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xxiv. Mithridate (mēt-rē-dät'). A tragedy by Racine, produced Jan. 13, 1673. Mithridates (mith-ri-dā'tēz) (more correctly Mithradates (mith-ra-dā tēz)) VI. Eupator, surnamed "The Great." Born about 132 в. с.: died 63 B. c. King of Pontus 120-63. He subjugated the peoples on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, and conquered the Crimea and southern Ru ia. He next attacked Paphlagonia, Cappadocia, and Bithynia, client states of Rome, which caused the interference of that power. War broke out in consequence in 88. He rapidly made himself master of all the Roman po e ions in Asia Minor, except Magnesia on the Mæander, and caused a general ma acre of the Italian inhabitants, said to have numbered 80,000, or, according to others, 150,000. He also instigated a rising of the European Greeks, to whose aid formidable land and naval force under his gen eral Archelaus. Archelaus was defeated by Sulla at Chæ rone a in 86 and at Or cho menus in 85. Sulla cro ed the Hellespont to Asia, and dictated a peace at Dardanus in 84. Mithridates surrendered his fleet, paid a heavy war indemnity, and restored all his conquests, retaining Pontus only. In 83 a second war broke out, owing to his fail. ure completely to evacuate Cappadocia. The propretor Murena invaded Pontus, but was defeated and forced to withdraw. Peace was restored in 81 on the basis of the treaty of Dardanus. In 74 a third war broke out, occa sioned by an attempt on the part of Mithridates to take po e ion of Bithynia, which had been bequeathed to the Romans by his son-in-law Nicomedes III., late king of Bi thynia. Mithridates defeated M. Aurelius Cotta at Chaly in 74, was from own kingdom by Lucullus, and took refuge with his son-in-law Tigranes, king of Armenia. Lucullus defeated the latter at Tigra nocerta in 69, but was unable to prevent Mithridates from reconquering Pontus and ravaging Bithynia and Cappadocia. He was superseded by Cn. Pompeius, who defeat ed Mithridates on the Lycos in 66, and compelled the sur render of Tigranes at Artaxata. Mithridates fled to Pantacapæum, and was planning a new campaign when his troops revolted. He was at his own bidding put to death by a Celtic soldier in 63, after having vainly sought to kill himself by poison. Mithridates, King of Pontus. A tragedy by Nathaniel Lee, produced in 1678. Mithridatic Wars (mith-ri-dat ik wârz). Three wars between Rome and Mithridates, king of Pontus. The Romans were commanded in the first (8884 B. c.) by Sulla and his lieutenant Fimbria; in the sec ond (83-81) by Murena; and in the third (74-63) by Lucullus, later by Pompey. In the last Mithridates and his ally Tigranes were defeated, and Entus was annexed to Rome in 63. Mitre (mētrā), Batolomé. Born & Buenos Ayres, June 26, 821. A celebrated rgentine Mitre general, statesman, journalist, and author. Banished by Rosas, he lived succe ively in Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, and Chile, and was a noted journalist in all those countries. He served in the Uruguay an army 18381846, and in the Bolivian army 1847; as colonel of artillery, took part in the overthrow of Rosas, 1852; opposed Urquiza; led the movement by which Buenos Ayres declared itself independent, Sept. 17, 1852; was made minister of the interior and later minister of war of the Buenos Ayres government; and in the latter capacity commanded the army which was defeated by Urquiza at Cepeda Oct. 23, 1859, the result being the reunion of Buenos Ayres with the Argentine Confederation. Mitre was then elected governor of Buenos Ayres, May, 1860; and, new difficulties having arisen with the federal government, he defeated Urquiza's army at Pavon, Sept. 11, 1861. Soon after Mitre was made president ad interim , and in Oct., 1862, was elected president of the new Argentine Republic for six With his term of great prosperity. During two years he commanded the allied army against Paraguay. (See Triple Alliance .) At the end of his term Mitre was made minister to Brazil. He was a presidential candidate in 1874, and, being defeated, headed an abortive rebellion. In 1891 he was again a candidate, but subsequently withdrew his name. In 1852 General Mitre founded "La Nacion," which became the most important journal of the Platine region, and remained under his direction. Besides poems, e ays, speeches, etc., he published two historical works, the "Hist or i a de Belgrano" (1857 et seq .) and the "Hist or i a de San Martin" (1884: English abridged translation 1893). Mitre (mi'ter), The. A noted London tavern, erly standing in Mitre Court, off formerly street. It was Dr. Samuel