of the enemy, he claimed the
fulfilment
of the pro- (Florileg.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - a
l.
c.
) Both Aristophanes (Ran.
588)
reading Archesitae, in $ 10, ought, almost undoubt- and Lysias (c. Alcib. p. 536, ed. Reiske) call hiin
ediy, to be Arcesilae or Arcesilui. ) [P. S. ) Elear-eved (γλάμων).
ARCHAEANACTIDAE ('Αρχαιανακτίδαι),
(
2. O nyant, mentioned by Aeschines (c. Ctes.
the name of a race of kings who reigned in the p. 531, ed. Reiske), shouid be distinguished from
Cimmerian Bosporus forty-two years, B. C. 480- the preceding.
438. (Diod. xii. 31, with Wesseling's note. ) 3. An Aetolian (called Archidamus by Liry),
ARCHA'GATHUS ('Apxayatus). 1. The son who commanded the Aetolian troops which assist-
of Agathocles, accompanied Lis father in his ex ed the Romans in their war with Philip. In B. C.
pedition into Africa, B. C. 310. While there he 199 he compelled Philip to raise the siege of
narrowly escaped being put to death in a tumult Thaumaci (Liv. xxxii. 4), and took an active part
of the soldiers, occasioned by his having murdered in the battle of Cynoscephalae, B. c. 197, in which
Lyciscus, who reproached him with comınitting Philip was defeated. (Polyb. xviii. 4. ) When the
incest with his step-mother Alcia. When Aga- war broke out between the Romans and the
thocles was summoned from Africa by the state of Aetolians, he was sent as ambassador to the
affairs in Sicily, he left Archagathus behind in Achaeans to solicit their assistance, B. c. 192 (Liv.
command of the army. He met at first with some xxxv. 48); and on the defeat of Antiochus the
success, but was afterwards defeated three times, Great in the following year, he went as ambassador
and obliged to take refuge in Tunis. Agathocles to the consul M'. Acilius Glabrio to sue for peace.
returned to his assistance; but a mutiny of the (Polyb. xx. 9. ) In B. c. 169 he was denounced to
soldiers soon compelled him to leave Africa again, the Romans by Lyciscus as one of their enemies.
and Archagathus and his brother were put to death (Polyb. xxviii. 4. ) He joined Perseus the same
by the troops in revenge, B. C. 307. (Diod. xx. 33, year, and accompanied the Macedonian king in his
57-61; Justin. xxii. 8. )
tight after his defeat in 168. (Lir, xlii. 23, 24,
2. The son of the preceding, described as a xliv. 43. )
youth of great bravery and daring, murdered Aga- 4. Of Tarsus, a Stoic philosopher (Strab. xiv.
thocles, the son of Agathocles, that he might suc- p. 674 ; Diog. Laërt. vii. 40, 68, 84, 88), two of
ceed his grandfather. He was himself kiled by whose works, Περί Φωνής and Περί Στοιχείων,
Maenon. (Diod. xxi. Ecl. 12. )
are mentioned by Diogenes Laërtius. (vii. 55,
ARCHA'GATHUS ('Apxayados), a Pelopon- 134. ) He is probably the same person as the
nesian, the son of Lysanias, who settled at Rome Archedemus, whom Plutarch (de Exsilio, p. 605)
as a practitioner of medicine, B. C. 219, and, ac- calls an Athenian, and who, he states, went into the
cording to Cassius Hemina (as quoted by Pliny, country of the Parthians and left behind him the
H. N. xxix. 6), was the first person who made Stoic succession at Babylon. Archedemus is also
it a distinct profession in that city. He was mentioned by Cicero ( Acad. Quaest. ii. 47), Seneca
received in the first instance with great respect, (Epist. 121), and other ancient writers.
the “ Jus Quiritium" was given him, and a ARCHE'DICE ('Apxedian), daughter of Hippias
shop was bought for him at the public expense ; the Peisistratid, and given in marriage by him after
but his practice was observed to be so severe, the death of Hipparchus to Aeantides, son of Hip
that he soon excited the dislike of the people at poclus, the tyrant of Lampsacus. She is famous
large, and produced a complete disgust to the for the epitaph given in Thucydides, and ascribed
profession generally. The practice of Archagathus by Aristotle to Simonides, which told that, with
seems to have been alınost exclusively surgical, father, husband, and sons in sovereign power, still
and to have consisted, in a great measure, in the she retained her meekness. (Thuc. vi. 59; Arist.
