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AHALA, the name of a patrician family of the
Servilia gens.
AHALA, the name of a patrician family of the
Servilia gens.
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Pneumatic. Med. , Altorf. , 1791, 8vo. --C. G. Kuhn,
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"Bibtioth. Gro'ca," exhibit. )
Aoathoclea ('AyaBonXeia), a mistress of the prof-
ligate Ptolemy Philopator, king of Egypt, and sis-
ter of his no less profligate minister Agathocles.
She and her brother, who both exercised the most
unbounded influence over the king, were introduced
to him by their ambitious and avaricious mother,
(Enanthe. After Ptolemy had put to death bis wife
and sister Eurydice, Agathoclea became his fa-
vourite. On the death of Ptolemy (B. C. 205), Agath-
oclea and her friends kept the event secret, that
they might have an opportunity of plundering the
royal treasury. They also formed a conspiracy for
setting Agathocles on the throne. He managed for
some time, in conjunction with Sosibius, to act as
guardian to the young king Ptolemy Epiphanes. At
last, the Egyptians and the Macedonians of Alexan-
dres, exasperated at his outrages, rose against him,
and Tlepolemus placed himself at their head. They
surrounded the palace in the night, and forced their
way in. Agathocles and his sister implored in iho
most abject manner that their lives might be spared,
but in vain. The former was killed by his friends,
that he might not be exposed to a more cruel fate.
Agathoclea, with her sisters, and (Enanthe, who
had taken refuge in a temple, were dragged forth,
and in a state of nakedness exposed to the fury of
the multitude, who literally tore them limb from
limb. All their relatives, and those who had any
share in the murder of Eurydice, were likewise put
to death. (Polyb. , 5, 63; 14,11; 15, 25-34. --Justin. ,
30,1, 2-- Alhen. , 6, p. 251; 13, p. 576. --Plul. , Cleom. ,
33. ) There was another Agathoclea, the daughter
of a man named Aristomenes, who was by birth an
Acarnanian, and rose to great power in Egypt.
{Polyb. , I. e. )
Aoatuoci-ks ('Aya0oK7. ijc), VI. a Greek historian,
who wrote the history of Cyzicus (nepl Kvtfuov). He
is called by Atheneeus both a Babylonian (1, p. 30,
a; 9, p. 375, a) and a Cyzican (14, p. 649, 0- He
may originally have come from Babylon, and have
settled at Cyzicus. The first and third books are
referred to by Athenasus (9, p. 375, f; 12, p. 515,
a). The time at which Agathocles lived is un-
known, and his work is now lost; but it seems to
have been extensively read in antiquity, as it is re-
ferred to by Cicero (De Din. , 1, 24), Pliny (Hist Nat. ,
Elenchus of books. 4, 5, 6), and other ancient wri-
ters. Agathocles also spoke of the origin of Rome.
J(Fcstus, s. v. Romam. --Solinus, Polyh. , 1. ) The
scholiast on Apollonius (4, 761) cites Memoirs (turo-
uvrifiara) by an Agathocles, who is usually supposed
to be the same as the above-mentioned one. (Com-
pare Schol. ad Hes. , Theog. ,iS5. --Stcph. Bys. , s. v.
Mo6ikos. --Etymol. M. , s. v. Aiicrn. )
There are several other writers of the same
name. I. Agathocles of Atrax, who wrote a work
on Fishing (uXievrtica: Suidas, s. v. KiiciXwc). --U. Of
Chios, who wrote a work on Agriculture. (Varro
and Colum. , De Re Rust. , 1, l. --Plin. , H. If. , 22,
44. )--HI. Of Miletus, who wrote a work on Rivers.
(Plut. , De Fluv. , p. 1153, c. )--IV. Of Samos, who
wrote a work on the Constitution of Pessinus.
