is likewise the first Letter of the Greek Alphabet , which in Composition denotes sometimes Privation , and comes from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without ; sometimes Augmentation , from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , much ; and sometimes Union , from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , together . It was used for the most part for a Letter of Order to denote the First , and of Number to signifie One ; but when it was a Numeral Letter , a little Stroke or an Acute Accent was drawn above it thus 'A , to distinguish it from the A which was a Letter of Order .

Alpha and Omega in the Divine Writings signifie the Beginning and the End , and therefore the Hi●●oglyphic of God is marked with these two Letters , A and Ω , as if you should say , that God is the Beginning and End of all things ; and so God himself says in the Revelations , I am Alpha and Omega , the Beginning and the End . Thus Virgil having a mind to bestow a singular Encomium upon Augustus , by an Excess of Flattery , tells him , A te principium , tibi definet .

☧ These three Characters were anciently engraven upon the Tombs of the Catholicks , to distinguish them from the Arrians : for the Name of JESUS CHRIST was signified , as he himself says in the Gospel , by these two Letters , A which is the first of the Greek Alphabet , and Ω which is the last of it ; Ege sum Alpha & Omega , principium & finis : and from hence he proves that he was truly God as well as his Father , which the Arrians deny'd . They are also to be met with in the Letters Patents of Christian Princes , and on the Collars of Slaves .

Alpha mark'd with a spiritus asper , and an acute Accent A , is also used for the Pronouns ea and sua , in Homer and others : but with a spiritus asper and a circumflex Accent 〈◊〉 , it signifies the same with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , ubi , as may be seen in the Poet Theocritus . Alpha with a spiritus lenis and a circumflex Accent A ● , is an Interjection of one who is in some trouble , which moves him to complain or admire ; but when it is doubled with a spiritus lenis and a circumflex Accent , it is an Interjection of one who is in a mighty Consternation , being under some great Affliction ; if it be doubled and mark'd with a spiritus lenis and a grave Accent A ● , it is an Interjection of one who is transported with Joy , or the agreeable Surprise of something very pleasant .

ABA● , is a Greek Word , from whose Genitive 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , the Latins have formed their Word Abacus , which has many Significations : for it signifies sometimes an ABC , sometimes a Table of Numbers for casting up Accompts , which was of Brass , and called by the Ancients The Table of Pythagoras . It signified also the Figures of Numbers , and the Arithmetical Characters , which were drawn upon a Table cover'd with Dust or small Sand , according to the Testimony of Martianus Capella , and of Persius in Sat. 1. ver. 131. Nec qui Abac● numeros & secto in pulvere mot●● . Scit resesse vnfer . —

It signifies also a Cupboard , which the Italians call Credenza , upon which were plac'd in order the Pots , Glasses , and the Dessert of a Feast , viz. the Salads and Sweet-meats , and on which the Carver cut out the several sorts of Meat , and serv'd up some part of them in Plates to each of the Guests . In Vitruvius , and all those who have treated of Architecture , Abacus is nothing else but the four-squar'd Table which makes the Capital at the top of a Column , and which , in the Corinthian Order of work , represents that kind of Square Tile which covers a Basket or Pannier when it seems encompass'd with Leaves , but in the Corinthian Composite , or the Modern Ionick Order , which was taken from the Temple of Concord , and other ancient Temples , it was dug and cut inwards .

AB-ADDIR ( a Term of Mythology ) is the Name of a Stone which Saturn swallow'd , according to the Fable , instead of Jupiter : for he knowing that the Fates had decreed he should be dethroned by one of his Children , eat them all up to preserve himself from them , till such time as Ops his Wife put a trick upon him , and made him swallow this Stone instead of Jupiter whom she had a mind to save . Priscian and Isidore in their Glosses make mention of it , and Papias testifies that this word does sometimes signifie a God . And indeed , since that Ab-addir is as much as to say Pater magnificas , Therefore ,

AB-ADDIRES is the Name of certain Gods . St. Austin , writing to Maximas of Medaura , says , that the Carthaginians had some Gods call'd Ab-addires , whose Priests were named ' E●ccaddires : In Sacerdotibus E●ccaddires , & in Numinibus Ab-addires . Thus the Gods Ab-addires of the Carthaginians , were without doubt those whom the Greeks and Latins sometimes called , Magnos , petentes , selectos Deos.

