But
exposed to the annoyances of the Harpyes, who this success having induced Hicetas to engage
were sent to him by the gods for his cruelty towards with a more formidable enemy, the Carthaginians,
his sons by the first marriage.
exposed to the annoyances of the Harpyes, who this success having induced Hicetas to engage
were sent to him by the gods for his cruelty towards with a more formidable enemy, the Carthaginians,
his sons by the first marriage.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - c
Plut.
1195), and, on the
Orat. Rom. Fragm. p. 97, 2nd ed. )
other, nearly all the titles of his plays belong evi-
4. L. Furius Philus, probably brother of the dently to the Middle Comedy. He is said to have
preceding, was praetor B. c. 171, and obtained Sar- introduced some scenic innovations, such as bring-
dinia as his province. He was one of the ponti- ing lighted torches on the stage (Schol. Plut. l. c. ;
fices, and died in B. c. 170. (Liv. xlii. 28, 31, Ath. xv. 700, e. ). With regard to his language,
xliii. 13. )
Meineke mentions a few words and phrases, which
5. L. Furius Philus, was consul B. c. 136 are not pure Attic. His name is corrupted by the
with Sex. Atilius Serranus. He received Spain Greek lexicographers and others into XALOS,
as his province, and was commissioned by the plaîos, aos, Palúdeos, and other forms.
senate to deliver up to the Numantines C. Hos. The following titles of his plays are given by
tilius Mancinus, the consul of the preceding year. Suidas and Eudocia, and in the following order :-
[MANCINUs, No. 3. ] On that occasion Philus Αιγεύς, Αύγη, "Αντεια (εταίρας όνομα), Δωδεκάτη,
took with him as legati Q. Pompeius and Q. Μe- Ηρακλής, Πλύντρια η Ναυσικάα, Πόλις (better
tellus, two of his greatest enemies, that they might πόλεις), Φρεωρύχος, Αταλάντη, Ελένη, where the
be compelled to bear witness to his uprightness and last two titles look suspicious, as being out of the
integrity.
alphabetical order. (Meineke, Frag. Com. Graec.
A contemporary of the younger Scipio and of vol. i. pp. 258–261) ii. pp. 857—866 ; Bergk,
Laelius, Philus participated with them in a love Comment, de Reliq. Com. Att. Ant. p. 428. ) [P. S. ]
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836
PIIINEUS.
PHINTIAS.
PHINEUS (Diveús). 1. A son of Belus ard | But the larpre, as well as her pursner, was worn
Anchinoe, and brother of Aegyptus, Danaus, and out with fatigue, and fell down. Both Harpres
Cepheus. (Apollod. ii. 1. $ 4 ; comp. PERSBUR) were allowed to live on condition that they would
2. One of the sons of Lycaon. (Apollod. ii. no longer molest Phineus (comp. Schol ad Apollon.
8. § 1. )
Rhod. ii. 286, 297 ; Tzetz. Chil, i. 217). Phineus
3. A son of Agenor, and king of Salmydessus in now explained to the Argonauts the further course
Thrace (Apollon. Rhod. ii. 178, 237 ; Schol. ad they had to take, and especially cautioned thein
eund. ii. 177). Some traditions called him a son against the Symplegades (Apollod. i. 3. $ 21, &c. ).
of Phoenix and Cassiepeia, and a grandson of According to another story the Argonauts, on their
Agenor (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii. 178), while arrival at the place of Phineus, found the sons of
others again call him a son of Poseidon (Apollod. Phineus half buried, and demanded their liberation,
i. 9. & 21). Some accounts, moreover, make him a which Phineus refused. The Argonauts used force,
king in Paphlagonia or in Arcadia. (Schol. od and a battle ensued, in which Phineus was slain by
Apollon. Rhod. 1. c. ; Serv. ad den. iii. 209. ) He Heracles. The latter also delivered Cleopatra from
was first married to Cleopatra, the daughter of her confinement, and restored the kingdom to the
Boreas and Oreithyia, by whom he had two sons of Phineus, and on their advice he also sent
children, Oryithus (Oarthus) and Crambis (some the second wife of Phineus back to her father, who
call them Parthenius and Crambis, Schol. ad Apollox. ordered her to be put to death (Diod. iv. 43 ; Schol.
