In festal attire he placed himself quered, for Arioristus first seized a third part of
in the prow of the ship and invoked the gods in the Sequanian territory, as the price of the triumph
inspired strains, and then threw himself into the which he had won for them, and soon after de-
But many song-loving dolphins had assem manded a second portion of equal extent.
in the prow of the ship and invoked the gods in the Sequanian territory, as the price of the triumph
inspired strains, and then threw himself into the which he had won for them, and soon after de-
But many song-loving dolphins had assem manded a second portion of equal extent.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - a
c.
266 and died about B.
c.
240.
He obtained II.
Surnamed Philopator (Pelonátwp), according
possession of the city of Amastris, which was sur- to coins, succeeded his father B. C. 63. The time
rendered to him. (Memnon, cc. 16, 24, ed. Orelli. ) of his death is not known; but it must bave been
Ariobarzanes and his father, Mithridates, sought previous to 8. c. 51, in which year his son was
the assistance of the Gauls, who had come into reigning. He appears to have been assassinated,
Asia twelve years before the death of Mithridates, as Cicero (ad Fam. xv. 2) reminds the son of the
to expel the Egyptians sent by Ptolemy. (Apollon. fate of his father. Cicero also mentions this Ario-
ap. Steph. Byz. s. v. "Aykupa. ) Ariobarzanes was barzanes in one of his orations. (De Prov. Cons. 4. )
succeeded by Mithridates IV.
It appears, from an inscription, that his wife, as
2. The satrap of Persis, filed after the battle of well as his father's, was named Athenais.
Guagamela, B. c. 331, to secure the Persian Gates, III. Surnamed Eusebes and Philoromaeus (Eů
a pass which Alexander had to cross in his march to σεβής και Φιλορωμαιος), according to Cicero (ad
Persepolis. Alexander was at first unable to force Fam. xv. 2) and coins, succeeded his father not
the pass; but some prisoners, or, according to other long before B. c. 51. (Cic. l. c. ) While Cicero was
accounts, a Lycian, having acquainted him with a in Cilicia, he protected Ariobarzanes from a con-
VIVO
Ari'sar ZAIS
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287
ARIOVISTUS.
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66
spiracy which was formed against him, and esta- | bled round the vessel, and one of them now took
blished bim in his kingdom. (Ad Fam. ii. 17, the bard on its back and carried him to Taenarus,
xv. 2, 4, 5, ad Att. v. 20; Plut. Cic. 36. ) It from whence he retnrned to Corinth in safety, and
appears from Cicero that Ariobarzanes was very related his adventure to Periander. When the
poor, and that he owed Pompey and M. Brutus Corinthian vessel arrived likewise, Periander in-
large sums of money. (Ad Att. vi. 1-3. ) Inquired of the sailors after Arion, and they said
the war between Caesar and Pompey, he came to that he had remained behind at Tarentum ; but
the assistance of the latter with five hundred horse when Arion, at the bidding of Periander, came
men. (Caes. B. C. iii. 4; Flor. iv. 2. ) Caesar, forward, the sailors owned their guilt and were
however, forgave him, and enlarged his territories. punished according to their desert. (Herod. i. 24;
He also protected him against the attacks of Phar- Gellius, xvi. 19; Hygin. Fab. 194 ; Paus. iii. 25.
naces, king of Pontus. (Dion Cass. xli. 63, xlii. 48; 5. ) In the time of Herodotus and Pausinias
Hirt. Bell. Alex. 34, &c. ) He was slain in B. C. 42 there existed on Taenarus a brass monument,
by Cassius, because he was plotting against him in which was dedicated there either by Periander or
Asia. (Dion Cass. xlvii. 33 ; Appian, B. C. iv. 63. ) Arion himself, and which represented him riding
On the annexed coin of Ariobarzanes the inscrip- on a dolphin. Arion and his cithara (lyre) were
placed among the stars. (Hygin. I. c. ; Serv. ad
Virg. Eclog. viii. 54 ; Aelian, H. A. xii. 45. ) A
fragment of a hymn to Poseidon, ascribed to Arion,
is contained in Bergk's Poetae Lyrici Graeci, p.
