Gigartum, a town of Phœnicia.
Gigis, one of the female attendants of Parysatis, who was privy to the poisoning of Statira. Plutarch, Artaxerxes.
Gildo, a governor of Africa in the reign of Arcadius. He died A.D. 398.
Gillo, an infamous adulterer in Juvenal’s age. Juvenal, satire 1, li. 40.
Gindanes, a people of Libya, who fed on the leaves of the lotus. Herodotus, bk. 4, ch. 176.
Gindes, a river of Albania, flowing into the Cyrus.——Another of Mesopotamia. Tibullus, bk. 4, poem 1, li. 141.
Ginge. See: [Gigis].
Gingūnum, a mountain of Umbria.
Gippius, a Roman who pretended to sleep, that his wife might indulge her adulterous propensities, &c.
Gisco, son of Himilcon the Carthaginian general, was banished from his country by the influence of his enemies. He was afterwards recalled, and empowered by the Carthaginians to punish in what manner he pleased those who had occasioned his banishment. He was satisfied to see them prostrate on the ground and to place his foot on their neck, showing that independence and forgiveness are two of the most brilliant virtues of a great mind. He was made a general soon after, in Sicily, against the Corinthians, about 309 years before the christian era; and by his success and intrepidity he obliged the enemies of his country to sue for peace.