use of the knife and powerful caustic applications. Rhet. i. 9. )
[A. H. C. ]
(Bostock, Hist. of Mcd. )
(W. A. G. ) ARCHE'DICUS ('Apxédıxos), an Athenian
ARCHEBUʻLUS (Apxébovdos), of Thebes, a comic poet of the new comedy, who wrote, at the
lyric poet, who appears to have lived about the instigation of Timaeus, against I'emochares, the
year B. c. 280, as Euphorion is said to have been nephew of Demosthenes, and supported Antipater
instructed by him in poetry. (Suid. s. v. Evpopíwv. ) and the Macedonian party. The titles of two of
A particular kind of verse which was frequently his plays are preserved, Διαμαρτάνων and Θησαυρός.
used by other lyric poets, was called after him. He flourished about 302 B. C. (Suidas, 8. V. ; Athen,
(Hephaest. Enchir. p. 27. ) Not a fragment of his vi. p. 252, f. , vii. pp. 292, e. , 294, a. b. , X. p. 467,
poetry is now extant.
[L. S. ] e. , xiii. p. 610, f. ; Polyb. xii. 13. ) [P. S. ]
ARCHEDEMUS or ARCHEDAMUS ('Ap ARCHE'GETES (APXnyétns). 1. A suriame
xédnuos or 'Apxédanos). ]. A popular leader at of Apollo, under which he was worshipped in se
Athens, took the first step against the generals who veral places, as at Naxos in Sicily (Thuc. vi. 3;
had gained the battle of Arginusae, B. C. 406, by Pind. Pyth. v. 80), and at Megara. (Paus. i. 42
imposing a fine on Erasinides, and calling him to $ 5. ). The name has reference either to Apollo as
account in a court of justice for some public money the leader and protector of colonies, or as the
which he had received in the Hellespont. (Xen. founder of towns in general, in which case the import
Hell. vii. 1. & 2. ) This seems to be the same of the name is nearly the same as Scos natpmus.
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ARCHELAUS.
261
ARCHELAUS.
2. A surname of Asclepius, under which he was lead us to conjecture, that Archelaus was a contem-
worshipped at Tithorea in Phocis. (Paus. x. 32. porary of Alexander, and perhaps accompanied him
$ 8. )
(L. S. ) on his expeditions. But as the work is completely
ARCHELA'US ('Apxéraos), a son of Temenus, lost, nothing certain can be said about the matter.
a Heraclid, who, when expelled by his brothers, In like manner, it must remain uncertain whether
fled to king Cisseus in Macedonia. Cisseus pro- this Archelaus is the same as the one whose “ Eu-
mised him the succession to his throne and the boeica” are quoted by Harpocration (s. v. 'Adóv-
hand of his daughter, if he would assist him against voos, where however Maussac reads Archemachus),
his neighbouring enemies. Archelaus performed and whose works on rivers and stones are men-
what was asked of him; but when, after the defeat tioned by Plutarch (de Fluv. 1 and 9) and Stobaeus.
of the enemy, he claimed the fulfilment of the pro- (Florileg. i. 15. )
(L. S. )
mise, Cisseus had a hole dug in the carth, filled ARCHELA'US ('Apxénaos), son of HEROD
it with burning coals, and covered it over with the Great by Malthace, a Samaritan woman, is
branches, that Archelans might fall into it. The called by Dion Cassius 'Hpuons Talaiotnvós,
plan was discovered, and Cisseus himself was and was whole brother to Herod Antipas. (Dion
thrown into the pit by Archelaus, who then fled, Cass. Iv. 27 ; Joseph. Ant. xvii. 1. $ 3, 10. § 1;
but at the command of Apollo built the town of Bell. Jud. i. 28. § 4. ) The will of Herod, which
Aegae on a spot to which he was led by a goat. had at first been 60 drawn up as to exclude
According to some accounts, Alexander the Great Archelaus in consequence of the false represent-
was a descendant of Archelaus. (Hygin. Fab. 219. ) ations of his eldest brother Antipater, was after-
Two other mythical personages of this name occur ward altered in his favour on the discovery of
in Apollodorus. (ii. 1. & 5, 4. & 5, &c. ) (L. S. ) the latter's treachery (see p. 203]; and, on the
ARCHELA'US ('Apxéraos), the author of a death of Herod, he was saluted as king by the
poem consisting of upwards of three hundred bar- army. This title, however, he declined till it
barous Greek iambics, entitled nep? This 'lepas should be ratified by Augustus ; and, in a speech
Téxmns, De Sacra Arte (sc. Chrysopoeia). No to the people after his father's funeral, he made
thing is known of the events of his life; his date large professions of his moderation and his wil-
also is uncertain, but the poem is evidently the lingness to redress all grievances. (Joseph. Ant.
work of a comparatively recent writer, and must xvii. 4. § 3, 6. § 1, 8. ŠS 2-4 ; Bell. Jud. i. 31.
not be attributed to any of the older authors of 1, 32. & 7, 33. $$ 7–9. ) Immediately after
this name.