566, &c.
2. A fabulous horse, which Poseidon begot by
KEMASA
Demeter; for in order to escape from the pursuit
of Poseidon, the goddess had metamorphosed her-
self into a mare, and Poseidon deceived her by
tion is ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡΖΑΝΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ | assuming the figure of a horse. Demeter after-
ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ. (Eckhel, iii. p. 200. ) wards gave birth to the horse Arion, and a
ARIOMARDUS ('Apiónapdos), a Persian word, daughter whose name remained unknown to the
the latter part of which is the same as the Persian uninitiated. (Paus. viii. 25. & 4. ) According to
merd (vir), whence comes merdi (virilitas, virtus). the poet Antimachus (ap. Paus. l. c. ) this horse
Ario-mardus would therefore signify a man or and Caerus were the offspring of Gaca ; whereas,
hero honourable, or entitled to respect. ” (Pott, according to other traditions, Poseidon or Zephyrus
Etymologische Forschungen, p. xxxvi. ) Respecting begot the horse by a Harpy. (Eustath. ad Hom.
the meaning of Ario, see ARIA RATHES.
p. 1051 ; Quint. Smyrn. iv. 570. ) Another story
1 The son of Dareius and Parmys, the daughter related, that Poseidon created Arion in his con-
of Smerdis, commanded the Moschi and Tibareni test with Athena. (Serv. ad Virg. Georg. i. 12. )
in the army of Xerxes. (Herod. vii. 78. ) From Poseidon the horse passed through the
2. The brother of Artuphius, commanded the hands of Copreus, Oncus, and Heracles, from whom
Caspii in the army of Xerxes. (Herod. vii. 67. ) it was received by Adrastus. (Paus. l. c. ; Hesiod.
3. The ruler of Thebes in Egypt, one of the Scut. Herc. 120. )
(L. S. )
commanders of the Egyptians in the army of ARIOVISTUS, a German chief, who engaged
Xerxes. (Aesch. Pers. 38, 313. )
in war against C. Julius Caesar in Gaul, B. C. 58.
ARI'ON ('Aplor). l. An ancient Greek bard For some time before that year, Gaul had been
and great master on the cithara, was a native of distracted by the quarrels and wars of two parties,
Methymna in Lesbos, and, according to some ac- the one headed by the Aedui (in the modern
counts, a son of Cyclon or of Poseidon and the Burgundy), the other by the Arverni (Auvergne),
nymph Oncaea He is called the inventor of the and Sequani (to the W. of Jura). The latter called
dithyrambic poetry, and of the name dithyramb. in the aid of the Germans, of whoin at first about
(Herod. i. 23; Schol. ad Pind. 01. xiii. 25. ) All | 15,000 crossed the Rhine, and their report of the
traditions about him agree in describing him as a wealth and fertility of Gaul soon attracted large
contemporary and friend of Periander, tyrant of bodies of fresh invaders. The number of the
Corinth, so that he must have lived about B. C. Germans in that country at length amounted to
700. He appears to have spent a great part of his 120,000: a mixed multitude, consisting of mem-
life at the court of Periander, but respecting his bers of the following tribes :— the Harudes, Mar-
life and his poetical or musical productions, comanni, Triboci, Vangiones, Nemetes, Sedusii,
scarcely anything is known beyond the beautiful and Suevi, most of whom had lately occupied the
story of his escape from the sailors with whom he country stretching from the right bank of the
sailed from Sicily to Corinth. On one occasion, Rhine to the Danube, and northwards to the
thus runs the story, Arion went to Sicily to take Riesengebirge and Erzgebirge, or even beyond
part in some musical contest. He won the prize, them. At their head was Ariovistus, whose name
and, laden with presents, he embarked in a Corin- is supposed to have been Latinized from Heer, “
thian ship to return to his friend Periander. The host," and Fürst, “ a prince,” and who was so
rude sailors coveted his treasures, and meditated powerful as to receive from the Roman senate the
his murder. Apollo, in a dream, informed his be title of amicus. They entirely subdued the Aedni,
loved bard of the plot. After having tried in vain and compelled them to give hostages to the Seqnani,
to save his life, he at length obtained permission and swear never to seek help from Rome. But it
once more to seek delight in his song and playing fared worse with the conquerors than the con-
on the cithara.
