No More Learning

Diog. Laërt. ii. 108. ) There is no mention auditor of the exchequer (Tous Kadónov ábyous
of his having written any works, but he is said to TiTet pappévos) under Elagabalus, rendered him-
have invented the forms of several of the most cele-self so odious by his rapacity and extortion, that
brated false and captious syllogisms (Diog. Laërt. upon the death of his patron the tyrant, he was
I. c. ), some of which, however, such as the diahav- torn to pieces by the soldiers and people, who had
Dáviov and the kepatlıs, were ascribed by others long clamorously demanded his destruction. (Dion
to the later Diodorus Cronus (Diog. Laërt. i. 111), Cass. lxxix. 21. )
(W. R. ]
and several of them are alluded to by Aristotle EUBU'LUS, one of the commission of Nine
and even by Plato. Thus the èykekalvupévos, appointed by Theodosius in A. D. 429 to compile a
dalavdávwv or '
Harpa, which are different code upon a plan which was afterwards abandoned.
names for one and the same form of syllogism, as He had before that date filled the office of magister
well as the yevóóuevos and kepatívns, occur in scriniorum. In A. D. 435, he was named on the
Aristotle (El. Soph. 24, 25, 22), and partially also commission of Sixteen, which compiled the exist-
in Plato (Euthyd. p. 276, comp. Theaetet. pp. 165, ing Theodosian code upon an altered plan. He
.
175. ) We cannot indeed ascertain what motives then figures as comes and quaestor, with the titles
Eubólides and other Megarics had in forming such illustris and magnificus. The emperor, however,
syllogisms, nor in what form they were dressed up, in mentioning those who distinguished themselves
on account of the scantiness of our information in the composition of his code, does not signalize
upon this portion of the history of Greek philoso- Eubulus. (DIODORUS, vol. i. p. 1018. ) [J. T. G. ]
phy; but we may suppose, with the highest degree EUBU'LUS (EŬboulos), an Athenian, the son
of probability, that they were directed especially of Euphranor, of the Certian demns, was a very
against the sensualistic and hypothetical proceed- distinguished comic poet of the middle comedy,
ings of the Stoics, and partly also against the defi- flourished, according to Suidas (s. v. ), in the 101st
nitions of Aristotle and the Platonists, and that Olympiad, B. C. 374. If this date be correct (and
they were intended to establish the Megaric doc- it is confirmed by the statement that Philip, the
trine of the simplicity of existence, which could be son of Aristophanes, was one of his rivals), Eubulus
arrived at only by direct thought. (H. Ritter, must have exhibited comedies for a long series of
Veber die Megar. Schule, in Niebuhr and Brandis' years; for he ridiculed Callimedon, the contempo-
Rhein. Mus. ii. p. 295, &c. ; Brandis, Gesch. der rary of Demosthenes. (Athen. viii. p. 340, d. ) It
Griech. Röm. Philos. i. p. 122, &c. ) Apollonius is clear, therefore, that Suidas is wrong in placing
Cronus, the teacher of Diodorus Cronus, and the Eubulus on the confines of the Old and the Middle
historian Euphantus, are mentioned as pupils of Comedy. He is expressly assigned by the author
Eubulides,
[CH. A. B. ) of the Etymologicon Magnum (p. 451. 30) and by
EUBUʻLIDES (Eubovalons), a statuary, who Ammunius (s. v. évdov) to the Middle Comedy, the
made a great votive offering, consisting of a group duration of which begins very little before him, and
of thirteen staties, namely, Athena, Paeonia, Zeus, extends to a period very little, if at all, after him.
Mnemosype, the Muses, and Apollo, which he de- His plays were chiefly on mythological subjects.
dicated at Athens, in the temple of Dionysus, in Several of them contained parodies of passages
the Cerameicus. (Paus. i. 2. $ 4. ) Pliny mentions from the tragic poets, and especially from Euri-
his statue of one counting on his fingers (xxxiv. 8, pides. There are a few instances of his attacking
8. 19. $ 29, according to Harduin's emendation). eminent individuals by name, as Philocrates, Cya
Eubulides had a son, EUCH EIR.
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EUCHEIR
EUCHERIUS.
and Callistratus. He sometimes ridicules classes 43, comp. xxxv. 5; Thiersch, Epochen, pp. 165,
of persons, as the Thebans in his 'Avrióxn.
