farriery. See there, § xxxiv.

Lamprey. See Petromyzon.

Lampadius (Ælius), a Latin historian, who lived under the emperors Diocletian and Constantine the Great. We have, of his writing, the lives of four emperors, Antoninus, Commodus, Diadumenus, and Heliogabalus. Some attribute the life of Alexander Severus to him; but the MS in the palatine library ascribes it to Spartan.

Lampadius (Benedict), of Cremona, a celebrated Latin poet of the 16th century. He taught Greek and Latin at Rome and at Padua, until he was invited to Mantua by Frederic Gonzaga to undertake the tuition of his son. We have epigrams and lyric verses of this writer, both in Greek and Latin, which were printed separately, as well as among the Deliciae of the Italian poets.

Lampsacus, Lampsacum, (anc. geog.) a considerable city of Myia; more anciently called Pithecus, (Homer), because abounding in pine-trees, a circumstance confirmed by Pliny; situate at the north end, or entrance of the Hellespont, into the Propontis, with a commodious harbour, opposite to Callipolis in the Thracian Chersonesus. It was assigned by Artaxerxes to Themistocles, for furnishing his table with wine, in which the country abounded. It was saved from the ruin threatened by Alexander because in the interest of Perseus, by the address of Anaximenes the historian, sent by his fellow-citizens to avert the king's displeasure; who hearing of it, solemnly declared he would do the very reverse of Anaximenes's request, who therefore begged the king utterly to destroy it, which he could not do because of his oath. Lampacus the epithet, denoting laetitia, the character of the people; still called Lampsacus. E. Long. 28°. N. Lat. 40°. 12'.