The FRAGMENTS out of the History of Diodorus the Sicilian Published by H. Valesius

The FRAGMENTS out of the History of Diodorus the Sicilian, Publish'd by H. Valesius.

A.

• ACtaeon pull'd in pieces between those that strove for him. See Archias, Lib. 6. Sect. 15. Page 743
• Agathocles; Kill'd with a Thunderbolt, l 6. s 16. ibid.
• —His Revenge upon his Soldiers that kill'd his Son, l 2•. s 2. 748
• Archias his vile love to Actaeon a virtuous young Boy, l 6. s 15. 743
• Astyages King of the Medes his Cruelty towards his subjects, l 6. s 30. 745
• Adrastus by Chance kill'd Atys the Son of Croesus; Kills himself for it, l 6. s 32 ibid.
• Atys. See Adrastus, ibid.
• Aeneas his Care of his Father when Troy was taken, l 6. s 8. 742
• Aristogon; his praise l 6. s 46. 747
• Antigonus; one a private Man Kill'd through his Ambition, l 21. s 1. 748
• Apollodorus, King of Cassandria in Macedonia, his Cruelty, l 22. s 5. 750
• Attilius Regulus, the Roman General, his Misfortunes at Carthage, routed by Xanthippus, l 23. s 1. 751
• Antiochus the Great, his Acts, l 26. s 28 to 33. 757
• —His strange familiarity with ordinary fellows l 26. s 43. 758
• —Epiphanes his foolish and light Carriage at Sports and in Feasts, ibid. s 67, 68, 69. 761
• Antiochus Cyzienus addicted to Puppit-Plays &c. hunting wild Beasts in the night, l 34. s 25. 774
• Aradians slew the Ambassadors, sent to them from the Marathenians, l 26. s 97. 767
• Arsases, King of Parthia, his praise, l 26. s 107. 769
• Attalus his cruelty, l 34. s 9. 771
• Athenaeus, Antiochus's General, abusive in his Quarters, afterwards was famish'd to Death because none would relieve him by reason of his former abuses, l 34. s 16. 722
• Asellus; See Lucius Asellus, 776

B.

• Bias, one of the Seven Wise Men, His noble Entertainment and Redemption of Captive-Virgins, l 6. s 28. 744

C.

• Castor and Pollux, l 6. s 1. 741
• Chilo, one of the Seven wise Men, l 6. s 26. 744
• Cyrus; his Praise, l 6. s 29, 31, 34. 744
• Croesus, Cyrus his Kindness to him, l 6. s 33, 34. 745
• Cambyses, l 6. s 44. 747
• Cimon, his love to his Dead Father, l 6. s 51.
• —His Praise, 52. 748
• Carthaginians; their War with the Mercenaries. See War. 752
• —Their Cruelty towards the Micatanian Revolters, l 26. s 10. 754
• Cretians; their Treachery to the Citizens of Siphnus,
• Corinth; Rebuilt by Julius Caesar, l 26. s 92. 766
• Caius Gracchus; his Head sold by his tr〈…〉rous Friend Lucius Metellius for its Weight in Gold, l 34. s 22. 773
• —Drew out the Brains, and pour'd in Lead to make it weigh heavier. ibid.
• Caius Marius, one of the Ambassadors sent to Metellus, despis'd by him, but belov'd by the Soldiers, l 34. s 28. 775
• Caius Domitius; See Pompaedius.

D.

• Dromichares King of Thrace, his kind Usage of Lysimachus and his Son when he had them prisoners.
• Demetrius Nicanor King of Syria his Cruelty l 26.
• Demetrius Son of Philip King of Macedon murder'd by his Father through the instigation of his Brother Perseus, l 26. s 39. 758
• Decius, Treacherously kill'd all the Rheglans, l 22. s 1. 750
• —His end, ibid
• Diegulis King of Thrace his cruelties, l 26. s 104, 105. 769

E.

• Eleans, Consecrated to Jupiter by the Policy of the Lacedemonians, l 6. s 12. 742
• Eucephus, his Treachery concerning Polychares his Cattel, and his Cruelty, l 6. s 14. 742
• Eumenes; his Kindness to his Brother Attalus, tho' he had married his Queen in his absence, upon news of his death, l 26. s 44. 759
• —His other Acts, s 48. ibid.
• —His Praise, s. 66. 761
• Eumenes King of Parthia his Cruelty, raz'd a great part of Babylon.

F.

• Fimbria; encouraged his Soldiers to plunder, l 37. s 11, 12.
• —His Cruelties, s 13. 779

G.

• Gauls; their Cruelty, l 26. s 65. 761
• Gorgus Father and Son, their remarkable love one to another.

H.

• Hippomenes, caus'd his own Daughter to be eaten up by a Horse, l 6. s 20. 743
• Hamilcar; his cruel usage by the Sons of Attalus, l 24. s 5. 752
• Hannibal, his Acts, l 26. s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 753
• —His Praise, s 36. 757
• Hieronymus King of Syracuse murder'd by his Subjects, l 26. s 7, 8. 754
• Hasdrubal; his Commendation, l 26. s 11. 754

I.

• Julius Caesar his praise, l 26. s 92. 766
• —Rebuilt Corinth, ibid.
• Jugurtha Besieged his Brother Adherball in Cinna, took the place, and unnaturally slew his Brother, l 34. s 23. 77•

L.

• Lycurgus, l 6. s 11. 742
• Lucius Tarquinius King of the Romans his praise, l 6. s 23. 744
• Lucretia, her story, l 6. s 48. 747
• Lysimachus kindly us'd by the Thracians, when he was prisoner, l 21. s 3, 4. 74•
• —Sent to Seleucus to have Demetrius kill'd s 10. 749
• Lucius Asellius, a prudent Governor of Sicily, his praises, l 36. s 8, 9. 776

M.

