Fabius Dorso, son
probably
of No.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - a
B.
] Great, for which reason it is printed among the
DORO'THEUŚ (Awpódeos). A considerable works of the latter, in the Roman edition of 1591,
number of works are mentioned by ancient writers and the subsequent ones. (Cave, Hist. Lit. i. p.
as the productions of Dorotheus, without our being 444; Fabr. Bibl. Gr. xi. p. 103. )
able to determine whether they belong to one or 7. Of SIDON, was the author of astrological
to different persons.
The following, however, poems (ÅTOTENéouata), of which a few fragments
must be distinguished :-
are still extant. They are collected in Iriarte's
1. The author of a work on the history of ALEX- Catalog. Cod. MSS. Biblioth. Mat. i. p. 224, and
ANDER the Great, of which Athenaeus (vii. p. 276) in Cramer's Anecdota, iii. pp. 167, 185. Manilius,
quotes the sixth book. As Athenaeus mentions among the Romans, and several Arab writers on
no characteristic to distinguish him from other astrology, have made considerable use of these
persons of the same name, we cannot say who he Apotelesmata. Some critics are inclined to consider
was, or whether he is the author of any of the Dorotheus of Sidon as identical with the Chaldaean.
other works which are known only as the produc- 8. Of Tyre, has been frequently confounded
tions of Dorotheus : viz. a Sicilian history (Elke with Dorotheus, a presbyter of Antioch in the
diká), from the first book of which a fragment is reign of Diocletian, who is spoken of by Eusebius.
preserved in Stobaeus (Flor. xlix. 49) and Apos- | (H. E. vii. 32. ) He must further be distinguished
tolius (Prorerb. xx. 13); a history Italy ('Ita- | from another Dorotheus, who was likewise a con-
Auká), from the fourth book of which a statement temporary of Diocletian. (Euseb. H. E. viii. 1, 6. )
is quoted by Plutarch (Parall. Min. 20; comp. Our Dorotheus is said to have flourished about
Clem. Alex. Protrept. p. 12); llavoékT75, of which A. D. 303, to have suffered much from the persecu-
Clemens of Alexandria (Strom. i. p. 144) quotes tions of Diocletian, and to have been sent into
the first book; and lastly, Metapopodoeis, which exile. When this persecution ceased, he returned
is referred to by Plutarch. (Parall. Min. 25. ) to his see, in which he seems to have remained till
2. Of Ascalon, a Greek grammarian frequently I the time of the emperor Julian, by whose emissa-
a
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DOROTHIEUS.
1069
DORUS.
ries he was scized and put to death, at the age of Some have believed that a jurist of the same
107 years. This account, however, is not found name flourished in a later age, for the untrusi-
in any of his contemporaries, and occurs only in worthy Nic. Comnenus Papadopoli (Praenot. Mys-
an anonymous writer who lived after the sixth tag. p. 408) cites a scholium of Dorotheus Mona-
century of o'r era, and from whom it was incorpo- chus on the title de testibus in the Compendium
rated in the Martyrologia. Dorotheus is further Legum. Leonis et Constantini. [J. T. G. )
said to have written several theological works, and DORO'THEUS (Awpóñeos) a Greek physician,
we still possess, under his name, a “Synopsis de who wrote a work entitled 'Trouvnuata, Con-
Vitn et Morte Prophetarum, Apostolorum et Dis- mentarii, which is quoted by Phlegon Trallianus
cipulorum Domini," which is printed in Latin in (De Mirab. c. 26), but is no longer in existence.
