Egĕlĭdus, a river of Etruria. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 8, li. 610.
Egĕria, a nymph of Aricra in Italy, where Diana was particularly worshipped. Egeria was courted by Numa, and according to Ovid she became his wife. This prince frequently visited her, and that he might more successfully introduce his laws and new regulations into the state, he solemnly declared before the Roman people that they were previously sanctified and approved by the nymph Egeria. Ovid says that Egeria was so disconsolate at the death of Numa, that she melted into tears, and was changed into a fountain by Diana. She is reckoned by many as a goddess who presided over the pregnancy of women, and some maintain that she is the same as Lucina, or Diana. Livy, bk. 1, ch. 19.—Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 15, li. 547.—Virgil, Æneid, bk. 7, li. 775.—Martial, bk. 2, ltr. 6, li. 16.
Egesarētus, a Thessalian of Larissa, who favoured the interest of Pompey during the civil wars. Cæsar, bk. 3, Civil War, ch. 35.
Egesīnus, a philosopher, pupil to Evander. Cicero, Academica, bk. 4, ch. 6.
Egesta, a daughter of Hippotes the Trojan. Her father exposed her on the sea, for fear of being devoured by a marine monster which laid waste the country. She was carried safe to Sicily, where she was ravished by the river Crinisus.——A town of Sicily. See: [Ægesta].
Egnātia Maximilla, a woman who accompanied her husband into banishment under Nero, &c. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 15, ch. 71.——A town. See: [Gnatia].
Proculus Egnātius, a crafty and perfidious Roman in the reign of Nero, who committed the greatest crimes for the sake of money. Tacitus, Histories, bk. 4, ch. 10.
Eion, a commercial place at the mouth of the Strymon. Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 8.
Eiones, a village of Peloponnesus on the sea coast.
Eioneus, a Greek killed by Hector in the Trojan war. Homer, Iliad, bk. 8.——A Thracian, father to Rhesus. Iliad, bk. 10.