Lamptĕria, a festival at Pellene, in Achaia, in honour of Bacchus, who was surnamed Lampter, from λαμπειν, to shine, because, during this solemnity, which was observed in the night, the worshippers went to the temple of Bacchus, with lighted torches in their hands. It was also customary to place vessels full of wine in several parts of every street in the city. Pausanias, bk. 4, ch. 21.
Lampus, a son of Ægyptus.——A man of Elis.——A son of Prolaus.
Lămus, a king of the Læstrygones, who is supposed by some to have founded Formiæ in Italy. The family of the Lamiæ at Rome was, according to the opinion of some, descended from him. Horace, bk. 3, ode 17.——A son of Hercules and Omphale, who succeeded his mother on the throne of Lydia. Ovid, Heroides, poem 9, li. 54.——A Latin chief killed by Nisus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 9, li. 334.——A river of Bœotia. Pausanias, bk. 9, ch. 31.——A Spartan general hired by Nectanebus king of Egypt. Diodorus, bk. 16.——A city of Cilicia.——A town near Formiæ built by the Læstrygones.
Lămy̆rus, buffoon, a surname of one of the Ptolemies.——One of the auxiliaries of Turnus, killed by Nisus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 9, li. 334.
Lanassa, a daughter of Cleodæus, who married Pyrrhus the son of Achilles by whom she had eight children. Plutarch, Pyrrhus.—Justin, bk. 17, ch. 3.——A daughter of Agathocles, who married Pyrrhus, whom she soon after forsook for Demetrius. Plutarch.
Lancēa, a fountain, &c. Pausanias.
Lancia, a town of Lusitania. Florus, bk. 4, ch. 12.
Landi, a people of Germany conquered by Cæsar.
Langia, a river of Peloponnesus, falling into the bay of Corinth.
Langobardi, a warlike nation of Germany, along the Sprhe, called improperly Lombards by some. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 2, ch. 45; Germania, ch. 40.