siculus, Library, Fragments of Book 10, Chapter 31 (search)
ears Cimon of this scandalous charge. She was clearly a vigorous personality (cp. Plut. Cimon 4, 15). The stories about Elpinice became more scandalous in the course of time (cp. Athenaeus 13, 589e). as Ptolemy was at a later time to Berenice,Three Ptolemies had sisters named Berenice. and Zeus to Hera before them, and as the Persians do at the present time. And Callias pays a fine of fifty talents, in order that his father Cimon may not suffer punishment because of hBerenice. and Zeus to Hera before them, and as the Persians do at the present time. And Callias pays a fine of fifty talents, in order that his father Cimon may not suffer punishment because of his disgraceful marriage, that, namely, of brother with sister. The number of those who write about this it would be a long task for me to recount; for the multitude of those who have written about it is boundless, such as the comic poets and orators and Diodorus and others.Tzetzes, Hist. 1. 582-593.
Pausanias, Description of Greece, Attica, chapter 6 (search)
h the aid of Antigonus, nevertheless came to fight against a benefactor. After the death of Antigonus, Ptolemy again reduced the Syrians and Cyprus, and also restored Pyrrhus to Thesprotia on the mainland. Cyrene rebelled; but Magas, the son of Berenice （who was at this time married to Ptolemy） captured Cyrene in the fifth year of the rebellion. If this Ptolemy really was the son of Philip, son of Amyntas, he must have inherited from his father his passion for women, for, while wedded to Eurydreally was the son of Philip, son of Amyntas, he must have inherited from his father his passion for women, for, while wedded to Eurydice, the daughter of Antipater, although he had children he took a fancy to Berenice, whom Antipater had sent to Egypt with Eurydice. He fell in love with this woman and had children by her, and when his end drew near he left the kingdom of Egypt to Ptolemy （from whom the Athenians name their tribe） being the son of Berenice and not of the daughter of Ant
Pausanias, Description of Greece, Attica, chapter 9 (search)
de war against the Thebans, who had revolted, reduced them two years after the revolt, and treated them so cruelly that they were left not even a memorial of their former prosperity, which had so grown that they surpassed in wealth the richest of the Greeks, the sanctuary of Delphi and the Orchomenians. Shortly after this Ptolemy met with his appointed fate, and the Athenians, who had been benefited by him in many ways which I need not stop to relate, set up a bronze likeness of him and of Berenice, his only legitimate child. After the Egyptians come statues of Philip and of his son Alexander. The events of their lives were too important to form a mere digression in another story. Now the Egyptians had their honors bestowed upon them out of genuine respect and because they were benefactors, but it was rather the sycophancy of the people that gave them to Philip and Alexander, since they set up a statue to Lysimachus also not so much out of goodwill as because they thought to serve th
Polybius, Histories, book 5, Cleomenes In Alexandria (search)
Cleomenes In Alexandria While engaged in effecting the destruction of Magas The reason of the opposition of Sosibius. and Berenice, his anxiety at the possible failure of his attempt, especially through the courageous character of Berenice, had forced him to flatter the courtiers, and give them all hopes of advantage in case his Berenice, had forced him to flatter the courtiers, and give them all hopes of advantage in case his intrigue succeeded. It was at this juncture that, observing Cleomenes to stand in need of the king's help, and to be possessed of a clear understanding and a genuine grasp of the situation, he admitted him to a knowledge of his design, holding out to him hopes of great advantage. And when Cleomenes saw that Sosibius was in a state hand, whom do you fear? Surely not mere Syrians and Carians." Sosibius was much pleased at the remark at the time, and doubly encouraged in his intrigue against Berenice; but ever afterwards, when observing the indifference of the king, he repeated it to himself, and put before his eyes the boldness of Cleomenes, and the goodwill
Polybius, Histories, book 5, Seleucia (search)
he Egyptian monarchs involved, it was a position of the greatest practical importance, as a most admirable base of operations. Occupied by the enemy it was of the utmost hindrance to all the king's designs; for in whatever direction he might have it in his mind to move his forces, his own country, owing to the fear of danger from this place, would need as much care and precaution as the preparations against his foreign enemies. Once taken, on the other hand, not only would it perfectly secure the safety of the home district, but was also capable of rendering effective aid to the king's other designs and undertakings, whether by land or sea, owing to its commanding situation." His words carried conviction to the minds of all, and it was resolved that the capture of the town should be their first step. For Seleucia was still held by a garrison for the Egyptian kings; and had been so since the time of Ptolemy Euergetes, who took it when he invaded Syria to revenge the murder of Berenice.
