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2. Ilep!'rog caTrd MELtiou, i. e. onil'the oration J. Toupius, with notes and emendations by Ruhn*of Demosthenes against: Meidias. (Suid. s. v. ken, of which three editions were printed at Oxford.AoyyZvos; comp. Phot. Bibl. Cod. 265.) (1778, 1789, and 1806, 8vo.). The most recent
3.'Ar4op4Tra'OpUrpC&. (Suid. 1..c.; comp. editions are those of B. Weiske (Leipzig. 1809,
Eustath. ad Hom. II. pp. 67, 106.) 8vo.) and A. E. Egger, forming vol. i. of the Scrip4. E qLArJodpos'"O.plpos. (Suid. 1. c.) tornum Graec. Nova Collectio (Paris, 1837, 16mo.).
O. IIp o,,uatra'O7povu tcal n'cres, in two Compare Ruhnken, DVssertatio de Vita et Scriptis
books. (Suid. i. c) Longini, which is printed in Toupius and other
6. Tiva 2rapa& ras cr'roptas ol ypaeluaTKicl Wcs editions of Longinus; Spongberg, de Commenentario
T0oPLK&d e414YOlV'ral. (Suid, 1. c.) Dionysii Cassii Lonyini Frepl V{ovs Earpositio, Up7. IEp? Trcv.rap''O/t4pcp 7rohAhc a'7jawvovfcr sala, 1835, 4to.; Westermann, Gesch. der Griech.
A.,ecmlo, in three books. (Suid. 1. c.) Beredtsamk. ~ 98, notes 1-9. [L. S.]
8.'ArTif'v AetewV eoK0'cvSe-,i in the form of a LONGI'NUS, POMPEIUS, one of the tridictionary. (Phot. Lexic. s. v. e'pUpoo; Eustath. bunes of the praetorian troops, was deprived of his
ad Hon. p. 1919.). command by Nero in the suppression of Piso's
9. AlELs'AVr'aXaXoV tcal'HpacAEhwvos. (Suid. Ie.) conspiracy, A. D. 65. He is mentioned again as; 10. IIpl 0VmKWv. (Grammat. in Biblioth. Coislin. tribune, and one of Galba's friends, when the praep. 597.) torian troops were deserting to Otho, A. D. 69.
11.:XX6ALa EI T'r T'0v'Hpase'rfwvov 4yXeltpslov, (Tac., Ann. xv. 71, Hist. i. 31.)
are still extant in MSS., and have been transcribed LONGUS (Ayyos), a Greek sophist, who is
by the scholiast commonly printed with Hephaes- believed to have lived in the fourth or at the betion. (Schol. ad I hereog. p. 387.) ginning of the fifth century of our era. Concerning
12. IIp? euvOdsewos Aoywv. (Longin. irpi his history nothing is known, but it is probable
v+. ~ 39.) that he lived after the time of Heliodorus, for there
13. T4XV1 p7rTopplK7, or a manual of rhetoric. are some passages in his work which seem to be
(Schol. ad Hlermog. p. 380.) imitations of Heliodorus of Emesa. Longus is one
14. Els.ri'v PtSropyr)cv'EpAooye'vovs, of which of the erotic writers whom we meet with at the
some extracts are still extant in MS. at Vienna. close of ancient and the beginning of middle age
15. A commentary on the Prooemium of Plato's history. His work bears the title rIolee lKcv raov
Timaeus.- (Proclus, in Tine. pp. 10, 11, 16, 20, 21, KaTa Aacpiv sical Xxor'v, or in Latin, Pastoralia
29, 50, 63, 98.). de Daphnide et Clloe, and was first printed at
16. A commentary on Plato's Phaedon. (Ruhn- Florence (1598, 4to), with various readings, by
ken, 1.. p. 18.) Columbanius. It is written in pleasing and
17. riepl dpXcl, i. e. on the principles of things. elegant prose, but is not free from the artificial
(Porphyr. Vit. Plot. p. 116.) - embellishments peculiar to that age. A very good
18. MIept T'Aovs, i. e. -De finibus bonorum et edition is that of Jungermann (Hanau, 1605, 8vo.),
malorumn; the excellent introdnction to it is pre- with a Latin translation and short notes. Among
served in Porphyrius's life'of Plotinus (p. 127). the more recent editions we may mention those of
19. Ilepl opens, or oil natural instinct. (Por- B. G. L. Boden (Lips. 1777, 8vo., with a Lat.
phyr. Vit. Plotin. p. 120.) transl. and notes), Villoison (Paris, 1778, 2 vols.