(Plut, ibid. , p. 1159, a. )
? ? Aoathod^khon ('A ya6oSa! /iuv), III. a native if Alex-
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a totally different light. Athens was at one time
involved in a long-protracted war, and an oracle de-
clared that it would cease if some one would sac-
rifice himself for the good of his country. Agraulos
came forward and threw herself down the Acropo-
lis. The Athenians, in gratitude for this, built her
a temple on the Acropolis, in which it subsequently
became customary for the young Athenians, on re-
ceiving their first suit of armour, to take an oath
that they would always defend their country to the
last. (Suid. and Hetyck. , >>. v. 'AypouAof. --Ulpian,
td Dcmosth. , Defalt, leg. --Herod. , 8,53. --Plut. , Al-
eib. , 15. -- Philochorut, Fragm. , p. 18, ed. Siebcfa. ]
One of the Attic dij/toi (Agraule) derived its name
from this heroine, and a festival and mysteries were
celebrated at Athens in honour of her. (Steph.
Byzant. , >. >>. 'Aypav? . rj. --Lobeck, Aglaopli. , p. 89. --
Diet, of Ant. , t. v. Agraulia) According to Porphyry
(De Abitin. ab animal. , 1, 2), she was also worship-
ped in Cyprus, where human sacrifices were offer-
ed to her down to a very late time.
AGYRRIIIUS ('Aytl/fyiiof), a native of Collytus in
Attica, whom Andocides ironically calls TOV /co
xa-yaOov (De Mi/. -t. . p. 65, ed. Reiske), after being
in prison many years for embezzlement of public
money, obtained, about B. C. 395, tlie restoration of
the Theoricon, and also tripled the pay for attend-
ing the assembly, though he reduced the allowance
previously given to the comic writers. (Harpocrat. ,
*. v. BcuptKa, 'A; i ,'j;"'"'---Suidat, i. r. ///i>/ //T/I/U ,-<
KOV. --Schol. ad Arittoph. , Eccl. , 102. --Dem. , c. Ti-
iii,:, i-. , p. 742. ) By this expenditure of the public
revenue Agyrrhius became so popular, that he was
appointed general in B. C. 389. (Xen. , Hell. , 4, S.
4 31. --DM. , 14, 99. --Bockh, Publ. Econ. of Athens.
p. 223, 224, 316, &c. , 2d ed. , Engl. traml. -- Schff-
mmiH, De Ciniiiiiix, p. 65, &c.
)
AHALA, the name of a patrician family of the
Servilia gens. There were also several persons of
this gens with the name of Stntctus Ahala, who
may have formed a different family from the Aba-
te; but as the Ahalae and Structi Ahala; are fre-
quently confounded, all the persons of these names
are given here. --I. C. SERYILIUS STRUCTUB, consul
B C. 478, died in his year of office, as appears from
the Fasti. (lav. , 2,49. )--II. C. SKBVILIUB STRUCTUS,
magister equitum B. C. 439, when L. Cincinhalus
was appointed dictator on the pretence that Sp.
Maslius was plotting against the state. In the night
in which the dictator was appointed, the Capitol and
al the strong posts were garrisoned by the part i-
saus of the patricians. In the morning, when the
people assembled in the forum, and Sp. Maelius
among them, Ahala summoned the latter to appear
before the dictator; and upon Meelius disobeying
and taking refuge in the crowd, Ahala rushed into
the throng and killed him. (Liv. , 4, 13, 14. --Zona-
rtu, 7, 20. -- Dionyt. , Exc. Mai, 1, p. 3. ) This act
is mentioned by later writers as an example of an-
cient heroism, and is frequently referred to by Ci-
cero in terms of the highest admiration (in Catil. ,
1, 1 j Pro Mil. , 3; Calo, 16); but it was, in reality,
a case of murder, and was so regarded at the time.