Rhod. ii. 140; Plexippus and Pandion, Apollod. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii. 207 ; Apollod. iii. 15. $ 3).
iii. 15. & 3; Gerymbas and A spondus, Schol. ad Some traditions, lastly, state that Phineus was
Soph. Antig. 977 ; or Polydectus and Polydorus, killed by Boreas, or that he was carried off by the
Ov. Ib. 273). Afterwards he was married to Harpyes into the country of the Bistones or Mile
Idaea (some call her Dia, Eurytia, or Eidothea, chessians, (Orph. Argon. 675, &c. ; Strab. vii.
Schol, ad Apollon. Rhod. l. c. ; Schol. ad Hom. Od. p. 302. ) Those accounts in which Phineus is
xii. 70 ; Schol. ad Soph. Antig. 980), by whom he stated to have blinded his sons, add that they had
again had two sons, Thynus and Mariandynus. their sight restored to them by the sons of Boreas,
(Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii. 140, 178; Apollod. or by Asclepius. (Orph. Argon. 674 ; Schol. ad
ii. 15. § 3. )
Pind. Pyth. xii. 96. )
[LS]
Phineus was a blind soothsayer, who had re- PHI'NTIAS (pirtlas). 1. A Pythagorean, the
ceived his prophetic powers from Apollo (Apollon. friend of Damon, who was condemned to die by
Rhod. ii. 180). The cause of his blindness is not Dionysius the elder. The well-known anecdote of
the same in all accounts ; according to some he their friendship, and the effect produced by it on
was blinded by the gods for having imprudently the tyrant, has been already related under DAMON.
communicated to mortals the divine counsels of Valerius Maximus writes the name Pythias ; but
Zeus about the future (Apollod. i. 9. & 21); accord- Cicero follows the Greek authors in adopting the
ing to others Aeetes, on hearing that the sons of form Phintias,
Phrixus had been saved by Phineus, cursed him, 2. Tyrant of Agrigentum, who appears to have
and Helios hearing the curse, carried it into effect established his power orer that city during the
by blinding him (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii. 207, period of confusion which followed the death of
comp. 181); others again relate, that Boreas or Agathocles (B. C. 289), about the same time that
the Argonauts blinded him for his conduct towards Hicetas obtained the chief command at Syracuse.
his sons (Serv. ad Aen. iii. 209). He is most War soon broke out between these two despots,
celebrated in ancient story on account of his being in which Phintias was defeated near Hy bla.
But
exposed to the annoyances of the Harpyes, who this success having induced Hicetas to engage
were sent to him by the gods for his cruelty towards with a more formidable enemy, the Carthaginians,
his sons by the first marriage. His second wife he was defeated in his turn, and Phintias, who
charged them with having behaved improperly to was probably in alliance with that power, was now
her, and Phineus punished them by putting their able to extend his authority over a considerable
eyes out (Soph. Antig. 973), or, according to others, part of Sicily. Among the cities subject to his
by exposing them to be devoured by wild beasts rule we find mention of Agyrium, which is a suffi-
(Orph. Argon. 671), or by ordering them to be cient proof of the extent of his dominions. He at
half buried in the earth, and then to be scourged the same time made a display of bis wealth and
(Diod. iv. 44 ; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii. 207). power by founding a new city, to which he gave
Whenever Phineus wanted to take a meal the his own name, and whither he removed all the
Harpyes came, took away a portion of his food, and inhabitants from Gela, which he razed to the
boiled the rest, so as to render it unfit to be eaten. ground. His oppressive and tyrannical government
In this condition the unfortunate man was found subsequently alienated the minds of his subjects,
by the Argonauts, whom he promised to instruct and caused the revolt of many of the dependent
respecting their voyage, if they would deliver him cities ; but he had the wisdom to change bis line
from the monsters. A table accordingly was laid of policy, and, by adopting a milder rule, retained
out with food, and when the Harpyes appeared possession of the sovereignty until his death. The
they were forth with attacked by Zetes and Calais, period of this is not mentioned, but we may pro
the brothers of Cleopatra, who
were provided with bably infer from the fragments of Diodorus, that
wings. There was a prophecy that the Harpves it preceded the expulsion of Hicetas from Syracuse,
should perish by the bands of the sons of Boreas, and may therefore be referred to B. c. 279. (Diod.
but that the latter themselves must die if they xxii. Exc. Hoeschel. p. 495, Erc. l'ales. p. 562. )
should be unable to overtake the Harpyes. In There are extant coins of Phintias, from which
their flight one of the monsters fell into the river we learn that he assumed the title of king, in
Tigris, which was henceforth called Harpys; the imitation of Agathocles. They all have the figure
other reached the Echinadian islands, which, from of a boar running on the reverse, and a head of
her returning from that spot, were called Strophades. Apollo or Diana on the obrerse. Those which
## p. 337 (#353) ############################################
PHLEGON.
