But at that moment the
of Amasis, and at this great sea-port, the Alex- island of Rhodes rose out of the sea, and with the
andria of ancient times, she carried on the trade consent of Zeus he took possession of it, and by
of an hetaera for the benefit of her master.
of Amasis, and at this great sea-port, the Alex- island of Rhodes rose out of the sea, and with the
andria of ancient times, she carried on the trade consent of Zeus he took possession of it, and by
of an hetaera for the benefit of her master.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - c
(for the text is corrupt), cites the author simply as
196, No. 12. ) contains an epigram upon Rhinthon Tis, “ a certain writer ;” and it is quite unaccount-
by Nossis. (Müller, Dorier, b. iv. c. 7. § 6); able that he should have omitted to mention his
Osann, Anal. Crit. pp. 69, &c. ; Reuvens, Collectan. name if he had known it ; or that he should have
Litt. pp. 69, &c. ; Jacobs, Animudv. in Anth. Graec. onnitted all notice of the work in his account of
vol. i. pt. i. p. 421; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. ii. p. Rhodon just before, if he had believed it to be his.
320 ; Clinton, F. H. vol. iii. p. 486. ) [P. S. ] That Jerome ascribed the work to Rhodon is only
RHODE (*Póon), a daughter of Poseidon by an inference: he says, in speaking of Miltiades
Amphitrite, was married to Helios, and became (de Vir. Ilustr. c. 39), that he is mentioned by
by him the mother of Phaeton and his sisters Rhodon ; and as a notice of Miltiades occurs in
(Apollod. i. 4. & 4). It should be observed that the anonymous citation given by Eusebius, it is
the names Rhodos and Rhode are often confounded supposed that Jerome refers to that citation, and
(Diod. v. 55 ; comp. Ruodos). A second person that he therefore supposed it to be from Rhodun.
## p. 652 (#668) ############################################
652
RHODOPIS.
RHOECUS.
But it is surely not unlikely that a writer of consi- | Herodotus, but it appears clear that Sappho in her
deration like Miltiades, who had been engaged in poem spoke of her under the name of Doricha. It
the Montanist controversy, would be mentioned is therefore very probable that Doricha was her
both by the anonymous writer and by Rhodon, in real name, and that she received that of Rhodopis,
writing on the saine side of the dispute. At any which signifies the “ rosy-cheeked," on account of
rate, if Jerome identified the anonymous writer her beauty. (Herod. ii. 134, 135; Athen. xiii.
with Rhodon, it does not appear that such identifi- p. 596, b; Suid. s. v. 'Podwridos avádnua ; Strab.
cation was more than a conjecture, which weighs xvii. p. 808 ; comp. Ov. Her. xv. 63. )
little against the silence of the earlier, and probably There was a tnle current in Greece that Rhodo
better informed Eusebius.
pis built the third pyramid. Herodotus takes
The fragments of the work against Marcion are great pains (1. c. ) to show the absurdity of the
given in the second volume of Galland's Bibliotheca story, but it still kept its ground, and is related by
Patrum, p. 144, and in Routh's Reliquiae Sucrue, later writers as an unquestionable fact. (Plin. 11. N.
