the promontory of Sunium, which ever after bore
xvi, 11), and, according to Hesiod (ap.
xvi, 11), and, according to Hesiod (ap.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - c
the eastern provinces of the empire, drawn up by
Ascribed by some to Cyprian, by others to Au- command of Alexander himself. (Ib. p. 69. )' In
gustin.
this work Patrocles regarded the Caspian Sea as a
The first complete edition of the tracts attributed gulf or inlet of the ocean, and maintained the pos-
to St. Patrick is that by Sir James Ware (Jacobus sibility of sailing thither by sea from the Indian
Waraens), 8vo. Lond. 1656. This was reprinted Ocean; a statement strangely misinterpreted by
by Galland in his Bibliotheca Patrum, vol. 2. p. Pliny, who asserts (H. N. vi. 17 (21)), that Pa-
159–182, fol. Venet. 1774, together with some trocles had himself performed the circumnavigation.
remarks taken from the Bollandists. See also his (Concerning the authority of Patrocles as a geo-
Prolegg. cap. iv. The most recent and useful edi- graphical writer, see Strabo ii. pp. 68, 69, 70, 74,
tion is that of Joachimus Laurentius Villanueva, xi. pp. 508, 509, 518, xv. p. 689; Voss. de Histor.
8vo. Dublin, 1835, which contains a number of Graecis, p. 113; Ukert, Geogr. vol. i. p. 122. )
very serviceable annotations. For an account of 2. Of Antigoneia, an officer of Perseus, king of
the statements contained in the Irish records, con- Macedonia. (Liv. xlii. 58. ) [E. H. B. ]
sult the essay by Mr. Petrie quoted above, which is PATROʻČLES (llatpokañs). 1. Of Thurii, a
to be found in the 18th volume of the Transactions tragic poet, was perhaps contemporary with the
of the Royal Irish Academy. See also Schöne younger Sophocles, about the end of the fifth and
mann, Biblioth. Patrum Lat. vol. ii. $ 40. (W. R. ) | the beginning of the fourth centuries B. C. (Clem.
PATRO'BIUS, surnamed Neronianus, one of Alex. Protrep. ii. 30, p. 9, Sylb. ) Besides the
Nero's favourite freedmen, presided at the games mention of his Dioscuri in the above passage, and
which this emperor exhibited to Teridates at Pu- se ven lines of his, preserved by Stobaeus (cxi. 3),
teoli. He was put to death by Galba on his acces- we have no information concerning him.
sion to the throne in A. D. 68, after being previously 2. A teacher of rhetoric, mentioned by Quin-
led in chains through the city along with the other tilian (ii
. 15, 16, iii. 6, 44).
[P. S. )
instruments of Nero's cruelty. On the murder of PATROCLES (Ilat pokaîis ), artists. 1. A
Galba shortly afterwards, a freedman of Patrobius statuary, who is placed by Pliny (H. N. xxxiv. 8.
purchased the head of this emperor for a bundred s. 19), with Naucydes, Deinomenes, and Canachus
aurei, and threw it away on the spot where his | 11. , at the 95th Olympiad, B. C. 400, which exactly
master had been put to death. (Dion Cass. lxiii. agrees with the statement of Pausanias, that he
3, lxiv. 3 ; Suet. Gall. 20 ; Tac. Hist. i. 49, ii. made some of the statues in the great group de-
95. ) Pliny speaks (H. N. xxxv. 13. 8. 47) of Pa- dicated by the Lacedaemonians at Delphi, in
trobius introducing into Italy the fine sand of the memory of the victory of Aegospotami (Paus. x. 9.
