MOKESES.
MORGANTIUM.
all ether ancient writers give the name of Mona
to the Isle of Anglesey, and the name of the
latter island is likely to have been mentioned
to Caesar on accp-unt of its celebrity in connec¬
tion with the Diuids.
Mon^ses. 1. A Parthian general, mentioned
by Horace (Carm., iii., 6, 9), is probably the
same as Surenas, the general of Orodes, who
defeated Crassus.—2. A. Parthian noble, who
deserted to Antony and urged him to invade
Parthia, but soon afterward returned to the
Parthian king Phraates.—3. A general of the
Parthian king, Vologeses I., in the reign of
Nero.
Monapia or Monaeina (now Isle of Man), an
island between Britannia and Hibernia.
Monda or Munda (now Mondego), a river on
the western coast of Spain, which flows into
the ocean between the Tagus and Durius.
Moneta, a surname of Juno among the Ro¬
mans, by which she was characterized as the
protectress of money. Under this name she
had a temple on the Capitoline, in which there
was at the same time the mint, just as the pub¬
lic treasury was in the temple of Saturn. The
temple had been vowed by the dictator L. Furius
in a battle against the Aurunci, and was erect¬
ed on the spot where the house of M. Manlius
Capitolinu.3 had stood. Moneta signifies the
mint; but some writers found such a meaning
too plain. Thus Livius Andronicus used Moneta
as a translation of Mnemosyne (Mvnpoabvn), and
thus made her the mother of the Muses or Ca-
mensa. Cicero relates that, during an earth¬
quake, a voice was heard issuing from the tem¬
ple of Juno on the Capitol, and admonishing
(monens) that a pregnant sow should be sacri¬
ficed. A somewhat more probable reason for
the name is given by Suidas, though he assigns
it to too late a time. In the war with Pyrrhus
and the Tarentines, he says, the Romans, being
in want of money, prayed to Juno, and were
told by the goddess that money would not be
wanting to them so long as they would fight
with the arms of justice. As the Romans by
experience found the truth of the words of Juno,
they called her Juno Moneta. Her festival was
celebrated on the first of June.
Monima (Movlpn), a Greek woman, either of
Stratonicea, in Ionia, or of Miletus, was the
wife of Mithradates, but was put to death by
order of this monarch when he fled into Arme¬
nia, B.C, 72.
Monceoi Poetus, also Herculis Monceci
Portus (now Monaco), a port-town on the coast
of Liguria, between Nicaea and Albium Inteme-
lium, founded by the Massilians, was situated
nn a promontory (hence the arx Monad of Virg.,
Mn , vi, 801), and possessed a temple of Her¬
cules Moncecus, from whom the place derived
its name. The harbor, though small and ex¬
posed to the southeastern wind, was of import¬
ance, as it was the only one on this part of the
coast of Liguria.
Montanus, Cuetius, was exiled by Nero A.D.
67, but was soon afterward recalled at his fa¬
ther's petition. On the accession of Vespasian,
he vehemently attacked in the senate the noto¬
rious delator Aquilius Regulus. If the same
person with the Curtius Montanus satirized by
luvenal (iv., 107, 131; xi., 34), Montanus in
later life sullied the fair reputation he ei loves'
in youth ; for Juvenal describes him as a corpu¬
lent epicure, a parasite of Domitian, and a hack¬
neyed declaimer.
[Montanus, Julius, a versifier of some re¬
pute in the reign of Tiberius, and one of tie
emperor's private friends.]
Montanus, Voltienus, an orator and declaim
er in the reign of Tiberius. From bis propen¬
sity to refine upon thought and diction, he wae
named the " Ovid" of the rhetorical schools.
He was convicted on a charge of majestas, and
died an exile in the Balearic islands, A.D. 25.
Mopsia or Mopsopia, an ancient name of Pam-
phylia, derived from Mopsus, the mythical lead¬
er of certain Greeks who were supposed to have
settled in Pamphylia, as also in Cilicia and
Syria, after the Trojan war, and whose name
appears more than once in the geographical
names in Cilicia. (Vid. e. g. Mopsucrene, Mop
suestia.)
Mopsium (Mmpwv : Mofwg), a town of Thes¬
saly in Pelasgiotis, situated on a hill of the
same name, between Tempe and Larissa.
Mopsucrene (Moipov Kpbvn or Kpijvai, i. e., the
Spring of Mopsus), a city of Cilicia Campestris,
on the southern slope of the Taurus, and twelve
Roman miles from Tarsus, was the place whare
the Emperor Constantius died, A.D. 364.
Mopsuestia (Moipov iarla, Moipovearia, i. e ,
the Hearth of Mopsus, also Moipov iroXig and
Mbfog: Moyjedrng: Mamistra, in the Middle
Ages: now Messis), an important city of Cilicia
Campestris, on both banks of the River Pyr-
amus, twelve Roman miles from its mouth, or
the road from Tarsus to Issus, in the beautifu1
plain called rb 'AXij'tov ireSlov, was a civitas li¬
bera under the Romans. The two parts of tlv»
city were connected by a handsome bridge buih
by Constantius over the Pyramus. In ecclesi¬
astical history, it is notable as the birth-plact
of Theodore of Mopsuestia.
Mopsuo (Mcnpog). 1. Son of Ampyx or Am¬
pyous by the nymph Chloris. Being a seer, he
i was also called a son of Apollo by Himantis.
He was one of the Lapdhae of CEchalia or Ti-
taeron (Thessaly), and took part in the combat
at the wedding of Piriihous. He was one of
the Calydonian hunter.", and also one of the
Argonauts, and was a famous prophet among
the Argonauts. He died in Libya of the bite
of a snake, and was buried there by the Argo¬
nauts. He was afterward worshipped as an
oracular hero.—2 Son of Apollo and Manto, the
daughter of Tiresias, and also a celebrated seer.
He contended in prophecy with Calchas at Col¬
ophon, and showed himself superior to the lat
ter in prophetic power. Vid Calchas. He
was believed to have founded Mallos in Cilicia,
in conjunction with the seer Amphiloohus. A
dispute arose between the two seers respecting
the possession of the town, and both fell in
combat by each other's hand. Mopsus had an
oracle at Mallos, which existed as late as the
time of Strabo.
Moegantium, Moegantina,Muegantia,Mok
oentia (Mopydvrwv, Mopyavrivn : Mopyavrivoc
Murgentinus), a town in Sicily founded by the
Morgetes, after they had been driven out of
Italy by tke CEnotrians. According to Livj
(xxiv., 27) this city was stuated on the east
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