337
PHLEON
Jave been published with the head of Phintias from the larger work in sixteen. Photius tells us
himself are probably spurious. (See Eckhel, vol. i. that the fifth book completed Olympiad 177 ; now
p. 266. )
[E. H. B. ) we learn from other quarters that Phlegon in his
13th book described Ol. 203 ; and it is therefore
not likely that he employed 8 books (lib. 6—13)
ΦΑΞΙΑΕΛΑ
on 26 Olympiads, and 5 on 177. But if Photius
quoted the epitome in eight books, the first five
might contain 177 Olympiads, and the last three
the remaining 52. Photius himself did not read
PINTIA
further than Ol. 177.
5. 'Επιτομή Ολυμπιονικών έν βιβλίοις β', 18
COIN OF PHINTIAS.
expressly mentioned by Suidas as an epitome, and
probably differed from the preceding abridgment
PHITEUS, architect. (Phileus. )
in containing no historical information, but simply
PHLE'GETHON ($cyéww), i. e. the flaming, a list of the Olympic conquerors.
a river in the lower world, is described as a son of 6. "Έκφρασις Σικελίας,
Cocytus; but he is more commonly called Pyriphlege- 7. Περί των παρά “Ρωμαίοις εορτών βιβλία γ'.
thon. (Virg. Aen. vi. 265, 550 ; Stat. Tiet. iv. 8. Περί των εν Ρώμη τόπων και ών επικέκλης-
522. )
[L. S. ) Tai dvouátw. These works are mentioned only
PÁLEGON (Aéywv), one of the horses of Sol. by Suidas.
(Ov. Met. ii. 154 ; Hygin. Fab. 183. ) [L. S. ] 9. A Life of Hadrian, was really written by
PHLEGON (16ywv), a native of Tralles in the emperor himself, though published as the work
Lydia, was a freedman of the emperor Hadrian, of Phlegon. (Spartian. Hadr. 16. )
und not of Augustus, as has been erroneously as- 10. Γυναίκες εν πολεμικούς συνεται και ανδρείαι,
serted by some writers, on the authority of Suidas a small treatise, first published by Heeren (in Bill.
(comp. Phot. Cod. 97 ; Spartian. Hadr. 16, Sever. d. Alten. Literat. und Kunst, part vi. Göttingen,
20 ; Vopisc. Saturn. 7). Phlegon probably survived 1789), by whom it is ascribed to Phlegon ; but
Hadrian, since his work on the Olympiads came Westermann, who has also printed it, with the other
down to Ol. 229, that is, A. D. 137, which was the works of Phlegon, thinks that it was not written
year before the death of this emperor. The fol- by him.
lowing is a list of the writings of Phlegon. The Editio Princeps of Phlegon was edited by
1. Tepi Savuarlw, a small treatise on wonderful Xylander, along with Antoninus Liberalis, Anti-
events, which has come down to us, but the begin- gonus, and similar writers, Basel, 1568. The next
ning of which is wanting. It is a poor perform- edition was by Meursius, Lugd. Batav. 1620,
ance, full of the most ridiculous tales, and with the which was reprinted by Gronovius, in his The-
exception of the work of Psellus, the worst of the saurus of Greek Antiquities, vols. viii. and ix.
Greek treatises on this subject.