166 ; Müller, Arch. d. kunst, § 75. ) At all
llis language is simple, elegant, and generally events, there appear to have been families of artists
pure, containing few words which are not found in both at Corinth and at Athens, in which the name
writers of the best period. Like Antiphanes, he was hereditary. The following are known.
was extensively pillaged by later poets, as, for 3. Eucheirus (Eŭ xespos, for so Pausanias gires
example, by Alexis, Ophelion, and Ephippus. the name) of Corinth, a statuary, was the pupil of
Suidas gives the number of the plays of Eubulus Syndras and Chartas, of Sparth, and the teacher of
at 104, of which there are extant more than 50 titles, Clearchus of Rhegium. (Paus. vi. 4. & 2. ) He
namely, 'Αγκυλίων, Αγχίσης, 'Αμάλθεια, Ανασωζό- | must therefore have tourished about the 65th or
μενοι, Αντιόπη, 'Αστυτοι, Αύγη, Βελλεροφόντης, 66th Olympiad, B. C. 520 or 516. [CH ARTAS
Γανυμήδης, Γλαύκος, Δαίδαλος, Δαμαλίας is a PITHAGORAS OF RIIEGIUM. ] This is probably
corrupt title (Suid. s. v. 'Ao wala štev), for which the Euchir whom Pliny mentions among those
Meineke would read Aauarias, Aeukaliw, Alovú who made statues of athletes, &c. (H. N. xxxiv. 8.
Dios, in which he appears to have ridiculed the s. 19, $ 34. )
confusion which prevailed in all the arrangements 4. Euchcir, the son of Eubulides, of Athens, a
of the palace of Dionysius (Schol. an Aristophe sculptor, made the marble statue of llermes, in his
Thesm. 136), A. óvuoos, or, according to the fuller temple at Pheneus in Arcadia (Paus, viii. 14.
title (Athen. xi. p. 400, e. ), Denean i Alóvugos, $ 7. ) Something more is known of him through
Δόλων, Ειρήνη, Ευρώπη, Ηχώ, Iξίων, Ιων, Καλα- | inscriptions discovered at Athens, in reference to
θηφόροι, Καμπυλίων (doubtful), Κατακολλώμενος | which see ErBUL. IDES.
(P. S. )
(doubtful), Κερκύπες, Κλεψύδρα, Κορυδαλός, Κυ- EUCIIEIRUS, statuary. (ElCHEIR, No. 3. )
βευταί, Λάκωνες η Λήδα, Μήδεια, Μυλωθρίς, Μυσοί, EUCHE’NOR (Evxtrap), a son of Coeranus
Νάννιον, Ναυσικάα, Νεοττίς, Ξούθος, Οδυσσεύς, | and grandson of Poly idus of Megara. He took
η Πανόπται, Οιδίπους, Οινόμαος ή Πέλοψ, Ολβία, part in the Trojan War, and was killed. (Paus. i.
Ορθάνης, Πάμφιλος, Παννυχίς, Παρμενίσκος, Πλαγ- | 43. $ 5. ) In Homer (I. xii. 663) he is called a
γών, Πορνοβοσκός, Προκρίς, Πρoσoυσία ή Κύκνος, | son of the seer Polsidus of Corinth. There are two
Στεφανοπώλιδες, Σφιγγοκαρίων, Τιτθαί, Τιτάνες, other mythical personages of this name. (Apollod.
Φοίνιξ, Χάριτες, Χρυσίλλα, Ψάλτρια. (Meineke, ii. 1. $ 5; Eustath. ad Ηom. p. 1839. ) [L. s. ]
Frag. Com. Graec. vol. i. pp. 355—367, vol. iii. EUCHERIA, the authoress of sixteen elegiac
pp. 203—272; Clirton, Fust. Hell. sub ann. couplets, in which she gives vent to the indignation
B. C. 375; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iv. pp. 442-excited by the proposals of an unworthy suitor-
441. )
[P. S. ] stringing together a long series of the most absurd
EUCADMUS (EŬkaduos), an Athenian sculp- and unnatural combinations, all of which are to be
tor, the teacher of ANDROSTHENEs. (Paus. x. 19. considered as fitting and appropriate in comparison
3. )
[P. S. ] with such an union. The idea of the piece was
EUCAMPIDAS (Eůkaunidas), less properly evidently suggested by the Virgilian lines
EUCA'LPIDAS (Eůkaamiðas), an Arcadian of Mopso Nisa datur; quid non speremus amantes ?
