Laus, now Laino, a town on the river of the same name, which forms the southern boundary of Lucania. Strabo, bk. 6.
Laus Pompeia, a town of Italy, founded by a colony sent thither by Pompey.
Lausus, a son of Numitor and brother of Ilia. He was put to death by his uncle Amulius, who usurped his father’s throne. Ovid, Fasti, bk. 4, li. 54.——A son of Mezentius king of the Tyrrhenians, killed by Æneas in the war which his father and Turnus made against the Trojans. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 7, li. 649; bk. 10, li. 426, &c.
Lautium, a city of Latium.
Lautumiæ, or Latomiæ, a prison at Syracuse, cut out of the solid rock by Dionysius, and now converted into a subterraneous garden filled with numerous shrubs, flourishing in luxuriant variety. Cicero, Against Verres, bk. 5, ch. 27.—Livy, bk. 26, ch. 27; bk. 32, ch. 26.
Leades, a son of Astacus, who killed Eteoclus. Apollodorus.
Lēæi, a nation of Pæonia, near Macedonia.
Leæna, an Athenian harlot. See: [Læna].
Leander, a youth of Abydos, famous for his amours with Hero. See: [Hero].——A Milesian who wrote an historical commentary upon his country.
Leandre, a daughter of Amyclas, who married Arcas. Apollodorus.