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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Dori'machus (search)
been treated with indignity, which he did not forget, and he resolved to bring about a war with Messenia. This he was enabled to do through his kinsman Scopas, who administered the Aetolian government at the time, and who, without waiting for any decree of the Assembly, or for the sanction of the select council (*)Apo/klhtol; see Plb. 20.1; Liv. 35.34), commenced hostilities, not against Messenia only, but also against the Epeirots, Achaeans, Acarnanians, and Macedonians. In the next year, B. C. 220, Dorimachus invaded the Peloponnesus with Scopas, and defeated Aratus, at Caphyae. [See p. 255a.] He took part also in the operations in which the Aetolians were joined by Scerdiläidas, the Illyrian,--the capture and burning of Cynaetha, in Arcadia, and the baffled attempt on Cleitor,--and he was one of the leaders of the unsuccessful expedition against Aegeira in B. C. 219. In the autumn of the same year, being chosen general of the Aetolians, he ravaged Epeirus, and destroyed the temple
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Eupho'rion (search)
r, appear to be consecutive, but are probably single verses chosen as specimens of the metre. But yet some information may be gleaned from them, for the poet refers to rites in honour of the " young Dionysus," celebrated at Pelusium. Hence Meineke infers that this Euphorion was an Egyptian Greek, and that the Chersonesus of which he was a native was the city of that name near Alexandria. He also conjectures, and upon good grounds, that the " young Dionysus" was Ptolemy Philopator, who began to reign in B. C. 220. It is probable that the passage in Strabo (viii. p.382) refers to this Euphorion, and that *Eu)/fronios in that passage is an error for *Eu)fori/wn. There is an example of the same confusion in Athenaeus (xi. p. 495c.). That those who make this Euphorion the same as the Chalcidian are quite wrong, is proved by the fact that the lines are neither hexameters nor elegiacs, but in the priapeian metre, which is a kind of antispastic. (Meineke, Analecta Alexandrina, Epim. i.) [P.S]
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Euri'pidas (search)
Euri'pidas or EURI'PIDES (*Eu)ri/pidas, *eu)ripi/dhs), an Aetolian, who, when his countrymen, with the help of Scerdilaidas the Illyrian, had gained possession of Cynaetha, in Arcadia (B. C. 220), was at first appointed governor of the town; but the Aetolians soon after set fire to it, fearing the arrival of the Macedonian succours for which Aratus had applied. In the next year, B. C. 219, being sent as general to the Eleans, then allied with Aetolia, he ravaged the lands of Dyme, Pharae, and Tritaea, defeated Miccus, the lieutenant-general of the Achaeans, and seized an ancient stronghold, named Teichos, near Cape Araxus, whence he infested the enemy's territory more effectually. In the winter of the same year he advanced from Psophis, in Arcadia, where he had his head-quarters, to invade Sicyonia, having with him a body of 2200 foot and 100 horse. During the night he passed the encampment of the Macedonians, in the Phliasian territory, without being aware of their vicinity; on disc
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Euthyde'mus (search)
he Bactrian king. Euthydemus met him on the banks of the Arius, but was defeated and compelled to fall back upon Zariaspa, the capital of Bactria. (Plb. 10.49.) From hence he entered into negotiations with Antiochus, who appears to have despaired of effecting his subjugation by force, as he was readily induced to come to terms, by which he confirmed Euthydemus in the regal dignity, and gave one of his own daughters in marriage to his son Demetrius. In return for this, Euthydemus lent him his support in his Indian expedition. (Plb. 11.34.) The commencement of the reign of Euthydemus may be referred with mach probability to about B. C. 220. (Wilson's Ariana, p. 221.) Silver coins of this prince, of Greek style of workmanship and bearing Greek inscriptions, have been found in considerable numbers at Bokhara, Balkh, and other places within the limits of Bactria, thus attesting the exteat to which Greek civilization had been introduced into those remote regions. (Ibid. p. 222.) [E.H.B]
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Hiippo'medon (search)