Nile for the use of the palaestra, a circumstance to $ 4). Pliny mentions him among the artists who
which Suetonius refers in his life of Nero (c. 45). made athletas e armatos et renatores sacrificantes
PATROCLES (Ilatpokaís). 1. A Macedonian que (l. c. $ 34). Pausanias mentions a son and
general in the service of Seleucus I. , king of disciple of Patrocles, named Daedalus, who flou-
Syria, by whom he was appointed to command at rished at the very same time as his father (DAE-
Babylon, soon after he had recovered possession of Dalus, No. 2). Since Daedalus is called by
that city, B. c. 312. On the advance of Demetrius, | Pausanias a Sicyonian, Sillig supposes that Patrocles
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140
PATROCLUS.
PATRON.
was of the same state. Thiersch (Epochen, p. 125) | fices (xix. 38). Ilis ashes were collected in a
suggests the ingenious, but unfounded idea, ihat he golden urn which Dionysus had once given to
was the same person as Patrocles, the half-brother Thetis, and were deposited under a mound, where
of Socrates on the mother's side : surely, if so, he subsequently the remains of Achilles also were
would not have employed his art in celebrating the buried (xxiii
. 83, 92, 126, 240, &c. , Od. xxiv.
ruin of his own city! It is more probable that he 74, &c. ; Tzetz. ad Lyc. 273). Funeral games
was one and the same person with the following were celebrated in his honour. (1. xxiii. 262, &c. )
artist :-
Achilles and Patroclus met again in the lower
2. Of Croton, a statuary, son of Catillus, made world (Od. xxiv. 15), or, according to others, they
the statue of Apollo of box. wood, with a gilded continued after their death to live together in the
head, which the Epizephyrian Locrians dedicated island of Leuce. (Paus. iii. 19. § 11. ) Patro-
at Olympia (Paus. vi. 19. § 3). [P. S. ] clus was represented by Polygnotus in the Lesche
PATROCLUS (Tátpordos or matporino). at Delphi (Paus. x. 26. $ 2, 30. $ 1); and on
1. A son of Heracles by Pyrippe. (Apollod. ii. Cape Sigeum in Troas, where his tomb was
7. $ 8. )
shown, he was worshipped as a hero. (Ilom. Oki.
2. The celebrated friend of Achilles, was a xxiv. 82 ; Strab. xiii. p. 596. ) (L. S. )
son of Menoetins of Opus (Hom. I. xi. 608 ; Ov. PATROCLUS (Nátpornos), an officer in the
Ilcr. i. 17), and a grandson of Actor and Aegina, service of Ptolemy Philadelphus, who commanded
whence he is called Actorides. (Ov. Met. xii. the fleet sent by that monarch to the assistance of
273. ) His mother is commonly called Sthenele, the Athenians against Antigonus Gonatas (B. C.
but some mention her under the name of Periapis 366). He appears to have been unable to make
or Polymele. (Hygin. Fub. 91; Eustath. ad himself master of any of the ports of Athens, and
Пот. p. 1498. ) Aeacus, the grandfather of established his naval station at a small island near
Achilles, was a brother of Menoetius (Hom. Il.
the promontory of Sunium, which ever after bore
xvi, 11), and, according to Hesiod (ap. Eustath. ad his name. (Paus i. 1. § 1, 35. § 1; Strab. ix. p.
Hom. p. 112), Menoetius was a brother of Peleus, 398. ) He urged Areus, king of Sparta, to make
so that the friendship between Achilles and a diversion by attacking Antigonus on the land
Patroclus arose from their being kinsmen.
side, and it was probably on the failure of this
When yet a boy Patroclus, during a game of attempt that he withdrew from the coast of Attica.
dice, involuntarily slew Clysonymus, a son of We subsequently find him commanding the fleet
Amphidamas, and in consequence of this accident of Ptolemy on the coast of Caria. (Paus. iii. 6.
