. ius, whocame to Athens, and putting on male attire, wasfor some time a hearer of Plato, and afterwardsof Speusippus (Diog. Lai:rt. iii. 46). Axius, Q., an intimate friend of Cicero andVarro, one of the speakers in the 3rd book ofVarros De Re Rustica. Ax i us fA£ios : Wardar or Vardhari), thechief river in Macedonia, rises in Mt. Scardus,receives many affluents, of which the most im-portant is the Erlgon, and flows SE. throughMacedonia into the Thermaie gulf. As a river-god, Axius begot by Periboea a son Pelegon,the father of Astero
. ius, whocame to Athens, and putting on male attire, wasfor some time a hearer of Plato, and afterwardsof Speusippus (Diog. Lai:rt. iii. 46). Axius, Q., an intimate friend of Cicero andVarro, one of the speakers in the 3rd book ofVarros De Re Rustica. Ax i us fA£ios : Wardar or Vardhari), thechief river in Macedonia, rises in Mt. Scardus,receives many affluents, of which the most im-portant is the Erlgon, and flows SE. throughMacedonia into the Thermaie gulf. As a river-god, Axius begot by Periboea a son Pelegon,the father of AsteroPaEUS. 156 AXONA Axona (Aisne), a river in Gallia Belgica,•which falls into the Isara (Oise). (Caes. 5 ; Auson. Id. x. 461.) Axume. [Auxume.] Axus. [Oaxus.] Azan {A(dv), son of Areas and the nymphErato, brother of Aphldas and Elatus. Thepart of Arcadia which he received from hisfather was called Azania: it was on the bordersof Elis. (Paus. viii. 4, 2, x. 9, 3.) Azani {A(avoi: Tchardir Risar), a town ofPhrygia, on the river Rhyndacus, and 20 miles. Ruins at Azani. SW. of Cotyaium. The priestly dynast of thetemple (of Zeus) ruled the city, as in the caseof Pessinus, Comana, &c. Euphorbus is men-tioned as having instituted the rites—a sacrificeof the hedgehog and the fox. There are fineruins of the temple, and remains of the theatreand stadium. (Strab. p. 575 ; Stephan. ) Azania or Barbaria (A£avla, Bap/3ap(a:Ajari), the region on the E. coast of Africa, AromataPr. (C. Guardafui), as far as Rhap-tum Pr. (Ptol. iv. 7, 28). Azenia (A(r)via ; A&vmvs), a demus in theSW. of Attica, near Sunium, belonging to thetribe Hippothoontis. Azeus (A(zvs), son of Clymenus of Orcho-menos, brother of Erginus, Stratius, Arrhon,and Pyleus, father of Actor and grandfather ofAstyoche (II. ii. 512 ; Paus. ix. 37). Aziris (A(ipls). 1. A town of Armenia, westof the Euphrates (Ptol. v. 7, 2).—2. A district intheE. of Cyrenaica, where silphium was grown(Hdt. iv. 157). Azorus or Azo
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