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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![JE SC AGA Opinion is well founded, who fix this zAEra upon the Eighth Year after the Reformation of the Calender by Ivlins Cafar, that is, the 716th Year of Rome, the Four thoufand and fixteenth of the World, and the 4676th of tire Julian Period, Appius Claudius Fulcher and C. Norbanus Flaccus being Coniuls: And here we m,iy obferve, that Cardinal 'Baronins, and thole who follow Ins Chronology, are mi {taken Two Years, in placing the beginning of i\\\sAEra in the Sixth Year of Julius Cafar. They were led into this Miftakc,_by bringing the Incarnation two ^ ears too much for¬ ward, as I have ellewhere oblerv’d. We are alfo to take notice, that this term *AEra, was at firlt apply’d to none but the Spanijb Chronology, and therefore if other Epocha’s have been llnce mark’d by that Denomination, 'tvvas only in Imitation of the Spani¬ ards. The other raoft Remarkable tAEra,s, or Chro¬ nological Epocha’s, are thole of Nabonaffar, common¬ ly fixt to the 26th of February, in the 3977th Year of the Julian Period, the firft Year of the 8th Olympiad and 6th of Rome, and 312th before the Incarnation, when Selencus Nicanor lettled liimfelf in Syria 12 Years after the Death of Alexander the Great. * Baron. Formed. Gencbrard. Gordon, Kepler, Petavius, Spondanus, Scaliger, Calvifus, Salivan, Sigonius, Cufpinian. Onuphrius, Pererius, Salmeron, Suarez., off us, Helvicus, Riccioli, CTc. For the DicUfan tALra, lee Dioclefan ; and for the Arabian, fee Hegira. *J£ SCHYLUS, a Tragick Poet, born at Athens. Chronologers are not perfectly agreed concerning the Year of his Birth. However, there’s no difficulty to come pretty near it; for tis certain, he Signaliz’d himlelf at the Battels of AFarathon, Salamis and Pla¬ tan. He pretended that Bacchus, appearing to him in a Dream, commanded him to write Tragedies, and, it may be, ’tw.;s upon the account of this Story, That tome People laid, he never us’d,to let Pen to Paper till he had taken a large GlaJ's. As to his Character; his Genius lecms Noble, Soldier-like, and willing to transfufe it lelf into the Audience, and Inlpirewith a Spirit of Bravery: To this purpofe, his Sale is Pompous, Martial, and Enterprizing ; but his Metal is not always under Management: His Inclinations fo'r the Sublime, carries him too tar. He is lometimes Embarras’d with Epithites. His Metaphors arc too Stiff and far fetch’d, and he rues rather in Sound, than in Senie : However, generally Ipcaking, his Materials arc both fhining and folid, and his Thoughts lofty and tfncbmmon. As to Tragedy; we mult not look upon him as the Inventer of it, tho’ he refin’d iconft- derably upon thole that went before him, and brought it pretty near its Perfection. Monfieur Dacier oblerves, Tha' the Improvements which TheJ'pis had made in Tragedy, put tALfchylus upon the thought of carrying it further; and, in order to make the Entertainment more agreeable, he gave his Actors Vizard Masks, Buskins f and drefs’d ’em more like People of Quality. He likewile added a iecond Ad or, and contracted the Songs of the Churns. He lias likewile the Commcn- / dation of avoiding Murtber upon the Stage; luch lort of Rcprelentations being naturally Dilagreeable to the Senles of the Spectators. He likewile ldfen’d the Number of the, C.hGrus upon this occafion : In his Tragedy of the Eumenidei, the Chorus conlilted of Fif¬ ty Perlons, which being habited in formidable Drcffes, with Snakes about their Heads, &c. the Women in the Theatre that were with Child milcarry’d with the Spectacle, and the little Chidren fell into a Swoon ; upon which, there was an Order made, That the Chorus Inotild be Hinted to Fifteen Perlons. Philoftratus 1 peaks vety honourably of *AEfchylus s Improving the Theatre; he tells us, That the Decorations, the Ma¬ chines, the Tombs, the Altais, the Ghofts Furies, and Trumpets, which were leen upon the Stage, were all the Invention of this Poet. <zAJchylus having enjoyed the Reputation of the bell Tragick Poet for a great while, had at laft the Misfortune to- be over-topt by Sophocles, then a very young Man : Being thus, as it were, beaten out of the Pit, he quitted his Country, and retired to the Court of Htero King of Sicily. He liv’d but Three Years after his Arrival in this Eland. The Bourghers of Gelee EreCled him a Monu¬ ment with a handloine Inlcription, and the Atheni¬ ans. gave a Publique Mark of the Efteem they had - —aa.. • - A*. •. . for his Tragedies, by making an Order they fhould be Acted after his Death : We' have but Seven of thefe Tragedies remaining, notwithftanding the Author wrote a Confiderable number; the belt Edition of eAEJchylus, is that Publifh’d in Folio at London in 1663, by Thomas Stanley Elq; *Voffus, de Poet Grac. Philnjiratus in vita Apollonii, lib. 6. cap 6. Scholiajh Ari/Iophan. in Equit. Julius Pollux, lib. 4. c. 15. Daci¬ er Sur Horace, 7om. 10. Stanley’s CAEfchylus. See Engl. MoreryfVo]. 