Patroclus was taken by his father to Peleus at $ 4-6; Athen. xiv. p. 621 a. ; Droysen, Heller-
Phthia, where he was educated together with ism. vol. ii. pp. 211, 219, 245. ) [E. H. B. )
Achilles. (Hom. I. xxiii. 85, &c. ; Apollod. iii. PATRON (Nátpwv), historical
. l. A native of
13. $ 8; Ov. Ep. ex Pont. i. 3. 73. ) He is also Phocis (Arrian, ii. 16. & 2, where he is called
mentioned among the suitors of Helen. (Apollod. Paron), commander of the Greek mercenaries, who
ii. 10. & 8. ) He is said to have taken part in the accompanied Dareius on his flight after the battle
expedition against Troy on account of his attach- of Gaugamela When Bessus and his accomplices
ment to Achilles. (Hygin. Fub. 257 ; Philostr. were conspiring against Dareius, Patron and the
Her. 19. 9. ) On their voyage thither, the other Greeks remained faithful to him ; and Patron
Greeks plundered in Mysia the territory of Tele- having discovered the designs of the conspirators,
phus, but were repelled, and on their flight to disclosed to the king the danger he was in, and
their ships they were protected by Patroclus and besought him to take refuge in the camp of the
Achilles. (Pind. Ol. ix. 105, &c. ) During the Greek soldiers, but Dareius declined his offer.
war against Troy he took an active part in the (Q. Curt. v. 9. § 14, 11. § 1, 8, 12. $ 4. )
struggle, until his friend withdrew from the scene 2. A native of Lilaea in Phocis. The town
of action, when Patroclus followed his example. having been captured by Philippus, the son of
(Hom. Il. ix. 190. ) But when the Greeks were Demetrius, Patron induced the youth of the city
hard pressed, and many of their heroes were to join him in an attack upon the Macedonian gar-
wounded, he begged Achilles to allow him to put rison, which was successful. The inhabitants of
on his (Achilles') armour, and with his men to the town, in gratitude for this service, set up a
hasten to the assistance of the Greeks (xvi. 20, statue of Patron at Delphi. (Paus. x. 33. $ 3;
&c. ). Achilles granted the request, and Patroclus Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iii. p. 608. ) (C. P. M. ]
succeeded in driving back the Trojans and extin- PATRON, a philosopher of the Epicurean
guishing the fire which was raging among the school. He lived for some time in Rome, where
ships (xvi. 293). He slew many enemies, and he became acquainted, amongst others, with Cicero,
thrice made an assault upon the walls of Troy and with the family of C. Memmius. Either now,
(xvi. 293, &c. , 702, 785); but on a sudden he or subsequently, he also gained the friendship of
was struck by Apollo, and became senseless. In Atticus. From Rome he either removed or re-
this state Euphorbus ran him through with his turned to Athens, and there succeeded Phaedrus
lance from behind, and Hector gave him the last as president of the Epicurean school, B. c. 52.
and fatal blow (xvi. 791, &c. ). Hector also took C. Memmius had, while in Athens, procured per-
possession of his armour (xvii. 122). A long mission from the court of Areiopagus to pull down
struggle now ensued between the Greeks and an old wall belonging to the property left by Epi-
Trojans about the body of Patroclus ; but the curus for the use of his school. This was regarded
former obtained possession of it, and when it was by Patron as a sort of desecration, and he accord-
brought to Achilles, he was deeply grieved, and ingly addressed himself to Atticus and Cicero, to
vowed to avenge the death of his friend (xvii. induce them to use their influence with the Areio-
735, xviii. 22). Thetis protected the body with pagus to get the decree rescinded. Atticus also
ambrosia against decomposition, until Achilles wrote to Cicero on the subject, which he took up
had leisure sulemnly to burn it with funeral sacri- very warmly. Cicero arrived at Athens the day
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after Memmius had departed for Mytilene. Find- | station. Her subsequent history is unknown.
ing that Memmius had abandoned his design of (Herodian v. 6. § 1; Dion Cass. lxxix. 9 ; Eckhel,
crecting the edifice with which the wall in ques- vol vii. p. 259. )
[W. R. )
tion would have interfered, he consented to bestir
himself in the matter ; but thinking that the Areio-
pagus would not retract their decree without he
consent of Memmius, he wrote to the latter, urging
his request in an elegant epistle, which is still
extant (ad Fam. xiii. 1. Comp. ad Att. v. ll,
19).