vol. i. p. 349, &c. ; those from the work against xxxvi. 12. & 17; comp. Strab. l. c. ) The origin of
the Montanists in the third volume of Galland, p. this tale, which is unquestionably false, has been
273, under the name of Asterius Urbanus, to whom explained with great probability by Zoega and
the editor ascribes them; and in the second volume Bunsen. In consequence of the name Rhodopis,
of Routh, p. 73, &c. , anonymously. Rhodon, in the “ rosy-cheeked," she was confounded with
his work against the Marcionites, had promised to Nitocris, the beautiful Egyptian queen, and the
prepare a work in elucidation of the obscure pas heroine of many an Egyptian legend, who is said
sages of Scripture, the design of which had been by Julius Africanus and Eusebius to have built
formed by his instructor Tatian: but we have no the third pyramid. (Comp. NITORIS, No. 2. )
evidence that Rhodon ever carried his purpose into Another tale about Rhodopis related by Strabo
effect. (Euseb. H. E. v. 16, 17; Hieron. de Viris (L. c. ) and Aelian (V. H. xiii
. 33), makes her a
Illustr. cc. 37, 39, 40 ; Care, Hist. Litt. ad ann. queen of Egypt, and thus renders the supposition
188, 189, s. v. A sterius Urbanus and Rhodon, vol. of her being the same as Nitocris still more pro-
i. p. 85, ed. Oxon. 1740—1743 ; Fabric. Bibl. bable. It is said that as Rhodopis was one day
Gracc. vol. vii. pp. 161, 168 ; Tillemont, Mémoires, bathing at Naucratis, an eagle took up one of her
vol. iii. p. 64 ; Ceillier, Auteurs Sacrés, vol. ii. p. sandals, flew away with it, and dropt it in the lap
133; Lardner, Credib. part ii. book i. c. 28. S of the Egyptian king, as he was administering
14; Galland, Biblioth. Patrum, vol. ii. proleg. c. justice at Memphis. Struck by the strange oc-
5, vol. iii. proleg. c. 2. )
[J. C. M. ] currence and the beauty of the sandal, he did not
RHO'DOPE ('Pogórn), the nymph of a Thracian rest till he had found out the fair owner of the
well, was the wife of Haemus and mother of He- beautiful sandal, and as soon as he had discovered
brus, and is mentioned among the playmates of her made her his queen. Aelian calls the king
Persephone. (Hom. Hymn. in Cer. 423 ; Lucian, Psammitichus ; but this deserves no attention,
de Saltat. 51. )
(L. S. ) since Strabo relates the tale of the Rhodopis, who
RHOʻDOPHON ('Podopwv), a Rhodian, was was loved by Charaxus, and Aelian prob in-
one of those who, when hostilities broke out serted the name of Psammitichus, simply because
between Perseus and the Romans, in B. c. 171, no name was given in Strabo or the writer from
strore successfully to retain their countrymen in whom he copied. (Comp. Bunsen, Aegyptens Stelle
their alliance with Rome, and continued through in der Weltgeschichte, vol. iii. pp. 236-238. )
out the war to adhere firmly to the Roman cause. RHODOS ('Pódos), was, according to Diodorus
In B. c. 167, when the anger of the senate against (v. 55), a daughter of Poseidon and Halia, and
the Rhodians had been with difficulty appeased sometimes called Rhode. The island of Rhodes
by Astymedes and his fellow-ambassadors (comp. was believed to have derived its name from her,
PHILOPHRON and POLYARATUS], Rhodophon According to others, she was a daughter of Helios
and Theaetetus were appointed to convey to and Amphitrite, or of Poseidon and Aphrodite, or
Rome the present of a golden crown. (Polyb. lastly of Oceanus (Pind. Olymp. vii. 24 ; Tzetz.
xxvii. 6, xxviii. 2, xxx. 5; comp. Liv. xlv. 20, ad Lycoph. 923). She was a sea-nymph, of
&c. )
(E. E. ) whom the following legend is related. When the
RHODO'PIS ('Poo@TIS), a celebrated Greek gods distributed among themselves the various
courtezan, was of Thracian origin. She was a countries of the earth, the island of Rhodes was
fellow-slave with the poet Aesop, both of them be- yet covered by the waves of the sea.
Helios was
longing to the Samian Iadmon. She afterwards absent at the time ; and as no one drew a lot
became the property of Xanthes, another Samian, for him, he was not to have any share in the dis-
who carried her to Naucratis in Egypt, in the reign tribution of the earth.
But at that moment the
of Amasis, and at this great sea-port, the Alex- island of Rhodes rose out of the sea, and with the
andria of ancient times, she carried on the trade consent of Zeus he took possession of it, and by
of an hetaera for the benefit of her master. While the nymph of the isle he then became the father of
thus employed, Charaxus, the brother of the poetess seven sons. (Pind. Ol. vii. 100, &c. ; Ov. Met. iv.
