[2131] “Attagenæ;” the commentators have suspected some inaccuracy with respect to this word, as we have no other remarks on birds in this part of Pliny’s work; Lemaire, vol. iii. pp. 567, 568.—B.
[2132] See B. iv. c. 9.
[2133] See B. v. c. 31.
[2134] More especially of trees, plants, flowers, medicinal substances, metals, and gems, which form the most prominent subjects of the remaining Books after the eleventh, which concludes the account of the animals.—B.
[2135] See end of B. ii.
[2136] A Roman historian, and a contemporary of Cicero. He is thought to have written on early Roman history, as Varro quotes his account of the Curtian Lake, and on the later history of Rome, as we have seen Pliny referring to him in c. [2], respecting Pompey’s triumph on his return from Africa. He was held in high estimation by Pomponius Atticus, but seems not to have been so highly esteemed as a writer by Cicero.
[2137] See end of B. iii.
[2138] See end of B. ii.
[2139] Of this writer nothing seems to be known. He probably flourished in the reign of Tiberius or Caligula.
[2140] See end of B. iii.