(C. P. M. ]
PATRO'PHILUS (Tampóolaos), bishop of
Scythopolis, and one of the leaders of the Eusebian
or semi-Arian party in the fourth century. He
was deposed at the council of Seleuccia (a. D.
COIN OF PAULA, WIFE OF ELAGABALUS.
359) for contumacy, having refused to appear be-
fore the council to answer the charges of the pres-
byter Dorotheus. (Socrat. H. E. ii. 40 ; Sozom.
iv. 22. ) He must have died soon after, for his
remains were disinterred and insultingly treated
(Theophanes, Chronographia) during the re-action
which followed the temporary triumph of paganism
(A. D. 361-363) under Julian the apostate [Ju-
LIANUS). Patrophilus appears to have been emi-
nent for scriptural knowledge. Eusebius of Emesa
COIN OF THE EMPEROR ELAGABALUS.
is said to have derived his expositions of Scripture
from the instructions of Patrophilus and Eusebius The latter coin was accidentally omitted in the
of Caesareia (Socrat. H. E. ii. 9); but Sixtus article ELAGABALUS, and is therefore given here.
Senensis is mistaken in ascribing to Patrophilus PAULI'NA or PAULLI'NA. i. DOMITIA
a translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew PAULINA, the sister of the emperor Hadrian (Dion
into Greek. (Sixtus Senens. Biblioth. Sancta, Cass. lxix. ll ; Gruter, Inscr. p. cclii. n. 4).
lib. iv. ; Le Long, Biblioth. Sacra, recensita ab 2. Lollia PAULINA. [LOLLIA, No. 2. )
A. G. Masch. Pars ii. vol. ii. sect. i. 8 23 ; Fabric. 3. POMPEIA PAULINA, the wife of Annaens
Biblioth. Graec. vol.
Ascribed by some to Cyprian, by others to Au- command of Alexander himself. (Ib. p. 69. )' In
gustin.
this work Patrocles regarded the Caspian Sea as a
The first complete edition of the tracts attributed gulf or inlet of the ocean, and maintained the pos-
to St. Patrick is that by Sir James Ware (Jacobus sibility of sailing thither by sea from the Indian
Waraens), 8vo. Lond. 1656. This was reprinted Ocean; a statement strangely misinterpreted by
by Galland in his Bibliotheca Patrum, vol. 2. p. Pliny, who asserts (H. N. vi. 17 (21)), that Pa-
159–182, fol. Venet. 1774, together with some trocles had himself performed the circumnavigation.
remarks taken from the Bollandists. See also his (Concerning the authority of Patrocles as a geo-
Prolegg. cap. iv. The most recent and useful edi- graphical writer, see Strabo ii. pp. 68, 69, 70, 74,
tion is that of Joachimus Laurentius Villanueva, xi. pp. 508, 509, 518, xv. p. 689; Voss. de Histor.
8vo. Dublin, 1835, which contains a number of Graecis, p. 113; Ukert, Geogr. vol. i. p. 122. )
very serviceable annotations. For an account of 2. Of Antigoneia, an officer of Perseus, king of
the statements contained in the Irish records, con- Macedonia. (Liv. xlii. 58. ) [E. H. B. ]
sult the essay by Mr. Petrie quoted above, which is PATROʻČLES (llatpokañs). 1. Of Thurii, a
to be found in the 18th volume of the Transactions tragic poet, was perhaps contemporary with the
of the Royal Irish Academy. See also Schöne younger Sophocles, about the end of the fifth and
mann, Biblioth. Patrum Lat. vol. ii. $ 40. (W. R. ) | the beginning of the fourth centuries B. C. (Clem.
