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(Zool.) A genus of dung-eating, coleopterous insects, family Scarabæide. Two species, A. (scarabæus) sacer, and A. Ægyptorum, were wor shipped by the ancient Egyptians. - See BEETLE, and SCARABÆUS. At/fa, in N. C. , a post-office of Johnston co. At'fich, a town of Egypt, cap. of a prov. of the same name, near the right bank of the Nile, 42 m. S.S.E. of Cairo. It is supposed to be on the site of the ancient Aphroditopolis. Estim. pop . 4,000 . Ath. [Ir.] A prefix found in many geographical names of places in Ireland, signifying a ford; as, Athlone ("ford of the rapids"); Athboy ("yellow ford"), . Ath, or AATH, a town of Belgium, prov. of Hainault, on the Dender, 14 m. N.N.E. of Mons. It is a well-built and flourishing place. Manf . Linens, woollens, cotton stuffs, hats, and gloves. A. was fortified by Vauban, and it has, since 1815, been materially strengthened. Pop . 10,125. Ath'a, a daring impostor in the reign of the Caliph Mehedy, or his predece or, Al-mansur. He taught the doctrine of metempsychosis, and claimed to be himself an incarnation of divinity. He had lost one of his eyes, on account of which he always wore a veil, whence he received the epithet of Mokanna . A. is the hero of Moore's "Veiled Prophet of Khor as san," in Lalla Rookh . Athabas'ka, or ATHAPES'cow, (Ind., swampy,] a great lake of N. America, about 200 m. long, and averaging 15 m.broad. Fort Chippewayan, at its S.W.end, lies in Lat. 58° 42′ N.; Lon. 111° 18' W. This lake receives a river of the same name, and the Slave river flows thence into Great Slave lake, lying about 170 m. to N.E It is sometimes called the "Lake of the Mountains," from the rocky aspect of its northern banks. Athal'amous, a . [Gr. a, priv., and thalamos , a bridal bed.] ( Bot . ) Applied to lichens whose thallus are without shields or beds for the spores. Athalia, in Ohio , a post-office of Lawrence co. Athali'ah, daughter of Ahab, king of Israel, and wife of Jehoram, king of Judah, was born about 927, and D. about 878 в. C. She was a woman of abandoned character, and fond of power: who, after the death of her son Ahaziah, opened her way to the throne by the murder of 42 princes of the royal blood. She reigned 6 years; in the 7th, the high-priest Jehoiada placed Joash, the young son of Ahaziah, on the throne of his father. This prince had been preserved and brought up secretly in the temple by Jehosheba, the sister of Joram and wife of Jehoiada. A. , attracted by the noise of the people, who were crowding to the coronation of Joash, entered with them into the temple, where the ceremony was going on. At the sight of the new king, surrounded by priests, Levites, great officers of the kingdom, and the joyful people, she was beside herself; she tore her hair, and cried out "Treason!" Jehoiada ordered her to be immediately led from the temple by the officers, and commanded that all who should offer to defend her be slain; and she was put to death, at the gate of her palace, without opposition. The altars of Baal, which she had erected, were thrown down, and the worship of the true God restored. (2 Kings xii. 13-18.)-On this story, Racine has written his best tragedy, considered as the chef - d'œuvre of the French school of tragic poetry. Athaman'ta, n . ( Bot . ) The spicknel, a genus of herbaceous plants, order Apiacea . The seed and roots of the A. aureoselinum , or black mountain parsley, are aromatic, and are considered attenuant and aperient. The seeds of the A. Cretensis, or Cretan carrot, are acrid and aromatic. They have been used as carminatives and diuretics.