Augilae

Augilae
Augilae:     Augilæ

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    (Or Augila).

    A titular see of Cyrenaica in Northern Africa. It was situated in an oasis in the Libyan desert which is still one of the chief stations (Audjelah, Aoudjila) on the caraven route from Cairo to Fezzan. Its forests of date-palms were famous in the time of Herodotus (IV, 172); they still crown the three small hills that rise out unbroken desert of red sand which in the near vicinity is strongly impregnated with salts of soda. The Moslem population is now about 10,000 and is governed by an official of the Bay of Tripoli who draws from the oasis an annual revenue $12,000.

    THOMAS J. SHAHAN

    Transcribed by Joseph P. Thomas

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AUGILAE — africae populi qui nullos Deos putaverunt, praeter defunctorum manes, a quibus responsa petere solebant, sepulchris incubantes. Mela. l. 1. c. 8. Augilae Manes tantum Deos colunt. Lapsum hîc putant Pomponium viri eruditi, quod Augilis attribuerit … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Marmarica — Map of Cyrenaica and Marmarica in the Roman era (Samuel Butler, 1907) Marmarica in ancient g … Wikipedia
ANIMA — corpori nubens, antistitem Lunam, eo excedens Proserpinam habere credita est Porpbyrio. Eandem, a corpore solutam, triplici elementô expurgari, staruerunt Gentilium Theologi, quâ de re vide infra, in voce Vannus. Quod vero eam immortalem esse… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
AUGELA — desertum Africae, ubi alias Augilae populi in Marmarica regione seu Libya superiori. I. Leo … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
MANES — I. MANES a quo Manichael haeretici orti sunt, natione Persa suit, prius Cubricus dictus, servus cuiusdam viduae Persicae, quae moriens Manem, (ita enim postmodum appellari voluit, no pristini status meoria remaneret) haeedem instituit, eique non… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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