PATRO'BIUS, surnamed Neronianus, one of Alex. Protrep. ii. 30, p. 9, Sylb. ) Besides the
Nero's favourite freedmen, presided at the games mention of his Dioscuri in the above passage, and
which this emperor exhibited to Teridates at Pu- se ven lines of his, preserved by Stobaeus (cxi. 3),
teoli. He was put to death by Galba on his acces- we have no information concerning him.
sion to the throne in A. D. 68, after being previously 2. A teacher of rhetoric, mentioned by Quin-
led in chains through the city along with the other tilian (ii
. 15, 16, iii. 6, 44).
[P. S. )
instruments of Nero's cruelty. On the murder of PATROCLES (Ilat pokaîis ), artists. 1. A
Galba shortly afterwards, a freedman of Patrobius statuary, who is placed by Pliny (H. N. xxxiv. 8.
purchased the head of this emperor for a bundred s. 19), with Naucydes, Deinomenes, and Canachus
aurei, and threw it away on the spot where his | 11. , at the 95th Olympiad, B. C. 400, which exactly
master had been put to death. (Dion Cass. lxiii. agrees with the statement of Pausanias, that he
3, lxiv. 3 ; Suet. Gall. 20 ; Tac. Hist. i. 49, ii. made some of the statues in the great group de-
95. ) Pliny speaks (H. N. xxxv. 13. 8. 47) of Pa- dicated by the Lacedaemonians at Delphi, in
trobius introducing into Italy the fine sand of the memory of the victory of Aegospotami (Paus. x. 9.
Nile for the use of the palaestra, a circumstance to $ 4). Pliny mentions him among the artists who
which Suetonius refers in his life of Nero (c. 45). made athletas e armatos et renatores sacrificantes
PATROCLES (Ilatpokaís). 1. A Macedonian que (l. c. $ 34). Pausanias mentions a son and
general in the service of Seleucus I. , king of disciple of Patrocles, named Daedalus, who flou-
Syria, by whom he was appointed to command at rished at the very same time as his father (DAE-
Babylon, soon after he had recovered possession of Dalus, No. 2). Since Daedalus is called by
that city, B. c. 312. On the advance of Demetrius, | Pausanias a Sicyonian, Sillig supposes that Patrocles
## p. 140 (#156) ############################################
140
PATROCLUS.
PATRON.
was of the same state. Thiersch (Epochen, p. 125) | fices (xix. 38). Ilis ashes were collected in a
suggests the ingenious, but unfounded idea, ihat he golden urn which Dionysus had once given to
was the same person as Patrocles, the half-brother Thetis, and were deposited under a mound, where
of Socrates on the mother's side : surely, if so, he subsequently the remains of Achilles also were
would not have employed his art in celebrating the buried (xxiii
. 83, 92, 126, 240, &c. , Od. xxiv.
ruin of his own city! It is more probable that he 74, &c. ; Tzetz. ad Lyc. 273). Funeral games
was one and the same person with the following were celebrated in his honour. (1. xxiii. 262, &c. )
artist :-
Achilles and Patroclus met again in the lower
2. Of Croton, a statuary, son of Catillus, made world (Od. xxiv. 15), or, according to others, they
the statue of Apollo of box. wood, with a gilded continued after their death to live together in the
head, which the Epizephyrian Locrians dedicated island of Leuce. (Paus. iii. 19. § 11. ) Patro-
at Olympia (Paus. vi. 19. § 3). [P. S. ] clus was represented by Polygnotus in the Lesche
PATROCLUS (Tátpordos or matporino). at Delphi (Paus. x. 26. $ 2, 30. $ 1); and on
1. A son of Heracles by Pyrippe. (Apollod. ii. Cape Sigeum in Troas, where his tomb was
7. $ 8. )
shown, he was worshipped as a hero. (Ilom. Oki.
