DYSPONTEUS
or DYSPO'NTIUS (Avo-
310, 428.
310, 428.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - a
It commenced with the death of the three
princes, Amyntas, the father of Philip of Macedo-
nia, Agesipolis of Sparta, and Jason of Pherae,
that is, with the year B. C. 370, and carried the
(DOHJORO
history down at least to B. c. 281, so that it em-
braced a period of at least 89 years. The number
of books of which it consisted is not known, though the head of Augustus; and the boar and the lion
their number seems to have amounted to about 28. feeding upon the stag, in the reverses, have refer-
Some ancient writers speak of a work of Duris
entitled Maxedoviká, and the question as to whether
this was a distinct work, or merely a part of or
identical with the lotopían, has been much discussed
in modern times. Grauert (Histor. Analect. p. 217)
and Clinton maintain, that it was a separate work,
whereas Vossius and Droysen (Gesch. d. Nachfolg.
UP-VIR
Alex. p. 671, &c. ) have proved by the strongest
evidence, that the Macedonica is the same work as
the ιστορίαι. 2. Περί Αγαθοκλέα ιστορίαι, in
ence to the shows of wild beasts, in which Augus-
several books, the fourth of which is quoted by tus took great delight. The reverse of the third
Suidas. 3. Equiw ipou, that is, Annals of the coin contains a youthful head, and the inscription
history of Samos
, is frequently referred to by the Honori probably refers to the games in honour of
ancients, and consisted of at least twelve books. Virtus and Honor celebrated in the reign of Au-
4. Περί Ευριπίδου και Σοφοκλέους (Athen. iv.
gustus. (Comp. Dion Cass. liv. 18; Eckhel, v.
P.
184), seems to be the same as tepl Tpayublas. pp. 203, 204. )
(Athen. xiv. p. 636. ) 5. Nepi vouwv. (Etym. M.
p. 460. 49. ) 6. Tepl dywvwv. (Tzetz. ad Lycoph.
613; Photius, s. v. Lenivou otepavos. ) 7. Περί
Śwypadlas. (Diog. Laërt, i. 38, ii. 19. ) 8. Nepl
TOPEUTINñs (Plin. Elench. lib. 33, 34), may, how-
ever, have been the same as the preceding work.
9. Aibuké. (Phot. s. v. Mauia ; Schol. ad Aristoph. I
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DUROʻNIA GENS, plebeian. Of this obscure ; that Dynamius was compelled to quit his native
gens no cognomen, and only four members are city in consequence of being charged, not unjustly
known, viz.
it would scem, with adultery, that he took refuge
1. DURONIA, the mother of P. Aebutius. Her under the assumed name of Flavinius at Lerida,
Becond husband was T. Sempronius Rutilus, who where he practised as a rhetorician, and that he
seems to have had a dislike to his stepson Aebutius. there wedded a wealthy Spanish bride. Late in
Ilis mother, perhaps with a view to get rid of him life he paid a short visit to the place of his birth,
in some way, wanted to get him initiated in the but soon returned to his adopted country, where
Bacchanalian orgies at Rome; but Acbutius be- he died. (Auson. Prof. xxiii. )
tryed the Bacchanalia to the consuls, who pro- 2. A grammarian of uncertain date, the author
tected him against his mother, and Duronia was of an “ Epistola ad Discipulum” to be found in the
thus the cause of the discovery and suppression of Paraenetici Scriptores Veteres ” of Melchior
those orgies, in B. c. 186. (Liv. xxxix. 9, 11, 19. ) Goldast. (Insul. 4to, 1604. ) He is believed by