Ahala was brought to trial, and only escaped con-
iiemnation by a voluntary exile. ( Vol. Max. , 5,3,
4 3. --Cie. , De Rep. , 1,3; Pro Dem. , 32. ) Livy pass-
es over this, and only mentions (4, 21) that a bill
? ? was brought in three years afterward, B. C. 436, by
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>>n elephant. He triumphed in 120. (Liv. , Epit. ,
91. -- Florua, 3, 2. -- Slrab. , 4, p. 191. -- Cie. , Pro
Font, 12; Brut. , 26. -- Vellei. , 2, 10, 39. --Oros. , 6,
13. - ? ? fuel. , Ner. , 2, who confounds him with his
Bon ) lie was censor in 135 with, Caecih'us Metel-
Iu8, and expelled twenty-two persons from the sen-
ate. (Liti. , Epit. , 62. --Cic. , Pro Cluent. , 42*) He
was also pontifex. (Sue/. , 1. r. . ) The Via Domitia
in Gaul was made by him. (Cic. , Pro Font. , 8. )--
IV. CN. DOMITICS CM. F. CN. N. , son of the prece-
ding, was tribune of the plebs B. C. 104, in the sec-
ond consulship of Marius. (Ascon. , in Cornel. , p.
81, ed. Orelli. } When the college of pontiffs did
not elect him in place of his father, he brought for-
ward the law (Lei Domitia), by which the right of
election was transferred from the priestly colleges
to the people. ( Diet, oj Ant. , p. 790, . b; 791, a. )
The people afterward elected him Pontifex Maxi-
mus out of gratitude. (Liv. , Epit. , 67. --Cic. , Pro
Deiot. , 11. -- Vol. Max, 6, 5, $ 5. ) He prosecuted,
in his tribunate and afterward, several of his pri-
vate enemies, as jEmilius Scaurus and Junius Sila-
nus. (Vol. Max. , 1. c. --Dion Cass. , FT. , 100. --Cic. ,
Din. in Caccil, 20; For. , 2, 47; Cornel. , 2; Pro
Scaur. , I. ) He was consul B. C. 96 with C. Cas-
sius, and censor B. C. 92 with Licinius Crassus, the
orator. In his censorship he and his colleague shut
up the schools of the Latin rhetoricians (Cic. , De
Oral. , 3, 24. -- Gell. , 15, 11), but this was the only
thing in which they acted in concert. Their cen-
sorship was long celebrated for their disputes. Do-
mitius was of a violent temper, and was, moreover,
in favour of the ancient simplicity of living, while
Crassus loved luxury and encouraged art. Among
the many sayings recorded of both, we are told that
Crassus observed, "that it was no wonder that a
man had a beard i -'brass, who had a mouth of iron
and a heart of le:*l. " (Plin. , H. N. , 18, I. --Suet. ,
I c. --Val. Max. , 9, 1, $4. -- Macrob. , Sat. , 2, 11. )
Cicero says that Domitius was not to be reckoned
among the orators, but that he spoke well enough,
siu; had sufficient talent to maintain liis high rank.
(Cic. , Br<<<. ,44. )--V. L. DOMITIUS CN. F. CN. N. , son
of No. III. and brother of No. IV. , was prater in
Sicily, probably in B. C. 96, shortly after the Ser-
vile war, when slaves had been forbidden to carry
arms. He ordered a slave to be crucified for kill-
ing a wild hoar with a hunting-spear. (Ctc. , Verr. ,
5, 8. --Vol. Max. , 6, 3, 1) 5. ) He was consul in 94.
In the civil war between Marius and Sulla, he es-
poused the side of the latter, and was murdered at
Kome, by order of the younger Marius, by the prse-
tor Damasippus. (Appian, B. C. , 1, 88. -- Vellei. , 2,
26. --Oros. , 5,20. --VI. CN. DOMIWOS CN. p. CN. N. ,
apparently a son of No. IV. , married Cornelia, daugh-
ter of L. Cornelius Cinna, consul in B. C. 87, and in
the civil war between Marius and Sulla espoused
the side of the former. When Sulla obtained the
supreme power in 82, Ahenobarbus was proscribed,
and fled to Africa, where he was joined by many
who were in the same condition as himself. With
the assistance of the Numidian king, Hiarbas, he
collected an army, but was defeated near Utica by
Cn. Pompeius, whom Sulla had sent against him,
ant was afterward killed in the storming of his
camp, B. C. 81. According to some accounts, he
was killed aftaikthe battle by command of Pompey.