E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus (ed. E. T. Merrill), Poem 6 (search)
viduas noctes: cf. Ov. Ep. 18.69 viduas exegi frigida noctes; and similarly Catul. 68.6 in lecto caelibe . nequiquam tacitum: i.e it is to no purpose that the bed lacks the power of speech, for it tells as emphatically and clearly (clamat) as though it could speak; cf. Catul. 80.7. Syrio: etc., cf. Catul. 68.144 fragrantem Assyno odore; and the lament of Berenice's hair in Catul. 66.75ff.; Hor. Carm. 2.7.8 coronatus nitentis malobathro Syrio capillos ; Hor. Carm. 2.11.14 rosa canos odorati capillos, Assyriaque nardo uncti. quidquid habes: etc., cf. Catul. 1.8n.; Hor. Carm. 1.27.17 quidquid habes, age, depone tutis auribus . nobis: = mihi; the plural for the singular of the first pe
E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus (ed. E. T. Merrill), Poem 66 (search)
Triviam: cf. Catul. 34.15n. Latmia saxa: Selene was wont to meet secretly upon Mt. Latmus in Caria the beautiful shepherd Endymion, with whom she had fallen in love (cf. Paus. 5.1); sub saxa = in antrum. aerio: so Horace of the heavens, Hor. Carm. 1.28.5 aerias temptasse domos . me: the poem is a monologue spoken by the lock (v. 51) of Berenice's hair itself. ille: i.e. the person referred to in v. 1ff., me ille Conon corresponding to omnia qui. Conon: the astronomer-royal of Ptolemy, a native of Samos, and friend of Archimedes. He wrote some astronomical treatises, which, however, have not been preserved; cf. Verg. Ecl. 3.40ff. Conon et quis fuit alter descripsit radio totum qui gentibu
M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley), book 9, line 511 (search)
lding no thunderbolts, nor like to ours; The Libyan Hammon of the curved horn. No wealth adorns his fane by Afric tribes Bestowed, nor glittering hoard of Eastern gems. Though rich Arabians, Ind and Ethiop Know him alone as Jove, still he is poor Holding his shrine by riches undefiled Through time; and pure as gods of olden days He spurns the wealth of Rome. That here sone god Dwells, witnesses the only grove That buds in Libya-for that which grows Upon the arid dust which Leptis parts From Berenice, knows no leaves; alone Hammon uprears a wood; a fount the cause Which with its waters binds the crumbling soil. Yet shall the Sun when poised upon the height Strike through the foliage: hardly can the tree Protect its trunk, and to a little space His rays draw in the circle of the shade. Here have men found the spot where that high band Solstitial divides in middle skyI.e., where the equinoctial circle cuts the zodiac in its centre. - Haskins. The zodiac stars: not here oblique their cours
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
60*Barcelona, Spain, to Mahon, Minorca1981,400 1860*Minorca to Majorca35250 1860*Iviza to Majorca74500 1860St. Antonio to Iviza76450 1861Corfu to Otranto, Italy, about901,000 1861*Malta to Tripoli, Africa230335 1861*Tripoli, Africa, to Bengazi, Africa508420 1861*Bengazi, Africa, to Alexandria, Egypt59380 1861Dieppe, France, to Newhaven, England8025 1861*Toulon, France, to Corsica1951,550 1862Wexford, Ireland, to Aberman, Wales6350 1862Lowestoft, Eng., to Zandvoort, Holland12527 DBengazi, Africa, to Alexandria, Egypt59380 1861Dieppe, France, to Newhaven, England8025 1861*Toulon, France, to Corsica1951,550 1862Wexford, Ireland, to Aberman, Wales6350 1862Lowestoft, Eng., to Zandvoort, Holland12527 Date.FromLength in Miles.Greatest Depth in Fathoms. 1863*Cagliari, Sardinia, to Sicily2111,025 1864*Cartagena, Spain, to Oran, Africa1301,420 1864Gwadur, India, to Elphinstone Inlet, India357437 1864Mussendom, Persia, to Bushire, Persia39397 1864Bushire, Persia, to Fao, Persia15419 1864Gwadur, India, to Kurrachee, India246670 1864Otranto, Italy, to Aviano, Turkey50347 1865*Bona, Africa, to Sicily270250 1865Trelleborg to Rugen, Germany5580 1865South Foreland, England, to Cape Grinez, Fr