2. L. DURONIUS, was praetor in B. C. 181, and some to be the same with No. 3.
obtained Apulia for his province, to which the 3. Of Arles, born of a noble family in the mid-
Istri were added, for ambassadors from Tarentum dle of the sixth century, and at the early age of
and Brundusium had complained of the piracy of thirty appointed governor of the province of Mar-
the Istri. He was at the same time commissioned seilles, where he soon became notorious for tyranny
to make inquiries concerning the Bacchanalia, of and extortion, persecuting with especial bostility
which some remaining symptoms had been observed the bishop Theodorus, whom he drove into banish-
the year before. This commission was in all proba- ment, confiscating at the same time the revenues
bility given him for no other reason but because of the see. As he advanced in life, however, a
those symptoms had been observed in the districts singular change was wrought in his character by
which had been assigned to him as his province. remorse or some motive now unknown. He be-
Subsequently he sailed with ten vessels to Illyri- came the obedient instrument of pope Gregory, the
cum, and the year after, when he returned to zealous champion of the rights of Rome, lavished
Rome, he reported that the Illyrian king Genthius his ill-gotten hoards on the endowment of monas-
was the cause of the piracy which was carried on teries, and ended his life in a cloister about A. D.
in the Adriatic. (Liv. xl. 13, 19, 42. )
601. In youth he composed several poetical
3. M. DURONIUS, a Roman senator, who was pieces, which are warmly lauded by Fortunatus of
ejected from the senate in B. C. 97 by the censors, Poitiers ; but the only productions of his pen now
M. Antonius, the orator, and L. Valerius Flaccus ; extant are the Vita S. Marii, abbot of Bevon, an
for Duronius in his tribuneship (probably in the abridgment of which is given in the Acta of Bol-
year B. c. 98) had abolished a lex sumptuaria, and landus under the 27th of January; and the Vita
had used very frivolous and reckless expressions on S. Maximi, originally abbot of Lerins, but after-
that occasion. In revenge he brought an accusa- wards bishop of Riez, contained in the collection
tion for ambitus against the censor M. Antonius. of Surius under 27 Nov. , and in a more correct
(Val. Max. ii. 9. § 5; Cic. de Orat. ii. 68 ; comp. form in the “Chronologia S. Insulae Lerinensis," by
64. )
Vincentius Barralis, Lugdun. 4to, 1613. [W. R. )
4. C. DURONIUS, is mentioned by Cicero (ad DYRRHA'CHIUS (Auppáxios), a son of Po
Att. v. 8) as a friend of Milo. (L. S. ] seidon and Melissa, from whom the town of Dyrra-
DYMAS (Atuas), a son of Aegimius, and bro-chium derived its name ; for formerly it was called
;
ther of Pamphylus and Hyllus. The three tribes Epidamnus, after the father of Melissa. (Paus. vi.
into which each Doric state was divided, derived 10, in fin. ; Steph. Byz. s. v. Auppáxlov. ) (L. S. ]
their names from these three brothers, and were DYSAULES (Avoauans), the father of Tri-
called accordingly Hylleis, Dymanes, and Pam- ptolemus and Eubuleus, and a brother of Celeus.
phyli. Dymas and Pamphylijs were believed to According to a tradition of Phlius, which Pausa-
have lived from the time of Heracles until the con- nias disbelieved, he had been expelled from Eleusis
quest of Peloponnesus, when both fell. (Apollod. by Ion, and had come to Phlius, where he intro-
ii. 8. $ 3; Schol. ad Pind. Pyth. li. 121, where the duced the Eleusinian mysteries. His tomb was
third brother is called Dorus ; Paus. vii. 16. & 3. ) shewn at Celeae, which he is said to have named
There are three other mythical personages of this after his brother Celeus. (Paus. i. 14. & 2, ii. 14.
name. (Hom. Il. xvi. 719; Apollod. iii. 12. & 5; $ 2. )
(L. S. ]
Ov. Met. xi. 761; Hom. Od. vi. 22 ; Virg. Aen, ii.