the third vol. of the Biblioth. Patrum. A specimen He must have lived some time in or before the
of the Greek original, with a Latin translation, is second century after Christ, and may perhaps be
given by Cave (Hist. Lit. i. p. 115, &c. ), and the the same person who is mentioned by Pliny, and
whole was edited by Fabricius, at the end of his said to have been a native of Athens, and also the
“ Monumenta Variorum de Mosis, Prophetarum et same as Dorotheus Helius, who is twice mentioned
A postolorum Vita,” 1714, 8vo. It is an ill-digested by Galen. (De Antid. ii. 14 ; vol. xiv. pp. 183, 187. )
mass of fabulous accounts, though it contains a few 2. A physician of this name, who was a Chris-
things also which are of importance in ecclesiastical tian, and also in deacon's orders, appears to have
history. (Cave, Hist. Lit. i. p. 115, &c. )
consulted Isidorus Pelusiotes, in the fifth century
There are a few other ecclesiastics of this name, after Christ, on the reason why incorporeal beings
concerning whom little or nothing is known. A are less subject to injury and corruption than cor-
list of them is given by Fabricius. (Bibl. Graec. poreal ; to which question he received an answer
vii. p. 452, note p. )
[L. S. ) in a letter, which is still extant. (Isid. Pelus.
DORO'THEUS, a celebrated jurist of quaest- Epist. v. 191, ed. Paris, 1638. ) [W. A. G. )
orian rank, and professor of law at Berytus, was DORO'THEUS, a painter, who executed for
one of the principal compilers of Justinian's Digest, Nero a copy of the Aphrodite Anadyomene of
and was invited by the emperor from Berytus to Apelles. He lived therefore about A. D. 60. (Plin.
Constantinople for that purpose. (Const. Tant. $ 9. ) xxxv. 10, s. 36. $ 15; Apelles. ) [P. S. ]
He also had a share, along with Tribonian and DORPANEUS. (DECEBALUS. ]
Theophilus, in the composition of the Institutes. DORSO, the name of a family of the patrician
(Prooem. Inst. 93. ) He was one of the professors Fabia gens.
to whom the Const. Omnem, regulating the new 1. C. Fabius Dorso, greatly distinguished him-
system of legal education was addressed in A. D. self at the time when the Capitol was besieged by
533, and in the following year was employed, the Gauls. (B. C. 390. ) The Fabian gens was ac-
conjointly with Tribonian, Menna, Constantinus, customed to celebrate a sacrifice at a fixed time on
and Joannes, to form the second edition the the Quirinal hill, and accordingly, at the appointed
Code, by the insertion of the fifty decisions, and time, C. Dorso, who was then a young man, de-
by such other alterations as were necessary for its scended from the Capitol, carrying the sacred things
improvement. (Const. Cordi. $ 2. )
in his hands, passed in safety through the enemy's
Ant. Augustinus (cited by Suarez, Notit. Basil. posts, and, after performing the sacrifice, returned
$ 29) in his Prolegomena to the Novells of Justi- in safety to the Capitol. (Liv. v. 46, 52; Val.
nian, asserts that Mat. Blastares ascribes to Doro- Max. i. 1. S 11. ) The tale is somewhat dif-
theus a Greek interpretation of the Digest, not so ferently related by other writers. Dion Cassius
extended as that of Stephanus, nor so concise as (Fragm. 29, ed. Reimar. ) speaks of the sacrifice as
that of Cyrillus. The passage, however, as repre- a public one, which Fabius, whom he calls Caeso
sented by Augustinus, is not to be found in the Fabius, had to perform as one of the pontiffs.
Prooemium of the Syntagma of Blastares, as edited Florus (i. 13) also calls him a pontiff, who was
by Bishop Beveridge in the second volume of his sent by Manlius, the commander on the Capitol,
Synodicon. Fabrotus ( Basil. vi. p. 259, in marg. ) to celebrate the sacred site on the Quirinal. Ap-
asserts without ground, “ Dorotheus scripsit Tò pian, on the other hand, who quotes Cassius He-
Tátos;" j. e. a Greek translation of the text of the mina as his authority, says that the sacrifice was
Digest. That Dorothens commented upon the performed in the temple of Vesta. (Celt. 6. )
Digest appears from Basil. ed. Fabrot. iv. pp. 336, 2. M.
Fabius Dorso, son probably of No. 1, was
337,338, and Basil. ed. Heimbach, i. pp. 623, 763 ; consul in B. C. 345 with Ser. Sulpicius Camerinus
ii. p. 138.
