564, he incurred the anger of of Philadelphus, by which name he means to
the emperor Justinian, by refusing to give his as indicate C.
the emperor Justinian, by refusing to give his as indicate C.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - b
(Evagrius,
Ephesus, A. D. 449, under the presidency of Dio- Hist. Eccles. i. 9; Theodoret, Ep. 79, 82, 92, &c. ;
This is the celebrated ApotpiKTY O úvodos, Cave, Script. Eccles. Hist. Lit. vol. i. ; Neander,
an appellation which it most richly deserved. It Kirchengesch. iii. p. 1079, &c. ) (G. E. L. C. ]
was composed almost entirely of partisans of Eu- EUTYCHIANUS. (COmazon. )
tyches. Flarian, and those who had judged him EUTYCHIANUS (Ejtuxlarós). There are
on the former occasion, though allowed to be present, two persons of this name in the history of Con-
were not to be suffered to vote. Theodoret, the stantinople : the one is called an historian, and
historian, who had been a friend of Nestorius, was must have lived at the time of Constantine the
not to vote without the permission of Dioscurus ; Great. is styled chief secretary of the emperor,
and a number of frantic Egyptian monks accompa- and a sophist; but nothing further is known.
nied their abbot, Barsumas, to whom, as a vigorous (Georg. Codinus, Select, de Orig. Constant. 17. )
opponent of Nestorius, a seat and vote in the The second was a friend of Agathius the historian,
council were assigned. For the emperor had who undertook to write the history of his own
avowed, in his letters of convocation, that his time on the advice of Eutychianus. ( Agath.
great object was πάσαν διαβολικήν έκκοψαι ρίζαν, | Pronem. )
(L. S. ]
meaning by this phrase the Nestorian doctrines. EUTÝCHIANUS (Evruxlavós), a physician
When the council met, all opponents of Eutyches who lived probably in or before the fourth century
were silenced by the outeries of the monks, the after Christ, as one of his medical formulae is
threats of the soldiers who were admitted to hear quoted by Marcellus Empiricus (De Medicam. c.
the deliberations, and the overbearing violence of 14. p. 303), who calls him by the title of " Ar-
the president. Flavian, Eusebius, and Theodoret chiater. ” He may perhaps be the same physician
were deposed, and the doctrines of Eutyches for- who is called Terentius Eutychianus by Theodo-
mally sanctioned; and this was regarded as a vic- rus Priscianus (De Medic. iv. 14. ) (W. A. G. ]
tory gained over the Eastern church by its Alex- EUTY'CHIDES, T. CAECI’LIUS, a freedman
andrian rival, which two bodies often came into of Atticus. After his manumission by Atticus, his
conflict from the different dogmatical tendencies name naturally was T. Pomponius Eutychides; but
prevalent in each. The deposed prelates, however, when Atticus was adopted by Q. Caecilius, his
applied for aid to Leo the Great, bishop of Rome, freedman also altered his name into T. Caecilius
who had been himself summoned to the council, Eutychides. (Cic. ad Att. iv. 15. ) (L. S. ]
but, instead of appearing there, had sent Julius, EUTYCHIDES (Ejruxions). ). Of Sicron,
bishop of Puteoli, and three other legates, from a statuary in bronze and marble, is placed by Pliny
whom therefore he obtained a correct account of at 01. 120, B. c. 300. (xxxiv. 8. s. 19. ) He was
the scenes which had disgraced it. He was ready a disciple of Lysippus. (Paus. vi. 2. $ 4. ) He
to interfere, both on general grounds, and from the made in bronze a statue of the river Eurotas, “ in
notion, which had already begun to take root, that quo artem ipso amne liquidiorem plurimi dixere"
to him, as the successor of St. Peter, belonged a (Plin. l. c. & 16), one of the Olympic victor Timos-
sort of oversight over the whole church. Things thenes, of Elis, and a highly-prized statue of
were changed too at Constantinople : Chrysaphius Fortune for the Syrians on the Orontes. (Paus.
was disgraced and banished, and Pulcheria restored I. c. ) There is a copy of the last-named work in
to her brother's favour. In the year 450, Theodo- the Vatican Museum. (Visconti, Mus. Pio. -Clem.
sius II. died ; Pulcheria married Marcian, and pro- t. ii. tab. 46. ) His statue of Father Liber, in the
cured for him the succession to the throne. A new collection of Asinius Pollio, was of marble. (Plin.
general council was summoned at Nicaea, and af- xxxvi. 5. §. 4. & 10. ) A statue of Priapus is men-
terwards adjourned to Chalcedon, A. D. 451, which tioned in the Greek Anthology (Brunck, Anal.