DYSPONTEUS or DYSPO'NTIUS (Avo-
310, 428. )
(L. S. ) ποντεύς Or Δυσπόντιος), according to Pausanias
DYNA'MIUS. 1. A legal pleader of Bordeaux, (vi. 22. $ 6), a son of Oenomaus, but according to
known to us through a short poetical memoir in Stephanus of Byzantium (s. v. AVOTÓVTLOV), a son
a
elegiac verse, composed after his decease by his of Pelops, was believed to be the founder of the
friend Ausonius. From this little piece we learn town of Dyspontium, in Pisatis. [L. S. ]
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princes, Amyntas, the father of Philip of Macedo-
nia, Agesipolis of Sparta, and Jason of Pherae,
that is, with the year B. C. 370, and carried the
(DOHJORO
history down at least to B. c. 281, so that it em-
braced a period of at least 89 years. The number
of books of which it consisted is not known, though the head of Augustus; and the boar and the lion
their number seems to have amounted to about 28. feeding upon the stag, in the reverses, have refer-
Some ancient writers speak of a work of Duris
entitled Maxedoviká, and the question as to whether
this was a distinct work, or merely a part of or
identical with the lotopían, has been much discussed
in modern times. Grauert (Histor. Analect. p. 217)
and Clinton maintain, that it was a separate work,
whereas Vossius and Droysen (Gesch. d. Nachfolg.
UP-VIR
Alex. p. 671, &c. ) have proved by the strongest
evidence, that the Macedonica is the same work as
the ιστορίαι. 2. Περί Αγαθοκλέα ιστορίαι, in
ence to the shows of wild beasts, in which Augus-
several books, the fourth of which is quoted by tus took great delight. The reverse of the third
Suidas. 3. Equiw ipou, that is, Annals of the coin contains a youthful head, and the inscription
history of Samos
, is frequently referred to by the Honori probably refers to the games in honour of
ancients, and consisted of at least twelve books. Virtus and Honor celebrated in the reign of Au-
4. Περί Ευριπίδου και Σοφοκλέους (Athen. iv.
gustus. (Comp. Dion Cass. liv. 18; Eckhel, v.
P.
184), seems to be the same as tepl Tpayublas. pp. 203, 204. )
(Athen. xiv. p. 636. ) 5. Nepi vouwv. (Etym. M.
p. 460. 49. ) 6. Tepl dywvwv. (Tzetz. ad Lycoph.
613; Photius, s. v. Lenivou otepavos. ) 7. Περί
Śwypadlas. (Diog. Laërt, i. 38, ii. 19. ) 8. Nepl
TOPEUTINñs (Plin. Elench. lib. 33, 34), may, how-
ever, have been the same as the preceding work.
9. Aibuké. (Phot. s. v. Mauia ; Schol. ad Aristoph. I
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DYNAMIUS.
1093
DYSPONTEUS.
DUROʻNIA GENS, plebeian. Of this obscure ; that Dynamius was compelled to quit his native
gens no cognomen, and only four members are city in consequence of being charged, not unjustly
known, viz.
it would scem, with adultery, that he took refuge
1. DURONIA, the mother of P. Aebutius. Her under the assumed name of Flavinius at Lerida,
Becond husband was T. Sempronius Rutilus, who where he practised as a rhetorician, and that he
seems to have had a dislike to his stepson Aebutius. there wedded a wealthy Spanish bride. Late in
Ilis mother, perhaps with a view to get rid of him life he paid a short visit to the place of his birth,
in some way, wanted to get him initiated in the but soon returned to his adopted country, where
Bacchanalian orgies at Rome; but Acbutius be- he died. (Auson. Prof. xxiii. )
tryed the Bacchanalia to the consuls, who pro- 2. A grammarian of uncertain date, the author
tected him against his mother, and Duronia was of an “ Epistola ad Discipulum” to be found in the
thus the cause of the discovery and suppression of Paraenetici Scriptores Veteres ” of Melchior
those orgies, in B. c. 186. (Liv. xxxix. 9, 11, 19. ) Goldast. (Insul. 4to, 1604. ) He is believed by