Maenalus, is mentioned by Demosthenes as one of Jungentur jam grypes equis ; aevoque sequenti
those who, for the sake of private gain, became Cum canibus timidi venient ad pocula damae,
the instruments of Philip of. Macedon in sapping while in tone and spirit it bears some resemblance
the independence of their country.
Polybius cen- to the Ibis ascribed to Ovid, and to the Dirae of
sures Demosthenes for his injustice in bringing so Valerius Cats. The presumptuous wooer is called
sweeping a charge against a number of distin- a rusticus serrus, by which we must clearly under
guished men, and defends the Arcadians and Mes stand, not a slave in the Roman acceptation of the
senians in particular for their connexion with Phi- term, but one of those rillani or serfs who, accord-
lip. At the worst, he says, they are chargeable ing to the ancient practice in Germany and Gaul,
only with an error of judgment, in not seeing what were considered as part of the live stock indissolu-
was best for their country ; and he thinks that, bly bound to the soil which they cultivated. From
even in this point, they' were justified by the re- this circumstance, from the introduction here and
sult, -
-as if the result might not have been differ- there of a barbarous word, from the fact that most
ent, had they taken a different course. (Dem. de of the original MSS. of these verses were found in
Cor. pp. 245, 324 ; Polyb. xvii. 14. ) [CINEAS. ] France, and that the name of Eucherius was com-
Eucampidas is mentioned by Pausanias (viii. 27) mon in that country in the fifth and sixth centu-
as one of those who led the Maenalian settlers to ries, we may form a guess as to the period when
Megalopolis, to form part of the population of the this poetess flourished, and as to the land of her
new city, B. c. 371.
[E. E. ] nativity ; but we possess no evidence which can
EUCHEIR (Evxeup), is one of those names of entitle us to speak with any degree of confidence.
Grecian artists, which are first used in the my- (Wernsdorf, Poet. Lat. Min. vol. iii. p. lxv. and
thological period, on account of their significancy, p. 97, vol. iv. pt. ii. p. 8:27, vol. v. pt. iii. p. 1458;
but which were afterwards given to real persons. Burmann, Anthol. Lat. v. 133, or n. 385, ed.
[CHEIRISOPHUS. ) 1. Eucheir, a relation of Dae- Meyer. )
(W. R. )
dales, and the inventor of painting in Greece, ac- ÈUCHE'RIUS, bishop of Lyons, was born,
cording to Aristotle, is no doubt only a mythical during the latter half of the fourth century, of an
personage. (Plin. vii. 56. )
illustrious family. His father Valerianus is by
2. Eucheir, of Corinth, who, with Eugrammus, many believed to be the Valerianus who about this
followed Demaratus into Italy (B. C. 664), and period held the office of Praefectus Galliae, and
introduced the plastic art into Italy, should proba- was a near relation of the emperor Avitus. Eu-
bly be considered also a mythical personage, desig- cherius married Gallia, a lady not inferior to him-
nating the period of Etruscan art to which the self in station, by whom he had two sons, Salonius
earliest painted vases belong. (Plin. xxxv. 12. s. and Veranius, and two daughters, Corsurtia and


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Tullia. About the year a. D. 410, while still in the separate tracts are carefully enumerated by
the vigour of his age, he determined to retire from Schönemann, and the greater number of them will
the world, and accordingly betook himself, with be found in the “Chronologia S. insulae Lerinen-
his wife and family, first to Lerins (Lerinum), and sis," by Vincentius Barralis, Lugdun. 4to. 1613;
from thence to the neighbouring island of Lero or in “D. Eucherii Lng. Episc. doctiss. Lucubrationes
St. Margaret, where he lived the life of a hermit, cura Joannis Alexandri Brassicani," Basil. fol.
devoting himself to the education of his children, 1531; in the Bibliotheca Patrum, Colon. fol. 1618,
to literature, and to the exercises of religion. vol. v. p. 1; and in the Bibl. Put. Mar. Lugdun.
