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Aurelius Olympius Nemesia nus of Carthage wrote his didactic poem on the chase (Cynegetic a), the first 325 lines of which have come down to us. They exhibit fluency, ease, and command of language in the traditional style, the technique being in the main the same as in the four wordy eclogues by this author, in which he has taken as his pattern Calpurnius's second son of Louis Philippe. He served as general in the French army, and took part in the expeditions against Const an tine (Algeria) 1836-37. From 1848 to 1870 he lived in England, and from 1870 to 1886 in France. He was expelled from the army in 1886. He lived subsequently in Belgium. IMG:content-0828.png:[ocr errors] and the elaborate biographies of Cato the Elder and Ci cero, and especially his last and most comprehensive work in least books, the lives of Romans and foreigners were placed in parallel juxtaposition. The parts of it which we po e , the work "De excellent i bus ducibus exterarum gentium," and the biographies of Cato and of Atticus (being an extract from his work "De historic is latin is "), are often more valuable for their lucidity of arrangement, unpretentious tone, and fair at Nemours, between Henry III. and the chiefs of the League. Nen (nen), or Nene (nen). Ariver in the eastern counties of England. It flows into the Wash 9 miles west-northwest of King's Lynn. Length, 90-100 miles. Nena Sahib. See Nana Sahib . Nenagh (ne'nä; local pron. ne'nach). A town in County Tipperary, Ireland, situated 22 miles northeast of Limerick. Population (1891), 4,722. Nennius (nen'i-us). The reputed author of the "Hist or i a Britonum,” written probably in the 9th century. Neoplatonists (nē-o-plā tō-nists). ['New Platonists.'] The believers in a system of philosophical and religious doctrines and principles which originated in Alexandria with Ammonius Saccas in the 3d century, and was developed by Plot in us Porphyry, lamb a clus, and others in the 3d, 4th, and 5th cen turies. The system was composed of elements of Platonism and Oriental beliefs, and in its later development was influenced by the philosophy of Philo, by Gnosticism, and by Christianity. Its leading representative was Plot in us, His views were popularized by Porphyry and modified in the direction of mysticism by Iamb lich us. Considerable sympathy with Neo platonism in its earlier stages was shown by several eminent Christian writers, especially in Alexandria, such as St. Clement, Origen, etc. The last Neo platonic schools were suppre ed in the 6th century. Neoptolemus (nē-op-tol'e-mus), or Pyrrhus (pir'us). [Gr. Νεοπτόλεμος.] In Greek legend, a son of Achilles and Deidameia (or, according to some, Iphigenia): one of the heroes of the Trojan war. He was one of the band which was concealed in the wooden horse by means of which the city was captured, slew Priam, and married And rom ache, the wife of Hector. He was later in Epirus, where he carried off Lana a, a granddaughter of Hercules, and plundered the temple of Apollo at Delphi. He married Hermione. At Delphi he was worshiped as a hero, and was said to have protected that shrine from the Goths. Neoptolemus. Killed about 321 в. с. А Maced on i an general in the service of Alexander the Great. Neosho (nē-ōshō). A river in southeastern Kansas and Indian Territory, which joins the Arkansas near Fort Gibson. Length, 300-400 miles. a moderate level of accuracy and trustworthine as historical e ays, and are equally inferior in style, owing to the frequency of popular and colloquial idioms. Teuffel and Schwabe , Hist. of Rom. Lit. (tr. by Warr), [I. 341. Nepos, Julius. Killed at Salona, Dalmatia, 480. Emperor of the West 474 475. He was appointed emperor by Leo I., emperor of the East. He was defeated and deposed by Orestes, who raised his own son Romulus August ulus to the throne. Neptune (nep'tūn). [From L. Neptunus , a seagod.] 1. In Roman mythology, the god of the sea, who came to be identified by the Romans themselves with the Greek Poseidon, whose attributes were transferred by the poets to the ancient Latin deity. In art Neptune is usually represented as a bearded man of stately presence, with the trident as his chief attribute, and the horse and the dolphin as symbols. 2. The outermost known planet of the solar system, and the third in volume and ma , but invisible to the naked eye. It was discovered in the autumn of 1846. Uranus, the planet next to Neptune, revolving about the sun in 84 years, was discovered in 1781, but observations of it as a fixed star were scattered through the 18th century. In 1821 Bouvard found that the observations could not be satisfied by any theory based on the gravitation of known bodies, and hinted at an undiscovered planet. During the following 20 years further observations satisfied astronomers that such a planet must exist. To find its position was the problem which two mathematicians, J. C. Adams in England and U. J. J. Leverrier in France, set themselves to solve by mathematics. The calculations of Leverrier a igned to it a position within the boundaries of a not very large region. In consequence of the indications of Adams, the astronomer Challis observed the star Aug. 4 and 12, 1846, but, neglecting to work up his observations, failed to recognize it as a planet; while, in