2. L. DURONIUS, was praetor in B. C. 181, and some to be the same with No. 3.
obtained Apulia for his province, to which the 3. Of Arles, born of a noble family in the mid-
Istri were added, for ambassadors from Tarentum dle of the sixth century, and at the early age of
and Brundusium had complained of the piracy of thirty appointed governor of the province of Mar-
the Istri. He was at the same time commissioned seilles, where he soon became notorious for tyranny
to make inquiries concerning the Bacchanalia, of and extortion, persecuting with especial bostility
which some remaining symptoms had been observed the bishop Theodorus, whom he drove into banish-
the year before. This commission was in all proba- ment, confiscating at the same time the revenues
bility given him for no other reason but because of the see. As he advanced in life, however, a
those symptoms had been observed in the districts singular change was wrought in his character by
which had been assigned to him as his province. remorse or some motive now unknown. He be-
Subsequently he sailed with ten vessels to Illyri- came the obedient instrument of pope Gregory, the
cum, and the year after, when he returned to zealous champion of the rights of Rome, lavished
Rome, he reported that the Illyrian king Genthius his ill-gotten hoards on the endowment of monas-
was the cause of the piracy which was carried on teries, and ended his life in a cloister about A. D.
in the Adriatic. (Liv. xl. 13, 19, 42. )
601. In youth he composed several poetical
3. M. DURONIUS, a Roman senator, who was pieces, which are warmly lauded by Fortunatus of
ejected from the senate in B. C. 97 by the censors, Poitiers ; but the only productions of his pen now
M. Antonius, the orator, and L. Valerius Flaccus ; extant are the Vita S. Marii, abbot of Bevon, an
for Duronius in his tribuneship (probably in the abridgment of which is given in the Acta of Bol-
year B. c. 98) had abolished a lex sumptuaria, and landus under the 27th of January; and the Vita
had used very frivolous and reckless expressions on S. Maximi, originally abbot of Lerins, but after-
that occasion. In revenge he brought an accusa- wards bishop of Riez, contained in the collection
tion for ambitus against the censor M. Antonius. of Surius under 27 Nov. , and in a more correct
(Val. Max. ii. 9. § 5; Cic. de Orat. ii. 68 ; comp. form in the “Chronologia S. Insulae Lerinensis," by
64. )
Vincentius Barralis, Lugdun. 4to, 1613. [W. R. )
4. C. DURONIUS, is mentioned by Cicero (ad DYRRHA'CHIUS (Auppáxios), a son of Po
Att. v. 8) as a friend of Milo. (L. S. ] seidon and Melissa, from whom the town of Dyrra-
DYMAS (Atuas), a son of Aegimius, and bro-chium derived its name ; for formerly it was called
;
ther of Pamphylus and Hyllus. The three tribes Epidamnus, after the father of Melissa. (Paus. vi.
into which each Doric state was divided, derived 10, in fin. ; Steph. Byz. s. v. Auppáxlov. ) (L. S. ]
their names from these three brothers, and were DYSAULES (Avoauans), the father of Tri-
called accordingly Hylleis, Dymanes, and Pam- ptolemus and Eubuleus, and a brother of Celeus.
phyli. Dymas and Pamphylijs were believed to According to a tradition of Phlius, which Pausa-
have lived from the time of Heracles until the con- nias disbelieved, he had been expelled from Eleusis
quest of Peloponnesus, when both fell. (Apollod. by Ion, and had come to Phlius, where he intro-
ii. 8. $ 3; Schol. ad Pind. Pyth. li. 121, where the duced the Eleusinian mysteries. His tomb was
third brother is called Dorus ; Paus. vii. 16. & 3. ) shewn at Celeae, which he is said to have named
There are three other mythical personages of this after his brother Celeus. (Paus. i. 14. & 2, ii. 14.
name. (Hom. Il. xvi. 719; Apollod. iii. 12. & 5; $ 2. )
(L. S. ]
Ov. Met. xi. 761; Hom. Od. vi. 22 ; Virg. Aen, ii.
DYSPONTEUS or DYSPO'NTIUS (Avo-
310, 428. )
(L. S. ) ποντεύς Or Δυσπόντιος), according to Pausanias
DYNA'MIUS. 1. A legal pleader of Bordeaux, (vi. 22. $ 6), a son of Oenomaus, but according to
known to us through a short poetical memoir in Stephanus of Byzantium (s. v. AVOTÓVTLOV), a son
a
elegiac verse, composed after his decease by his of Pelops, was believed to be the founder of the
friend Ausonius. From this little piece we learn town of Dyspontium, in Pisatis. [L. S. ]
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