( a Term of Roman Law , ) to make a pure and simple Sale to a Roman Citizen of the Goods which were called Res mancupii or mancipli , which were Estates situate in Rome or some place of Italy , and consisted in Lands of Inheritance , in Slaves and Cattel . This Sale or Allenation was not valid but between Roman Citizens , and for the Payment a certain Ceremony was observed , with a Balance and Money in hand , or else the Seller was to transfer and renounce his Right before a Judge , as we learn from Cicero in his Topicks , Abalienatio ejus rei quae mancipii erat , aut traditio alteri nexu , aut in jure cessis .

a Greek word which signifies a Building so very high that no Man can come at it , and which is inaccessible . We have a fine piece of Antiquity concerning this sort of Building in Vitruvlus l. 8. c. 2. The Rhodians being vanquish'd by Queen Artemisia the Wife of Mausolus , the Story says , that she erected a Trophy in the City of Rhodes with two Statues of Brass , whereof one represented Rhodes , and the other was her own Image , which imprinted on the Front of that which represented the City the Marks of Slavery . A long time after the Rhodians , who scrupled the demolishing of these Statues , because it was not lawful to destroy such Statues as were dedicated in any place , consulted how they might hinder the View of them , by raising a very high Building round about them , after the manner of the Greeks , who call'd it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 .

ancient Ceremonies instituted by Dionysius the Son of Caprius King of Asia ; so called from the Greek word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , which signifies silent , because these Feasts were observ'd with a profound Silence . Cicero speaks of them in his third Book Of the Nature of the Gods .

a City of Thrace , so called from one Abderus a Favorite of Hercules , who was torn in pieces by the Horses of Diomedes . Hercules reveng'd the Death of his Friend , causing his own Horses to eat him up , and then beating out their Brains with his Club ; he built also this City in his honour , which he called from his Name . It was afterwards called Claxomena , because the Claxomenians who came from Asia into Thrace , enlaarged it very much . It is now called Pelistylo , according to Sophian , and was the place where Pretageras the Sophist , and Democritus the great Laugher were born . Near to this Place is a Lake called Bistonis , in which nothing will swim , and the Pastures round about it , make the Horses mad that feed in them .

The Inhabitants of Abdera in Thrace , who were esteemed stupid and dull because of the Grossness of the Air in which they breath'd , from whence comes that Expression of Martial , Abderitanae pectora plebis haber , i. e. You are a stupid Fool : in which place he speaks to a certain Criminal , who was pardoned upon condition , that in a full Theatre he would represent upon himself the Action of Mutius Scavola , who burn'd his Hand , with a Stoical Constancy , in the presence of King Porsenua , to punish himself because he had not kill'd him , but miss'd his Aim by striking one of his Courtiers instead of him . The Natives of Abdera , says Lucian , were formerly tormented with a burning Fever , which ceased on the seventh day , either by a Sweat or by Loss of Blood ; and , which is very strange , all that were seiz'd with it repeated Tragedies , and particularly the Andro●eda of Euripid●● , with a grave Air and a mournful Tone , and the whole City was full of these Tragedians , who started up on a fudden , and running to and fro in frightful and horrid Disguises , cry'd out , O Love , the Tyrant of the Gods and Men , and in this mad Frolick acted the rest of Perseus's Part in a very melancholy manner . The Original of this Mischief was the Actor Archelaus , who being in mighty Vogue , had acted this Tragedy with much Applause in the hottest time of Summer ; for by this means it came to pass , that many upon their return from the Theatre went to bed , and the next day fell to imitating him , having their Heads still full of those tragical and bombast Terms they had heard the day before .

( a Term of the Roman Law ) to Abdicate a Son is to abandon him , to turn him out of your House , to refuse to own him for your Son ; it is also a common Phrase , abdicare Magistratum , or se Magistratu , to renounce the Office of a Magistrate , to lay it down , to abandon it , either before the time prescribed , for some private Reason , or for some Defect that happened in the Election , or at last after the time is expir'd for the discharge of that Office . We read also in the Law , Abdidicare se statu suo , to renounce his Condition , to become a Slave , and be degraded from the Privileges of a Roman Citizen , when any one was abandon'd to his Creditors , not being able to make them Satisfaction .

( a Term of Roman Law ) which signifies to debar any one of his Demands and Pretensions , or not to allow them . And in this Sense 't is said , Abdicere vindiciam or vindicias , i. e. Not to allow one the possession of the thing which is controverted ; on the contrary , dicere & addicere vindicias , is to grant and allow them the Possession of that which is contested .