Sappho, who had come to Naucratis in pursuit of 204. )
(L. S. ]
gain as a merchant, fell desperately in love with RHOECUS ('Poixos), a centaur who, conjointly
the fair courtezan, and ransomed her from slavery with Hylaeus, pursued Atalanta in Arcadia, but
for a large sum of money. She was in consequence was killed by her with an arrow (Apollod. iii. 9.
attacked by Sappho in a poem, who accused her $2 ; Callim. Hymn. in Dian. 221 ; Aelian, V. II.
of robbing her brother of his property. She con- xiii. 1). This centaur is perhaps the same as the
tinued to live at Nancratis after her liberation one who is called Rhoetus by Latin poets. (Rhoe-
from slavery, and with the tenth part of her gains Tus. )
(L. S. ]
she dedicated at Delphi ten iron spits, which were RHOECUS ('Poiros), the son of Phileas or
seen by Herodotus. She is called Rhodopis by | Philaeus, of Samos, an architect and statuary, be-
## p. 653 (#669) ############################################
RHOEMETALCES.
RHOPALUS.
653
longing to the earliest period in the history of assigned the whole of Thrace to Rhoemetalces,
Greek art, is mentioned as the head of a family of and gave Armenia Minor to the son of Cotys.
Samian artists, the accounts respecting whom present (Cotys, No. 6. ) (Dion Cass. lix. 12; Tac. Ann.
considerable difficulties, the discussion of which be- ii
. 67, iii, 38, iv. 5, 47, xi. 9. ) On the obverse of
longs more properly to the articles Telecles and the annexed coin is the head of Caligula, and on
THEODORUS. It is enough, in this place, to give the reverse that of Rhoemetalces. [W. B. D. ]
as the most probable result of the inquiry, the
genealogy by which Müller (Arch. d. Kunst.
$ 60) exhibits the succession and dates of these
artists.
Rhoecus, about Ol. 35, B. C. 640.
WS
EBAS)
TRAKA
ULTAN
es
Theodorus and Telecles, about Ol. 45, B. C. 600.
Theodorus, about Ol. 55, B. c. 560.
COIN OF RHOEMETALCES II. , KING OF THRACE.
Respecting Rhoecus himself we are informed
that he was the first architect of the great temple
RHOEMETALCES, king of Bosporus, in the
of Hera at Samos (Herod. iii. 60), which Theo- reigns of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius, since the
dorus completed ; and also, in conjunction with heads of both of these emperors appear on his
Smilis and Theodorus, of the labyrinth at Lemnos coins. He is mentioned by Capitolinus in his life
(Plin. H. N. xxxvi. 13, s. 19. $ 3); that he, and of Antoninus Pius (c. 9). It is the head of the
the members of his family who succeeded him, same emperor which is on the obverse of the an-
invented the art of casting statues in bronze and nexed coin. (Eckhel, vol. ii. p. 378. )
iron (Paus. viii. 14. & 5, s. 8; Plin. H. N. xxxv.
12, s. 43), and that there still existed, at the time
of Pausanias, in the temple of Artemis at Ephesus,
a bronze statue of rude antique workmanship,
which was said to represent night, and to have
been the work of Rhoecus. (Paus. x. 38. $ 3,
B. 6. )
[P. S. ]
RHOEMETALCES 'I. , ('Poluntákns), king
of Thrace, was the brother of Cotys (No. 4), of
Rhascuporis [No. 2], and uncle and guardian of COIN OF RHOEMET ALCES, KING OF BOSPORUS.
Rhascuporis [No. 3]. On his nephew's death,
B. c. 13, Rhoemetalces was expelled from Thrace,
RHOEO ('Polc). 1. A daughter of Staphylus
and driven into the Chersonesus, by Vologaeses, and Chrysothemis, was beloved by A pollo. When
chief of the Thracian Bessi. About two years
her father discovered that she was with child, he
afterwards L. Piso, praetor of Pamphylia, drove put her in a chest, and exposed her to the waves
The chest floated to the coast of
the Bessi from the Chersonesus, and Rhoemetalces of the sea.
received from Augustus his nephew's dominions, Euboea (or Delos), where Rhoeo gave birth to
with some additions, since Tacitus calls him king Anius (Diod. v. 62 ; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 570). Sub-
of all Thrace. On his death Augustus divided his sequently she was married to Zarex. (Tzetz. ad
kingdom between his son Cotys (No. 5), and his Lycoph. 580. )
brother Rhascuporis [No. 2]. (Tac. Ann. ii. 64 ;
2. A daughter of the river-god Scamander, be-
Dion Cass. liv. 20, 34 ; comp. Vell
. Pat. ii. 98. ) came by Laomedon the mother of Tithonus. (Tzetz.
