LACHES. 672 LACHRYM^ CHRISTI. Tliiee years afterwards he was jnit in command of the Atlicnian forces and was killed at ilan- tinoa (418). One of Plato's dialogues is named after him. LACHES. A dialogue of Plato. Lysimach- iis and .Mclcsias, desiring a better education for their boys tlian that which they have enjoyed, consult Nicias and Laches about the importance of fencing. Socrates is apj)ealed to and leads the discussion to a consideration of the nature of courage. The dialogue is enlivened by irony and witty repartee. LACHESIS, ink'^sls (Lat., from Gk.Adx"). In (Jrcek nij'thology, one of the three Fates. See Parc-E. LACHINE, la-shcn'. A town in Jacques Car- tier County, (juebcc, Canada, on Lake Saint Louis and the (irand Trunk Railroad: eiglit miles soutli- west of Montreal (Map: Quebec. C o). It is a favorite summer residence of many Montreal citi- zens, and a popular winter resort of pleasure parties. The Lachine Canal, built to avoid the famous L;iehine rapids on the Saint Lawrence, connects the town with Jlontreal, and all the water commerce between that city and the west passes through this canal. The town is the starting and landing place for the Ottawa line of steamers for Kingston, etc. It is the seat of extensive electric power works which supply Montreal. The name La Chine was given to the site in lliOit, in derision of early explorers who after reaching this point returned to their com- panions at Montreal, whom they had left four months previously, lioping to reach China by W!y of the Saint Lawrence. In KiSO the Iro- qvois burned Lachine and massacred all the inhabitants. Popiilation, in 1891. ."JTOl : in 1001, 5531. LACHISH, hTkish (Heb. Ldh-ish). A city of Judah, which on several occasions played an important part in Hebrew history. The King of Lachish and four allies were routed by Joshua (.Joshua -x. l-.3.'i) and L;ichisli was taken. The city was given to the tribe of .Tudah (lb. xv. 39). and in the time of Rehoboani became a strong fortress (II. Cliron. li. 9). It was to Lachish that King Amaziah fled when a conspiracy obliged him to leave .Jerusalem, and he was slain there (TI. Kings, xiv. 19). There is a remarkable reference to the city in a discourse of the projihct Micah (i. 1.3). who denounces the place as "the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion," in which all the transgressions of Israel were found. Sennacherib in his raid on the Kingdom of .Tud;ih look Lachish. together with other fortified cities, and on liis return to As- .syria had a sculpture prepared in which ho depicts himself seated on his throne at Lachish and receiving the .Tewish captives. It w^as to Lachish that King Hezekiah of .ludah sent mes- sengers with gifts and promises in the hope, of inducing Sennacherib to spare Jerusalem (II. Kings xviii. 14-l(i) and abandon the campaign. Lachish was besieged by Nebuchadnezzar on his invasion of Palestine (.Jer. xxxiv. 7). and is mentioned among the cities resettled by the Israelites on their return from the Babylonian captivity (Neb. xi. .SO). Flinders Petrie and Bliss have identified Lachish with Tell el-Hesy. a mound of ruins, the situation of which corre- sponds to that required for Lachish, 16 miles east of Gaza. The remains of eight cities, one above another, were found on excavating this n;ound, and the history they indicate for the spot agrees with what is known of Lachish to such an extent as to make the idenlilication all but certain. Consult: Petrie, Tell cl-llr.iij (London, 1891) ; Bliss, A Mound of Many Cilicx (London, 1894) : Schradcr. Ciinriforin /)i.scn';;/io)i.v and the Old 'J'cutaniriil, vol. ii. (London, 1885-88). LACHLAN, lok'l«n. A river of New South Wales. Australia (Map: New South Wales, C 4). It rises in the Blue Jlountains, 130 miles southwest of Sydney, and flows lirst northwest through an uneven forest region, then southwest through the great treeless plains, where in the dry season it is sometimes reduced to a chain of ponds. It joins the jMurrumbidgee after a course of 700 miles, and through the latter it discharges into the Murray on the southwestern boundary of the colony. LACHMANN, liio'man. Karl Konrap Fried- rich ILUELM ( 17!i.'!-]S51). A celebrated Ger- man Clitic and philologist, born at Brunswick. March 4, 179.'?. He studied at the universities of Leijizig and Gdtting<'n. became ))rofessor in the University of Kiinigsberg in 1818, and in that of Berlin in 1825. He is regarded as one of the founders of modern philologA'. His literary activity was extraordinary. He was eipially de- voted to classical pbilologA' and to old (icruuin literature, and illustrated both with a profouml and critical sagacity. The list of his i)ublished works is exceedingly long. Among his more important productions were editions of the Xibel- nniirnlicd and the works of the minnesinger Wall her von der Vogclweide and Wolfram von Eschenbach : editions of Lucretius (4th ed. 1S82), Catullus, Tiluillus, Pro|iertius: and the text of the New Testament (ls:il), of which, in collab- oration with Buttmann. be pulilished a larger edition in two volumes, with the Latin Vulgate translation, in 1842 and 1850. He died in Berlin, ilarch l.'J, 1851. Consult his Life, by Hertz (Ber- lin. 1S51). LACHNER, lan'ner. Fr..z (1803-90). An eminent German orchestral composer and con- trapuntist, born ill Rain, Bavaria. He studied under his father (piano), and Eisenhofer (com- I>rsition). and becoming very proficient on the pianoforte, organ, and violoncello, he went to Vienna in 1822 to study composition and coun- terpoint under Stadlcr and Secliler, and was fi-rlunate enough to become intimate with Schu- bert. In 1830 he became Court kaiiellmeister in ^Munich, and in 1852 was appointed director- gmeral of music, but retired in 1808. dissatisfied with the growing fondness of the Court for the music of the Wagnerian school. Lachner is re- garded as a classic composer in Germany, and is universally esteemed for his skill in contra- puntal work. His works include operas, sym- phonies, cbamber-nuisic. pianoforte music, songs, and part-songs. His suites for orchestra are his masterpieces, and show great skill in harmony and counterpoint. He died in Munich. LACHRYM.a; CHRISTI, l.-ik'ri-me knVtt (Lat.. tears of Christ). A muscatel wine of' a sweet but piquant taste, and a most agreeable bouquet, which is produced from the grapes of Mount Somma. near VesuA'ius. the name hein? derived from that of a near-by monastery. There