It was published for the first time in this a serious sedition occurred, which Archelaus
the second volume of Ideler's Physici et Medici quenched in blood (Ant. xvii. 9. SS 1-3; Bell.
Graeci Minores, Berol. 1842, 8vo. ; but a few ex- Jud. ii. 1 ; comp. Ant. xvii. 6; Bell. Jud. i. 33),
tracts had previously been inserted by J. S. Bernard, and he then proceeded to Rome to obtain the con-
in his edition of Palladius, De Febribus, Lugd. firmation of his father's will. Here he was opposed
Bat. 1745, 8vo. pp. 160–163. (W. A. G. ) by Antipas, who was supported by Herod's sister
ARCHELA'US ('Apxéraos), one of the illegiti- Salome and her son Antipater, and ambassadors
mate sons of AMYNTAS II. by Cygnaea Himself also came from the Jews to complain of the cruelty
and his two brothers (Archideus or Arrhidaeus, of Archelaus, and to entreat that their country
and Menelaus) excited the jealousy of their half- might be annexed to Syria and ruled by Roman
brother Philip'; and, this having proved fatal to governors. The will of Herod was, however, rati-
one of them, the other two Aed for refuge to fed in its main points by Augustus, and in the
Olynthus. According to Justin, the protection division of the kingdom Archelaus received Judaen,
which they obtained there gave occasion to the Samaria, and Idumaer, with the title of Ethnarch,
Olynthian war, B. C. 349; and on the capture of and a promise of that of king should he be found
the city, B. C. 347, the two princes fell into Philip's to deserve it. (Ant. xvii. 9, 11; Bell. Jud. ij.
bands and were put to death. (Just. vii. 4, viii. 2, 6; Euseb. Hist
. Ecc. i. 9; comp. Luke, xix.
[E. E. ) 12–27. ) On his return from Rome he set the
ARCHELA'US, bishop of CAESARRIA in Cap Jewish law at defiance by his marriage with
padocia, wrote a work against the heresy of the Glaphyra (daughter of Archelaus, king of Cappado-
Messalians, which is referred to by Photius. (Cod. cia), the widow of his brother Alexander, by
52. ) Cave places him at 440 . D. (Hist
. Lit. whom she had children living (Levit. xviii. 16, xx.
[P. S. )
21; Deut. xxv. 5); and, his general government
ARCHELA'US, KING OP CAPPADOCIA. (Ar- being most tyrannical
, he was again accused before
chelaus, general of Mithridates, No. 4, p. 263. ) Augustus by the Jews in the 10th year of his
ARCHELA'US, bishop of CARRHA in Meso reim (a. D. 7), and, as he was unable to clear
potamia, A. D. 278, held a public dispute with the himself from their charges, he was banished to
heretic Manes
, an account of which he published Vienna in Gaul, where he died. (Ant. xvi. 13 ;
in Syriac. The work was soon translated both Bell. Jud. ii. 7. ^ 3; Strab. xvi. p. 765 ; Dion
into Greck and into Latin. (Socrates, H. E. i. 22; Cass. Ir. 27; Euseb. Hist. Ecc. i. 9. ) [E. E. )
Hieron. de Vir. Illustr. 72. ) A large fragment of ARCHELA'US ('Apxénaos), king of MACE-
the Latin version was published by Valesius, in his DONIA from B. C. 413 to 399. According to Plato,
edition of Socrates and Sozomen.