Abdicere is also an Augural Term , and signifies to disapprove , to reject a Design or Enterprise , not to favour it . For understanding this piece of Antiquity , we must know , that the Romans never undertook any thing of consequence , till they had first consulted the Will of the Gods by the mediation of the Augurs ; who , for this end , consider'd the flying and singing of the Birds , their manner of eating and drinking , and according to the Rules and Observations of this Augural Science they approv'd or disapprov'd of any Design ; and answer'd those who consulted them , Id aves abdicunt , the Gods disapprove this Design , whose Will has been manifested to us by the Birds which we have observed .

( in the Law ) are the Stealers of Cattle , who carry away whole Flocks , or at least a great part of them . The Lawyers do put a great difference between the words Fures and Abactores ; for the former , say they , are those who steal only a Sheep or two , whereas the Abactores are those who carry off a whole Flock , or the greatest part of it .

This Word , besides the Significations I have already given of it in my Latin and French Dictionary , has also some other relating to the Roman Law , as Abire ab emptione , to fall off from a Bargain , to break it , to refuse to hold it : so in Cicero we find , Res abiit à Sempronio , Sempronius fail'd in this Affair , it slipt out of his hands .

Abire , a Term of Imprecation , as may appear from these Passages of the Comic Poets , Abi in malam rem , Abi in crucem , or in maximum magnum malum , Go in an ill hour , Go hang your self , Go to the Devil . The Word Abire is also us'd in the Form of granting Liberty to Slaves , as Abito quo voles , quo lubet , nihil te moror , or , Liber esto atque abito quo voles , or , Tu vero abeas , neque te quisquam moratur : I make you free , go now whither you will , no body detains you , you may go where you please . It is also used in the Law after this manner , Abiit dies actionis , the Time of Prosecution in this Cause is over , or , according to the common Phrase of the Court , There 's an end of this Suit , it is quite out of doors , and cannot be brought on again .

( a Term of Law ) to take away something from a Person by a Sentence , to declare that it does not belong to him .

Creditum , or , Si quid creditum est , to deny a Depositum or Pledge in a Court of Justice , to make oath that there was no such thing left with me . Plautus says , Quique in jure abjurant pecuniam , who deny in Court that the Money was left in their hands .

se , ( a Term of Religion us'd in the ancient Sacrifices ) to wash and purifie our selves before we offer Sacrifice . The Romans look'd upon it as a part of Religious Worship , to wash their Hands and Feet , sometimes the Head , and oftentimes the whole Body , when they were to sacrifice to their Gods . And therefore Virgil brings in Aeneas telling Anchises , that he could not discharge his Duty to his Houshold-Gods , till he was purified in some running Water , because he was defiled with Blood and Slaughter , at the Sacking of Troy , Donec me flumine vivo abluero . We read also in the same Poet , that Dido , having a mind to sacrifice to the Infernal-Gods , told her Sister , that she must first wash and purifie her self in running Water , Dic corpus properet fluviali spargere lympha . The People and Assistants were also purified with a Water which was called Lustral , according to the Practice of Aeneas at the Funerals of Misenus in Virgil , for he tells us that he sprinkl'd Lustral Water three times upon his Companions with an Olive-branch , Idem ter socios pura circumtulit unda Spargens rore levi & ramo felicis oliva . They us'd sometimes a sprinkling Instrument to throw that Lustral Water , which they esteemed holy , because the Link or Torch which had been used at a Sacrifice was extinguished in it . It was their Custom also to place , at the Entrance into their Temples , Vessels made of Marble triumphant ( as Du Choul calls it ) fill'd with Water , wherewith they wash'd themselves . A Custom which , without doubt , they learn'd from the Jews , since we read in Scripture , that Solomon plac'd at the Entry into the Temple , which he erected to the true God , a great Laver , which the Holy Text calls a Sea of Brass , where the Priests wash'd themselves before they offer'd Sacrifice , having before-hand sanctified the Water by throwing into it the Ashes of the Victim that was slain in Sacrifice .

( a Term of the Roman Law ) to abolish , to annihilate , to reduce to nothing , to destroy a thing after such a manner that nothing remains , not so much as the Remembrance of it . And according to this Notion of the Word is the Phrase Abolere crimen , to abolish a Crime , and Abolere nomina reorum , to rase or expunge the Names of the accused out of the Table or Register , to strike them out of the List of the Prisoners .

