Bolbitīnum, one of the mouths of the Nile, with a town of the same name. Naucrautis was built near it. Herodotus, bk. 1, ch. 17.
Bolgius, a general of Gaul, in an expedition against Ptolemy king of Macedonia. Pausanias, bk. 10, ch. 19.
Bolīna, a virgin of Achaia, who rejected the addresses of Apollo, and threw herself into the sea to avoid his importunities. The god made her immortal. There is a city which bears her name in Achaia. Pausanias, bk. 7, ch. 23.
Bolinæus, a river near Bolina. Pausanias, bk. 7, ch. 23.
Bolissus, a town and island near Chios. Thucydides, bk. 8, ch. 24.
Bollānus, a man whom Horace represents, bk. 1, satire 9, li. 11, as of the most irascible temper and the most inimical to loquacity.
Bolus, a king of the Cimbri, who killed a Roman ambassador. Livy, bk. 67.
Bomienses, a people near Ætolia. Thucydides, bk. 3, ch. 96.
Bomilcar, a Carthaginian general, son of Amilcar. He was suspected of a conspiracy with Agathocles, and hung in the forum, where he had received all his dignity. Diodorus, bk. 26.—Justin, bk. 22, ch. 7.——An African, for some time the instrument of all Jugurtha’s cruelties. He conspired against Jugurtha, who put him to death. Sallust, Jugurthine War.
Bomonīcæ, youths that were whipped at the altar of Diana Orthia during the festivals of the goddess. He who bore the lash of the whip with the greatest patience, and without uttering a groan, was declared victorious, and received an honourable prize. Pausanias, bk. 3, ch. 16.—Plutarch, Lycurgus.