On the obverse of the annexed coin is the head of ad Lycoph. 18. )
[L. S. ]
Augustus, and on the reverse that of Rhoeme-
RHOETEIA ('Portela), a daughter of the
talces and his wife.
[W. B. D. ]
Thracian king Sithon and Achiroe, a daughter of
Neilos. She was a sister of Pallene, and the
Trojan promontory of Rhoeteium was believed to
have derived its name from her. (Tzetz. ad Ly.
coph. 583, 1161 ; Steph. Byz. s. v. ) (L. S. ]
RHOETUS. 1. A centaur, probably the same
whom Greek poets call Rhoecus. At the wedding
of Peirithous he was wounded by Dryas and took
to flight. (Ov. Met. xii. 300 ; comp. Virg. Georg.
ii. 456. )
2. One of the giants who was slain by Bacchus
(Horat. Carm. ii. 19, 23); he is usually called
COIN OF RHOEMETALCES I. , KING OF THRACE.
Eurytus. (Apollod. i. 6. § 2 ; comp. Virg. 1. c. )
3. A companion of Phineas, was slain by Per-
RHOEMETALCES 11. ("Poluprádkms), king seus. (Ov. Met
. v. 38. )
of Thrace, was the son of Rhascuporis [No. 2) and 4. A mythical king of the Marrubians in Italy,
nephew of the preceding. On the deposition of his who married a second wife Casperia, with whom
father, whose ambitious projects he had opposed, his son Anchemolus committed ineest. In order
Rhoemetalces shared with the sons of Cotys (No. 5] to escape from his father's vengeance, Anchemolus
the kingdom of Thrace. He remained faithful to fled to king Daunus. (Serv. ad Xen. x.
196, No. 12. ) contains an epigram upon Rhinthon Tis, “ a certain writer ;” and it is quite unaccount-
by Nossis. (Müller, Dorier, b. iv. c. 7. § 6); able that he should have omitted to mention his
Osann, Anal. Crit. pp. 69, &c. ; Reuvens, Collectan. name if he had known it ; or that he should have
Litt. pp. 69, &c. ; Jacobs, Animudv. in Anth. Graec. onnitted all notice of the work in his account of
vol. i. pt. i. p. 421; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. ii. p. Rhodon just before, if he had believed it to be his.
320 ; Clinton, F. H. vol. iii. p. 486. ) [P. S. ] That Jerome ascribed the work to Rhodon is only
RHODE (*Póon), a daughter of Poseidon by an inference: he says, in speaking of Miltiades
Amphitrite, was married to Helios, and became (de Vir. Ilustr. c. 39), that he is mentioned by
by him the mother of Phaeton and his sisters Rhodon ; and as a notice of Miltiades occurs in
(Apollod. i. 4. & 4). It should be observed that the anonymous citation given by Eusebius, it is
the names Rhodos and Rhode are often confounded supposed that Jerome refers to that citation, and
(Diod. v. 55 ; comp. Ruodos). A second person that he therefore supposed it to be from Rhodun.
## p. 652 (#668) ############################################
652
RHODOPIS.
RHOECUS.
