Salacia – Stobi
Salacia
The female divinity of the sea among the Romans, and the wife of Neptune.
Sapor
The second king of Persia of that name.
He fought against the Romans, and obtained several victories over them. Died A. D. 380.
Satyri
Demigods whose origin is unknown.
They had the feet and legs of a goat, their body bearing the human form.
Sceleratus Campus
A place in Rome, close to the Porta Collina, where vestals who had broken their vows were entombed alive.
Sequani
A powerful Celtic people in Gallia Belgica, inhabiting the country since called Franche Compté and Burgundy.
Silenus
A demigod who is represented generally as a fat old man riding on an ass, with flowers crowning his head.
Silvanus
A Latin divinity of the fields and forests. He is also called the protector of the boundaries of fields.
Simonides
A celebrated poet of Cos, who lived 538 в. c. He wrote elegies, epigrams, and dramatic pieces, esteemed for their beauty.
Somnus
Son of Nox and Erebus, who was one of the infernal deities, and presided over sleep.
Sozomen
A historian who died 450 A. D. He wrote an important work on ecclesiastical history.
Stephanus
The author of the geographical lexicon, entitled Ethnica, of which, unfortunately, we possess only an epitome.
Stobi
A town of Macedonia, and the most important place in the district Paeonia.