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e also in the main based upon Clitomachus. See E. Wellmann in Ersch and Gruber's _Allgemeine Encyclopadie_; R. Hirzel, _Untersuchungen zu Ciceros philosophischen Schriften_, i. (1877); Diog. Laert. iv. 67-92; Cicero, _Acad. Pr._ ii. 31, 32, and _Tusc._. iii. 22; and article ACADEMY, GREEK. CLITUMNUS, a river in Umbria, Italy, which rises from a very abundant spring by the road between the ancient Spoletium and Trebia, 8 m. from the former, 4 m. from the latter, and after a short course through the territory of the latter town joins the Tinia, a tributary of the Tiber. The spring is well described by Pliny (_Epist._ viii. 8): it was visited by Caligula and by Honorius, and is still picturesque--a clear pool surrounded by poplars and weeping willows. The stream was personified as a god, whose ancient temple lay near the spring, and close by other smaller shrines; the place, therefore, occurs under the name _Sacraria_ (the shrines) as a Roman post station. The building generally known as the Tempio di Clitunno, close to the spring, is, however, an ancient tomb, converted into a Christian church in the early middle ages, the decorative sculptures, which are obviously contemporary with those of S. Salvatore at Spoleto, belonging to the 4th or 6th century according to some authorities, to the 12th according to others. See H. Grisar, _Nuovo bullettino di archeologia cristiana_ (Rome, 1895) i. 127; A. Venturi, _Storia dell' arte italiana_ (Milan, 1904), iii. 903. CLIVE, CAROLINE (1801-1873), English authoress, was born in London on the 24th of June 1801, the daughter of Mr Meysey-Wigley, M.P. for Worcester. She married, in 1840, the Rev. Archer Clive. She published, over the signature "V.," eight volumes of poetry, but is best known as the author of _Paul Ferroll_ (1855), a sensational novel, and _Why Paul Ferroll killed his Wife_ (1860). She died on the 13th of July 1873, at Whitfield, Herefordshire. CLIVE, CATHERINE [KITTY] (1711-1785), British actress, was born, probably in London, in 1711. Her father, William Raftor, an Irishman of good family but small means, had held a captain's commission in the French army under Louis XIV. From her earliest years she showed a talent for the stage, and about 1728 became a member of the company at Drury Lane, of which Colley Cibber was then manager. Her first part was that of the page Ismenes ("with a song") in the tragedy _Mithridates_. Shortly a
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