In festal attire he placed himself quered, for Arioristus first seized a third part of
in the prow of the ship and invoked the gods in the Sequanian territory, as the price of the triumph
inspired strains, and then threw himself into the which he had won for them, and soon after de-
But many song-loving dolphins had assem manded a second portion of equal extent. Live
.
a
sea.
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288
ARISBE
ARISTAENUS.
tiacus, the only noble Aeduan who had neither She was a native of Crete, and some traditions
given hostages nor taken the oath, requested help stated that it was this Arisbe who gave the name
from Caesar, and was accompanied by a numerous to the town of Arisbe. (Suph. Ryz. s. v. ; Lycophr.
deputation of Gallic chiefs of all tribes, who had 1308. ) According to others, Bateja was the wife
now forgotten their mutual quarrels in their terror of Dardanus. (Apollod. iii. 12. $ ); comp. Eustath.
of the common foe. They all expressed the greatest ad Hom. p. 894. )
fear lest their request should be known to Ario- 3. A daughter of Macarus, and wife of Paris,
vistus, and the Sequani regarded him with such froin whom the town of Arisbe in Lesbos derived
awe, that they durst not utter a word to Caesar, its name. (Steph. Byz. s. r'. ; Eustath. 2. c. ) (L. S. )
but only shewed their misery by their downcast ARISTAE'NETUS ('Aplotavetos), of Dymae,
looks. Caesar, who was afraid that first Gaul and an Achaean general, the commander of the Achaean
then Italy would be overrun by the barbarians, cavalry on the right wing in the battle of Mantincia,
sent orders to Ariovistus to prevent the irruption B. C. 207. (Polyb. xi. 11. ) (ARISTAENUS)
of any more Germans, and to restore the hostages 2. The author of a work on Phaselis, of which
to the Aedui. These demands were refused in the first book is quoted by Stephanus Byz. (s. r.
the same haughty tone of defiance which Ariovistus réna. ) He appears also to have written on Egypt
had before uscd in declining an interview proposed and the good things of the Nile. (Endoc. Vid.
p.
by Caesar. Both parties then advanced with war- 67. ) Fabricius (Biw. Gruec. ii. p. 097) mentions
like intentions, and the Romans seized Vesonlio several other persons of this name.
(Besançon), the chief town of the Sequani. Here ARISTAE'NETUS('Apiotalvetos), the reputeu
they were so terrified by the accounts which they author of two books of Love-Letters (€Tuotola)
heard of the gigantic bulk and fierce courage of the dowTikai), which were first edited by Sambucus,
Germans, that they gave themselves up to despair, | (Antwerp, 1566), and subsequently by de Pauw,
and the camp was filled with nen making their (Utrecht, 1736), Abresch, (Zwoll
. 1749), and
wills. Caesar reanimated them by a brilliant Buissonade (1822). These Letters are taken al-
speech, at the end of which he said that, if they most entirely from Plato, Lucian, Pbilostratus,
refused to advance, he should himself proceed with and Plutarch; and so owe to their reputed author
his favourite tenth legion only. Upon this they Aristaenetus nothing but the connexion. They
repented of their despondency, and prepared for are short unconnected stories of love adventures ;
battle. Before this could take place, an inter- and if the language in occasional sentences, or
view between Caesar and Ariovistus was at last eren paragraphs, is terse and elegant, yet on the
held by the request of the latter. They could whole they are only too insipid to be disgusting.