During his retirement in this secluded spot, he ac- fol. 1077, vol. vi. p. 822. (Gennad. de Viris. 10.
quired so high a reputation for learning and sanc- c. 63; Schoenemann, Bill. Patrum. Lat. ii. $ 36. )
tity, that he was chosen bishop of Lyons about This Eucherius must not be confounded witb
A. D. 431, a dignity enjoyed by him until his another Gaulish prelate of the same name whe
death, which is believed to have happened in 450, flourished during the carly part of the sixth cen-
under the emperors Valentinianus III. and Marci- tury, and was a member of ccclesiastical councils
Veranius was appointed his successor in held in Gaul during the years a. D. 527, 527, 529.
the episcopal chair, while Salonius became the head The latter, although a bishop, was certainly not
of the church at Geneva.
bishop of Lyons. See Jos. Antelmius, asscrtio pro
The following works bear the name of this pre- unico S. Eucherio Lugdunensi episcopo, Paris, 410.
late : I. De luule Eremi, written about the year 1726.
A. D. 428, in the form of an epistle to Ililarius of There is yet another Eucherius who was bishop
Arles. It would appear that Eucherius, in his of Orleans in the eighth century. [W. R. )
passion for a solitary life, had at one time formed EUCLEIA (Eurheia), a divinity who was wor-
the project of visiting Egypt, that he might profit shipped at Athens, and to whom a sanctuary wns
by the bright example of the anchorets who dedicated there out of the spoils which the Athe-
thronged the deserts near the Nile. He requested nians had taken in the battle of Marathon. (Paus.
information from Cassianus (CASSIANUS), who re i. 14. & 4. ) The goddess was only a personification
plied by addressing to him some of those collationes of the glory which the Athenians liad reaped in
in which are painted in such lively colours the the day of that memorable battle. (Comp. Böckh,
habits and rules pursued by the monks and ere- Corp. Inscript. n. 258. ) Eucleia was also used at
mites of the Thebaid. The enthusiasm excited by Athens as a surname of Artemis, and her sanctuary
these details called forth the letter bearing thic was of an earlier date, for Euchidas died in it.
above title.
(Plut. Arist. 20; Euchidas. ) Plutarch remarks,
2. Epistola paracnetica ad Vulerianum cognatum that many took Eucleia for Artemis, and thus
de contemtu mundi et secularis philosophiae, composed made her the same as Artemis Eucleia, but that
abont A. D. 432, in which the author endeavours others described her as a daughter of Heracles and
to detach his wealthy and magnificent kinsman Myrto, a daughter of Menoetius; and he adds that
from the pomps and vanities of the world. An this Eucleia died as a maiden, and was worshipped
edition with scholia was published by Erasmus at in Boeotia and Locris, where she had an altar and
Basle in 1520.
a statue in every market-place, on which persons on
3. Liber formularum spiritalis intelligentiae ad the point of marrying used to offer sacrifices to her.
Veranium filium, or, as the title sometimes appears, Whether and what connexion there existed be-
De forma spiritalis intellectus, divided into eleven tween the Attic and Boeotian Eucleia is unknown,
chapters, containing an exposition of many phrases though it is probable that the Attic divinity was,
and texts in Scripture upon allegorical, typical, as is remarked above, a mere personification, and
and mystical principles.
consequently quite independent of Eucleia, the
4. Instructionum Libri II. ad Salonium filium. daughter of Heracles. Artemis Eucleia had also a
The first book treats" De Quaestionibus difficilio. temple at Thebes. (Paus. ix. 17. § 1. ) (L. S. ]
ribus Veteris et Novi Testamenti," the second EUCLEIDES (Evrheidns) of ALEXANDRRIA.
contains “ Explicationes nominum Hebraicorum. ” The length of this article will not be blamed by
5. Homiliwe. Those, namely, published by Li- any one who considers that, the sacred writers
vineius at the end of the “Sermones Catechetici excepted, no Greek has been so much read or so
Theodori Studitae," Antverp. , 8vo. 1602.
variously translated as Euclid. To this it may be
The authenticity of the following is very doubtful. added, that there is hardly any book in our lan-
6. Historia Passionis S. Mauritü et Sociurum guage in which the young scholar or the young
Martyrum Legionis Felicis Thebueae Agaunensium. mathematician can find all the information about
7. Exhortatio ad Monachos, the first of three this name which its celebrity would make him
printed by Holstenius in his “ Codex Regularum,” desire to have.
Rom. 1661, p. 89.
Euclid has almost given his own name to the
8. Epitome Operum Cassiani.
science of geometry, in every country in which his
The following are certainly spurious : 1. Com- writings are studied; and yet all we know of his
mentarius in Genesiin, 2. Commentariorum in private history amounts to very little. He lived,
libros Regum Libri IV. 3. Epistola ad Faustinum. according to Proclus (Comm. in Eucl. ii.