Limniăce, the daughter of the Ganges, mother of Atys. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 5, li. 48.
Limnonia, one of the Nereides. Homer, Iliad, bk. 18.
Limon, a place of Campania between Neapolis and Puteoli. Statius, bk. 3, Sylvæ, poem 1.
Limonum, a town of Gaul, afterwards Pictavi, Poictiers. Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 8, ch. 26.
Limyra, a town of Lycia at the mouth of the Limyrus. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 9, li. 645.—Velleius, bk. 2, ch. 102.
Lincasii, a people of Gaul Narbonensis.
Lindum, a colony of Britain, now Lincoln.
Lindus, a city on the south-east part of Rhodes, built by Cercaphus son of Sol and Cydippe. The Danaides built there a temple to Minerva, and one of its colonies founded Gela in Sicily. It gave birth to Cleobulus, one of the seven wise men, and to Chares and Laches, who were employed in making and finishing the famous Colossus of Rhodes. Strabo, bk. 14.—Homer, Iliad, bk. 2.—Mela, bk. 2, ch. 7.—Pliny, bk. 34.—Herodotus, bk. 7, ch. 153.——A grandson of Apollo. Cicero, de Natura Deorum, bk. 3.
Lingrŏnes, now Langres, a people of Gallia Belgica, made tributary to Rome by Julius Cæsar. They passed into Italy, where they made some settlements near the Alps at the head of the Adriatic. Tacitus, Histories, bk. 4, ch. 55.—Martial, bk. 11, ltr. 57, li. 9; bk. 14, ltr. 159.—Lucan, bk. 1, li. 398.—Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 1, ch. 26.
Linterna palus, a lake of Campania. Silius Italicus, bk. 7, li. 278.