come, however, to no agreement, but the battle Of the author nothing is known. It has been
was still delayed for some days ; Ariovistus con- conjectured, that he is the same as Aristaenetus of
triving means of postponing it, on account of a Nicaea, 10 whom several of Libanius' Epistles are
prophecy that the Germans would not succeed if addressed, and who lost bis life in the earthquake
they engaged before the new moon. The battle in Nicomedia, A. D. 358. (Comp. Ammian. Mar-
ended by the total defeat of Ariovistus, who im- cell. xvii. 7. ) 'That this supposition, however, is
mediately fled with his army to the Rhine, a erroneous, is proved by the mention of the cele-
distance of 50 miles from the field. Some crossed brated pantomimus Caramallus in one of the epis-
the river by swimming, others in small boats, and tles, who is mentioned in the fifth century by
among the latter Ariovistus himself. His two Sidonius Apolloniaris (xxii. 267) as his contem-
wives perished in the retreat; one of his daughters porary. Sidonius died A. D. 484. (C. T. A. )
was taken prisoner, the other killed. The fame of ARISTAENUS ('Apioraivos), of Megalopolis,
Ariovistus long survived in Gaul, so that in Tacitus sometimes called Aristaenetus by Polybius
(Hist. iv. 73) we find Cerealis telling the Treveri (Schweigh. ad Polyb. xvii. 1) and Plutarch (Phu-
that the Romans had occupied the banks of the lop. 13, 17). Aristaenus, however, appears to be
Rhine,“ nequis alius Ariovistus rogno Galliarum the correct name. He was strategus of the Achaean
potirctur. " This shews that the representation league in B. c. 198, and induced the Achaeans to
which Caesar gives of his power is not exaggerated. join the Romans in the war against Philip of Ma-
(Caes. B. G. i. 31--53 ; Dion Cass. xxxviii. 31, cedon. Polybius defends him from the charge of
&c. ; Plut. Cres. 18; Liv. Epit. 104. ) (G. E. L. C. ] | treachery for having done so. In the following
ÁRIPHRON ('Aplopwv). 2. The father of year (B. c. 197) he was again strategus and accom-
Xanthippus, and grandfather of Pericles. (Herod. panied the consul T. Quinctius Flamininus to his
vi. 131, 136, vii. 33, viii. 131 ; Paus, iii. 7. $ 8. ) interview with Philip. (Polyb. xxxii. 19-21,
2. The brother of Pericles. (Plat. Protag. p. ! 32; Polyb. xvii. 1, 7, 13. ) In the same year he
320, a. )
also persuaded the Boeotians to espouse the side
3. Of Sicyon, a Greek poet, the author of a beau- of the Romans. (Liv. xxxiii. 2. ) In B. c. 195,
tiful paean to health (Tylera), which has been when he was again strategus, he joined Flamininus
preserved by Athenaeus. (xv. p. 702, a. ) The with 10,000 foot and 1000 horse in order to attack
beginning of the poem is quoted by Lucian (de Nabis. (Liv. xxxiv. 25, &c. ) He was also
Lapsu inter Salt. c. 6. ) and Maximus Tyrius (xiii. strategus in B. c. 185, and attacked Philopoemen
1. ) It is printed in Bergk's Poetae Lyrici Grueci, and Lycortas for their conduct in relation to the
embassy that had been sent to Ptolemy. (Polyb.
ARISBE ('Apioen). 1. A daughter of Merops xxiii. 7, 9, 10. )
and first wife of Priam, by whom she became the Aristnenus was the political opponent of Philo-
mother of Aesacus, but was afterwards resigned to poemen, and showed more readiness to gratify the
Hyrtacus. (Apollod. i. 12. § 5. ) According to wishes of the Romans than Philopoemen did. He
some accounts, the Trojan town of Arisbe derived was eloquent and skilled in politics, but not dis-
its name from her. (Steph. By z. s. r. )
tinguished in war. (Polyb. xxv. 9; comp. Plut.
