INDEX OF PROPER NAMES, ETC.
- survived by his wife, viii. 25; possibly consul circa 145, legatus of Pannonia 154 and proconsul of Africa circa 157; the vir sanctissimus of Apuleius
- Menander, quoted, in reference to the saying of Monimus, "all is vanity" (Frag. 249 Kock), ii. 15 ; more luxury than comfort (Frag. 491 Kock), v. 12
- Menippus, mentioned as a mocker of man's life, vi. 47 ; his Νέκυια possibly referred to, ix. 24. A Cynic and satirical writer, compatriot of Lucian, and often introduced by him into his works. The Scholiast (Arethas, q.v.) on Luc. Pisc. 26, refers to this passage of Marcus
- Monimus, a Cynic and pupil of Diogenes, quoted from Menander (q.v.), "all opinion is vanity," ii. 15
- Nero, coupled with Phalaris, iii. 16
- Origanion, unknown, lately dead, vi. 47
- Pantheia, the concubine of Lucius Verus, and mentioned as watching his tomb (urn). The writer of the dialogues Imagines and Pro Imaginibus (attributed to Lucian) speaks in very high terms of her beauty and character, viii. 37
- Pergamus, a freedman or favourite of Lucius Verus, viii. 37
- Perdiccas, king of Macedonia (probably a mistake for Archelaus) in connection with Socrates, xi. 25
- Phalaris, the typical tyrant, iii. 16
- Phalereus, see Demetrius, ix. 29
- Philip, King of Macedonia, mentioned with Alexander and Demetrius of Phalerum. ix. 29; with Alexander and Croesus, x. 27
- Philistion, unknown, lately dead, vi. 47
- Phocion, the great Athenian, anecdote of (cp. Musonius Rufus, p. 55, ed. Hense), xi. 13
- Phoebus, unknown, lately dead, vi. 47
- Pindar, quoted (from Plato, q.v.), "the secrets of Hades," ii. 13
- Plato, his Utopia, ix. 29 ; quotation (? dropped out) vii. 48 : or, "the stars in their courses," "the mire of earthly life," vii. 47 ; Socrates on his trial (Apol. 28, b.d.), vii. 44, 45 ; Pindar quoted by (Theaet. 173 E.), ii. 13 ; wise man in city like shepherd on the hills (Theaet. 174 D.), x. 23 ; goodness, and love of life (Gorg. ch. 68, 512 D.), vii. 46 ; death no evil, Rep. vi. 486 A., vii. 35 ; Socrates as the true philosopher (Plato, Tim. 61, D.), iii. 6. See also p. 360
- [Plutarch], perhaps quoted, iv. 16 ; vii. 52 ; referred to, v. 1, § 2. See also under Sextus
- Pompeii, destroyed by Vesuvius, 79 a.d., iv. 48
- Pompeius, named with Caesar and Alexander, iii. 3 ; viii. 3 ; the Gens Pompeia has died out, viii. 31
- Prasianus (Prasinus), a partizan of the Green Faction in the Circus i. 5 ; Lucius Verus, whose horse Flier (Volucris) was ridden under the Green colours, unfairly favoured the Greens, and on one occasion, while presiding at the games with Marcus, had a hostile reception from the spectators Capit. Vit. Ver., vi. 2
- Pythagoras, named with Heraclitus and Socrates, vi. 47 ; tenet quoted, "the stars in their courses," xi. 27
- Quadi, i. 17 ad. fin. A German tribe of the modern Moravia, who with the Marcomanni were the chief enemies of Marcus in the first war, 170–174. They nearly repeated the exploit of Arminius in the so-called "miraculous victory" in 174 (or, as Domaszewski, 171), pp. 369, 371
- Quotations from unknown authors, see Anonymous
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