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1METRAGYRTA — Graece Μητραγύρτης, Callias vocatur Aristoteli Rhetor. ad Theodect. l. 3. c. 2. Λέγω δ᾿ δ᾿ οἷον, οὐπεὶ τὰ ἐναντία εν τῷ αὐτῷ γένει, τὸ φᾶναι τὸν μὲν πτωχεύοντα ἔυχεςθαι, τὸν δ᾿ ἐυχόμενον πτωχεύειν. ἵτι ἄμφω ἀιτήσεις, τὸ εἰρημένον ἐςτὶ ποιεῖν, Ω῾ς …
2DENDROLIBANUS — coronamentis omnium Deorum olim adhiberi consuevit, Qua de re sic ex Constant. l. 11. c. 16. Paschal. Existimabant, coronam, quae ex hac arbore Diis offerretur, quovis sacrificio gratiorem esse. Ratio est, quod Libanus, qui Syriae mons est, prius …
3Priapus — For the ancient city in Asia Minor, see Karabiga. Priapus Fresco of Priapus, House of the Vettii, Pompeii. Minor rustic fertility god, protector of flocks, fruit plants, bees and gardens …
4Abraham Ortelius — by Peter Paul Rubens Abraham Ortelius (Abraham Ortels) (April 14, 1527 – June 28, 1598) was a Flemish cartographer and geographer, generally recognised as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World).… …
5Alcmaeon of Croton — Alcmaeon (Gr. polytonic|Ἀλκμαίων) of Croton (in Magna Græcia) was one of the most eminent natural philosophers and medical theorists of antiquity. His father s name was Pirithus, and he is said by some to have been a pupil of Pythagoras, and must …
6Abraham Ortelius — Abraham Ortelius † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Abraham Ortelius (OERTEL) A cartographer, geographer, and archæologist, born in Antwerp, 4 April, 1527; died there, 28 June, 1598. His family came from Augsburg, wherefore Ortelius… …