2. The celebrated friend of Achilles, was a xxiv. 82 ; Strab. xiii. p. 596. ) (L. S. )
son of Menoetins of Opus (Hom. I. xi. 608 ; Ov. PATROCLUS (Nátpornos), an officer in the
Ilcr. i. 17), and a grandson of Actor and Aegina, service of Ptolemy Philadelphus, who commanded
whence he is called Actorides. (Ov. Met. xii. the fleet sent by that monarch to the assistance of
273. ) His mother is commonly called Sthenele, the Athenians against Antigonus Gonatas (B. C.
but some mention her under the name of Periapis 366). He appears to have been unable to make
or Polymele. (Hygin. Fub. 91; Eustath. ad himself master of any of the ports of Athens, and
Пот. p. 1498. ) Aeacus, the grandfather of established his naval station at a small island near
Achilles, was a brother of Menoetius (Hom. Il.
the promontory of Sunium, which ever after bore
xvi, 11), and, according to Hesiod (ap. Eustath. ad his name. (Paus i. 1. § 1, 35. § 1; Strab. ix. p.
Hom. p. 112), Menoetius was a brother of Peleus, 398. ) He urged Areus, king of Sparta, to make
so that the friendship between Achilles and a diversion by attacking Antigonus on the land
Patroclus arose from their being kinsmen.
side, and it was probably on the failure of this
When yet a boy Patroclus, during a game of attempt that he withdrew from the coast of Attica.
dice, involuntarily slew Clysonymus, a son of We subsequently find him commanding the fleet
Amphidamas, and in consequence of this accident of Ptolemy on the coast of Caria. (Paus. iii. 6.
Patroclus was taken by his father to Peleus at $ 4-6; Athen. xiv. p. 621 a. ; Droysen, Heller-
Phthia, where he was educated together with ism. vol. ii. pp. 211, 219, 245. ) [E. H. B. )
Achilles. (Hom. I. xxiii. 85, &c. ; Apollod. iii. PATRON (Nátpwv), historical
. l. A native of
13. $ 8; Ov. Ep. ex Pont. i. 3. 73. ) He is also Phocis (Arrian, ii. 16. & 2, where he is called
mentioned among the suitors of Helen. (Apollod. Paron), commander of the Greek mercenaries, who
ii. 10. & 8. ) He is said to have taken part in the accompanied Dareius on his flight after the battle
expedition against Troy on account of his attach- of Gaugamela When Bessus and his accomplices
ment to Achilles. (Hygin. Fub. 257 ; Philostr. were conspiring against Dareius, Patron and the
Her. 19. 9. ) On their voyage thither, the other Greeks remained faithful to him ; and Patron
Greeks plundered in Mysia the territory of Tele- having discovered the designs of the conspirators,
phus, but were repelled, and on their flight to disclosed to the king the danger he was in, and
their ships they were protected by Patroclus and besought him to take refuge in the camp of the
Achilles. (Pind. Ol. ix. 105, &c. ) During the Greek soldiers, but Dareius declined his offer.
war against Troy he took an active part in the (Q. Curt. v. 9. § 14, 11. § 1, 8, 12. $ 4. )
struggle, until his friend withdrew from the scene 2. A native of Lilaea in Phocis. The town
of action, when Patroclus followed his example. having been captured by Philippus, the son of
(Hom. Il. ix. 190. ) But when the Greeks were Demetrius, Patron induced the youth of the city
hard pressed, and many of their heroes were to join him in an attack upon the Macedonian gar-
wounded, he begged Achilles to allow him to put rison, which was successful. The inhabitants of
on his (Achilles') armour, and with his men to the town, in gratitude for this service, set up a
hasten to the assistance of the Greeks (xvi. 20, statue of Patron at Delphi. (Paus. x. 33. $ 3;
&c. ). Achilles granted the request, and Patroclus Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iii. p. 608. ) (C. P. M. ]
succeeded in driving back the Trojans and extin- PATRON, a philosopher of the Epicurean
guishing the fire which was raging among the school. He lived for some time in Rome, where
ships (xvi. 293). He slew many enemies, and he became acquainted, amongst others, with Cicero,
thrice made an assault upon the walls of Troy and with the family of C. Memmius. Either now,
(xvi. 293, &c. , 702, 785); but on a sudden he or subsequently, he also gained the friendship of
was struck by Apollo, and became senseless. In Atticus. From Rome he either removed or re-
this state Euphorbus ran him through with his turned to Athens, and there succeeded Phaedrus
lance from behind, and Hector gave him the last as president of the Epicurean school, B. c. 52.