2. A daughter of Teucer and wife of Dardanus. Philop. 17; Paus. viii. 51. $ 1. )
a
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289
ARISTAGORAS.
ARISTAEON. (ARISTAEUB.
possession of the city of Amastris, which was sur- to coins, succeeded his father B. C. 63. The time
rendered to him. (Memnon, cc. 16, 24, ed. Orelli. ) of his death is not known; but it must bave been
Ariobarzanes and his father, Mithridates, sought previous to 8. c. 51, in which year his son was
the assistance of the Gauls, who had come into reigning. He appears to have been assassinated,
Asia twelve years before the death of Mithridates, as Cicero (ad Fam. xv. 2) reminds the son of the
to expel the Egyptians sent by Ptolemy. (Apollon. fate of his father. Cicero also mentions this Ario-
ap. Steph. Byz. s. v. "Aykupa. ) Ariobarzanes was barzanes in one of his orations. (De Prov. Cons. 4. )
succeeded by Mithridates IV.
It appears, from an inscription, that his wife, as
2. The satrap of Persis, filed after the battle of well as his father's, was named Athenais.
Guagamela, B. c. 331, to secure the Persian Gates, III. Surnamed Eusebes and Philoromaeus (Eů
a pass which Alexander had to cross in his march to σεβής και Φιλορωμαιος), according to Cicero (ad
Persepolis. Alexander was at first unable to force Fam. xv. 2) and coins, succeeded his father not
the pass; but some prisoners, or, according to other long before B. c. 51. (Cic. l. c. ) While Cicero was
accounts, a Lycian, having acquainted him with a in Cilicia, he protected Ariobarzanes from a con-
VIVO
Ari'sar ZAIS
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287
ARIOVISTUS.
LAJAR
66
spiracy which was formed against him, and esta- | bled round the vessel, and one of them now took
blished bim in his kingdom. (Ad Fam. ii. 17, the bard on its back and carried him to Taenarus,
xv. 2, 4, 5, ad Att. v. 20; Plut. Cic. 36. ) It from whence he retnrned to Corinth in safety, and
appears from Cicero that Ariobarzanes was very related his adventure to Periander. When the
poor, and that he owed Pompey and M. Brutus Corinthian vessel arrived likewise, Periander in-
large sums of money. (Ad Att. vi. 1-3. ) Inquired of the sailors after Arion, and they said
the war between Caesar and Pompey, he came to that he had remained behind at Tarentum ; but
the assistance of the latter with five hundred horse when Arion, at the bidding of Periander, came
men. (Caes. B. C. iii. 4; Flor. iv. 2. ) Caesar, forward, the sailors owned their guilt and were
however, forgave him, and enlarged his territories. punished according to their desert. (Herod. i. 24;
He also protected him against the attacks of Phar- Gellius, xvi. 19; Hygin. Fab. 194 ; Paus. iii. 25.
naces, king of Pontus. (Dion Cass. xli. 63, xlii. 48; 5. ) In the time of Herodotus and Pausinias
Hirt. Bell. Alex. 34, &c. ) He was slain in B. C. 42 there existed on Taenarus a brass monument,
by Cassius, because he was plotting against him in which was dedicated there either by Periander or
Asia. (Dion Cass. xlvii. 33 ; Appian, B. C. iv. 63. ) Arion himself, and which represented him riding
On the annexed coin of Ariobarzanes the inscrip- on a dolphin. Arion and his cithara (lyre) were
placed among the stars. (Hygin. I. c. ; Serv. ad
Virg. Eclog. viii. 54 ; Aelian, H. A. xii. 45. ) A
fragment of a hymn to Poseidon, ascribed to Arion,
is contained in Bergk's Poetae Lyrici Graeci, p.
566, &c.