20.'ESrto''A) 7rpds T'O'Aue'Alov, on the phi- 8vo. and 4to., with a very much improved text),
losophy of Plotinus. (Rulhnken, 1. c. p. 43.) Mitscherlich (Bipont. 1794, 8vo., printed together
21. lIepl Tijs cKarad ladrwva 8rKaciootvi, was with the Ephesiaca of Xenophon, and a Lat. transl.
directed against Amelius. (Ruhnken,.e c. p. 43.) of both), G. H. Schaefer (Lips. 1803, 8vo.), F.
22.: rlep Tr,. ilier-,. Longinus wrote two Passow (Lips. 1811, 12mo., with a German transl.),
works- under this title, one against Plotinus, and and of E. Seiler{ (Lips. 1843, 8vo.). There is anl
the other against Porphyrius. (Ruhnken, 1. c.; English translation of Longus by G. Thornley,
Syrian. ad Aristot. Metaplhys.) London, 1657, 8vo. [L. S.]
23. Ilep? *lvXs, a fragment of it is quoted by LONGUS, L. ATI'LIUS, was one of the first
Eusebius. (Pr aep. Evang. xv. 21; comp. Porphyr. three consular tribunes, elected B. C. 444. In
ap. Stob. Eclog. P/hys. i. p. 109; Proclus, ad Plat. consequence of a defect in the auspices, he and his
Polit. p. 415.) colleagues resigned, and consuls were appointed in
24.'Oaevaeos seems to have been the latest of their stead. (Liv. iv. 7; Dionys. xi. 61.)
the works of Longinus, and to have been a eulogy LONGUS, CA'SSIUS, praefect of the camp,
on Odenathus, the husband of Zenobia. (Liban. whom the soldiers of Vitellius, A. D. 69, chose as
Epist. 998.) one of.their leaders in the mutiny against Alienus
The first edition of the treatise srepl biovs is Caecina, when he prematurely declared for Vespathat of Fr. Robortello, Basel, 1554, 4to. The next sian. (Tac. Hist. iii. 14.)
important edition is that of F. Portus (Geneva, LONGUS, CONSI'DIUS. [CONSIDIUS, No.
1569, 8vo.), which forms the basis of all subsequent 9.]
editions until the time of Tollius. We may, how- LONGUS, C. DUI'LIUS, consular. tribune
ever, mention those of G. Langbaene (Oxford, B. c. 399, with five colleagues. (Liv. v. 13; Diod.
1636, 1638, and 1650, 8vo.) and T. Fabri (Salmur. xiv. 54; Fasti Capitol.)
1663, 8vo.). In 1694 there appeared the edition LONGUS, LUCI'LIUS, one of the most inof Tollius, with notes, and Latin translation (Tra- timate friends of Tiberius, and the only one of the
ject. ad Rhen. 4to.): it was followed in the editions senators who accompanied him to Rhodes, when
of Hudson (Oxford, 1710, 1718, 1730, 8vo., and Augustus obliged him: to withdraw from his court.
Edinburgh, 1733, 12mno.), Pearce (London, 1724; On his death in A. D. 23, Tiberius honoured him,
4to., 1732, 8vo., and often reprinted), and N. although he was a novus homo, with a censor's
Morus (Leipzig, 1769-73, 8vo.). A collection of funeral, and other distinctions. (Tae. Ann. iv. 15.).
all that is extant of Longinus was published by LONGUS, L. MA'NLIUS VULSO. [VULso.1
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