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Pneumatic. Med. , Altorf. , 1791, 8vo. --C. G. Kuhn,
Addilam. ad Elcnch. Medic. Vet. a J. A. Fairicio, in
"Bibtioth. Gro'ca," exhibit. )
Aoathoclea ('AyaBonXeia), a mistress of the prof-
ligate Ptolemy Philopator, king of Egypt, and sis-
ter of his no less profligate minister Agathocles.
She and her brother, who both exercised the most
unbounded influence over the king, were introduced
to him by their ambitious and avaricious mother,
(Enanthe. After Ptolemy had put to death bis wife
and sister Eurydice, Agathoclea became his fa-
vourite. On the death of Ptolemy (B. C. 205), Agath-
oclea and her friends kept the event secret, that
they might have an opportunity of plundering the
royal treasury. They also formed a conspiracy for
setting Agathocles on the throne. He managed for
some time, in conjunction with Sosibius, to act as
guardian to the young king Ptolemy Epiphanes. At
last, the Egyptians and the Macedonians of Alexan-
dres, exasperated at his outrages, rose against him,
and Tlepolemus placed himself at their head. They
surrounded the palace in the night, and forced their
way in. Agathocles and his sister implored in iho
most abject manner that their lives might be spared,
but in vain. The former was killed by his friends,
that he might not be exposed to a more cruel fate.
Agathoclea, with her sisters, and (Enanthe, who
had taken refuge in a temple, were dragged forth,
and in a state of nakedness exposed to the fury of
the multitude, who literally tore them limb from
limb. All their relatives, and those who had any
share in the murder of Eurydice, were likewise put
to death. (Polyb. , 5, 63; 14,11; 15, 25-34. --Justin. ,
30,1, 2-- Alhen. , 6, p. 251; 13, p. 576. --Plul. , Cleom. ,
33. ) There was another Agathoclea, the daughter
of a man named Aristomenes, who was by birth an
Acarnanian, and rose to great power in Egypt.
{Polyb. , I. e. )
Aoatuoci-ks ('Aya0oK7. ijc), VI. a Greek historian,
who wrote the history of Cyzicus (nepl Kvtfuov). He
is called by Atheneeus both a Babylonian (1, p. 30,
a; 9, p. 375, a) and a Cyzican (14, p. 649, 0- He
may originally have come from Babylon, and have
settled at Cyzicus. The first and third books are
referred to by Athenasus (9, p. 375, f; 12, p. 515,
a). The time at which Agathocles lived is un-
known, and his work is now lost; but it seems to
have been extensively read in antiquity, as it is re-
ferred to by Cicero (De Din. , 1, 24), Pliny (Hist Nat. ,
Elenchus of books. 4, 5, 6), and other ancient wri-
ters. Agathocles also spoke of the origin of Rome.
J(Fcstus, s. v. Romam. --Solinus, Polyh. , 1. ) The
scholiast on Apollonius (4, 761) cites Memoirs (turo-
uvrifiara) by an Agathocles, who is usually supposed
to be the same as the above-mentioned one. (Com-
pare Schol. ad Hes. , Theog. ,iS5. --Stcph. Bys. , s. v.
Mo6ikos. --Etymol. M. , s. v. Aiicrn. )
There are several other writers of the same
name. I. Agathocles of Atrax, who wrote a work
on Fishing (uXievrtica: Suidas, s. v. KiiciXwc). --U. Of
Chios, who wrote a work on Agriculture. (Varro
and Colum. , De Re Rust. , 1, l. --Plin. , H. If. , 22,
44. )--HI. Of Miletus, who wrote a work on Rivers.
(Plut. , De Fluv. , p. 1153, c. )--IV. Of Samos, who
wrote a work on the Constitution of Pessinus.