• Mynderidyes the Syberite, his state and grandeur, l 6. s 19. 743
• Myso, one of the seven wise Men, l 6. s 25. 744
• Messina; the Citizens murder'd by the Mamertines, received as Friends, l 21. s 9. 749
• Metellus Quintus; Son of Metellus, his great love to his Father, and care to have him restor'd from banishment, l 36. s 3. 775
• Mucius Scaevola, see Scevola, 776
• Mithridates; his Clemency towards the Roman Soldiers, and his successes in Asia, l 37. s 5, 6. 777
• —His War with the Rhodians, ib. 778

N.

• Numa Pompilius, l 6. s 17. 743
• Nearchus the Tyrant of Elis, how he was us'd by Zeno see Zeno, 747
• Nabis King of Lacedemon, his murder of Pelops the Son of Lycurgus, and his other Cruelties, l 26. s 12. 754

P.

• Paulus Emilius, his praise, l 26. s 42, 57, 61. 758
• —His death and praise, l 26. s 61. 760
• Pittachus, one of the seven wise Men, l 6. s 27, 28. 744
• Pleminius King of Thrace, his beastly Cruelties, l 26. s 14. 754
• Polychares; see Eucephnus, 742
• Pythagoras, l 6. s 36. 745
• —The 〈…〉dness of the Pythagorians one to another, l 6. s 37.
• —Other matters concerning them, l 6. s 38, 39, 40, 41, 42.
• Polycrates King of Samos, his cruelty towards the Lydians that fled to him, l 6. s 54. 747
• Pyrrhus plundered Egeas in Macedonia, his Soldiers rifl'd the Sepulchres of the former Kings, l 22. s 6. 750
• Proserpina; her Temple robb'd by Pleminius the Roman Governor of Locris, l 26. s 14. 754
• —The effect of it, ibid.
• Philip King of Macedon, his Acts, l 26. s 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. 756
• Perseus, Son of Philip King of Macedon, procures his Brother Demetrius to be murder'd by his Father. See Demetrius, 758
• —His Cruelty, s 46. 759
• —His other Acts, s 56, 58.
• —His Covetousness, s 59. 760
• Ptolemy Philometer driven out of his Kingdom; fled to Rome, l 26. s 70. 762
• —Met kindly by Demetrius, ibid.
• Prusias, King of Bythinnia robb'd the Temple of Pergamus, l 26. s 81. 764
• —The punishment of his Army both by Sea and Land, ibid.
• —Hated by his Subjects, l 26. s 90. 766
• Philip Father of Alexander, his Acts, l 26. s 83. 765
• Pumpeius Quintus his Acts, at the Siege of Lagnetum, l 26. s 106. 769
• Ptolemy Phiscon; his cruelty to his Wife and Sister Cleopatra, in murdering her, and his Son Memphites, l 26. s 103. 768
• Pompaedius General of the Martians, his rash design to beset the Senate-house with 10 Thousand Men, l 37. s 1. 734
• —Diswaded by Caius Domitius, ibid.
• Pompeius Cn. the Great, his Commendation, l 37. s 14, 18. 779
• Poscriptions in Rome; an Instance of a remarkable Example in the punishment of one that gloried over others, and at last read his own name in the List, l 37. s 17. 778

R.

• Romulus Silvius, kill'd by a Thunderbolt, l 6. s 9. 742
• Romulus and Remus, l 6. s 13. ibid.
• Rhegium; the People there all kill'd by Decius, and his Garrison of Campanians, l 22. s 1. 750
• Romans; their Clemency towards the Conquer'd, l 26. s 62. 760
• —The degeneration of their Manners, l•6. s 4. 775

S.

• Sylla, his Commondation, l 37. s〈◊〉 777
• —The murders and slaughters in Rome by Syll•, l 37. s 8, 16. 778, 780
• —Robb'd the Temples to carry on the War in Italy, s 10. 779
• Salmoneus defied Jupiter, l 6. s 4. 741
• Syberites; their Luxury, l 6. s 19. 743
• Solon, l 6. s 24. 744
• Servius Tullius; his Praise reigned 44 years, l 6. s 35. 745
• Sicily; P. Clodius his Acts in Sicily, l 24. s 1. 752
• —Hieronymus King of Sicily, murder'd by his Subjects, l 26. s 7. 754
• —The Servile War, l 34. s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11. 770
• —The Cruelty of the slaves, l 36. s 1. 775
• Scipio; his humanity to Syphax King of Numidia his prisoner, and his other Acts, l 26 s 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 755
• —His Praise,
• Scipio the Son of Paulus Aemilius, his Praise and noble Acts, l 26. s 76. 763
• Scipio Africanus; his faithfullness in his performance of Articles with his Enemies, l 26. s 85. 765
• —Takes Carthage, and restor'd the Phalerian Bull, and other things to the Sicilians, l 26. s 91. 766
• Scipio Nasica; his Commendation, l 34. s 24. 773
• Scaevola his Virtues, l 36. s 5, 6, 7. 676

T.

• Thessalus abdicated the Government of Athens,
• Tiberius Gracchus; his Praise, l 34. s 10. 772

V.

• Viriathus General in Spain against the Romans; his Justice in dividing the Spoil, wheen he was Captain of the Robbers, l 26. s 93. 766
• —His Contempt of Wealth, s 99. 767
• —His Death and Burial, s 108. 769

W.

• —War; the Mercenary War with the Carthaginians, l 25 s 1, 2, 3, 4. 752
• —The Servile War in Sicily. See Sicily, 77•

Z.

• Z•no; how he us'd the Tyrant Nearchus, when he was upon the Back, l 6. s 47. 747

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