2. A fabulous horse, which Poseidon begot by
KEMASA
Demeter; for in order to escape from the pursuit
of Poseidon, the goddess had metamorphosed her-
self into a mare, and Poseidon deceived her by
tion is ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΙΟΒΑΡΖΑΝΟΥ ΕΥΣΕΒΟΥΣ | assuming the figure of a horse. Demeter after-
ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΟΡΩΜΑΙΟΥ. (Eckhel, iii. p. 200. ) wards gave birth to the horse Arion, and a
ARIOMARDUS ('Apiónapdos), a Persian word, daughter whose name remained unknown to the
the latter part of which is the same as the Persian uninitiated. (Paus. viii. 25. & 4. ) According to
merd (vir), whence comes merdi (virilitas, virtus). the poet Antimachus (ap. Paus. l. c. ) this horse
Ario-mardus would therefore signify a man or and Caerus were the offspring of Gaca ; whereas,
hero honourable, or entitled to respect. ” (Pott, according to other traditions, Poseidon or Zephyrus
Etymologische Forschungen, p. xxxvi. ) Respecting begot the horse by a Harpy. (Eustath. ad Hom.
the meaning of Ario, see ARIA RATHES.
p. 1051 ; Quint. Smyrn. iv. 570. ) Another story
1 The son of Dareius and Parmys, the daughter related, that Poseidon created Arion in his con-
of Smerdis, commanded the Moschi and Tibareni test with Athena. (Serv. ad Virg. Georg. i. 12. )
in the army of Xerxes. (Herod. vii. 78. ) From Poseidon the horse passed through the
2. The brother of Artuphius, commanded the hands of Copreus, Oncus, and Heracles, from whom
Caspii in the army of Xerxes. (Herod. vii. 67. ) it was received by Adrastus. (Paus. l. c. ; Hesiod.
3. The ruler of Thebes in Egypt, one of the Scut. Herc. 120. )
(L. S. )
commanders of the Egyptians in the army of ARIOVISTUS, a German chief, who engaged
Xerxes. (Aesch. Pers. 38, 313. )
in war against C. Julius Caesar in Gaul, B. C. 58.
ARI'ON ('Aplor). l. An ancient Greek bard For some time before that year, Gaul had been
and great master on the cithara, was a native of distracted by the quarrels and wars of two parties,
Methymna in Lesbos, and, according to some ac- the one headed by the Aedui (in the modern
counts, a son of Cyclon or of Poseidon and the Burgundy), the other by the Arverni (Auvergne),
nymph Oncaea He is called the inventor of the and Sequani (to the W. of Jura). The latter called
dithyrambic poetry, and of the name dithyramb. in the aid of the Germans, of whoin at first about
(Herod. i. 23; Schol. ad Pind. 01. xiii. 25. ) All | 15,000 crossed the Rhine, and their report of the
traditions about him agree in describing him as a wealth and fertility of Gaul soon attracted large
contemporary and friend of Periander, tyrant of bodies of fresh invaders. The number of the
Corinth, so that he must have lived about B. C. Germans in that country at length amounted to
700. He appears to have spent a great part of his 120,000: a mixed multitude, consisting of mem-
life at the court of Periander, but respecting his bers of the following tribes :— the Harudes, Mar-
life and his poetical or musical productions, comanni, Triboci, Vangiones, Nemetes, Sedusii,
scarcely anything is known beyond the beautiful and Suevi, most of whom had lately occupied the
story of his escape from the sailors with whom he country stretching from the right bank of the
sailed from Sicily to Corinth. On one occasion, Rhine to the Danube, and northwards to the
thus runs the story, Arion went to Sicily to take Riesengebirge and Erzgebirge, or even beyond
part in some musical contest. He won the prize, them. At their head was Ariovistus, whose name
and, laden with presents, he embarked in a Corin- is supposed to have been Latinized from Heer, “
thian ship to return to his friend Periander. The host," and Fürst, “ a prince,” and who was so
rude sailors coveted his treasures, and meditated powerful as to receive from the Roman senate the
his murder. Apollo, in a dream, informed his be title of amicus. They entirely subdued the Aedni,
loved bard of the plot. After having tried in vain and compelled them to give hostages to the Seqnani,
to save his life, he at length obtained permission and swear never to seek help from Rome. But it
once more to seek delight in his song and playing fared worse with the conquerors than the con-
on the cithara.