Rufus, in which year Camillus was appointed dic-
Dorotheus occasionally cites the Code of Jus- tator to carry on the war with the Aurunci. He
tinian. (Basil. iv. pp. 375, 379. ) Bach (Hist. made war with his colleague against the Volsci and
Jur. Rom. lib. iv. c. 1. sect. 3. § 9, p. 630) asserts, took Sora. (Liv. vii. 28; Diod. xvi. 66. )
that he wrote the Index of the Code, but vouches 3. C. Fabius Dorso LICINUS, son or grandson
no authority for this assertion, which is doubted of No. 2, was consul in B. C. 273 with C. Claudius
by Pohl. (Ad Suares. Not. Bas.
p.
71, n. 7. ) Canina, but died in the course of this year. It
The following list of passages in the Basilica was in his consulship that colonies were founded
(ed. Fabrot. ), where Dorotheus is cited, is given at Cosa and Paestum, and that an embassy was
by Fabricius: (Bibl. Gr. xii. p. 444:) iii. 212, sent by Ptolemy Philadelphus to Rome. (Vell
.
265; iv. 336, 337, 338, 368, 370, 371, 372, 374, Pat. i. 14; Eutrop. ii. 15. )
376, 378, 379, 380, 381, 383, 384, 385, 398, 399, DORUS (Awpos), the mythical ancestor of the
401, 402, 403, 704; v. 39, 144, 173, 260, 290, Dorians; he is described either as a son of Hellen,
325, 410, 414, 423, 433, 434; vi. 49, 259, 273; by the nymph Orseïs, and a brother of Xuthus and
vii. 95, 101, 225.
Aeolus (Apollod. i. 7. § 3; Diod. iv. 60); or
Dorotheus died in the lifetime of Stephanus, hy as a son of Apollo, by Phthia, and a brother of
whom he is termed ó parapions in Basil. iii. 212. Laodocus and Polypoites (Apollod. i. 7. § 6),
n
a
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1070
DOSITHEUS.
DOSITHEUS.
whereas Servius (ad Aen. ii. 27) calls him a son scripts, a work entitled 'Epunueópata divided into
of Poseidon. He is said to have assembled the three books. Parts of it have never been published,
people which derived its name from him (the Do- and do not deserve to be published ; for all that is
rians) around him in the neighbourhood of Par- the author's own is worthless, ill-expressed, and
nassus. (Strab. viii. p. 383; Herod. i. 56, comp. disfigured by excessive boastfulness. The first
Müller, Dor. i. 1. $ 1. )
[L. S. ) book (unpublished) consists of a Greek grammar,
DORYCLEIDAS (Aupukheidas), a Lacedae- written in Latin, and treating of the parts of
monian statuary, the brother of Medon, made the speech. The second book consists chiefly of
gold and ivory statue of Themis, in the temple of imperfect vocabularies and glossaries, Greek-Latin
Hera at Olympia. He was a disciple of Dipoenus and Latin-Greek. The glossaries were publish-
and Scyllis, and therefore flourished about B. C. ed by H. Stephanus, fol. 1573, and have since
550. (Paus. v. 17. 1. )
[P. S. ] been several times reprinted. The third book
DORYCLUS (ópukaos), the name of two contains translations from Latin authors into
mythical personages. (Hom. Il. xi. 489; Virg. Greck, and vice versá, the Latin and Greek being
Aen, v. 620. )
[L. S. ) placed on opposite columns. From the extracts
DOʻRYLAS, the name of two mythical per- thus preserved this part of the work deserves atten-
sonages. (Ov. Met. v. 130, xii. 380. ) [L. S. ]
tion.
It consists of six divisions, or chapters ; 1.
DORYLA'US (Aopúraos). 1. A general of The first chapter is entitled Diri Iladriani Senten-
Mithridates, who conducted an army of 80,000 tiae et Epistolae, and contains legal anecdotes of
men into Greece in B. C. 86 to assist Archelaus in Hadrian, mostly without much point, his answers
the war with the Romans. (Appian, Mithr. 17, to petitioners, a letter written by him to his mother.
