Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . ins of ancient buildings, still visible, appearto have been connected with these few fragments of walls may also be traced on thehill crowned by the modern castle; and many coins,fragments of sculpture, &c., have been discoveredon the island. (Smyths S*c?7^, p. 2G2.) o 2 196 LIPARIS. Strabo and some other ancient writers speak ofvolcanic phenomena as occurring on the island ofLipara itself (Strab. vi. p. 275) ; but though itabounds in hot springs, and outbreaks of volcanicvapour, it does not appear probable that any volcaniceruptions o
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . ins of ancient buildings, still visible, appearto have been connected with these few fragments of walls may also be traced on thehill crowned by the modern castle; and many coins,fragments of sculpture, &c., have been discoveredon the island. (Smyths S*c?7^, p. 2G2.) o 2 196 LIPARIS. Strabo and some other ancient writers speak ofvolcanic phenomena as occurring on the island ofLipara itself (Strab. vi. p. 275) ; but though itabounds in hot springs, and outbreaks of volcanicvapour, it does not appear probable that any volcaniceruptions on a larger scale have occurred therevritiiin the period of history. Those of the neigh-bouring island of Hiera (the Vulcani Insula ofthe Romans, now Vukano), from its proximity toLipara, of which it was a mere dependency, aresometimes described as if they had occurred atLipara itself. (Oros. v. 10; Jul. Obs. 89.) Thevolcanic phenomena of the Aeolian islands in generalare more fully noticed under the article AeoliaeInsulae. [E. H. B.]. COIN OF LIPARA. LrPARIS (AiTTopis), a small river in the east ofCilicia, which emptied itself into the sea at Soli,and was believed to derive its name from the oilynature of its waters. (Plin. v. 22 ; Antig. ; Vitruv. viii. 3.) [L. LIPAXUS (Ai7ra|os), a town of Crusis, or Cros-saea, in Macedonia, menti(jned only by Hecataeus(Steph. B. s. V.) and Herodotus (viL 123). LIPPOS, AD. [Vettones.] LIPSYDRIUM [Attica, p. 326, b.] LIQUENTIA (^Livenza), a considerable river ofVenetia, which rises in the Julian Alps to the N. ofOpitergium (^Oderzo), and flows into the Adriaticrear Caorle, about midway between the Piave(Plavis) and the Tagliamento (Tilaventum). ( 18. s. 22.) It had a port of the same name atits mouth. Servius {ad Acn. 679) correctlyplaces it between Altinum and Concordia. Thename is not found in the Itineraries, but PaulusDiacnnus mentions the pons Liquentiae fluminis on the road from Forum .lulii towards Patavium.(
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