630 bishops attended. The proceedings were not ii. p. 311; Jacobs, iii. p. 24, No. xiv. ) as the work
altogether worthy of a body met to decide on such of Eutychides, but it is not known whether Euty-
subjects; yet, on the whole, something like deco-chides of Sicyon is meant. Cantharus of Sicyon
rum was observed. The result was that Dioscurus
was the pupil of Eutychides. (CANTHARUS. )
and Eutyches were condemned, and the doctrine 2. A painter of unknown time and country.
of Christ in one person and two natures finally He painted Victory driving a biga. (Plin. xxxv.
declared to be the faith of the church. We know 11. s. 40. § 34. )
nothing of the subsequent fate of Eutyches, except 3. A sculptor, whose name occurs in a sepulchral
that Leo wrote to beg Marcian and Pulcheria to epigram in the Greek Anthology. (Brunck, Anal,
send him into banishment, with what success does vol. iii. p. 307 ; Jacobs, vol. iv. p. 274, No.
not appear. There are extant a confession of faith DCCXIX. )
(P. S. )
presented by Eutyches to the council of Ephesus EUTY'CHIUS, the grammarian. [EUTSCHES. ]
## p. 129 (#145) ############################################
EZEKIELUS.
129
CHIUS.
d two petitions to the
-il. vol. iv. pp. 134, 241,
is are in existence. This
ong the monks bp Ecer
,
and to such an extas
to send an armed forces
rs of Eutyches, bonete
Zysites, continued to pre
zh with little succes, til
ent revival of those da
Latin among
auspices of Jacob Bar
Edessa, A. D. 588. Fra
obites, and under this
numerous church, a
opts belong. (Eratin,
1, Ep. 79, 82, 92, &c. ;
Tit. rol i. ; Neander,
) (G. E. LC]
MAZON. )
Yards). There are
the bistory of Cos
d an historian, and
of Constantise the
-tary of the engen,
further is kpore
Frig. Consdort 17. )
thius the historiaa,
history of his o97
chianus (Agzti
[LS]
avós), a physica
)
the fourth century
dical fortial in
(De Medies. C
he title of .
e same phracit
EXAENETUS.
EUTY'CHIUS (EUTÚX1os), was originally a | 416 (Ol. 91) and B. C. 412 (OL. 92. ) On his re-
monk of the town of Amaseia, whence he was sent turn from Olympia, Exaenetus was escorted into
by his fellow-citizens to Constantinople, as proxy the city by a magnificent procession of 300 cha-
for their bishop. The great talent he displayed in riots, each drawn by two white horses. (Diod.
Bome theological controversy gained him general xiii. 34, 82; Aelian, V. H. q. 8. ) (L. S. ]
admiration, and the emperor in A. D. 553 raised EXEDARES. (ARSACIDAB, p. 363, a. ]
him to the highest dignity in the church at Con- EXI'TIUS, quaestor in B. C. 43, and one of
stantinople. In the same year he accordingly pre Antony's supporters, is called by Cicero (Philipp.
sided at an ecumenical synod, which was held in xiii. 13) the frater (probably the cousin-german)
that city. In A. D.