But it is surely not unlikely that a writer of consi- | Herodotus, but it appears clear that Sappho in her
deration like Miltiades, who had been engaged in poem spoke of her under the name of Doricha. It
the Montanist controversy, would be mentioned is therefore very probable that Doricha was her
both by the anonymous writer and by Rhodon, in real name, and that she received that of Rhodopis,
writing on the saine side of the dispute. At any which signifies the “ rosy-cheeked," on account of
rate, if Jerome identified the anonymous writer her beauty. (Herod. ii. 134, 135; Athen. xiii.
with Rhodon, it does not appear that such identifi- p. 596, b; Suid. s. v. 'Podwridos avádnua ; Strab.
cation was more than a conjecture, which weighs xvii. p. 808 ; comp. Ov. Her. xv. 63. )
little against the silence of the earlier, and probably There was a tnle current in Greece that Rhodo
better informed Eusebius.
pis built the third pyramid. Herodotus takes
The fragments of the work against Marcion are great pains (1. c. ) to show the absurdity of the
given in the second volume of Galland's Bibliotheca story, but it still kept its ground, and is related by
Patrum, p. 144, and in Routh's Reliquiae Sucrue, later writers as an unquestionable fact. (Plin. 11. N.
vol. i. p. 349, &c. ; those from the work against xxxvi. 12. & 17; comp. Strab. l. c. ) The origin of
the Montanists in the third volume of Galland, p. this tale, which is unquestionably false, has been
273, under the name of Asterius Urbanus, to whom explained with great probability by Zoega and
the editor ascribes them; and in the second volume Bunsen. In consequence of the name Rhodopis,
of Routh, p. 73, &c. , anonymously. Rhodon, in the “ rosy-cheeked," she was confounded with
his work against the Marcionites, had promised to Nitocris, the beautiful Egyptian queen, and the
prepare a work in elucidation of the obscure pas heroine of many an Egyptian legend, who is said
sages of Scripture, the design of which had been by Julius Africanus and Eusebius to have built
formed by his instructor Tatian: but we have no the third pyramid. (Comp. NITORIS, No. 2. )
evidence that Rhodon ever carried his purpose into Another tale about Rhodopis related by Strabo
effect. (Euseb. H. E. v. 16, 17; Hieron. de Viris (L. c. ) and Aelian (V. H. xiii
. 33), makes her a
Illustr. cc. 37, 39, 40 ; Care, Hist. Litt. ad ann. queen of Egypt, and thus renders the supposition
188, 189, s. v. A sterius Urbanus and Rhodon, vol. of her being the same as Nitocris still more pro-
i. p. 85, ed. Oxon. 1740—1743 ; Fabric. Bibl. bable. It is said that as Rhodopis was one day
Gracc. vol. vii. pp. 161, 168 ; Tillemont, Mémoires, bathing at Naucratis, an eagle took up one of her
vol. iii. p. 64 ; Ceillier, Auteurs Sacrés, vol. ii. p. sandals, flew away with it, and dropt it in the lap
133; Lardner, Credib. part ii. book i. c. 28. S of the Egyptian king, as he was administering
14; Galland, Biblioth. Patrum, vol. ii. proleg. c. justice at Memphis. Struck by the strange oc-
5, vol. iii. proleg. c. 2. )
[J. C. M. ] currence and the beauty of the sandal, he did not
RHO'DOPE ('Pogórn), the nymph of a Thracian rest till he had found out the fair owner of the
well, was the wife of Haemus and mother of He- beautiful sandal, and as soon as he had discovered
brus, and is mentioned among the playmates of her made her his queen. Aelian calls the king
Persephone. (Hom. Hymn. in Cer. 423 ; Lucian, Psammitichus ; but this deserves no attention,
de Saltat. 51. )
(L. S. ) since Strabo relates the tale of the Rhodopis, who
RHOʻDOPHON ('Podopwv), a Rhodian, was was loved by Charaxus, and Aelian prob in-
one of those who, when hostilities broke out serted the name of Psammitichus, simply because
between Perseus and the Romans, in B. c. 171, no name was given in Strabo or the writer from
strore successfully to retain their countrymen in whom he copied. (Comp. Bunsen, Aegyptens Stelle
their alliance with Rome, and continued through in der Weltgeschichte, vol. iii. pp. 236-238. )
out the war to adhere firmly to the Roman cause. RHODOS ('Pódos), was, according to Diodorus
In B. c. 167, when the anger of the senate against (v. 55), a daughter of Poseidon and Halia, and
the Rhodians had been with difficulty appeased sometimes called Rhode. The island of Rhodes
by Astymedes and his fellow-ambassadors (comp. was believed to have derived its name from her,
PHILOPHRON and POLYARATUS], Rhodophon According to others, she was a daughter of Helios
and Theaetetus were appointed to convey to and Amphitrite, or of Poseidon and Aphrodite, or
Rome the present of a golden crown. (Polyb. lastly of Oceanus (Pind. Olymp. vii. 24 ; Tzetz.
