Bacchylides, a lyric poet of Cos, nephew to Simonides, who, like Pindar, wrote the praises of Hiero. Some of his verses have been preserved. Marcellinus.
Bacenis, a wood of Germany. Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 6, ch. 10.
Bacis, a famous soothsayer of Bœotia. Cicero, bk. 1, de Divinatione, ch. 34.——A king of Corinth, called also Bacchis. See: [Bacchis].——An athlete of Trœzene. Pausanias, bk. 6.
Bactra (orum), now Balk, the capital of Bactriana, on the river Bactros in Asia. Virgil, Georgics, bk. 2, li. 138.—Strabo, bk. 2.
Bactri and Bactriāni, the inhabitants of Bactriana, who lived upon plunder, and were always under arms. They gave to their dogs those that died through old age or disease, and suffered slaves and strangers to take whatever liberties they pleased with their wives. They were conquered by Alexander the Great. Curtius, bk. 4, ch. 6, &c.—Pliny, bk. 6, ch. 23.—Plutarch, An vitiositas ad infelicitatem sufficia.—Herodotus, bks. 1 & 3.
Bactriāna, a country of Asia, fruitful as well as extensive. It formed once part of the Persian empire, on the eastern parts of which it is situated. Zoroaster was the most ancient king of this country, who taught his subjects the art of magic and astrology. Diodorus, bk. 2.—Justin, bk. 1, ch. 1.
Bactros, now Dahesh, a river on the borders of Asiatic Scythia, from which Bactriana receives its name. Lucan, bk. 3, li. 267.
Bacuntius, a river of Pannonia, which falls into the Save above Sirmium.
Badaca, a town of Media. Diodorus, bk. 19.
Badia, a town of Spain. Valerius Maximus, bk. 3, ch. 7.