The third edition was by Fr. Franz, 1775, of
2. Nepi pakpoliwy, which is likewise extant, which a new edition appeared in 1822, Halle, with
consists of only a few pages, and gives a list the notes of Bast. The most recent edition is by
of persons in Italy who had attained the age of Westermann in his lapadofuypápou, Scriptores
a hundred years and upwards. It was copied from Rerum Mirabilium Graeci, Brunsvig. 1839. The
the registers of the censors (é aðTWV T@V dtotiua fragments on the Olympiads have also been pub-
Ouv), is a bare enumeration of names, and is not lished in the edition of Pindar published at Oxford
worthy to be compared with the work on the same in 1697, fol. , and in Krause's Olympia, Wien,
subject ascribed to Lucian. At the end there is 1838. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. v. p. 255 ; Voss.
an extract from the Sibylline oracles of some sixty de Hist. Graec. p. 261, ed. Westermann ; Clinton,
or seventy lines. These are the only works of Fasti Romani, vol. i. p. 127 ; Westermann, Prae-
Phlegon which have come down to us.
futio ad Tlapadotoypápous, p. xxxvii. &c. )
3. Όλυμπιονικών και χρονικών συναγωγή, which PHLE'GYAS (Xeyúas), a king of the La-
is sometimes quoted under the title of xpovoypapiai pithae, a son of Ares and Chryse, the daughter of
or 'OXvutiões, was in seventeen books, and gave Halmus, succeeded Eteocles, who died without issue,
an account of the Olympiads from OL. 1 (B. C. 776) in the government of the district of Orchomenos,
to Ol. 229 (A. D. 137). It was dedicated to which he called after himself Phlegyantis. (Paus.
Alcibiades, who was one of the body-guards of ix. 36. 81; Apollod. iii. 5. $5. ) By Chryse he
Hadrian. This was by far the most important of became the father of Coronis, who became by
the works of Phlegon. The commencement of the Apollo the mother of Asclepius. Enraged at this,
book is preserved in the manuscripts of the other Phlegyas set fire to the temple of the God, who
works of Phlegon, and an extract from it re- killed him with his arrows, and condemned him to
lating to the 177th Olympiad is given by Photius severe punishment in the lower world. (Hom.
(Cod. 97); but with these exceptions, and a few Hymn. xv. 3; Pind. Pyth. iii. 14; Apollod.
references to it in Stephanus Byzantinus, Eusebius, iii. 10. § 3, ii. 26. $ 4; Serv. ad Aen. vi. 618;
Origen, and others, the work is entirely lost. The Stat. Theb. i. 713. ) According to another tradi-
style of it is characterized by Photius as not very tion Phlegyas bad no children, and was killed by
mean, but at the same time as not pure Attic; Lycus and Nycteus. (Apollod. iii. 5. 8 5. ) Strabo
and he blames likewise the excessive care and at- ix. p. 442) calls him a brother of Ixion. [L. S. )
tention bestowed by the author upon oracles. PHLEON (16wv), i. e. the giver of plenty, is a
4.
Orat. Rom. Fragm. p. 97, 2nd ed. )
other, nearly all the titles of his plays belong evi-
4. L. Furius Philus, probably brother of the dently to the Middle Comedy. He is said to have
preceding, was praetor B. c. 171, and obtained Sar- introduced some scenic innovations, such as bring-
dinia as his province. He was one of the ponti- ing lighted torches on the stage (Schol. Plut. l. c. ;
fices, and died in B. c. 170. (Liv. xlii. 28, 31, Ath. xv. 700, e. ). With regard to his language,
xliii. 13. )
Meineke mentions a few words and phrases, which
5. L. Furius Philus, was consul B. c. 136 are not pure Attic. His name is corrupted by the
with Sex. Atilius Serranus. He received Spain Greek lexicographers and others into XALOS,
as his province, and was commissioned by the plaîos, aos, Palúdeos, and other forms.
senate to deliver up to the Numantines C. Hos. The following titles of his plays are given by
tilius Mancinus, the consul of the preceding year. Suidas and Eudocia, and in the following order :-
[MANCINUs, No. 3. ] On that occasion Philus Αιγεύς, Αύγη, "Αντεια (εταίρας όνομα), Δωδεκάτη,
took with him as legati Q. Pompeius and Q. Μe- Ηρακλής, Πλύντρια η Ναυσικάα, Πόλις (better
tellus, two of his greatest enemies, that they might πόλεις), Φρεωρύχος, Αταλάντη, Ελένη, where the
be compelled to bear witness to his uprightness and last two titles look suspicious, as being out of the
integrity.
alphabetical order. (Meineke, Frag. Com. Graec.
A contemporary of the younger Scipio and of vol. i. pp. 258–261) ii. pp. 857—866 ; Bergk,
Laelius, Philus participated with them in a love Comment, de Reliq. Com. Att. Ant. p. 428. ) [P. S. ]
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836
PIIINEUS.
PHINTIAS.