49; Plut. Sull. 20; comp. above, p. 262, a. ) and a notice of a law concerning parricide. The law
2. An ambassador of Deiotarus. (Cic. pro Deio referred to directs the murderer of his father to be
tar. 15. )
sewn alive in a sack, along with a dog, a cock, a
DORY'PHORUS (Aopupópos), one of the most viper, and an ape, and to be thrown into the near-
influential freedmen and favourites of the emperor est sea or river. Reinesius (Defens. Variar.
Nero, who employed him as his secretary, and Lect. p. 90) refers this law to a later age than
lavished enormous sums upon him. But in A. D. that of Hadrian, and thinks that it was first intro-
63 Nero is said to have poisoned him, because he duced by Constantine, A. D. 319 (Cod. 9, tit. 17),
opposed his marriage with Poppaea. (Tacit. Ann. but this supposition is inconsistent either with the
xiv. 65; Dion Cass. Ixi. 5. )
(L. S. ] genuineness of the fragment, or with the date
DOSI'ADAS (Awoiádas), of Rhodes, the au- when Dositheus lived, as collected from his own
thor of two enigmatic poems in the Greek Antho- testimony. The Divi Hadriani Sententiae et Epis-
logy, the verses of which are so arranged that each tolae were first published by Goldastus, 8vo, 1601,
poem presents the profile of an altar, whence each and may be found in Fabricius. (Bill. Graeca xii.
of them is entitled Aworáda Bwuós. (Brunck, Anal. pp. 514—554, edit. 1724. ) The same work has
i. 412; Jacobs, i. 202. ) The language of these been edited by Schulting, in his Jurisprudentia
poems is justly censured by Lucian. (Leriph. 25. ) Antejustiniana, and by Böcking in the Bonn
Dosiadas is also one of the authors to whom the Corpus Juris Romani Antejustiniani. 2. The se-
Egg of Simmias” is ascribed. [BESANTINUS. ) cond chapter contains eighteen fables of Aesop.
The time at which he lived is unknown. (Fabric. 3. The third chapter has been usually entitled,
Bibl. Graec. iii. 8104812; Jacobs, Anth. Graec. after Pithoeus, Fragmentum Regularum, or, after
vii.
DORO'THEUŚ (Awpódeos). A considerable works of the latter, in the Roman edition of 1591,
number of works are mentioned by ancient writers and the subsequent ones. (Cave, Hist. Lit. i. p.
as the productions of Dorotheus, without our being 444; Fabr. Bibl. Gr. xi. p. 103. )
able to determine whether they belong to one or 7. Of SIDON, was the author of astrological
to different persons.
The following, however, poems (ÅTOTENéouata), of which a few fragments
must be distinguished :-
are still extant. They are collected in Iriarte's
1. The author of a work on the history of ALEX- Catalog. Cod. MSS. Biblioth. Mat. i. p. 224, and
ANDER the Great, of which Athenaeus (vii. p. 276) in Cramer's Anecdota, iii. pp. 167, 185. Manilius,
quotes the sixth book. As Athenaeus mentions among the Romans, and several Arab writers on
no characteristic to distinguish him from other astrology, have made considerable use of these
persons of the same name, we cannot say who he Apotelesmata. Some critics are inclined to consider
was, or whether he is the author of any of the Dorotheus of Sidon as identical with the Chaldaean.
other works which are known only as the produc- 8. Of Tyre, has been frequently confounded
tions of Dorotheus : viz. a Sicilian history (Elke with Dorotheus, a presbyter of Antioch in the
diká), from the first book of which a fragment is reign of Diocletian, who is spoken of by Eusebius.
preserved in Stobaeus (Flor. xlix. 49) and Apos- | (H. E. vii. 32. ) He must further be distinguished
tolius (Prorerb. xx. 13); a history Italy ('Ita- | from another Dorotheus, who was likewise a con-
Auká), from the fourth book of which a statement temporary of Diocletian. (Euseb. H. E. viii. 1, 6. )
is quoted by Plutarch (Parall. Min. 20; comp. Our Dorotheus is said to have flourished about
Clem. Alex. Protrept. p. 12); llavoékT75, of which A. D. 303, to have suffered much from the persecu-
Clemens of Alexandria (Strom. i. p. 144) quotes tions of Diocletian, and to have been sent into
the first book; and lastly, Metapopodoeis, which exile. When this persecution ceased, he returned
is referred to by Plutarch. (Parall. Min. 25. ) to his see, in which he seems to have remained till
2. Of Ascalon, a Greek grammarian frequently I the time of the emperor Julian, by whose emissa-
a
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DOROTHIEUS.
