Barce

, the nurse of Sichæus. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 4 , li. 632 .――A large country of Africa.――Also a city about nine miles from the sea, founded by the brothers of Arcesilaus king of Cyrene, 515 years before the christian era. Strabo says, that in his age it was called Ptolemais; but this arises because most of the inhabitants retired to Ptolemais, which was on the sea coast, to enrich themselves by commerce. Strabo , bk. 17 .— Ptolemy , bk. 4 , ch. 4 .――A small village of Bactriana, where the people who had been taken prisoners by Darius in Africa, were confined. Hero dot us , bk. 4 , ch. 204 .――A city of Media. Justin , bk. 1 , ch. 7 .