xxvii. 6, xxviii. 2, xxx. 5; comp. Liv. xlv. 20, ad Lycoph. 923). She was a sea-nymph, of
&c. )
(E. E. ) whom the following legend is related. When the
RHODO'PIS ('Poo@TIS), a celebrated Greek gods distributed among themselves the various
courtezan, was of Thracian origin. She was a countries of the earth, the island of Rhodes was
fellow-slave with the poet Aesop, both of them be- yet covered by the waves of the sea.
Helios was
longing to the Samian Iadmon. She afterwards absent at the time ; and as no one drew a lot
became the property of Xanthes, another Samian, for him, he was not to have any share in the dis-
who carried her to Naucratis in Egypt, in the reign tribution of the earth.
But at that moment the
of Amasis, and at this great sea-port, the Alex- island of Rhodes rose out of the sea, and with the
andria of ancient times, she carried on the trade consent of Zeus he took possession of it, and by
of an hetaera for the benefit of her master. While the nymph of the isle he then became the father of
thus employed, Charaxus, the brother of the poetess seven sons. (Pind. Ol. vii. 100, &c. ; Ov. Met. iv.
Sappho, who had come to Naucratis in pursuit of 204. )
(L. S. ]
gain as a merchant, fell desperately in love with RHOECUS ('Poixos), a centaur who, conjointly
the fair courtezan, and ransomed her from slavery with Hylaeus, pursued Atalanta in Arcadia, but
for a large sum of money. She was in consequence was killed by her with an arrow (Apollod. iii. 9.
attacked by Sappho in a poem, who accused her $2 ; Callim. Hymn. in Dian. 221 ; Aelian, V. II.
of robbing her brother of his property. She con- xiii. 1). This centaur is perhaps the same as the
tinued to live at Nancratis after her liberation one who is called Rhoetus by Latin poets. (Rhoe-
from slavery, and with the tenth part of her gains Tus. )
(L. S. ]
she dedicated at Delphi ten iron spits, which were RHOECUS ('Poiros), the son of Phileas or
seen by Herodotus. She is called Rhodopis by | Philaeus, of Samos, an architect and statuary, be-
## p. 653 (#669) ############################################
RHOEMETALCES.
RHOPALUS.
653
longing to the earliest period in the history of assigned the whole of Thrace to Rhoemetalces,
Greek art, is mentioned as the head of a family of and gave Armenia Minor to the son of Cotys.
Samian artists, the accounts respecting whom present (Cotys, No. 6. ) (Dion Cass. lix. 12; Tac. Ann.
considerable difficulties, the discussion of which be- ii
. 67, iii, 38, iv. 5, 47, xi. 9. ) On the obverse of
longs more properly to the articles Telecles and the annexed coin is the head of Caligula, and on
THEODORUS. It is enough, in this place, to give the reverse that of Rhoemetalces. [W. B. D. ]
as the most probable result of the inquiry, the
genealogy by which Müller (Arch. d. Kunst.
$ 60) exhibits the succession and dates of these
artists.
Rhoecus, about Ol. 35, B. C. 640.
WS
EBAS)
TRAKA
ULTAN
es
Theodorus and Telecles, about Ol. 45, B. C. 600.
Theodorus, about Ol. 55, B. c. 560.
COIN OF RHOEMETALCES II. , KING OF THRACE.