consequence of the indications of Leverrier, Galle of Berlin discovered Neptune Sept. 23, 1846. A satellite to Neptune was detected in Oct., 1846, by La ell: its period of revolution is 5d. 21h. 8m., and its maximum elongation 18". The name Neptune was conferred IMG:content-0829.png:[ocr errors][merged small] Nérac 65 miles southeast of Bordeaux. Before its capture by Louis XIII. it was important as a Huguenot center.. Population (1891), commune, 6,909. Nerbudda (nėr-bud'da), better Narbada (närbädä), or Narmada (när-mä'da). A river of India which flows into the Gulf of Cambay about lat. 21° 35'N. It is one of the most sacred rivers of India Length, about 800 miles; navigable Nerbudda. A division of the Central Provinces, British India. Area, 17,513 square miles. Population (1881), 1,763,105. Nereids (nē'rē-idz). In Greek mythology, sea nymphs, the daughters of Nereus (whence the name) and Doris, generally spoken en of as fifty in number. The most famous among them were A mph i trite, Thetis, and Galatea. The Nereids were beautiful maidens helpful to voyagers, and constituted the main body Poseidon or Neptune. They were imagined as dancing, singing, playing musical instruments, wooed by the Tritons, and pa ing in long proce ions over the sea seated on hippo camps and other sea-monsters. Monuments of ancient art represent them lightly draped or nude, in poses characterized by undulating lines harmonizing with those of the ocean, and often riding on sea-monsters of fantastic of the female, as the Tritons did of the male, followers forms. Nereid Friezes. Four friezes from the Nereid monument at Xanthus in Lycia, now in the British Museum. The widest frieze represents a battle between Greeks and Asiatics; the others represent episodes of war, the chase, banquet, and sacrifice. Nereus (nē'rūs). [Gr. Νηρεύς .] In Greek mythology, a sea-god, son of Pontus and Gæa, husband of Doris, and father of the fifty Nereids. Nergal (nér'gäl). One of the twelve great gods of the Babylonians and A yrians, mentioned in 2 Ki. xvii. 30 as the deity of Cuthah, a statement fully confirmed by the cuneiform inscriptions. See Cuthah . He is primitively, like Adar, the sun-god in his destructive aspect. This is supposed to be expre ed in his name, Nergal (Akkadian Ne - uru - gal ) , 'lord of the great city,' i . e. the grave. Both were, however, chiefly consid ered as the divinities of war and the chase. Nergal was represented under the symbol of colo al lions, which guarded the entrance of the A yro-Babylonian temples and palaces. Nergalsharezer (nėr'gäl-sha-rēʼzėr). [Babylonian Nergal - shar - uçur , Nergal protect the king.] 1. The name of a Babylonian general (Jer. xxxix. 3) and of a chief of the Magi (Jer. xxxix. 3, 13). -2. A Babylonian king who ruled 560-556B.c., between Evil Merodach and Nabonidus. He was son-in-law of Nebuchadnezzar. Neri (nā'rē), Filippo de' (Saint Philip Neri). Born at Florence, July 22, 1515: died at Rome, May 25, 1595. An Italian ecclesiastic, noted as the founder of the Congregation of the Oratory. He was canonized in 1622. Neri (na're), The. [It., 'the Blacks.] See Bianchi . Neri a (nē-ris'sä). A character in Shakspere's play "The Merchant of Venice": the clever companion and attendant of Portia, who mimics her mistre with a good deal of adroitne . Nero (nē'rō) (originally Lucius Domitius A he no barb us, later Nero Claudius Cæsar Drusus Germanic us). Born at Antium, Italy, Dec. 15, 37 A. D.: committed suicide near Rome, June 9,68. Roman emperor 54-68, son of Domitius A he no barb us and A grip pin a (daughter of Germanic us). He was adopted by his stepfather, the emperor Claudius, in 50, and in 53 married Octavia, the daughter of Claudius by Me alina. In 54 Claudius was poisoned by A grip pin a, who caused her son to be proclaimed to the exclusion of Britannicus, the son of Claudius. His former tutors, the philosopher Seneca and Burrus, commander of the pretorian guards, were placed at the head of the government, and the early years of his reign were marked, on the whole, by clemency and justice. He caused his rival Britannicus to be removed by poison in 55. In 59 he procured the a a ination of his mother, of whose control he had become impatient. Burrus died in 62, whereupon Seneca retired from public life. Freed from the restraint of his former advisers, he gave free rein to a naturally tyrannical and cruel disposition. He divorced Octavia in order to marry Poppæa, and shortly afterward put Octavia to death (62). Poppæa ultimately died from the effects of a kick administered by her brutal husband Having been accused of kindling the fire which in 64 destroyed a large part of Rome, he sought to divert attention from himself by ordering a persecution of the Christians, whom he accused of having caused the conflagration. He put Seneca to death in 65, and 66-68 visited Greece, where he competed for the prizes as a musician and charioteer in the religious festivals. He was overthrown by a revolt under Galba, and stabbed himself to death with the a is tance of his secretary. But the imperial Reign of Terror was limited to a comparatively small number of families in Rome. The provinces were undoubtedly better governed than in the later days of the Republic, and even in Rome itself the common people strewed flowers on the grave of Nero.