A supplement to The great historical, geographical, genealogical and poetical dictionary: being a curious miscellany of sacred and profane history / Collected especially out of Lewis Morery, D. D., his 8th ed. cor. and enl. by Monsieur Le Clerc; in two volumes in folio. By Jer. Collier. Together with a continuation from the year 1688, to this time, by another hand.
- Louis Moréri
- Date:
- 1705
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A supplement to The great historical, geographical, genealogical and poetical dictionary: being a curious miscellany of sacred and profane history / Collected especially out of Lewis Morery, D. D., his 8th ed. cor. and enl. by Monsieur Le Clerc; in two volumes in folio. By Jer. Collier. Together with a continuation from the year 1688, to this time, by another hand. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![£GO * iELil IE Git ON, (Briar eus was fometimes fo call’d) a Gyant, and the Son of Titan and the Earth. The Poets in their Mythology have been fo liberal as to give him an Hundred Hinds, and Fifty Heads. They tell us likewife, That after Juno, Palias, Neptune, and the other pretended Gods, had form’d a Coni pi ra¬ cy againti Jupiter, with a Defign to Dethrone him, tfris <L&?<eon, at the Inftance of Thetis, fprang up in¬ to the Sky to take Jupiter's part. Thus the Matter is reported by Homer in his hr 11 Iliad, where he tells ye that ti c Gods call’d thisGigantick Man Briar eus, tho’ Mortals call’d him *s£g<con. Some other Poets have told tire Story a different way, That Mdg&on headed the Giants in their War upon Jupiter, and threw no Jels than a Hundred whole Rocks againft the Sky him- lelf. Homer, fir ft Iliad. Virg.lib.6. zs£neid. Ovid. &c. [But here, as Monfieur / Cleric obferves, the Paflage of Homer is fomewhat mifreprefented ; for in his firft Iliad, lie tells us the Defign of the Gods was only to bind Jupiter.] it G1 A L A, the Wife of Diomedes, was fo Infa¬ mous, that (he proftituted her lelf to all Comers: Ve- nus is laid to poffcls her with thisBrutiill PalTion, in Revenge of the Wound Hie had receiv’d from her Hus¬ band at the Siege of Troy. Diomedes not being able to bear Ins Wife's Scandalous Condudf, retir’d into Italy, where lie was friendly receiv’d by Daunus, and had part of his Kingdom call’d Magna Grecia aiTign’d him. * Scrums in Hirg. zAEneid. 11. &c. JE GI D1U S, (Petrus Alhienjis) was fent upon his Travels into Greece, Afa and Africa, bv King Francis the Fir ft, to learn the Situation of the Countries. He fell into the Hands of Pirates, but afterwards made his Elcape; but over-fatiguing himfelf with digefting his Oblervations, he fell into a Fever, and died in the 65th Year of his Age, Anno 1555. His Works are, Defcriptio Bofphon Thracia: DefcriptioUrbis Conjlan- tinopolitansc: De Pifcium Majjilenjium Nominibus Gal¬ lic is, & Latinist De Elephanto. He Iikewile Tranfla- ted into Latin, Theodorets Commentary upon the Twelve Minor Prophets, and oALliaris Sixteen Books of theHiftoryof Animals. *Thuan. Hiftor.&c. .EGIDIUS, a Roman, of the Family of the Co- lonni. He was Archbilhop of Berry, and Preceptor to the Sons of Philip the Fair. He died at Avignon in 1316. Sabellicits affirms of him, That no Author ftnee St. Aujlins inwc writ with greater Freedom and Exabt- nels. He wrote, De Regimes Principum contra Bonifa- c-ium VIII. and lcveral other Traits in Philofophy and Divinity, very well efteem’d. This cAEgidius was Ge¬ neral of the Augufiinian Monks. *Sabeilicus T. 2. En- niad.j. lib. 9. Trtthem. Pofj.vin. Gembrard, &c. JEG1 D I US, (Carillus) a Spaniard, and Cardinal, of great Emincncy. He rvas Innocent the Sixth’s Legate in Italy, where he compos’d the Difturbances then on foot. He built a great many Cattles, and founded a College at Bononia at his own Charge, which he en¬ dow d with great Revenues, for the Maintenance of poor Spani/h ‘•cholars. He died at Viterbo, and was bury’d 3t A/Jifum in Umbria, from whence he was carry’d to Toledo by the Pilgrims that came to Rome at the jubilee; tire Pope undertaking for the Pardon of all their Sins, provided they would take l'o Holy a Burthen upon their Shoulders. * Tarapha de Reb. Hi¬ ll fan. Platina & Garimb.rtus de Hit is Punt if. JE GIDI U S, (Fontana) of Padua. This zAEgi- ditts, upon the Irruption of Attila, retired with ie- veral Noble Families into the Shallows of the Adna- tick Gulph, and was the firft Chief Magiftrate that gave Lawrs to the new' Republick of Venice, which are Hill call’d Sadi tones zAigidiana. * Scardioni lib. 3. Hifl. Petav. JE GIDI U S, (Athenienfis) a Grecian, Phyfician and Philofopher. He liv’d in the Eighth Centu¬ ry, under the Emperor Tiberius II. He turn’d Bene¬ dict m at laft. and left a great many Tracts behind him ; one, De. Puff bus ; and another, De