Barnuus, a town of Macedonia near Heraclea. Strabo, bk. 7.
Barrus, a man ridiculed by Horace as proud of his beauty. Horace, bk. 1, satire 6, li. 30.
Barsīne and Barsēne, a daughter of Darius, who married Alexander, by whom she had a son called Hercules. Cassander ordered her and her child to be put to death. Justin, bk. 13, ch. 2; bk. 15, ch. 2.—Arrian.
Barzaentes, a satrap who revolted from Alexander, &c. Curtius, bk. 8, ch. 13.
Barzanes, a king of Armenia, tributary to Ninus. Diodorus, bk. 2.
Basilēa, a daughter of Cœlus and Terra, who was mother of all the gods. Diodorus, bk. 3.——An island at the north of Gaul, famous for its amber. Diodorus, bk. 5.——An island in the Euxine sea. Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 13.
Basilīdæ, European Sarmatians, descended from Hercules and Echidna. Mela, bk. 2, ch. 1.
Basilīdes, the father of Herodotus, who, with others, attempted to destroy Strattes tyrant of Chios. Herodotus, bk. 8, ch. 132.——A family who held an oligarchical power at Erythræ. Strabo, bk. 14.——A priest of mount Carmel, who foretold many momentous events to Vespasian, when he offered sacrifices. Tacitus, Histories, bk. 2, ch. 87.—Suetonius, Vespasian, ch. 7.
Basilĭpŏtămos, the ancient name of the Eurotas. Strabo, bk. 6.
Basĭlis, an historian who wrote concerning India. Athenæus.——A city of Arcadia, built by Cypselus, near the river Alpheus. Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 29.