[465] The son of Agrippa, whom Augustus adopted. Hardouin, in Lemaire, i. 378.
[466] See Beloe’s Herodotus, ii. 393, 394, for an account of the voyage round Africa that was performed by the Phœnicians, who were sent to explore those parts by Necho king of Egypt.
[467] It is generally supposed that C. Nepos lived in the century previous to the Christian æra. Ptolemy Lathyrus commenced his reign U.C. 627 or B.C. 117, and reigned for 36 years. The references made to C. Nepos are not found in any of his works now extant.
[468] We have previously referred to Eudoxus, note [382], p. 78.
[469] We have a brief account of Antipater in Hardouin’s Index Auctorum; Lemaire, i. 162.
[470] We are informed by Alexandre that this was in the year of the City 691, the same year in which Cicero was consul; see note in Lemaire, i. 379.
[471] It is scarcely necessary to remark, that the account here given must be incorrect; the reader who may be disposed to learn the opinions of the commentators on this point, may consult the notes in Poinsinet and Lemaire in loco.
[472] Dividuo globo; “Eoas partes a vespertinis dividente oceano.” Alexandre in Lemaire, i. 380.
[473] “Jam primum in dimidio computari videtur.”
[474] “Cœlum;” the rigour of the climate.