e of tail instead;
The horned Cerast[^e]s; and the Hammodyte,
Whose sandy hue might balk the keenest sight;
A feverish thirst betrays the Dipsas' sting;
The Scyt[)a]la, its slough that casts in spring;
The Natrix here the crystal streams pollutes;
Swift thro' the air the venomed Javelin shoots;
Here the Par[=e]as, moving on its tail,
Marks in the sand its progress by its trail;
The speckled Cenchris darts its devious way,
Its skin with spots as Theban marble gay;
The hissing Sib[=i]la; and Basilisk,
With whom no living thing its life would risk,
Where'er it moves none else would dare remain,
Tyrant alike and terror of the plain.

E. C. B.

In this battle Pompey had 45,000 legionaries, 7000 horse, and a large
number of auxiliaries. Caesar had 22,000 legionaries, and 1000 horse.
Pompey's battle cry was _Hercul[^e]s invictus!_ That of Caesar was _Venus
victrix!_ Caesar won the battle.

=Phebe= (2 _syl._), a shepherdess beloved by the shepherd Silvius. While
Rosalind was in boy's clothes, Phebe fell in love with the stranger, and
made a proposal of marriage; but when Rosalind appeared in her true
character, and gave her hand to Orlando, Phebe was content to accept her
old love, Silvius.--Shakespeare, _As You Like It_ (1600).

=Phedre= (or PHAEDRA), daughter of Minos, king of Crete, and wife of
Theseus. She conceived a criminal love for Hippolytos, her step-son,
and, being repulsed by him, accused him to her husband of attempting to
dishonor her. Hippolytos was put to death, and Phaedra, wrung with
remorse, strangled herself.

This has been made the subject of tragedy by Eurip'id[^e]s in Greek,
Sen'eca in Latin, Racine in French (1677). "Ph[`e]dre" was the great part
of Mdlle. Rachel; she first appeared in this character in 1838.

(Pradon, under the patronage of the duchess de Bouillon and the duc de
Nevers, produced, in 1677, his tragedy of _Ph[`e]dre_ in opposition to
that of Racine. The duke even tried to hiss down Racine's play, but the
public judgment was more powerful than the duke; and, while it
pronounced decidedly for Racine's _chef d'oeuvre_, it had no tolerance
for Pradon's production.)

=Phelis= "the Fair," the wife of Sir Guy, earl of Warwick.

=Phid'ias= (_The French_), (1) Jean Goujon; also called "The Correggio of
Sculptors." He was slain in the St. Bartholomew Massacre (1510-1572).
(2) J. B. Pigalle (1714-1785).

=Phil= (_Li