1. dETE T A, a Woman of Laodicea in Syria, who, after ihe had been lome time Marry’d, chang’d her Sex. Phi ego n Tr alliances, Manumis’d by Adrian the Emperor, tells ye, He law this Perfon after her Me- tamorpliofis; that her Name was turn’d to tAEtetus, when AFacrinus was Governor of Athens, in the Con- fullhip of L. Lamta and ?Adlunus Vctus. * Phlcyon. Trail, lib. de Aiirab. Flojfman. jE T H F. S, Genera l to Dromichates King of Thrace, dclerted to Lyfmachus, under pretence of DiftatisfaCfi- on. When he was throughly trlilted by his new Matter, he gave him wrong Meafurcs on purpole, and brought the Macedonian Army into a very ill condition : When Dromichates found ’em lb weaken’d with want of Provifions he took his Opportunity, and let upon them, cutting Lyfmachus and all his Forces in Pieces, to the Number of a Hundred Thou- fand. * Polyenus, lib. 7. cap. 25. JETOLUS, Son of Mars or Endymion, happen¬ ing to kill a Man by Chance-medley, withdrew into the Country afterwards from him, call’d <zALtolia. Here his Son Pleuron was born, who lett his Name upon a City of eAEtolia: This Pleuron had two Sons, Cures and Calydon, who likewile left their Names up¬ on other Towns. * Hoffman. * A F E R (DomitiusJ : A confiderable Orator and Lawyer. It happen’d one time, that the Emperor Caligula wras his Adverlary in the Court, and pleaded in Perfon againft him. Afer, inllead of defending himlelf, fell a repeating the Argument of this Prince with a great deal of Admiration, and then falling upon his Knees, and begging his Pardon, told him. He was more afraid of Caligula’s Rhetorick, than of his being an Emperor. This Flattery tickl’d the Em¬ peror’s Fancy to that degree, that he not only par¬ don’d him, but made him Conlul: The Truth isr his Fault was but a fmall one, for he had fet up a Statue for Caligula, and obferv’d in the Inlcription, That this Prince had been Conlul rwice at 27 Years of Age. Now Domitius fancy’d he had made his Court handfomely by this Oblervation; but the Em¬ peror had him prolecuted, pretending that Afer had reproach’d him with Breach of Law, by being Con- l’ul before his time. * Dion. Caff us, lib. Bayle Didion. Hifior. Sec Morery, Vol.I. A G A G E S, or face ha: A violent favage People near the Center of Africa. In the Year 1560, they attack’d the Kingdom of Congo, and, after a prodi¬ gious Slaughter, made themfelves Matters of it. This happen’d in the Reign of TT\T\<gAvarcz\. who, with with the remainder of his Subjects, was forc’d to fly into the fmall Ifland Zaire, where they buffer'd to the Jalf Extremity. When the News of this Misfortune came to Selaflian King of Portugal, he lent over Fran¬ cis T Cl ovia with an Army, who defeated the Agages, and clear’d the Country of ’em. Thus Alvarez, being reftor’d, held it till his Death, which happen’d in the Year 1580. * ILrnius Orb. Imp. pag. 467. * A G A P ;£. Entertainments in the Primitive Church. They were made principally upon Three Accounts : At Weddings, to which the Bifhop was invited; thele were call’d Agapa Nuptiales: Upon- the Feflivals of Martyrs; thefe went under the Name of Agapa Natalitia, and were kept in Churches: The third of thele Entertainments was at Funerals, and call’d Agava Funerales: Concerning thele laft, Cle¬ mens, in the Eighth Book of the Apoftolical Contti- tutions, gives this Direction, Tou, lays he, that are invited to a Funeral Entertainment, take care that you do nothing inconfiflent jt it h the Charader of a Chriflian, that you may not A unqualify d to pray to God for the Deceas'd. The Magnificence of thele Funeral Treats is com¬ mended by St. Paulims, where he mentions Aletius, who had made one of ’em for his W lie Rufna in the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30457750_0042.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
