Gymnasium
A place among the Greeks where all the public exercises were performed, and where not only dancers and wrestlers exhibited, but where poets and philosophers re peated their compositions.
Hades or Ades. The god of hell among the Greeks; the same as the Pluto of the Latins.
The word is often used for hell itself by the ancient poets and in modern writings.
Hadrianus, P. Aelius. Usually called Hadrian, Roman emperor, A. D. 117-138, was born at Rome, A. D. 76. He enjoyed the favor of Plotina, the wife of Trajan, and mainly through her influence succeeded to the empire. The reign of Hadrian was one of the happiest periods in Roman history. His policy was to preserve peace with foreign nations, and to promote the welfare of the provinces. He erected many magnificent works in various parts of the empire, and more particularly at Athens. There are still extensive remains of his magnificent villa at Tibur, where numerous works of ancient art have been discovered. His mausoleum, which he built at Rome, forms the groundwork of the present castle of St. Angelo.