PHINEUS (Diveús). 1. A son of Belus ard | But the larpre, as well as her pursner, was worn
Anchinoe, and brother of Aegyptus, Danaus, and out with fatigue, and fell down. Both Harpres
Cepheus. (Apollod. ii. 1. $ 4 ; comp. PERSBUR) were allowed to live on condition that they would
2. One of the sons of Lycaon. (Apollod. ii. no longer molest Phineus (comp. Schol ad Apollon.
8. § 1. )
Rhod. ii. 286, 297 ; Tzetz. Chil, i. 217). Phineus
3. A son of Agenor, and king of Salmydessus in now explained to the Argonauts the further course
Thrace (Apollon. Rhod. ii. 178, 237 ; Schol. ad they had to take, and especially cautioned thein
eund. ii. 177). Some traditions called him a son against the Symplegades (Apollod. i. 3. $ 21, &c. ).
of Phoenix and Cassiepeia, and a grandson of According to another story the Argonauts, on their
Agenor (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii. 178), while arrival at the place of Phineus, found the sons of
others again call him a son of Poseidon (Apollod. Phineus half buried, and demanded their liberation,
i. 9. & 21). Some accounts, moreover, make him a which Phineus refused. The Argonauts used force,
king in Paphlagonia or in Arcadia. (Schol. od and a battle ensued, in which Phineus was slain by
Apollon. Rhod. 1. c. ; Serv. ad den. iii. 209. ) He Heracles. The latter also delivered Cleopatra from
was first married to Cleopatra, the daughter of her confinement, and restored the kingdom to the
Boreas and Oreithyia, by whom he had two sons of Phineus, and on their advice he also sent
children, Oryithus (Oarthus) and Crambis (some the second wife of Phineus back to her father, who
call them Parthenius and Crambis, Schol. ad Apollox. ordered her to be put to death (Diod. iv. 43 ; Schol.
Rhod. ii. 140; Plexippus and Pandion, Apollod. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii. 207 ; Apollod. iii. 15. $ 3).
iii. 15. & 3; Gerymbas and A spondus, Schol. ad Some traditions, lastly, state that Phineus was
Soph. Antig. 977 ; or Polydectus and Polydorus, killed by Boreas, or that he was carried off by the
Ov. Ib. 273). Afterwards he was married to Harpyes into the country of the Bistones or Mile
Idaea (some call her Dia, Eurytia, or Eidothea, chessians, (Orph. Argon. 675, &c. ; Strab. vii.
Schol, ad Apollon. Rhod. l. c. ; Schol. ad Hom. Od. p. 302. ) Those accounts in which Phineus is
xii. 70 ; Schol. ad Soph. Antig. 980), by whom he stated to have blinded his sons, add that they had
again had two sons, Thynus and Mariandynus. their sight restored to them by the sons of Boreas,
(Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii. 140, 178; Apollod. or by Asclepius. (Orph. Argon. 674 ; Schol. ad
ii. 15. § 3. )
Pind. Pyth. xii. 96. )
[LS]
Phineus was a blind soothsayer, who had re- PHI'NTIAS (pirtlas). 1. A Pythagorean, the
ceived his prophetic powers from Apollo (Apollon. friend of Damon, who was condemned to die by
Rhod. ii. 180). The cause of his blindness is not Dionysius the elder. The well-known anecdote of
the same in all accounts ; according to some he their friendship, and the effect produced by it on
was blinded by the gods for having imprudently the tyrant, has been already related under DAMON.
communicated to mortals the divine counsels of Valerius Maximus writes the name Pythias ; but
Zeus about the future (Apollod. i. 9. & 21); accord- Cicero follows the Greek authors in adopting the
ing to others Aeetes, on hearing that the sons of form Phintias,
Phrixus had been saved by Phineus, cursed him, 2. Tyrant of Agrigentum, who appears to have
and Helios hearing the curse, carried it into effect established his power orer that city during the
by blinding him (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii. 207, period of confusion which followed the death of
comp. 181); others again relate, that Boreas or Agathocles (B. C. 289), about the same time that
the Argonauts blinded him for his conduct towards Hicetas obtained the chief command at Syracuse.
his sons (Serv. ad Aen. iii. 209). He is most War soon broke out between these two despots,
celebrated in ancient story on account of his being in which Phintias was defeated near Hy bla.