1069
DORUS.
ries he was scized and put to death, at the age of Some have believed that a jurist of the same
107 years. This account, however, is not found name flourished in a later age, for the untrusi-
in any of his contemporaries, and occurs only in worthy Nic. Comnenus Papadopoli (Praenot. Mys-
an anonymous writer who lived after the sixth tag. p. 408) cites a scholium of Dorotheus Mona-
century of o'r era, and from whom it was incorpo- chus on the title de testibus in the Compendium
rated in the Martyrologia. Dorotheus is further Legum. Leonis et Constantini. [J. T. G. )
said to have written several theological works, and DORO'THEUS (Awpóñeos) a Greek physician,
we still possess, under his name, a “Synopsis de who wrote a work entitled 'Trouvnuata, Con-
Vitn et Morte Prophetarum, Apostolorum et Dis- mentarii, which is quoted by Phlegon Trallianus
cipulorum Domini," which is printed in Latin in (De Mirab. c. 26), but is no longer in existence.
the third vol. of the Biblioth. Patrum. A specimen He must have lived some time in or before the
of the Greek original, with a Latin translation, is second century after Christ, and may perhaps be
given by Cave (Hist. Lit. i. p. 115, &c. ), and the the same person who is mentioned by Pliny, and
whole was edited by Fabricius, at the end of his said to have been a native of Athens, and also the
“ Monumenta Variorum de Mosis, Prophetarum et same as Dorotheus Helius, who is twice mentioned
A postolorum Vita,” 1714, 8vo. It is an ill-digested by Galen. (De Antid. ii. 14 ; vol. xiv. pp. 183, 187. )
mass of fabulous accounts, though it contains a few 2. A physician of this name, who was a Chris-
things also which are of importance in ecclesiastical tian, and also in deacon's orders, appears to have
history. (Cave, Hist. Lit. i. p. 115, &c. )
consulted Isidorus Pelusiotes, in the fifth century
There are a few other ecclesiastics of this name, after Christ, on the reason why incorporeal beings
concerning whom little or nothing is known. A are less subject to injury and corruption than cor-
list of them is given by Fabricius. (Bibl. Graec. poreal ; to which question he received an answer
vii. p. 452, note p. )
[L. S. ) in a letter, which is still extant. (Isid. Pelus.
DORO'THEUS, a celebrated jurist of quaest- Epist. v. 191, ed. Paris, 1638. ) [W. A. G. )
orian rank, and professor of law at Berytus, was DORO'THEUS, a painter, who executed for
one of the principal compilers of Justinian's Digest, Nero a copy of the Aphrodite Anadyomene of
and was invited by the emperor from Berytus to Apelles. He lived therefore about A. D. 60. (Plin.
Constantinople for that purpose. (Const. Tant. $ 9. ) xxxv. 10, s. 36. $ 15; Apelles. ) [P. S. ]
He also had a share, along with Tribonian and DORPANEUS. (DECEBALUS. ]
Theophilus, in the composition of the Institutes. DORSO, the name of a family of the patrician
(Prooem. Inst. 93. ) He was one of the professors Fabia gens.
to whom the Const. Omnem, regulating the new 1. C. Fabius Dorso, greatly distinguished him-
system of legal education was addressed in A. D. self at the time when the Capitol was besieged by
533, and in the following year was employed, the Gauls. (B. C. 390. ) The Fabian gens was ac-
conjointly with Tribonian, Menna, Constantinus, customed to celebrate a sacrifice at a fixed time on
and Joannes, to form the second edition the the Quirinal hill, and accordingly, at the appointed
Code, by the insertion of the fifty decisions, and time, C. Dorso, who was then a young man, de-
by such other alterations as were necessary for its scended from the Capitol, carrying the sacred things
improvement. (Const. Cordi. $ 2. )
in his hands, passed in safety through the enemy's
Ant. Augustinus (cited by Suarez, Notit. Basil. posts, and, after performing the sacrifice, returned
$ 29) in his Prolegomena to the Novells of Justi- in safety to the Capitol. (Liv. v. 46, 52; Val.