564, he incurred the anger of of Philadelphus, by which name he means to
the emperor Justinian, by refusing to give his as indicate C. Annius Cimber. [Comp. CIMBER,
Bent to a decree respecting the incorruptibility of ANNIUS. )
the body of Christ previous to his resurrection, EXSUPERA'NTIUS, JU’LIUS, & Roman
and was expelled from his see in consequence. He historian, with regard to whom we possess no in-
was at first confined in a monastery, then trang formation, but who, from the character of his
ported to an island, Princepo, and at last to his style, is believed to have flourished in the fifth or
original convent at Amaseia. In 578, the em- sixth century. Under his name we have a short
peror Tiberius restored him to his sce, which he tract, entitled De Marii, Lepidi, ac Sertorii bellis
henceforth retained until his death in 585, at civilibus, which many suppose to have been
the age of 73. There is extant by him a letter abridged from the Histories of Sallust.
addressed to pope Vigilius, on the occasion of his It will be found appended to the editions of
elevation in A. D. 553. It is printed in Greek and Sallust by Wasse, Cantab. 4to. 1710 ; by Corte,
Acta Synodi quintae, Concil. vol. Lips. 4to. 1724; by Havercamp, Amstel. 4to.
V. p. 425, &c. He also wrote some other treat- | 1742; and by Gerlach, Basil. 4to. 1823. (Mol-
ises, which, however, are lost. (Evagr. iv. 38; lerus, Disp. de Julio Exsuperantio. Allorf. 4to.
Gregor. Moral. xiv. 29 ; Cave, Hist. Lit. vol. i. 1690. )
(W. R. )
p. 413, &c. )
(L. S. ] EX'SUPERATO'RIUS, one of the twelve
EUXENIDAE (Eủčevida), a noble family titles assumed by the Emperor Commodus, who
among the Aeginetans, celebrated by Pindar in his ordained that the month of December should be
ode (Nem. vii. ) in honour of one of its members, distinguished by this name. (COMMODUS. ) (Dion
Sogenes, who was victorious in the boys' pentathlon Cass. Ixxii. 15; Zonar. xii. 5; Lamprid. Commod.
in the 54th Nemead (according to Hermann's emen- 11; Aurel. Vict. de Caes. xvii. ; Eutrop. viii. 7;
dation of the Scholia), that is, in B. C. 461. The Suidas, s. v. Kópodos. )
(W. R. )
poet also mentions the victor's father, Thearion, EXSUPE'RIUS, descended from a family of
with whom he seems to have been intimate. The Bordeaux, was professor of rhetoric first at Tou-
ode contains some considerable difficulties, and has louse, and subsequently at Narbonne, where he
been very differently explained by Böckh, Dissen, became the preceptor of Flavius Julius Delmatius,
and Hermann. (Pindar, l. c. ; Schol. , and Böckh and of his brother Hannibalianus, who, after their
and Dissen's notes ; Hermann, de Sogenis Aegine elevation, procured for their instructor the dignity
tae Victoria quinquertü Dissertatio, Lips. 1822, of Praeses Hispaniae. Having acquired great
Opuscula, vol. iii. p. 22. )
¡P. S. ] wealth, he retired to pass the remainder of his life
EUXENIDAS, a painter, who instructed the in tranquillity at Cahors (Cadurca). He is known
celebrated Aristeides, of Thebes. He flourished to us only from a complimentary address by Auso-
about the 95th or 100th Olympiad, B. C. 400 or 380. nius, who calls upon him to return and shed a
(Plin. H. N. xxxv. 10. s. 36. $ 7. ) [P. S. ] lustre upon the city of his ancestors. (Auson.
EUXE'NIDES. [EVETES. ]
Prof. xvii. )
(W. R. )
EU'XENUS (EŬtevos. ) 1. Is mentioned by EZEKIE'LUS (ESEKIņAos), the author of a
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (i. 34) as a mointis work in Greek entitled itaywi, which is usually
dpxaos, who wrote upon early Italian traditions. As called a tragedy, but which seems rather to have
he is not mentioned anywhere else, and as it is been a metrical history, in the dramatic form, and
strange to find an ancient Greek writing upon Italian in iambic verse, written in imitation of the Greek
mythi, some critics have proposed to read "Evvios, tragedies. The subject was the Exodus of the
instead of Eŭbevos ; but Ennius can scarcely be Israelites from Egypt. The author appears to have
classed among the mythographers.
