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tise, _Theologiae Graecae compendium_ (of which the Greek title is uncertain; perhaps, [Greek: Hellenike theologia], or [Greek: Peri tes ton theon physeos], though the latter may be the title of an abridgment of the former) is still extant. It is a manual of "popular mythology as expounded in the etymological and symbolical interpretations of the Stoics" (Sandys), and although marred by many absurd etymologies, abounds in beautiful thoughts (ed. C. Lang, 1881). Simplicius and Porphyry refer to his commentary on the _Categories_ of Aristotle, whose philosophy he is said to have defended against an opponent Athenodorus in a treatise [Greek: Antigraphepros Athenodoron]. His Aristotelian studies were probably his most important work. A commentary on Virgil (frequently quoted by Servius) and _Scholia_ to Persius are also attributed to him; the latter, however, are of much later date, and are assigned by Jahn to the Carolingian period. Excerpts from his treatise _De enuntiatione vel orthographia_ are preserved in Cassiodorus. The so-called _Disticha Cornuti_ (ed. Liebl, Straubing, 1888) belong to the late middle ages. See G. Martini, _De L. Annaeo Cornuto_ (1825); O. Jahn, _Prolegomena_ to his edition of Persius; H. von Arnim in Pauly-Wissowa's _Realencyclopadie_, i. pt. ii. (1894); M. Schanz, _Geschichte der romischen Litteratur_, i. 2 (1901), p. 285; W. Christ, _Geschichte der griechischen Litteratur_ (1898), pp. 702, 755; Teuffel-Schwabe, _Hist. of Roman Literature_ (Eng. trans.), S 299, 2. CORNWALL, the capital of the united counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, 67 m. S.W. of Montreal, on the left bank of the St Lawrence river. Pop. (1901) 6704. It is an important station on the Grand Trunk and the Ottawa & New York railways, and is a port of call for all steamers between Montreal and Lake Ontario ports. The surplus from the Cornwall canal furnishes excellent water privileges for its factories, which include cotton and woollen mills and grist and saw mills. The town has long been celebrated for its lacrosse club. On the opposite bank of the river is St Regis, inhabited chiefly by Indians of the Iroquois tribe. CORNWALL, the south-westernmost county of England, bounded N. and N.W. by the Atlantic Ocean, E. by Devonshire, and S. and S.W. by the English Channel. The area is 1356.6 sq. m. The most southerly extension is Lizard Point, and the most westerly point of the mainla
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