is expedition to Corinth to support Aratus, he gave so much dissatisfaction by his administration at Sparta, that Leonidas was recalled by the opposite party, and Agesilaus was compelled to fly from the city. Hippomedon shared in the exile of his father, though he had not participated in his unpopularity. (Plut. Agis 6, 16.) At a subsequent period we find him mentioned as holding the office for Ptolemy, king of Egypt, of governor of the cities subject to that prince on the confines of Thrace. (Teles. ap. Stobaeum, Flor. vol. ii. p. 82. ed. Gaisf.; comp. Niebuhr, Kl. Schrift. p. 461; Schorn. Gesch. Griech. p. 100.) We learn from Polybius (4.35.13) that he was still living at the death of Cleomenes. in B. C. 220, when the crown would have devolved of right either to him or to one of his two grandchildren, the sons of Archidamus V., who had married a daughter of Hippomedon ; but their claims were disregarded, and Lycurgus, a stranger to the royal family, was raised to the throne. [E.H.B]
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Le'pidus (search)
Le'pidus 2. M. Aemilius Lepidus, M. F. M. N., probably a grandson of No. 1, was augur and twice consul. He died in the year of the battle of Cannae, B. C. 216; and his three sons exhibited in his honour funeral games which lasted for three days, and in which twenty-two pairs of gladiators fought in the forum. (Liv. 23.30.) His first consulship was in B. C. 232, when the agrarian law of C. Flaminius was passed (Plb. 2.21; Zonar. viii. p. 401c); but the date of his second consulship is uncertain. Some have supposed that he was consul suffectus in B. C. 220. (Pighius, ad Ann.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Lycurgus (search)
Lycurgus 2. A Lacedaemonian, who, though not of the royal blood, was chosen king, in B. C. 220, together with Agesipolis III., after the death of Cleomenes; in the words of Polybius, "by giving a talent to each of the Ephori, he hecame a descendant of Heracles and king of Sparta." It was not long before he deposed his colleague and made himself sole sovereign, though under the control of the Ephori. Placed on the throne by the party favourable to Aetolia, he readily listened to the instigations of Machatas, the Aetolian envoy, to make war on Philip V. of Macedon, and the Achaeans. Having invaded Argolis and taken several towns, he laid siege to the fortress named Athenaeum, in the district of Belbina, claimed by the Megalopolitans as their territory, and took it in conselquenct of the dilatory conduct of Aratus, to whom it looked for succour, B. C. 219. In the same year he barely escaped with his life from the conspiracy of CHEILON, and fled for refuge to Pellene on the western front
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Macha'tas (search)
Macha'tas 2. An Aetolian, who was sent ambassador to Sparta at the commencement of the Social war, B. C. 220, to endeavour to induce the Lacedaemonians to join the Aetolians against Philip V., king of Macedonia, and the Achaean League. His first embassy was unsuccessful; but shortly after, a change having occurred in the government of Sparta, in consequence of the election of the two kings Agesipolis and Lycurgus, Machatas again repaired thither, and this time easily effected the conclusion of the proposed alliance. From thence he proceeded to Elis, and induced the Eleians also to unite with the newly formed league against the Achaeans. (Plb. 4.34, 36.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Mega'leas (search)
Mega'leas （*Megale/as), was chief secretary to Antigonus Doson, king of Macedonia, who appointed him, by his will, to the same office under Philip V., his ward and successor (B. C. 220). Megaleas was entirely under the influence of Apelles, and readily entered into his treasonable designs (B. C. 218), to baffle the operations of Philip in his war against the Aetolians. Their treachery, however, was counteracted by Aratus, and the latter accordingly was assailed with personal violence by Megaleas, Leontius, and Crinon, at Limnaca, in Acarnania, when Philip had returned thither from his successful campaign in Aetolia. For this offence Megaleas and Crinon were thrown into prison till they should find security for a fine of twenty talents, but Megaleas was released on the bail of Leontius, who had contrived to escape in the tumult for which his accomplices were punished. In the same year (218) Megaleas and Leontius excited a mutiny at Corinth among the troops of Philip. It was soon quell
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Meti'lia Gens an Alban house, which, on the destruction of Alba Longa, migrated to Rome. (Dionys. A. R. 3.29.) Since the Metilii were immediately admitted into the Roman senate, they must at the time of their migration have been of patrician rank. In history, however, they occur only as plebeians. Pliny (Plin. Nat. 35.17) mentions a lex Metilia de Fullonibus in B. C. 220. [W.B.D]
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