Abolition , the Remission of a Crime . Amnesty is a general Abolition of all that has been committed during a Civil War , or in any popular Commotion . This Abolition was granted after three different manners : Either by the Prince on a day of Triumph , and for some remarkable Victory obtained by the Commonwealth ; or else it was granted by the Magistrate , when the Accuser desisted from his Prosecution before him ; or lastly , it was granted to the Accused after the Death of the Accuser .

a kind of Purple Garment doubled , which was very large , had many Plaits , and was adorned with great Buttons , which the Romans wore to defend themselves from Cold and the Injuries of the Weather . This Garment was used by Military Men , Persons of Quality , and even by Philosophers , as the Verses of Martial and Juvenal do plainly prove . We read in Suetonius , That the Emperour Caligula was much offended with King Ptolomy for appearing at the Theatre with this double Garment of Purple , which attracted the Eyes of all the Spectators towards him .

a very antient People of Italy , about whose Original there are four principal Opinions : the first is that of Aurelius Victor who calls them Aborigines , as who should say Aberrigines , i. e. Vagabonds , wherein he disowns that Division made by Berosus of Janigenes and Aborigines , and affirms on the contrary , that these Aborigines were wandring and vagabond Scythians , who came and settled in that part of Italy . Nevertheless , against this first Opinion it may be said , that if these Aborigines had been Scythians , they would never have employed the Greeks against the Scythians , but , on the contrary , would have made use of them as safe Auxiliaries to aid them against the Natives of the Country , and against the Greeks , who were lately come thither . S. Jerom and Denis of Halicarnassus think , that they were call'd Aborigines , as who should say absque origine , without beginning ; or rather as being the first Natives of the Mountains , from these Tuscan and Armenian words , according to the Talmuds ; for Ab signifies a Father , ori a Cavern or hollow place , and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies a Race or Posterity , as who should say , Men born in Caverns . Some think that Chamasenus , aliàs Cham , the Son of Noah , who was the Saturn of the Egyptians , having gather'd together divers wandring and vagabond People , conducted them into that part of Italy which at present is call'd Romania , and at that time was call'd Latium . Titus Livius and Dionysius Halicarnasseus assert , that the first Aborigines came from Arcadia into Italy , under the conduct of Oenotrus the Son of Lycam , and that they learn'd the Letters of the Alphabet from Evander , who was then King of it . Genebrard , one very well vers'd in Rabbinical Learning , thinks that the Aborigines were a People driven by Joshua out of the Land of Canaan , who cross'd over the Mediterranean Sea , and came and dwelt in Italy , where they had for King Sabatius or Saturn , who was set over them by Janus , and reign'd there Thirteen Years : They were banish'd beyond the Tyber , on account of the corruption of their Manners : But as to Janus , he settled on this side of the River , upon a Hill which he call'd Janiculum .

( in the Roman Law ) to Abrogate , make void , annul , to bring into disuse any Law or Custom . This word has reference to these other words , rogare , &c. when they are spoken of Laws whose Confirmation was demanded of the People . First , Rogabatur Lex , a Law was propos'd to the People for their Approbation , which they gave in these Terms ; Vti rogas , I approve it , Be it so as is requir'd ; 2ly , Abrogabatur , it was abrogated . 3ly , Derogabatur , something was taken away from it . Sometimes , Subrogabatur , some Clause was added to it . And lastly , Obrogabatur , some Exception or Limitation was put to it . Lex aut rogatur , i. e. fertur ; aut abrogatur , i. e , prior lex tollitur ; aut derogatur , i. e. pars prima tollitur ; aut subrogatur , i. e. adjicitur aliquid primae legi ; aut obrogatur , i. e. mutare aliquid ex prima lege . Vlp. in Leg. 1. D. ad Leg. Aquil. And Cicero , l. 3. of Ep. to Atticus : Si quid in hac rogatione scriptum est , quod per legem Claudiam promulgare , abrogare , derogare , obrogare , sine fraude sua non llceat . And again , in lib. 3. of the Republick : Hinc legi nec obrogari fas est , nec derogari ex hac aliquid licet , neque tota abrogari potest , It was not lawful to change this Law , or take any thing from it , neither could it be wholly abrogated .