(Plut, ibid. , p. 1159, a. )
? ? Aoathod^khon ('A ya6oSa! /iuv), III. a native if Alex-
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a totally different light. Athens was at one time
involved in a long-protracted war, and an oracle de-
clared that it would cease if some one would sac-
rifice himself for the good of his country. Agraulos
came forward and threw herself down the Acropo-
lis. The Athenians, in gratitude for this, built her
a temple on the Acropolis, in which it subsequently
became customary for the young Athenians, on re-
ceiving their first suit of armour, to take an oath
that they would always defend their country to the
last. (Suid. and Hetyck. , >>. v. 'AypouAof. --Ulpian,
td Dcmosth. , Defalt, leg. --Herod. , 8,53. --Plut. , Al-
eib. , 15. -- Philochorut, Fragm. , p. 18, ed. Siebcfa. ]
One of the Attic dij/toi (Agraule) derived its name
from this heroine, and a festival and mysteries were
celebrated at Athens in honour of her. (Steph.
Byzant. , >. >>. 'Aypav? . rj. --Lobeck, Aglaopli. , p. 89. --
Diet, of Ant. , t. v. Agraulia) According to Porphyry
(De Abitin. ab animal. , 1, 2), she was also worship-
ped in Cyprus, where human sacrifices were offer-
ed to her down to a very late time.
AGYRRIIIUS ('Aytl/fyiiof), a native of Collytus in
Attica, whom Andocides ironically calls TOV /co
xa-yaOov (De Mi/. -t. . p. 65, ed. Reiske), after being
in prison many years for embezzlement of public
money, obtained, about B. C. 395, tlie restoration of
the Theoricon, and also tripled the pay for attend-
ing the assembly, though he reduced the allowance
previously given to the comic writers. (Harpocrat. ,
*. v. BcuptKa, 'A; i ,'j;"'"'---Suidat, i. r. ///i>/ //T/I/U ,-<
KOV. --Schol. ad Arittoph. , Eccl. , 102. --Dem. , c. Ti-
iii,:, i-. , p. 742. ) By this expenditure of the public
revenue Agyrrhius became so popular, that he was
appointed general in B. C. 389. (Xen. , Hell. , 4, S.
4 31. --DM. , 14, 99. --Bockh, Publ. Econ. of Athens.
p. 223, 224, 316, &c. , 2d ed. , Engl. traml. -- Schff-
mmiH, De Ciniiiiiix, p. 65, &c.
)
AHALA, the name of a patrician family of the
Servilia gens. There were also several persons of
this gens with the name of Stntctus Ahala, who
may have formed a different family from the Aba-
te; but as the Ahalae and Structi Ahala; are fre-
quently confounded, all the persons of these names
are given here. --I. C. SERYILIUS STRUCTUB, consul
B C. 478, died in his year of office, as appears from
the Fasti. (lav. , 2,49. )--II. C. SKBVILIUB STRUCTUS,
magister equitum B. C. 439, when L. Cincinhalus
was appointed dictator on the pretence that Sp.
Maslius was plotting against the state. In the night
in which the dictator was appointed, the Capitol and
al the strong posts were garrisoned by the part i-
saus of the patricians. In the morning, when the
people assembled in the forum, and Sp. Maelius
among them, Ahala summoned the latter to appear
before the dictator; and upon Meelius disobeying
and taking refuge in the crowd, Ahala rushed into
the throng and killed him. (Liv. , 4, 13, 14. --Zona-
rtu, 7, 20. -- Dionyt. , Exc. Mai, 1, p. 3. ) This act
is mentioned by later writers as an example of an-
cient heroism, and is frequently referred to by Ci-
cero in terms of the highest admiration (in Catil. ,
1, 1 j Pro Mil. , 3; Calo, 16); but it was, in reality,
a case of murder, and was so regarded at the time.