Johnson's favorite resort. There were other taverns of the name in London. Mitrowitz (mit'rō-vits). A town in Croatia- Slavonia, Austria-Hungary, situated on the Save in lat. 44° 58′ N., long. 19° 37′ E. cupies the site of the ancient Sirmium. Population (1890), 9.541. It oc Mitscherlich (mitsh'er-lich), Eilhard. Born at Neuende, near Jever, Germany, Jan. 7, 1794: died at Berlin, Aug. 28, 1863. A noted German chemist, profe or at Berlin from 1821. He discovered isomorphism in 1818. He wrote "Lehrbuch der Chemie" (1829-40), etc. Mit tel mark (mit'tel-märk). A region in the province of Brandenburg, Pru ia, extending from the Havel eastward to the Oder. It comprised the districts around Brandenburg, Berlin, and Potsdam, forming part of the old po e ions of Brandenburg, and of the original holding of the house of Hohenzollern in 1415. Mittermaier (mit'ter-mi-er), Karl Joseph Anton. Born at Munich, Aug. 5, 1787: died at Heidelberg, Aug. 28, 1867. A German jurist and politician, profe or at Heidelberg from 1821. He wrote works on criminal law, etc. Mittu (mēt'tö). An independent Nigritic tribe of the eastern Sudan, between the Dinka and the Nyam-Nyam. The Madi, Abaka, and Luba are subtribes. The northern dialects differ from the southern. In customs the Mittu are much like the Sofi and the Bongo, but are not so hardy. They are agriculturists in a fertile country, and are good bowmen and musicians. Mittweida (mit'vi-dä). A manufacturing town in the kingdom of Saxony, situated on the Zschopau 34 miles west by south of Dresden. Population (1890), 11,298. Mituas (me-tö'äz). A horde of Indians of the upper Orinoco valley, on the llanos bordering the Guaviare affluent (Colombia). Mitylene. See Mytilene . Mivart (miv'ärt), St. George Jackson. Born at London, Nov. 30, 1827: died there, April 1, 1900. An English naturalist. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1851; became a lecturer in St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in 1862; was appointed profe or of biology in University College, London, in 1874, and profe or of the philosophy of natural history in the University of Louvain in 1890. He published "On the Genesis of Species" (1871), "Le ons in Elementary Anatomy" (1873), "The Cat" (1880), "Nature and Thought" (1882), etc. Miwok, or Meewoc (mē'wok). The southern division of the Moquelumnan stock of North American Indians, comprising 23 small tribes whose pristine habitat extended from the Co sumnes to the Fresno, and from the snow-line of the Sierra Nevada to San Joaquin River, except a strip along the latter occupied by the Cholovone. The name signifies 'men' or 'people' in the dialect formerly spoken north of the Stanislaus. See Moquelumnan . Mixco (mēs kō). A city and stronghold of the ancient Cakchiquel Indians of Guatemala, about 25 miles north of the modern Guatemala City. It was on a nearly inacce ible hill, and was fortified with great skill. In 1525 the Spaniards, under Gonzalo Alvarado, besieged it for a month, and finally took it by a ault after a terrible fight. The town was burned, and only its ruins remain; the surviving inhabitants were removed to the modern village of Mixco, 5 miles east of Guatemala. Mixes (mē' Hāz). An Indian race of southeastern Mexico, in the mountains of the isthmus of Mixtecs (mēs-tāks′), or Mixtecas (mēs-tāʼkäz). An Indian race of southern Mexico, in the mountains of western Oajaca and the adjacent parts of Guerrero and Puebla. At the period of the Spanish conquest they also occupied the corresponding parts of the Pacific coast, and at one time had extended eastward to the isthmus of Tehuantepec, from which they were driven by the Zapotecs. They were frequently at war with the Aztecs of Mexico. They were considerably advanced in civilization, built adobe or stone houses, were agriculturists but brave warriors, and had a form of picture writing. The Mixtecs readily submitted to the Spaniards, and are now useful citizens. They number not le than 200,000. By their language they are allied to the Zapotecs (which see). Mizar (mi'zär or mēʻzär). [Ar. mízár , a waistcloth or apron.) The familiar name of the bright second-magnitude double star (Ursæ Major is. Smyth says the name was unknown to the Arabs, but was introduced in consequence of a conjecture of Scaliger's. The appropriatene is not evident. The same name is also, rarely, applied to e Boötis. Mizen (miz'en). A character in Charles Shad well's play "The Fair Quaker of Deal." In this character-piece Flip, the sea-brute, is contrasted with Beau Mizen, the sea-fop; but the latter is, in some degree, a copy of Baker's Maiden, the progenitor of the family of Dundreary.