( in the Roman Law ) to absolve a Person accus'd , to acquit him of a Crime or any Accusation laid against him , to dismiss him with Absolution . The ordinary method in these Cases was this ; After the Cause of the accus'd had been pleaded on both sides , the Pretor us'd the word Dixerunt , i. e. the Advocates have said ; and then three Balots were distributed to each Judg , one mark'd with the Letter A , to absolve the accus'd , another with the Letter C , to condemn him , and a third with the Letters N and L , to respite Judgment till further information . There was often also a fourth , which Suetonius calls Tabula remissionis , which was a pardon for a Crime whereof the accus'd was found guilty . In a Suit concerning a forg'd Will ( says the same Historian ) all the Witnesses who had sign'd it , being declar'd guilty by the Lex Cornelia , not only two Balots were given to the Judges for absolving or condemning the accus'd , but a third also for pardoning the Crime in those who had been surpriz'd or drawn in to sign it by fraud or mistake . Cum de testamento falsi ageretur , omnesque signatores Lege Cornelia tenerentur , non tantùm duas tabellas absolutoriam & condemnatoriam simul cognoscentibus dedit , sed tertiam quoque qua ignosceretur iis , quosfraude ad signandum vel errore inductos constitisset . The Judges having receiv'd these Balots , took an Oath , that they would judg according to their Conscience , without Partiality to either side , either for Love or Hatred : After which Oath , they threw one of the Balots into the Urn , according as their Judgment was , either for absolving or condemning the Party accus'd . If the accus'd was condemn'd , the Judg gave his sentence in these words , Videtur facisse : The Crime is proved , he is attainted and convicted of it ; and concluded his Sentence in these Words , I lict●● , liga ad palu●● , expedi virgas , when the Criminal was not condemn'd to death ; But if the Crime was capital , then he used these words , I Lictor , colliga manus , capus ●b●●bito , inselici arbari suspendito , lege age . Go Lis●●r , seize the Criminal , cover his Face , and hang him up , by vertue of the Sentence now pronounc'd against him : But if the Person accus'd happen'd to be Absolv'd , the Judg pronounc'd Sentence upon him thus , Videtur 〈◊〉 facisse , or Nihil in 〈◊〉 damnationis dignum invenio , or , Non invenio in eo causam ; which Expression was us'd by Pilate , being a Roman , in his Answer to the Jews , who had a mind to force him to put Jesus to death , whom he had declar'd to be innocent .

otherwise call'd Egialus , ( according to Pac●●●●s , ) the Son of Etes●●s King of Go●a●os . 'T is said , that his Sister Mad●● , when she fled from her Father's House with Jason , whom she lov'd , tore the Body of her Brother Absyrtus in pieces , and scatter'd them up and down in the way , on purpose to hinder her Father from pursuing after her , by meeting with those sad Remains of his Son , which he was oblig'd to gather up , as Cicero tells us in his Oration pro Lege Manilia , Ut Medea illa ex p●●to prof●gisse dicitur , quam praedicant in fuga fratris sui membra , in iis locis quà se par●●s persequeretur diss●●●isse , ut eorum collectia dispersa , marorque patrius celeritat●● persequendi retardaret . Valerius Flaccus , Lib. VIII . A●gona● . says , That it was not her Father Etesius who went after her , but that he sent his Son A●syrtus with a Naval Force to pursue her , and that coming up with her at the mouth of the Danube , when Jason and she were upon the point of Marriage , he broke off the Match by threatning to burn them both , together with their Ship , Qui novus incaeptos impediit hymenaeos , Turbavitque toros , & sacra calentia rupit . Orpheus thinks that Etesius commanded Absyrtus to go after his Sister and fetch her back again ; but that he following after her , by a mischance fell into the River Phasis , and was drowned , and that his Body was afterwards cast by the Waves upon the little Islands which are call'd from his Name Absyrtides : But Pliny on the contrary tells us , that he was kill'd on the Coasts of Dalmatia , where these little Islands are situate , which from his Name are call'd Absyrtides . Absyrtides Graiis dicta à fratre Medeae ibi interfecto , 〈◊〉 Absyrto : lib. 3. cap. 2. Let us see how Myginus relates this Story : Etesius , says he , being inform'd that his Daughter Medea and Jason had fled away from him , he sent his Son Absyrtus in a Ship after them , who pursu'd them as far as the Adriatic Sea along the Coasts of Se●●vonia , and found them out at the House of King Alcinous . At their first meeting they were ready to go to blows , but the King interpos'd his Authority , and offer'd them his Mediation , which they accepted of . The King resolv'd to restore Medea to her Father , provided that Jason had not yet enjoy'd her : But Jason being inform'd of this by the Queen , to whom the King had entrusted this Secret , enjoy'd her that night , and by this means obtain'd Medea for his Wife . Absyrtus fearing the Anger of his Father , continu'd still to pursue after them , when they retir'd into the Country of Argos ; but Jason at last , by killing him , was deliver'd from any further pursuit . There are some Authors who say , that it was his own Sister who cruelly tore him in pieces .