Hellenist Being accidentally wounded with an Arrow, he would not 1 utter the Wound to be diefsd, that lie might have an opportunity of exerciling his Fortitude againft Lain.. *Birgomenfis CT Vulaieranus lib. 21. Hincentms lib. 23. JE G O B O I. U S, a Name of Bacchus at Potnia : The real on of it, it leans, is as follows; When the Inhabitants of this Town kept the Diony/ia, or Anni- verfary Solemnity of Bacchus, they drank to that pitch of Outrage and Dittra&ion, that they murther’d one of Bacchus s Priefts; upon which, this pretended Deity vifited them with a terrible Mortality. This made the Townfmen apply to Apollo's Oracle, by which they were directed to facrifice one of their handlomeft Boys to Bacchus. The Potnienfes, having comply’d with this cruel Order for feveral Years, were at laft inform’d by Bacchus himfelf, that he was contented to accept of a Goat inftead of the Humane Sacrifice; and from thence he had his Name of zAEgo- bolus. * Gyraldus Synt. de Dlls. ft:. LI U S, (Manti a J of Fermi a, wras, by his Birth, two Removes from a Slave : When he was very old, he impeach’d Lucius Libo before the Cenlors. At his Tryal, Pompey the Great, upbraiding him w'ith the Mcanels of his Condition, and the Decrepidnefs of his Age, told him, That he look'd as if he was fent from the Shades below, to prolecute his Advcriary. ‘ Truly ‘ Pompey (lays lie) you are much in the right; I do ‘ really come from the Shades below to manage a * Charge againft L. Libo; and, to convince you on’t, ‘ when I was there among the Ghojls, I law' Cn. Domi- tins zAEnobarbus all bloody, and weeping for his Mis- ‘ fortune : That notwithftanding he wras a Perlon of ‘ the Firft Quality, of an unblameablc Life, and a ‘ great Lover of his Country, lie had the ill Fate to ‘ be murther’d by your Order, in the prime of his Youth. Here likew'iiel law Brutus, a Man of equal ‘ Quality with the former, milerably flafh’d and man- £ gled, and laying it all at the Door of your Falllrood ‘ and Cruelty. Here alio 1 lawr Cn. Carbo, who pro- ‘ tebted your Perlon in your Minority, and was, as it ‘were, a Guardian of your Fortune: I law this Pcr- (Ion, I fay, in his third Conlullhip, loaden with ‘ Irons of your putting on ; and notwithftanding all ‘ the Intreaties to ye lor better Ulage, murther’d by ‘ you againft all Right and Reaion, when he was in ‘ the highett Pott of the Government, and you your ‘ felf no more than a Roman Knight. And to con- ‘ elude with ye ; I law Perpenna, who had gone ‘ througli the Office of Prat or in the lame Circum- 4 fiances of Mifery, and declaiming bitterly againft 1 your Barbarities. And, in fhort, all of ’em raging ‘ together, that they had the' Misfortune to be mur- c der’d by luch a Boy as you w'ere, without lo much ‘ as being brought to their Tryal. * Val. Max. lib. 6. cap. 2. .ELI U S Verus Ccefar ■ for fo he was call’d after his Adoption by Adrian the Emperor, his Name lie- fore being Ceiomus Commodus Herus. He was Son-in- Lawr to Nigrinus, and recommended to Adrian for the Beauty and Gracefulneis of his Perfon. The Em¬ peror, to do him Honour at his Adoption, celebrated the Ludi Circenfes, and gave a Largels to the People and Army. He likewife preferr’d him to the Prxtor- fliip, and foon after made him Governor of Panno- nia, and at laft rais’d him to the Conlullhip, allow¬ ing him a Sum of Money to defray the Expencc of the Office. Afterwards finding him very infirm in his Health, he us’d to lay; We have lean d upon a Wall ready to totter, and thrown away a great many Thou I and Pounds in a Bounty to the People for this CommodusV Adoption. The Event loon prov’d the Emperor in the Right; for Commodus, having taken too ttrong a Purge, went aw\ay in his Sleep, upon the Calends or Firft of January: Upon which, Adrian would not let’em lhew any Signs of Mourning, that the Firft Day of the Year might not have any ominous Signs upon’t. After his Death, the Emperor declining in his Conftitution, adopted Arrius Antonins, aftcrw'ards call’d Pius. This .Elms Verus, as Partian obferves, had nothin* remarkable in his Life, excepting his Title of Cattar, which was not left him by Will, according to Cu- ftom ; neither was he adopted as Trajan was, the Title of Cattar being much the fame to him as it is to Maxitnianus and Conftantius, who are call d fo now • this Honour im¬ porting no more than that they are the Sons of Princes, and defign d to fucceed in the Empire- His Adminijf ra¬ tion in his Province was not exceptionable. He was like¬ wife not unfortunate in the Field, and had the Character of an indifferently good General- Spartian goes on, and tells US, That he loz'd to appear well drejs'ft, and rich in](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30457750_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