In festal attire he placed himself quered, for Arioristus first seized a third part of
in the prow of the ship and invoked the gods in the Sequanian territory, as the price of the triumph
inspired strains, and then threw himself into the which he had won for them, and soon after de-
But many song-loving dolphins had assem manded a second portion of equal extent. Live
.
a
sea.
## p. 288 (#308) ############################################
288
ARISBE
ARISTAENUS.
tiacus, the only noble Aeduan who had neither She was a native of Crete, and some traditions
given hostages nor taken the oath, requested help stated that it was this Arisbe who gave the name
from Caesar, and was accompanied by a numerous to the town of Arisbe. (Suph. Ryz. s. v. ; Lycophr.
deputation of Gallic chiefs of all tribes, who had 1308. ) According to others, Bateja was the wife
now forgotten their mutual quarrels in their terror of Dardanus. (Apollod. iii. 12. $ ); comp. Eustath.
of the common foe. They all expressed the greatest ad Hom. p. 894. )
fear lest their request should be known to Ario- 3. A daughter of Macarus, and wife of Paris,
vistus, and the Sequani regarded him with such froin whom the town of Arisbe in Lesbos derived
awe, that they durst not utter a word to Caesar, its name. (Steph. Byz. s. r'. ; Eustath. 2. c. ) (L. S. )
but only shewed their misery by their downcast ARISTAE'NETUS ('Aplotavetos), of Dymae,
looks. Caesar, who was afraid that first Gaul and an Achaean general, the commander of the Achaean
then Italy would be overrun by the barbarians, cavalry on the right wing in the battle of Mantincia,
sent orders to Ariovistus to prevent the irruption B. C. 207. (Polyb. xi. 11. ) (ARISTAENUS)
of any more Germans, and to restore the hostages 2. The author of a work on Phaselis, of which
to the Aedui. These demands were refused in the first book is quoted by Stephanus Byz. (s. r.
the same haughty tone of defiance which Ariovistus réna. ) He appears also to have written on Egypt
had before uscd in declining an interview proposed and the good things of the Nile. (Endoc. Vid.
p.
by Caesar. Both parties then advanced with war- 67. ) Fabricius (Biw. Gruec. ii. p. 097) mentions
like intentions, and the Romans seized Vesonlio several other persons of this name.
(Besançon), the chief town of the Sequani. Here ARISTAE'NETUS('Apiotalvetos), the reputeu
they were so terrified by the accounts which they author of two books of Love-Letters (€Tuotola)
heard of the gigantic bulk and fierce courage of the dowTikai), which were first edited by Sambucus,
Germans, that they gave themselves up to despair, | (Antwerp, 1566), and subsequently by de Pauw,
and the camp was filled with nen making their (Utrecht, 1736), Abresch, (Zwoll
. 1749), and
wills. Caesar reanimated them by a brilliant Buissonade (1822). These Letters are taken al-
speech, at the end of which he said that, if they most entirely from Plato, Lucian, Pbilostratus,
refused to advance, he should himself proceed with and Plutarch; and so owe to their reputed author
his favourite tenth legion only. Upon this they Aristaenetus nothing but the connexion. They
repented of their despondency, and prepared for are short unconnected stories of love adventures ;
battle. Before this could take place, an inter- and if the language in occasional sentences, or
view between Caesar and Ariovistus was at last eren paragraphs, is terse and elegant, yet on the
held by the request of the latter. They could whole they are only too insipid to be disgusting.