nian, asserts that Mat. Blastares ascribes to Doro- Max. i. 1. S 11. ) The tale is somewhat dif-
theus a Greek interpretation of the Digest, not so ferently related by other writers. Dion Cassius
extended as that of Stephanus, nor so concise as (Fragm. 29, ed. Reimar. ) speaks of the sacrifice as
that of Cyrillus. The passage, however, as repre- a public one, which Fabius, whom he calls Caeso
sented by Augustinus, is not to be found in the Fabius, had to perform as one of the pontiffs.
Prooemium of the Syntagma of Blastares, as edited Florus (i. 13) also calls him a pontiff, who was
by Bishop Beveridge in the second volume of his sent by Manlius, the commander on the Capitol,
Synodicon. Fabrotus ( Basil. vi. p. 259, in marg. ) to celebrate the sacred site on the Quirinal. Ap-
asserts without ground, “ Dorotheus scripsit Tò pian, on the other hand, who quotes Cassius He-
Tátos;" j. e. a Greek translation of the text of the mina as his authority, says that the sacrifice was
Digest. That Dorothens commented upon the performed in the temple of Vesta. (Celt. 6. )
Digest appears from Basil. ed. Fabrot. iv. pp. 336, 2. M.
Fabius Dorso, son probably of No. 1, was
337,338, and Basil. ed. Heimbach, i. pp. 623, 763 ; consul in B. C. 345 with Ser. Sulpicius Camerinus
ii. p. 138.
Rufus, in which year Camillus was appointed dic-
Dorotheus occasionally cites the Code of Jus- tator to carry on the war with the Aurunci. He
tinian. (Basil. iv. pp. 375, 379. ) Bach (Hist. made war with his colleague against the Volsci and
Jur. Rom. lib. iv. c. 1. sect. 3. § 9, p. 630) asserts, took Sora. (Liv. vii. 28; Diod. xvi. 66. )
that he wrote the Index of the Code, but vouches 3. C. Fabius Dorso LICINUS, son or grandson
no authority for this assertion, which is doubted of No. 2, was consul in B. C. 273 with C. Claudius
by Pohl. (Ad Suares. Not. Bas.
p.
71, n. 7. ) Canina, but died in the course of this year. It
The following list of passages in the Basilica was in his consulship that colonies were founded
(ed. Fabrot. ), where Dorotheus is cited, is given at Cosa and Paestum, and that an embassy was
by Fabricius: (Bibl. Gr. xii. p. 444:) iii. 212, sent by Ptolemy Philadelphus to Rome. (Vell
.
265; iv. 336, 337, 338, 368, 370, 371, 372, 374, Pat. i. 14; Eutrop. ii. 15. )
376, 378, 379, 380, 381, 383, 384, 385, 398, 399, DORUS (Awpos), the mythical ancestor of the
401, 402, 403, 704; v. 39, 144, 173, 260, 290, Dorians; he is described either as a son of Hellen,
325, 410, 414, 423, 433, 434; vi. 49, 259, 273; by the nymph Orseïs, and a brother of Xuthus and
vii. 95, 101, 225.
Aeolus (Apollod. i. 7. § 3; Diod. iv. 60); or
Dorotheus died in the lifetime of Stephanus, hy as a son of Apollo, by Phthia, and a brother of
whom he is termed ó parapions in Basil. iii. 212. Laodocus and Polypoites (Apollod. i. 7. § 6),
n
a
## p. 1070 (#1090) ##########################################
1070
DOSITHEUS.