But
exposed to the annoyances of the Harpyes, who this success having induced Hicetas to engage
were sent to him by the gods for his cruelty towards with a more formidable enemy, the Carthaginians,
his sons by the first marriage. His second wife he was defeated in his turn, and Phintias, who
charged them with having behaved improperly to was probably in alliance with that power, was now
her, and Phineus punished them by putting their able to extend his authority over a considerable
eyes out (Soph. Antig. 973), or, according to others, part of Sicily. Among the cities subject to his
by exposing them to be devoured by wild beasts rule we find mention of Agyrium, which is a suffi-
(Orph. Argon. 671), or by ordering them to be cient proof of the extent of his dominions. He at
half buried in the earth, and then to be scourged the same time made a display of bis wealth and
(Diod. iv. 44 ; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. ii. 207). power by founding a new city, to which he gave
Whenever Phineus wanted to take a meal the his own name, and whither he removed all the
Harpyes came, took away a portion of his food, and inhabitants from Gela, which he razed to the
boiled the rest, so as to render it unfit to be eaten. ground. His oppressive and tyrannical government
In this condition the unfortunate man was found subsequently alienated the minds of his subjects,
by the Argonauts, whom he promised to instruct and caused the revolt of many of the dependent
respecting their voyage, if they would deliver him cities ; but he had the wisdom to change bis line
from the monsters. A table accordingly was laid of policy, and, by adopting a milder rule, retained
out with food, and when the Harpyes appeared possession of the sovereignty until his death. The
they were forth with attacked by Zetes and Calais, period of this is not mentioned, but we may pro
the brothers of Cleopatra, who
were provided with bably infer from the fragments of Diodorus, that
wings. There was a prophecy that the Harpves it preceded the expulsion of Hicetas from Syracuse,
should perish by the bands of the sons of Boreas, and may therefore be referred to B. c. 279. (Diod.
but that the latter themselves must die if they xxii. Exc. Hoeschel. p. 495, Erc. l'ales. p. 562. )
should be unable to overtake the Harpyes. In There are extant coins of Phintias, from which
their flight one of the monsters fell into the river we learn that he assumed the title of king, in
Tigris, which was henceforth called Harpys; the imitation of Agathocles. They all have the figure
other reached the Echinadian islands, which, from of a boar running on the reverse, and a head of
her returning from that spot, were called Strophades. Apollo or Diana on the obrerse. Those which
## p. 337 (#353) ############################################
PHLEGON.
337
PHLEON
Jave been published with the head of Phintias from the larger work in sixteen. Photius tells us
himself are probably spurious. (See Eckhel, vol. i. that the fifth book completed Olympiad 177 ; now
p. 266. )
[E. H. B. ) we learn from other quarters that Phlegon in his
13th book described Ol. 203 ; and it is therefore
not likely that he employed 8 books (lib. 6—13)
ΦΑΞΙΑΕΛΑ
on 26 Olympiads, and 5 on 177. But if Photius
quoted the epitome in eight books, the first five
might contain 177 Olympiads, and the last three
the remaining 52. Photius himself did not read
PINTIA
further than Ol. 177.
5. 'Επιτομή Ολυμπιονικών έν βιβλίοις β', 18
COIN OF PHINTIAS.
expressly mentioned by Suidas as an epitome, and
probably differed from the preceding abridgment
PHITEUS, architect. (Phileus. )
in containing no historical information, but simply
PHLE'GETHON ($cyéww), i. e. the flaming, a list of the Olympic conquerors.
a river in the lower world, is described as a son of 6. "Έκφρασις Σικελίας,
Cocytus; but he is more commonly called Pyriphlege- 7. Περί των παρά “Ρωμαίοις εορτών βιβλία γ'.
thon. (Virg. Aen. vi. 265, 550 ; Stat. Tiet. iv. 8. Περί των εν Ρώμη τόπων και ών επικέκλης-
522. )
[L. S. ) Tai dvouátw. These works are mentioned only
PÁLEGON (Aéywv), one of the horses of Sol. by Suidas.
(Ov. Met. ii. 154 ; Hygin. Fab. 183. ) [L. S. ] 9. A Life of Hadrian, was really written by
PHLEGON (16ywv), a native of Tralles in the emperor himself, though published as the work
Lydia, was a freedman of the emperor Hadrian, of Phlegon. (Spartian. Hadr. 16. )
und not of Augustus, as has been erroneously as- 10. Γυναίκες εν πολεμικούς συνεται και ανδρείαι,
serted by some writers, on the authority of Suidas a small treatise, first published by Heeren (in Bill.
