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  J^Iabadii Insula ('IarSarXow vijaog: no>  piob-

fcbly Java, though Von Humboldt and others re¬

gard it as Sumatra), a large and fruitful island

of the  Indian Sea, southeast of the Aurea  Cher-

jonesrs, with a capital city called Argyre ('Ap-

yvpr,).'}

  Iacchus ("laKXog), the  solemn name of Bac-

»hus in  the  Eleusinian mysteries, whose  name

was derived from  the boisterous song  called

Iacchus.   In  these  mysteries  Iacchus was re¬

garded as the son  of  Jupiter (Zeus) and  Ceres

(Demeter), and was distinguished from the The¬

ban Bacchus  (Dionysus),  the  son of  Jupiter

(Zeus)  and  Semele.   In some traditions  Iac¬

chus is  even  called a son of  Bacchus, but in

others  the two are identified.  On the  sixth day

of the  Eleusmian festival (the twentieth of Boe-

dromion), the statue of Iacchus was carried from

the temple of  Ceres  (Demeter)  across the  Thri-

asian plain  to Eleusis, accompanied  by a  nu¬

merous and  riotous  procession of  the initiated,

who sang the  Iacchus, carried mystic baskets,

and danced to the sound of cymbals and trump¬

ets.

  Iadera or Iader (Iadertmus: now Old Zara),

a town on the coast of Illyrieum, with a good

harbor, and a Roman colony under the name of

" Colonia Claudia Augusta Felix."

  [Iaera ('lueipa).   1. A  daughter  of Nereus

and Doris.—2.  A wood nymph, who reared  the

sons of Alcanor, Pandarus and Bitias.]

  Ialemus ('ldXe/iog),  a  similar personification

to that of Linus, and hence  called  a son of

4 polio and  Calliope, and  the  inventor of  the

song Ialemus,  which was a kind of dirge, and

is  only mentioned as sung on most melancholy

occasions.

  Ialmenus ('IdXpevog), son of Mars (Ares) and

Astyoehe, and brother of Ascalaphus, was a

native  of the  Boeotian Orchomenos.   He was

one of the Argonauts and a  smtor of Helena.

After  the destruction of  Troy, he  wandered

about with the Orchomenians, and founded  col-

omes in ColcMs.

  Ialysus ('IdXvaog: now lalyso),  one of  the

three very ancient Dorian cities in the island of

Rhodes, and one  of the six original members

of the  Dorian Hexapolis (vid. Doris), stood on

the northwestern coast of the island, about sixty

stadia  southwest of  Rhodes. It is said to have

derived its name from the mythical Ialysus, son

of Cercaphus, and grandson of Helios.

  Iambe ('IdpBn), a  Thracian woman, daughter

of  Pan and  Echo,  and  a slave of  Metamra.

When  Ceres (Demeter), in search of her daugh¬

ter, arrived  in  Attica,  and  visited the house of

Metanira, Iambe  cheered  the mournful goddess

by her jokes.

  Iamblicitus  ('IdpBXixog).  1.  A Syrian, who

lived in the time of the Emperor Trajan, wrote

» romance in the Greek language entitled Baby-

'onica.   The work itself is lost, but an epitome

if it is preserved by Photius.—2. A  celebrated

Neo-Platonic philosopher,  was born  at Chalcis

m Ccele Syria.  He  resided in Syria  during  the

srreater part of Ms life,  and died in the  reign

->f Constantine the Great, probably before A.D.

833. He was  inferior in  judgment  and learn¬
 

ing to the earlier Neo-Platonists, Ilotnuj inr*

Porphyry; and he introduced into  Ms system

many of the  superstitions  and mysteries of the

East, by means of wMch he endeavored to check

the progress of Christianity.  The extant works

of Iambliehus are, 1 neol  Hvdaybpov aXp'eaeug,

on  the  philosophy of Pythagoras.  It  was in¬

tended  as  a preparation for the study of Plato,

and consisted  originally of ten books, of wMek

five only are extant.   1. The first book contains

an account of the life of Pythagoras, and though

compiled without care, it is yet of value, as  the

other works, from which  it  is taken,  are lost.

Edited  by Kuster,  Amsterd, 1707 ;  and  by

KiesBling,  Lips,  1815.  2.  HporptnriKol  Xbyoi

elg  <jsiXotjo<j>iav, forms  a sort of introduction  to

the study of Plato.  Edited by Kiessling, Lips,

1813, 8vo.   8. Hepl  Koivi)g  paBiipariKTJg  imar-

ijpng, contains  many fragments of the works of

early Pythagoreans.    Edited by Fries, Copen¬

hagen, 1790.   4.  Hepl Trig  NiKopdxov cjsiBptjri-

Kyg elgayayyg.   Edited by  Tennulius, Deventer

and Arnheim,  1668.   5. T<i -fxeoXoyovueva  rijg

dpiBpnTiKijg.  Edited  by Ast, Lips, 1817.—II.

Hept pvarnpiav, written to prove  the divme ori¬

gin of  the Egyptian  and  Chaldaean theology,

Edited by  Gale, Oxon, 1678.  Iambliehus wrote

other works  which are lost.—3.  A later Neo-

Platonic philosopher of Apamea, a eontempo

rary of  the Emperor Julian and of Libamus.

  [Iamenus ('ldpevog), a Trojan warrior, slain by

Leonteus during  the attack of the Trojans on

the camp of the Greeks.]

  Iamid-e.   Vid. Iamus.

  IamnIa ('ldpveia; 'lapvia : 'lapvelrng : in Old

Testament, Jabneel, Jabneh: now Ibneh or Gab

neh), a  considerable city of Palestine,  between

Diospolis  and  Azotus, near the  coast,  with  a

good harbor, was taken by King Uzziah from

the Philistines.   Pompey united it to  the  prov¬

ince of Syria.   After  the destruction of Jerusa¬

lem it  became the seat of the Sanhedrim, and

of a celebrated school of Jewish learning.

  [Iamno or Iamna ("lapva : now  Ciudadela), a

city in  the smaDer of  the Balearic Islands (Mi¬

norca).]

  [Iamphorina, a strong place in the territory ol

the Maadi in Macedonia.]

  Iamus ("lapog), son of Apollo and Evadne, re

ceived the  art of prophecy from Ms father, and

was regarded  as the ancestor of the famous

family of seers, the Iamidaa at Olympia.

  [Ianassa ('lavaaaa), one of the Nereids.]

  Ianira ('luveipa), one of the Nereids.

  Ianthe ('lavdn). 1. Daughter of Oceanus and

Tethys,  and one of the playmates of Proserpina

(Persephone).—2. Daughter of Telestes of Crete,

beloved by Iphis.

  Impetus  ('Ian-croc),  one  of the  T'tans, son of

Ccelus  (Uranus)  and Terra (Ge), married Asia

or  Clymene, the daughter of Ms  brother Ocea¬

nus, and became by her the father of Atlas, Pro

metheus, Epimetheus,  and Mencetius.  He wa.

imprisoned with  Saturn (Cronus) in  Tartarus.

Being the  father of Prometheus, he was  regard¬

ed by the Greeks as the ancestor of the human

race.  His  descendants, Prometheus,  Atlas, and

others, are  often designated  by the patronymics

Iapdide(es), Iapetionide(es), and  the feminine

lapetionis.

  [Iapis, son of  Iasus, beloved by Apollo, anf

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