Respecting Rhoecus himself we are informed
that he was the first architect of the great temple
RHOEMETALCES, king of Bosporus, in the
of Hera at Samos (Herod. iii. 60), which Theo- reigns of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius, since the
dorus completed ; and also, in conjunction with heads of both of these emperors appear on his
Smilis and Theodorus, of the labyrinth at Lemnos coins. He is mentioned by Capitolinus in his life
(Plin. H. N. xxxvi. 13, s. 19. $ 3); that he, and of Antoninus Pius (c. 9). It is the head of the
the members of his family who succeeded him, same emperor which is on the obverse of the an-
invented the art of casting statues in bronze and nexed coin. (Eckhel, vol. ii. p. 378. )
iron (Paus. viii. 14. & 5, s. 8; Plin. H. N. xxxv.
12, s. 43), and that there still existed, at the time
of Pausanias, in the temple of Artemis at Ephesus,
a bronze statue of rude antique workmanship,
which was said to represent night, and to have
been the work of Rhoecus. (Paus. x. 38. $ 3,
B. 6. )
[P. S. ]
RHOEMETALCES 'I. , ('Poluntákns), king
of Thrace, was the brother of Cotys (No. 4), of
Rhascuporis [No. 2], and uncle and guardian of COIN OF RHOEMET ALCES, KING OF BOSPORUS.
Rhascuporis [No. 3]. On his nephew's death,
B. c. 13, Rhoemetalces was expelled from Thrace,
RHOEO ('Polc). 1. A daughter of Staphylus
and driven into the Chersonesus, by Vologaeses, and Chrysothemis, was beloved by A pollo. When
chief of the Thracian Bessi. About two years
her father discovered that she was with child, he
afterwards L. Piso, praetor of Pamphylia, drove put her in a chest, and exposed her to the waves
The chest floated to the coast of
the Bessi from the Chersonesus, and Rhoemetalces of the sea.
received from Augustus his nephew's dominions, Euboea (or Delos), where Rhoeo gave birth to
with some additions, since Tacitus calls him king Anius (Diod. v. 62 ; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 570). Sub-
of all Thrace. On his death Augustus divided his sequently she was married to Zarex. (Tzetz. ad
kingdom between his son Cotys (No. 5), and his Lycoph. 580. )
brother Rhascuporis [No. 2]. (Tac. Ann. ii. 64 ;
2. A daughter of the river-god Scamander, be-
Dion Cass. liv. 20, 34 ; comp. Vell
. Pat. ii. 98. ) came by Laomedon the mother of Tithonus. (Tzetz.
On the obverse of the annexed coin is the head of ad Lycoph. 18. )
[L. S. ]
Augustus, and on the reverse that of Rhoeme-
RHOETEIA ('Portela), a daughter of the
talces and his wife.
[W. B. D. ]
Thracian king Sithon and Achiroe, a daughter of
Neilos. She was a sister of Pallene, and the
Trojan promontory of Rhoeteium was believed to
have derived its name from her. (Tzetz. ad Ly.
coph. 583, 1161 ; Steph. Byz. s. v. ) (L. S. ]
RHOETUS. 1. A centaur, probably the same
whom Greek poets call Rhoecus. At the wedding
of Peirithous he was wounded by Dryas and took
to flight. (Ov. Met. xii. 300 ; comp. Virg. Georg.
ii. 456. )
2. One of the giants who was slain by Bacchus
(Horat. Carm. ii. 19, 23); he is usually called
COIN OF RHOEMETALCES I. , KING OF THRACE.
Eurytus. (Apollod. i. 6. § 2 ; comp. Virg. 1. c. )
3. A companion of Phineas, was slain by Per-
RHOEMETALCES 11. ("Poluprádkms), king seus. (Ov. Met
. v. 38. )
of Thrace, was the son of Rhascuporis [No. 2) and 4. A mythical king of the Marrubians in Italy,
nephew of the preceding. On the deposition of his who married a second wife Casperia, with whom
father, whose ambitious projects he had opposed, his son Anchemolus committed ineest. In order
Rhoemetalces shared with the sons of Cotys (No. 5] to escape from his father's vengeance, Anchemolus
the kingdom of Thrace. He remained faithful to fled to king Daunus. (Serv. ad Xen. x.