(comp. Phot. Cod. 97 ; Spartian. Hadr. 16, Sever. d. Alten. Literat. und Kunst, part vi. Göttingen,
20 ; Vopisc. Saturn. 7). Phlegon probably survived 1789), by whom it is ascribed to Phlegon ; but
Hadrian, since his work on the Olympiads came Westermann, who has also printed it, with the other
down to Ol. 229, that is, A. D. 137, which was the works of Phlegon, thinks that it was not written
year before the death of this emperor. The fol- by him.
lowing is a list of the writings of Phlegon. The Editio Princeps of Phlegon was edited by
1. Tepi Savuarlw, a small treatise on wonderful Xylander, along with Antoninus Liberalis, Anti-
events, which has come down to us, but the begin- gonus, and similar writers, Basel, 1568. The next
ning of which is wanting. It is a poor perform- edition was by Meursius, Lugd. Batav. 1620,
ance, full of the most ridiculous tales, and with the which was reprinted by Gronovius, in his The-
exception of the work of Psellus, the worst of the saurus of Greek Antiquities, vols. viii. and ix.
Greek treatises on this subject.
The third edition was by Fr. Franz, 1775, of
2. Nepi pakpoliwy, which is likewise extant, which a new edition appeared in 1822, Halle, with
consists of only a few pages, and gives a list the notes of Bast. The most recent edition is by
of persons in Italy who had attained the age of Westermann in his lapadofuypápou, Scriptores
a hundred years and upwards. It was copied from Rerum Mirabilium Graeci, Brunsvig. 1839. The
the registers of the censors (é aðTWV T@V dtotiua fragments on the Olympiads have also been pub-
Ouv), is a bare enumeration of names, and is not lished in the edition of Pindar published at Oxford
worthy to be compared with the work on the same in 1697, fol. , and in Krause's Olympia, Wien,
subject ascribed to Lucian. At the end there is 1838. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. v. p. 255 ; Voss.
an extract from the Sibylline oracles of some sixty de Hist. Graec. p. 261, ed. Westermann ; Clinton,
or seventy lines. These are the only works of Fasti Romani, vol. i. p. 127 ; Westermann, Prae-
Phlegon which have come down to us.
futio ad Tlapadotoypápous, p. xxxvii. &c. )
3. Όλυμπιονικών και χρονικών συναγωγή, which PHLE'GYAS (Xeyúas), a king of the La-
is sometimes quoted under the title of xpovoypapiai pithae, a son of Ares and Chryse, the daughter of
or 'OXvutiões, was in seventeen books, and gave Halmus, succeeded Eteocles, who died without issue,
an account of the Olympiads from OL. 1 (B. C. 776) in the government of the district of Orchomenos,
to Ol. 229 (A. D. 137). It was dedicated to which he called after himself Phlegyantis. (Paus.
Alcibiades, who was one of the body-guards of ix. 36. 81; Apollod. iii. 5. $5. ) By Chryse he
Hadrian. This was by far the most important of became the father of Coronis, who became by
the works of Phlegon. The commencement of the Apollo the mother of Asclepius. Enraged at this,
book is preserved in the manuscripts of the other Phlegyas set fire to the temple of the God, who
works of Phlegon, and an extract from it re- killed him with his arrows, and condemned him to
lating to the 177th Olympiad is given by Photius severe punishment in the lower world. (Hom.
(Cod. 97); but with these exceptions, and a few Hymn. xv. 3; Pind. Pyth. iii. 14; Apollod.
references to it in Stephanus Byzantinus, Eusebius, iii. 10. § 3, ii. 26. $ 4; Serv. ad Aen. vi. 618;
Origen, and others, the work is entirely lost. The Stat. Theb. i. 713. ) According to another tradi-
style of it is characterized by Photius as not very tion Phlegyas bad no children, and was killed by
mean, but at the same time as not pure Attic; Lycus and Nycteus. (Apollod. iii. 5. 8 5. ) Strabo
and he blames likewise the excessive care and at- ix. p. 442) calls him a brother of Ixion. [L. S. )
tention bestowed by the author upon oracles. PHLEON (16wv), i. e. the giver of plenty, is a
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