and fatal blow (xvi. 791, &c. ). Hector also took C. Memmius had, while in Athens, procured per-
possession of his armour (xvii. 122). A long mission from the court of Areiopagus to pull down
struggle now ensued between the Greeks and an old wall belonging to the property left by Epi-
Trojans about the body of Patroclus ; but the curus for the use of his school. This was regarded
former obtained possession of it, and when it was by Patron as a sort of desecration, and he accord-
brought to Achilles, he was deeply grieved, and ingly addressed himself to Atticus and Cicero, to
vowed to avenge the death of his friend (xvii. induce them to use their influence with the Areio-
735, xviii. 22). Thetis protected the body with pagus to get the decree rescinded. Atticus also
ambrosia against decomposition, until Achilles wrote to Cicero on the subject, which he took up
had leisure sulemnly to burn it with funeral sacri- very warmly. Cicero arrived at Athens the day
## p. 141 (#157) ############################################
PAULA.
141
PAULINA.
M
PIC
200000
ONIN
NU
BER
CSVS
짧
au
RD SALE
after Memmius had departed for Mytilene. Find- | station. Her subsequent history is unknown.
ing that Memmius had abandoned his design of (Herodian v. 6. § 1; Dion Cass. lxxix. 9 ; Eckhel,
crecting the edifice with which the wall in ques- vol vii. p. 259. )
[W. R. )
tion would have interfered, he consented to bestir
himself in the matter ; but thinking that the Areio-
pagus would not retract their decree without he
consent of Memmius, he wrote to the latter, urging
his request in an elegant epistle, which is still
extant (ad Fam. xiii. 1. Comp. ad Att. v. ll,
19).
(C. P. M. ]
PATRO'PHILUS (Tampóolaos), bishop of
Scythopolis, and one of the leaders of the Eusebian
or semi-Arian party in the fourth century. He
was deposed at the council of Seleuccia (a. D.
COIN OF PAULA, WIFE OF ELAGABALUS.
359) for contumacy, having refused to appear be-
fore the council to answer the charges of the pres-
byter Dorotheus. (Socrat. H. E. ii. 40 ; Sozom.
iv. 22. ) He must have died soon after, for his
remains were disinterred and insultingly treated
(Theophanes, Chronographia) during the re-action
which followed the temporary triumph of paganism
(A. D. 361-363) under Julian the apostate [Ju-
LIANUS). Patrophilus appears to have been emi-
nent for scriptural knowledge. Eusebius of Emesa
COIN OF THE EMPEROR ELAGABALUS.
is said to have derived his expositions of Scripture
from the instructions of Patrophilus and Eusebius The latter coin was accidentally omitted in the
of Caesareia (Socrat. H. E. ii. 9); but Sixtus article ELAGABALUS, and is therefore given here.
Senensis is mistaken in ascribing to Patrophilus PAULI'NA or PAULLI'NA. i. DOMITIA
a translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew PAULINA, the sister of the emperor Hadrian (Dion
into Greek. (Sixtus Senens. Biblioth. Sancta, Cass. lxix. ll ; Gruter, Inscr. p. cclii. n. 4).
lib. iv. ; Le Long, Biblioth. Sacra, recensita ab 2. Lollia PAULINA. [LOLLIA, No. 2. )
A. G. Masch. Pars ii. vol. ii. sect. i. 8 23 ; Fabric. 3. POMPEIA PAULINA, the wife of Annaens
Biblioth. Graec. vol.