been a Jew, and to have lived at the court of the
2. Of Heracleia, was the instructor of Apollonius Ptolemies, at Alexandria, about the second century
of Tyana in Pythagorean philosophy, of which he Considerable fragments of the work are
is said to have possessed a very competent know- preserved by Eusebius (Praep. Evang. ix. 28, 29),
ledge. (Philostr. Vit. Apoll. i. 7. ) (LS. ) Clemens Alexandrinus (Strom. i. p. 344, fol. ),
EUXI'THEUS (Eug(0eos), a Pythagorean phi- and Eustathius (ad Hexaëm. p. 25). These frag-
losopher, from whom Athenaeus (iv. p. 157) quotes ments were first collected, and printed with a
the opinion that the souls of all men were confined Latin version, by Morell, Par. 1580 and 1590,
by the gods to their bodies and to this world as a 8vo. , and were reprinted in the Poetae Christ.
punishment, and that unless they remained there Graec. , Par. 1609, 8vo. , in Lectius's Corpus Poet.
for the period appointed by the deity, they would Graec. Trag. et Com. Col. Allobr. 1614, fol. , in
be doomed to still greater sufferings. [L. S. ) Bignius's Collect. Poet. Christ. , appended to the
EXA'DIUS ('E{áows), one of the Lapithae, Biblioth. Patr. Graec. , Par. 1624, fol. , in the 14th
who distinguished himself in the contest at the volume of the Bibl. Patr. Graec. , Par. 1644–
nuptials of Peirithous. (Hes. Scut. Herc. 180 ; 1654, fol. , and in a separate form, with a German
Ov. Met. xii. 266, &c. )
(L. S. ) translation and notes, by L. M. Philippson, Berlin,
EXAE'NETUS ('Étalvetos), of Agrigentum, 1830, 8vo. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. ii. pp. 505-6;
gained victories in the foot race at Olympia, in B. C. / Welcker, die Griech. Tragöd. p. 1270. ) (P. S. )
Dus by Tbeode
[1. A. G. ]
IU'S, a freedom
by Atticus,
Earrchides; bi
2. Caecilas, tis
to T. Caecius
[LS]
1. Oi SICT
S'aced b; Play
19. )
He 528
2. § 4. ) He
Eurotas, in
uriai dizer
sictor Tipos
statue of
ntes, (Pzas
Did werk in
B. C.
Ephesus, A. D. 449, under the presidency of Dio- Hist. Eccles. i. 9; Theodoret, Ep. 79, 82, 92, &c. ;
This is the celebrated ApotpiKTY O úvodos, Cave, Script. Eccles. Hist. Lit. vol. i. ; Neander,
an appellation which it most richly deserved. It Kirchengesch. iii. p. 1079, &c. ) (G. E. L. C. ]
was composed almost entirely of partisans of Eu- EUTYCHIANUS. (COmazon. )
tyches. Flarian, and those who had judged him EUTYCHIANUS (Ejtuxlarós). There are
on the former occasion, though allowed to be present, two persons of this name in the history of Con-
were not to be suffered to vote. Theodoret, the stantinople : the one is called an historian, and
historian, who had been a friend of Nestorius, was must have lived at the time of Constantine the
not to vote without the permission of Dioscurus ; Great. is styled chief secretary of the emperor,
and a number of frantic Egyptian monks accompa- and a sophist; but nothing further is known.
nied their abbot, Barsumas, to whom, as a vigorous (Georg. Codinus, Select, de Orig. Constant. 17. )
opponent of Nestorius, a seat and vote in the The second was a friend of Agathius the historian,
council were assigned. For the emperor had who undertook to write the history of his own
avowed, in his letters of convocation, that his time on the advice of Eutychianus. ( Agath.
great object was πάσαν διαβολικήν έκκοψαι ρίζαν, | Pronem. )
(L. S. ]
meaning by this phrase the Nestorian doctrines. EUTÝCHIANUS (Evruxlavós), a physician
When the council met, all opponents of Eutyches who lived probably in or before the fourth century
were silenced by the outeries of the monks, the after Christ, as one of his medical formulae is
threats of the soldiers who were admitted to hear quoted by Marcellus Empiricus (De Medicam. c.