Ahala was brought to trial, and only escaped con-
iiemnation by a voluntary exile. ( Vol. Max. , 5,3,
4 3. --Cie. , De Rep. , 1,3; Pro Dem. , 32. ) Livy pass-
es over this, and only mentions (4, 21) that a bill
? ? was brought in three years afterward, B. C. 436, by
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>>n elephant. He triumphed in 120. (Liv. , Epit. ,
91. -- Florua, 3, 2. -- Slrab. , 4, p. 191. -- Cie. , Pro
Font, 12; Brut. , 26. -- Vellei. , 2, 10, 39. --Oros. , 6,
13. - ? ? fuel. , Ner. , 2, who confounds him with his
Bon ) lie was censor in 135 with, Caecih'us Metel-
Iu8, and expelled twenty-two persons from the sen-
ate. (Liti. , Epit. , 62. --Cic. , Pro Cluent. , 42*) He
was also pontifex. (Sue/. , 1. r. . ) The Via Domitia
in Gaul was made by him. (Cic. , Pro Font. , 8. )--
IV. CN. DOMITICS CM. F. CN. N. , son of the prece-
ding, was tribune of the plebs B. C. 104, in the sec-
ond consulship of Marius. (Ascon. , in Cornel. , p.
81, ed. Orelli. } When the college of pontiffs did
not elect him in place of his father, he brought for-
ward the law (Lei Domitia), by which the right of
election was transferred from the priestly colleges
to the people. ( Diet, oj Ant. , p. 790, . b; 791, a. )
The people afterward elected him Pontifex Maxi-
mus out of gratitude. (Liv. , Epit. , 67. --Cic. , Pro
Deiot. , 11. -- Vol. Max, 6, 5, $ 5. ) He prosecuted,
in his tribunate and afterward, several of his pri-
vate enemies, as jEmilius Scaurus and Junius Sila-
nus. (Vol. Max. , 1. c. --Dion Cass. , FT. , 100. --Cic. ,
Din. in Caccil, 20; For. , 2, 47; Cornel. , 2; Pro
Scaur. , I. ) He was consul B. C. 96 with C. Cas-
sius, and censor B. C. 92 with Licinius Crassus, the
orator. In his censorship he and his colleague shut
up the schools of the Latin rhetoricians (Cic. , De
Oral. , 3, 24. -- Gell. , 15, 11), but this was the only
thing in which they acted in concert. Their cen-
sorship was long celebrated for their disputes. Do-
mitius was of a violent temper, and was, moreover,
in favour of the ancient simplicity of living, while
Crassus loved luxury and encouraged art. Among
the many sayings recorded of both, we are told that
Crassus observed, "that it was no wonder that a
man had a beard i -'brass, who had a mouth of iron
and a heart of le:*l. " (Plin. , H. N. , 18, I. --Suet. ,
I c. --Val. Max. , 9, 1, $4. -- Macrob. , Sat. , 2, 11. )
Cicero says that Domitius was not to be reckoned
among the orators, but that he spoke well enough,
siu; had sufficient talent to maintain liis high rank.
(Cic. , Br<<<. ,44. )--V. L. DOMITIUS CN. F. CN. N. , son
of No. III. and brother of No. IV. , was prater in
Sicily, probably in B. C. 96, shortly after the Ser-
vile war, when slaves had been forbidden to carry
arms. He ordered a slave to be crucified for kill-
ing a wild hoar with a hunting-spear. (Ctc. , Verr. ,
5, 8. --Vol. Max. , 6, 3, 1) 5. ) He was consul in 94.
In the civil war between Marius and Sulla, he es-
poused the side of the latter, and was murdered at
Kome, by order of the younger Marius, by the prse-
tor Damasippus. (Appian, B. C. , 1, 88. -- Vellei. , 2,
26. --Oros. , 5,20. --VI. CN. DOMIWOS CN. p. CN. N. ,
apparently a son of No. IV. , married Cornelia, daugh-
ter of L. Cornelius Cinna, consul in B. C. 87, and in
the civil war between Marius and Sulla espoused
the side of the former. When Sulla obtained the
supreme power in 82, Ahenobarbus was proscribed,
and fled to Africa, where he was joined by many
who were in the same condition as himself. With
the assistance of the Numidian king, Hiarbas, he
collected an army, but was defeated near Utica by
Cn. Pompeius, whom Sulla had sent against him,
ant was afterward killed in the storming of his
camp, B. C. 81. According to some accounts, he
was killed aftaikthe battle by command of Pompey.
(Lin.