the Academy , a place built near to Athens , and planted with Trees by one Academus , according to Diogenes Laertius , or according to others , by Cadmus a Phoenitian , and the Restorer of Polite Learning among the Greeks . In this place Plato taught his Disciples Philosophy , who from thence were call'd Academics , Atque inter silvas Academi quarere verum . id est , To enquire after Truth in the Academy , at the School of the Divine Plato . Cicero call'd one of his Country-Houses by this Name , where he planted Groves , and made very pleasant Walks , for entertainment of his Friends with Discourses upon Philosophical Subjects , such as these , Concerning the Nature of the Gods ; Of Friendship ; and the Offices of a civil Life , and particularly his Academical Treatises , so call'd from the place where they were compos'd . In process of time all places , where Youth were taught the Liberal Arts and Sciences , or other Exercises , were call'd by this Name .

a Fountain in Cilicia near the Lake of Delos consecrated to Castor and Pollux . The truth and sincerity of an Oath was prov'd by the Water of this Fountain ; for the Oath was written upon a Table and cast into this Fountain , and if the Table did swim above the Water , it was a sign that the Oath was true ; but if it sunk to the bottom , the Oath was judg'd false .

〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , Bearsfoot , in Latin Brancha-ursina , so call'd , because its Leaves resemble Bears Feet ; and in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , because one kind of it is prickly like a Thistle . There are two kinds of Acanthus , one which grows wild , and is full of Prickles , and another which grows in Gardens , which Virgil calls mollis , because it is soft , and without Prickles . The Greek Sculptors adorn'd their Works with the Figure of the latter , as the Gothic did with that of the former , which bears Prickles ; which they represented not only in their Capitals , but also in their other Ornaments . The occasion of their so doing , according to the relation of Vitravins , was this , A young Woman in Corinth happening to dye when she was just upon the point of Marriage , her Nurse laid upon her Tomb , in a Casket , some Vessels which she had priz'd in her life-time ; and because they lay open to the Weather , to preserve them from wasting too fast , she cover'd the Casket with a Tile : But this happening by chance to lye upon the root of an Acanthus , it so happen'd that in the Spring-time , when the Leaves began to shoot forth , the Casket which lay upon the middle of the root , was encompass'd with the Leaves of the Plant growing up about the sides of it , till meeting with the Tile that cover'd it at top , their extremities were forcibly bent into spiral Lines , like a Skrew . Callimachus , the Sculptor , passing by this Tomb , observ'd how the growing Leaves encompass'd this Casket , and represented the manner of it in those Pillars which he afterwards made at Corinth .

the God of Flies . See Accaron and Achor .

the Wife of Faustulus , who was Shepherd to Numitor , and the Nurse of Remus and Romulus : This latter in gratitude erected an Altar to her after her death , and appointed a Feast , which he call'd Laurentalia , which was celebrated in the Month of April , according to Varro , or in the Month of December , according to Ovid , Lib. III. Fast . Plutarch attributes this Festival in the Month of December to another Acca , who was a famous Courtezan , and had amass'd great Riches by her lewd Practices ; for she at her death left the People of Rome her Heirs , who in grateful acknowledgment of the Favour , consecrated Plays and a Festival to her Memory . Macrobius tells us , that Acca Laurentia , who serv'd as Nurse to Romulus and Romus , was this same prostitute Whore , which gave occasion to the Fable , That a Wolf nurs'd them the Latins using the word Lupa for a debauch'd Woman . She married afterwards a very rich Man , who gave her vast heaps of Wealth , all which she left to the People of Rome , who therefore bestow'd great Honours upon her . This Relation appears to be true , which Macrobius had extracted from some antient Authors .