the deliberations, and the overbearing violence of 14. p. 303), who calls him by the title of " Ar-
the president. Flavian, Eusebius, and Theodoret chiater. ” He may perhaps be the same physician
were deposed, and the doctrines of Eutyches for- who is called Terentius Eutychianus by Theodo-
mally sanctioned; and this was regarded as a vic- rus Priscianus (De Medic. iv. 14. ) (W. A. G. ]
tory gained over the Eastern church by its Alex- EUTY'CHIDES, T. CAECI’LIUS, a freedman
andrian rival, which two bodies often came into of Atticus. After his manumission by Atticus, his
conflict from the different dogmatical tendencies name naturally was T. Pomponius Eutychides; but
prevalent in each. The deposed prelates, however, when Atticus was adopted by Q. Caecilius, his
applied for aid to Leo the Great, bishop of Rome, freedman also altered his name into T. Caecilius
who had been himself summoned to the council, Eutychides. (Cic. ad Att. iv. 15. ) (L. S. ]
but, instead of appearing there, had sent Julius, EUTYCHIDES (Ejruxions). ). Of Sicron,
bishop of Puteoli, and three other legates, from a statuary in bronze and marble, is placed by Pliny
whom therefore he obtained a correct account of at 01. 120, B. c. 300. (xxxiv. 8. s. 19. ) He was
the scenes which had disgraced it. He was ready a disciple of Lysippus. (Paus. vi. 2. $ 4. ) He
to interfere, both on general grounds, and from the made in bronze a statue of the river Eurotas, “ in
notion, which had already begun to take root, that quo artem ipso amne liquidiorem plurimi dixere"
to him, as the successor of St. Peter, belonged a (Plin. l. c. & 16), one of the Olympic victor Timos-
sort of oversight over the whole church. Things thenes, of Elis, and a highly-prized statue of
were changed too at Constantinople : Chrysaphius Fortune for the Syrians on the Orontes. (Paus.
was disgraced and banished, and Pulcheria restored I. c. ) There is a copy of the last-named work in
to her brother's favour. In the year 450, Theodo- the Vatican Museum. (Visconti, Mus. Pio. -Clem.
sius II. died ; Pulcheria married Marcian, and pro- t. ii. tab. 46. ) His statue of Father Liber, in the
cured for him the succession to the throne. A new collection of Asinius Pollio, was of marble. (Plin.
general council was summoned at Nicaea, and af- xxxvi. 5. §. 4. & 10. ) A statue of Priapus is men-
terwards adjourned to Chalcedon, A. D. 451, which tioned in the Greek Anthology (Brunck, Anal.
630 bishops attended. The proceedings were not ii. p. 311; Jacobs, iii. p. 24, No. xiv. ) as the work
altogether worthy of a body met to decide on such of Eutychides, but it is not known whether Euty-
subjects; yet, on the whole, something like deco-chides of Sicyon is meant. Cantharus of Sicyon
rum was observed. The result was that Dioscurus
was the pupil of Eutychides. (CANTHARUS. )
and Eutyches were condemned, and the doctrine 2. A painter of unknown time and country.
of Christ in one person and two natures finally He painted Victory driving a biga. (Plin. xxxv.
declared to be the faith of the church. We know 11. s. 40. § 34. )
nothing of the subsequent fate of Eutyches, except 3. A sculptor, whose name occurs in a sepulchral
that Leo wrote to beg Marcian and Pulcheria to epigram in the Greek Anthology. (Brunck, Anal,
send him into banishment, with what success does vol. iii. p. 307 ; Jacobs, vol. iv. p. 274, No.
not appear. There are extant a confession of faith DCCXIX. )
(P. S. )
presented by Eutyches to the council of Ephesus EUTY'CHIUS, the grammarian. [EUTSCHES. ]
## p. 129 (#145) ############################################
EZEKIELUS.