come, however, to no agreement, but the battle Of the author nothing is known. It has been
was still delayed for some days ; Ariovistus con- conjectured, that he is the same as Aristaenetus of
triving means of postponing it, on account of a Nicaea, 10 whom several of Libanius' Epistles are
prophecy that the Germans would not succeed if addressed, and who lost bis life in the earthquake
they engaged before the new moon. The battle in Nicomedia, A. D. 358. (Comp. Ammian. Mar-
ended by the total defeat of Ariovistus, who im- cell. xvii. 7. ) 'That this supposition, however, is
mediately fled with his army to the Rhine, a erroneous, is proved by the mention of the cele-
distance of 50 miles from the field. Some crossed brated pantomimus Caramallus in one of the epis-
the river by swimming, others in small boats, and tles, who is mentioned in the fifth century by
among the latter Ariovistus himself. His two Sidonius Apolloniaris (xxii. 267) as his contem-
wives perished in the retreat; one of his daughters porary. Sidonius died A. D. 484. (C. T. A. )
was taken prisoner, the other killed. The fame of ARISTAENUS ('Apioraivos), of Megalopolis,
Ariovistus long survived in Gaul, so that in Tacitus sometimes called Aristaenetus by Polybius
(Hist. iv. 73) we find Cerealis telling the Treveri (Schweigh. ad Polyb. xvii. 1) and Plutarch (Phu-
that the Romans had occupied the banks of the lop. 13, 17). Aristaenus, however, appears to be
Rhine,“ nequis alius Ariovistus rogno Galliarum the correct name. He was strategus of the Achaean
potirctur. " This shews that the representation league in B. c. 198, and induced the Achaeans to
which Caesar gives of his power is not exaggerated. join the Romans in the war against Philip of Ma-
(Caes. B. G. i. 31--53 ; Dion Cass. xxxviii. 31, cedon. Polybius defends him from the charge of
&c. ; Plut. Cres. 18; Liv. Epit. 104. ) (G. E. L. C. ] | treachery for having done so. In the following
ÁRIPHRON ('Aplopwv). 2. The father of year (B. c. 197) he was again strategus and accom-
Xanthippus, and grandfather of Pericles. (Herod. panied the consul T. Quinctius Flamininus to his
vi. 131, 136, vii. 33, viii. 131 ; Paus, iii. 7. $ 8. ) interview with Philip. (Polyb. xxxii. 19-21,
2. The brother of Pericles. (Plat. Protag. p. ! 32; Polyb. xvii. 1, 7, 13. ) In the same year he
320, a. )
also persuaded the Boeotians to espouse the side
3. Of Sicyon, a Greek poet, the author of a beau- of the Romans. (Liv. xxxiii. 2. ) In B. c. 195,
tiful paean to health (Tylera), which has been when he was again strategus, he joined Flamininus
preserved by Athenaeus. (xv. p. 702, a. ) The with 10,000 foot and 1000 horse in order to attack
beginning of the poem is quoted by Lucian (de Nabis. (Liv. xxxiv. 25, &c. ) He was also
Lapsu inter Salt. c. 6. ) and Maximus Tyrius (xiii. strategus in B. c. 185, and attacked Philopoemen
1. ) It is printed in Bergk's Poetae Lyrici Grueci, and Lycortas for their conduct in relation to the
embassy that had been sent to Ptolemy. (Polyb.
ARISBE ('Apioen). 1. A daughter of Merops xxiii. 7, 9, 10. )
and first wife of Priam, by whom she became the Aristnenus was the political opponent of Philo-
mother of Aesacus, but was afterwards resigned to poemen, and showed more readiness to gratify the
Hyrtacus. (Apollod. i. 12. § 5. ) According to wishes of the Romans than Philopoemen did. He
some accounts, the Trojan town of Arisbe derived was eloquent and skilled in politics, but not dis-
its name from her. (Steph. By z. s. r. )
tinguished in war. (Polyb. xxv. 9; comp. Plut.
2. A daughter of Teucer and wife of Dardanus. Philop. 17; Paus. viii. 51. $ 1. )
a
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