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Sauromatæ, a people in the northern parts of Europe and Asia. They are called Sarmatæ by the Latins. See: [Sarmatia].
Saurus, a famous robber of Elis, killed by Hercules. Pausanias, bk. 6, ch. 21.——A statuary. Pliny, bk. 36, ch. 5.
Savus, a river of Pannonia, rising in Noricum, at the north of Aquileia, and falling into the Danube, after flowing through Pannonia, in an eastern direction. Claudian, De Consulatu Stilichonis, bk. 2.——A small river of Numidia, falling into the Mediterranean.
Saxŏnes, a people of Germany, near the Chersonesus Cimbrica. Ptolemy, bk. 3, ch. 11.—Claudian, bk. 1, Against Eutropius, li. 392.
Saziches, an ancient legislator of Egypt.
Scæa, one of the gates of Troy, where the tomb of Laomedon was seen. The name is derived by some from σκαιος (sinster), because it was through this avenue that the fatal horse was introduced. Homer, Iliad.—Silius Italicus, bk. 13, li. 73.——One of the Danaides. Her husband’s name was Dayphron. Apollodorus.
Scæva, a soldier in Cæsar’s army, who behaved with great courage at Dyrrachium. Lucan, bk. 6, li. 144.——Memor, a Latin poet in the reign of Titus and Domitian.——A man who poisoned his own mother. Horace, bk. 2, satire 1, li. 53.——A friend of Horace, to whom the poet addressed bk. 1, ltr. 17. He was a Roman knight.
Scævŏla. See: [Mutius].
Scalabis, now St. Irene, a town of ancient Spain.