129
CHIUS.
d two petitions to the
-il. vol. iv. pp. 134, 241,
is are in existence. This
ong the monks bp Ecer
,
and to such an extas
to send an armed forces
rs of Eutyches, bonete
Zysites, continued to pre
zh with little succes, til
ent revival of those da
Latin among
auspices of Jacob Bar
Edessa, A. D. 588. Fra
obites, and under this
numerous church, a
opts belong. (Eratin,
1, Ep. 79, 82, 92, &c. ;
Tit. rol i. ; Neander,
) (G. E. LC]
MAZON. )
Yards). There are
the bistory of Cos
d an historian, and
of Constantise the
-tary of the engen,
further is kpore
Frig. Consdort 17. )
thius the historiaa,
history of his o97
chianus (Agzti
[LS]
avós), a physica
)
the fourth century
dical fortial in
(De Medies. C
he title of .
e same phracit
EXAENETUS.
EUTY'CHIUS (EUTÚX1os), was originally a | 416 (Ol. 91) and B. C. 412 (OL. 92. ) On his re-
monk of the town of Amaseia, whence he was sent turn from Olympia, Exaenetus was escorted into
by his fellow-citizens to Constantinople, as proxy the city by a magnificent procession of 300 cha-
for their bishop. The great talent he displayed in riots, each drawn by two white horses. (Diod.
Bome theological controversy gained him general xiii. 34, 82; Aelian, V. H. q. 8. ) (L. S. ]
admiration, and the emperor in A. D. 553 raised EXEDARES. (ARSACIDAB, p. 363, a. ]
him to the highest dignity in the church at Con- EXI'TIUS, quaestor in B. C. 43, and one of
stantinople. In the same year he accordingly pre Antony's supporters, is called by Cicero (Philipp.
sided at an ecumenical synod, which was held in xiii. 13) the frater (probably the cousin-german)
that city. In A. D.
564, he incurred the anger of of Philadelphus, by which name he means to
the emperor Justinian, by refusing to give his as indicate C. Annius Cimber. [Comp. CIMBER,
Bent to a decree respecting the incorruptibility of ANNIUS. )
the body of Christ previous to his resurrection, EXSUPERA'NTIUS, JU’LIUS, & Roman
and was expelled from his see in consequence. He historian, with regard to whom we possess no in-
was at first confined in a monastery, then trang formation, but who, from the character of his
ported to an island, Princepo, and at last to his style, is believed to have flourished in the fifth or
original convent at Amaseia. In 578, the em- sixth century. Under his name we have a short
peror Tiberius restored him to his sce, which he tract, entitled De Marii, Lepidi, ac Sertorii bellis
henceforth retained until his death in 585, at civilibus, which many suppose to have been
the age of 73. There is extant by him a letter abridged from the Histories of Sallust.
addressed to pope Vigilius, on the occasion of his It will be found appended to the editions of
elevation in A. D. 553. It is printed in Greek and Sallust by Wasse, Cantab. 4to. 1710 ; by Corte,
Acta Synodi quintae, Concil. vol. Lips. 4to. 1724; by Havercamp, Amstel. 4to.
V. p. 425, &c. He also wrote some other treat- | 1742; and by Gerlach, Basil. 4to. 1823. (Mol-
ises, which, however, are lost. (Evagr. iv. 38; lerus, Disp. de Julio Exsuperantio. Allorf. 4to.
Gregor. Moral. xiv. 29 ; Cave, Hist. Lit. vol. i. 1690. )
(W. R. )
p. 413, &c. )
(L. S. ] EX'SUPERATO'RIUS, one of the twelve
EUXENIDAE (Eủčevida), a noble family titles assumed by the Emperor Commodus, who
among the Aeginetans, celebrated by Pindar in his ordained that the month of December should be
ode (Nem. vii. ) in honour of one of its members, distinguished by this name. (COMMODUS. ) (Dion
Sogenes, who was victorious in the boys' pentathlon Cass. Ixxii. 15; Zonar. xii. 5; Lamprid. Commod.