DOSITHEUS.
whereas Servius (ad Aen. ii. 27) calls him a son scripts, a work entitled 'Epunueópata divided into
of Poseidon. He is said to have assembled the three books. Parts of it have never been published,
people which derived its name from him (the Do- and do not deserve to be published ; for all that is
rians) around him in the neighbourhood of Par- the author's own is worthless, ill-expressed, and
nassus. (Strab. viii. p. 383; Herod. i. 56, comp. disfigured by excessive boastfulness. The first
Müller, Dor. i. 1. $ 1. )
[L. S. ) book (unpublished) consists of a Greek grammar,
DORYCLEIDAS (Aupukheidas), a Lacedae- written in Latin, and treating of the parts of
monian statuary, the brother of Medon, made the speech. The second book consists chiefly of
gold and ivory statue of Themis, in the temple of imperfect vocabularies and glossaries, Greek-Latin
Hera at Olympia. He was a disciple of Dipoenus and Latin-Greek. The glossaries were publish-
and Scyllis, and therefore flourished about B. C. ed by H. Stephanus, fol. 1573, and have since
550. (Paus. v. 17. 1. )
[P. S. ] been several times reprinted. The third book
DORYCLUS (ópukaos), the name of two contains translations from Latin authors into
mythical personages. (Hom. Il. xi. 489; Virg. Greck, and vice versá, the Latin and Greek being
Aen, v. 620. )
[L. S. ) placed on opposite columns. From the extracts
DOʻRYLAS, the name of two mythical per- thus preserved this part of the work deserves atten-
sonages. (Ov. Met. v. 130, xii. 380. ) [L. S. ]
tion.
It consists of six divisions, or chapters ; 1.
DORYLA'US (Aopúraos). 1. A general of The first chapter is entitled Diri Iladriani Senten-
Mithridates, who conducted an army of 80,000 tiae et Epistolae, and contains legal anecdotes of
men into Greece in B. C. 86 to assist Archelaus in Hadrian, mostly without much point, his answers
the war with the Romans. (Appian, Mithr. 17, to petitioners, a letter written by him to his mother.
49; Plut. Sull. 20; comp. above, p. 262, a. ) and a notice of a law concerning parricide. The law
2. An ambassador of Deiotarus. (Cic. pro Deio referred to directs the murderer of his father to be
tar. 15. )
sewn alive in a sack, along with a dog, a cock, a
DORY'PHORUS (Aopupópos), one of the most viper, and an ape, and to be thrown into the near-
influential freedmen and favourites of the emperor est sea or river. Reinesius (Defens. Variar.
Nero, who employed him as his secretary, and Lect. p. 90) refers this law to a later age than
lavished enormous sums upon him. But in A. D. that of Hadrian, and thinks that it was first intro-
63 Nero is said to have poisoned him, because he duced by Constantine, A. D. 319 (Cod. 9, tit. 17),
opposed his marriage with Poppaea. (Tacit. Ann. but this supposition is inconsistent either with the
xiv. 65; Dion Cass. Ixi. 5. )
(L. S. ] genuineness of the fragment, or with the date
DOSI'ADAS (Awoiádas), of Rhodes, the au- when Dositheus lived, as collected from his own
thor of two enigmatic poems in the Greek Antho- testimony. The Divi Hadriani Sententiae et Epis-
logy, the verses of which are so arranged that each tolae were first published by Goldastus, 8vo, 1601,
poem presents the profile of an altar, whence each and may be found in Fabricius. (Bill. Graeca xii.
of them is entitled Aworáda Bwuós. (Brunck, Anal. pp. 514—554, edit. 1724. ) The same work has
i. 412; Jacobs, i. 202. ) The language of these been edited by Schulting, in his Jurisprudentia
poems is justly censured by Lucian. (Leriph. 25. ) Antejustiniana, and by Böcking in the Bonn
Dosiadas is also one of the authors to whom the Corpus Juris Romani Antejustiniani. 2. The se-
Egg of Simmias” is ascribed. [BESANTINUS. ) cond chapter contains eighteen fables of Aesop.
The time at which he lived is unknown. (Fabric. 3. The third chapter has been usually entitled,
Bibl. Graec. iii. 8104812; Jacobs, Anth. Graec. after Pithoeus, Fragmentum Regularum, or, after
vii.