in the 54th Nemead (according to Hermann's emen- 11; Aurel. Vict. de Caes. xvii. ; Eutrop. viii. 7;
dation of the Scholia), that is, in B. C. 461. The Suidas, s. v. Kópodos. )
(W. R. )
poet also mentions the victor's father, Thearion, EXSUPE'RIUS, descended from a family of
with whom he seems to have been intimate. The Bordeaux, was professor of rhetoric first at Tou-
ode contains some considerable difficulties, and has louse, and subsequently at Narbonne, where he
been very differently explained by Böckh, Dissen, became the preceptor of Flavius Julius Delmatius,
and Hermann. (Pindar, l. c. ; Schol. , and Böckh and of his brother Hannibalianus, who, after their
and Dissen's notes ; Hermann, de Sogenis Aegine elevation, procured for their instructor the dignity
tae Victoria quinquertü Dissertatio, Lips. 1822, of Praeses Hispaniae. Having acquired great
Opuscula, vol. iii. p. 22. )
¡P. S. ] wealth, he retired to pass the remainder of his life
EUXENIDAS, a painter, who instructed the in tranquillity at Cahors (Cadurca). He is known
celebrated Aristeides, of Thebes. He flourished to us only from a complimentary address by Auso-
about the 95th or 100th Olympiad, B. C. 400 or 380. nius, who calls upon him to return and shed a
(Plin. H. N. xxxv. 10. s. 36. $ 7. ) [P. S. ] lustre upon the city of his ancestors. (Auson.
EUXE'NIDES. [EVETES. ]
Prof. xvii. )
(W. R. )
EU'XENUS (EŬtevos. ) 1. Is mentioned by EZEKIE'LUS (ESEKIņAos), the author of a
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (i. 34) as a mointis work in Greek entitled itaywi, which is usually
dpxaos, who wrote upon early Italian traditions. As called a tragedy, but which seems rather to have
he is not mentioned anywhere else, and as it is been a metrical history, in the dramatic form, and
strange to find an ancient Greek writing upon Italian in iambic verse, written in imitation of the Greek
mythi, some critics have proposed to read "Evvios, tragedies. The subject was the Exodus of the
instead of Eŭbevos ; but Ennius can scarcely be Israelites from Egypt. The author appears to have
classed among the mythographers.
been a Jew, and to have lived at the court of the
2. Of Heracleia, was the instructor of Apollonius Ptolemies, at Alexandria, about the second century
of Tyana in Pythagorean philosophy, of which he Considerable fragments of the work are
is said to have possessed a very competent know- preserved by Eusebius (Praep. Evang. ix. 28, 29),
ledge. (Philostr. Vit. Apoll. i. 7. ) (LS. ) Clemens Alexandrinus (Strom. i. p. 344, fol. ),
EUXI'THEUS (Eug(0eos), a Pythagorean phi- and Eustathius (ad Hexaëm. p. 25). These frag-
losopher, from whom Athenaeus (iv. p. 157) quotes ments were first collected, and printed with a
the opinion that the souls of all men were confined Latin version, by Morell, Par. 1580 and 1590,
by the gods to their bodies and to this world as a 8vo. , and were reprinted in the Poetae Christ.
punishment, and that unless they remained there Graec. , Par. 1609, 8vo. , in Lectius's Corpus Poet.
for the period appointed by the deity, they would Graec. Trag. et Com. Col. Allobr. 1614, fol. , in
be doomed to still greater sufferings. [L. S. ) Bignius's Collect. Poet. Christ. , appended to the
EXA'DIUS ('E{áows), one of the Lapithae, Biblioth. Patr. Graec. , Par. 1624, fol. , in the 14th
who distinguished himself in the contest at the volume of the Bibl. Patr. Graec. , Par. 1644–
nuptials of Peirithous. (Hes. Scut. Herc. 180 ; 1654, fol. , and in a separate form, with a German
Ov. Met. xii. 266, &c. )
(L. S. ) translation and notes, by L. M. Philippson, Berlin,
EXAE'NETUS ('Étalvetos), of Agrigentum, 1830, 8vo. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. ii. pp. 505-6;
gained victories in the foot race at Olympia, in B. C. / Welcker, die Griech. Tragöd. p. 1270. ) (P. S. )
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