The same ver-
he was an illegitimate son of Perdiccas II. and ob-
sion, almost entire, was again printed, with the tained the throne by the murder of his uncle Alce
fragments of the Greek version, by Zaccagnius, tas, his cousin, and his half-brother (Plat. Gorg.
in his Collect. Monument. Vet. , Rom. 1698, and by p. 471; Athen. r. p. 217, d. ; Acl. V. II. xii. 43),
Fabricius in his edition of Hippolytus. [P. S. ] further strengthening himself by marriage with
ARCHELA'US ('Apxénaos), a Greek GEOGRA- Cleopatra, his father's widow. (Plat. Gorg. p. 471,
PAER, who wrote a work in which he described all c. ; Aristot. Potit, v. 10, ed. Bekk. ) Nor does there
the countries which Alexander the Great had tra- appear to be any valid reason for rejecting this
versed. (Diog. Laert. ii. 17. ) This statement would story, in spite of the silence of Thucydides, wlio
3. )
sub. ann. )
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262
ARCHELAUS.
ARCHELAUS.
had 110 occasion to refer to it, and of the remarks rived in Greece, and immediately inarched towards
of Athenaeus, who ascribes it to Plato's love of scan- Attica. As he was passing through Boeotin, Thebes
dal. (Thuc. ii. 100; Athen. xi.
reading Archesitae, in $ 10, ought, almost undoubt- and Lysias (c. Alcib. p. 536, ed. Reiske) call hiin
ediy, to be Arcesilae or Arcesilui. ) [P. S. ) Elear-eved (γλάμων).
ARCHAEANACTIDAE ('Αρχαιανακτίδαι),
(
2. O nyant, mentioned by Aeschines (c. Ctes.
the name of a race of kings who reigned in the p. 531, ed. Reiske), shouid be distinguished from
Cimmerian Bosporus forty-two years, B. C. 480- the preceding.
438. (Diod. xii. 31, with Wesseling's note. ) 3. An Aetolian (called Archidamus by Liry),
ARCHA'GATHUS ('Apxayatus). 1. The son who commanded the Aetolian troops which assist-
of Agathocles, accompanied Lis father in his ex ed the Romans in their war with Philip. In B. C.
pedition into Africa, B. C. 310. While there he 199 he compelled Philip to raise the siege of
narrowly escaped being put to death in a tumult Thaumaci (Liv. xxxii. 4), and took an active part
of the soldiers, occasioned by his having murdered in the battle of Cynoscephalae, B. c. 197, in which
Lyciscus, who reproached him with comınitting Philip was defeated. (Polyb. xviii. 4. ) When the
incest with his step-mother Alcia. When Aga- war broke out between the Romans and the
thocles was summoned from Africa by the state of Aetolians, he was sent as ambassador to the
affairs in Sicily, he left Archagathus behind in Achaeans to solicit their assistance, B. c. 192 (Liv.
command of the army. He met at first with some xxxv. 48); and on the defeat of Antiochus the
success, but was afterwards defeated three times, Great in the following year, he went as ambassador
and obliged to take refuge in Tunis. Agathocles to the consul M'. Acilius Glabrio to sue for peace.
returned to his assistance; but a mutiny of the (Polyb. xx. 9. ) In B. c. 169 he was denounced to
soldiers soon compelled him to leave Africa again, the Romans by Lyciscus as one of their enemies.
and Archagathus and his brother were put to death (Polyb. xxviii. 4. ) He joined Perseus the same
by the troops in revenge, B. C. 307. (Diod. xx. 33, year, and accompanied the Macedonian king in his
57-61; Justin. xxii. 8. )
tight after his defeat in 168. (Lir, xlii. 23, 24,
2. The son of the preceding, described as a xliv. 43. )
youth of great bravery and daring, murdered Aga- 4. Of Tarsus, a Stoic philosopher (Strab. xiv.
thocles, the son of Agathocles, that he might suc- p. 674 ; Diog. Laërt. vii. 40, 68, 84, 88), two of
ceed his grandfather. He was himself kiled by whose works, Περί Φωνής and Περί Στοιχείων,
Maenon. (Diod. xxi. Ecl. 12. )
are mentioned by Diogenes Laërtius. (vii. 55,
ARCHA'GATHUS ('Apxayados), a Pelopon- 134. ) He is probably the same person as the
nesian, the son of Lysanias, who settled at Rome Archedemus, whom Plutarch (de Exsilio, p. 605)
as a practitioner of medicine, B. C. 219, and, ac- calls an Athenian, and who, he states, went into the
cording to Cassius Hemina (as quoted by Pliny, country of the Parthians and left behind him the
H. N. xxix. 6), was the first person who made Stoic succession at Babylon. Archedemus is also
it a distinct profession in that city. He was mentioned by Cicero ( Acad. Quaest. ii. 47), Seneca
received in the first instance with great respect, (Epist. 121), and other ancient writers.
the “ Jus Quiritium" was given him, and a ARCHE'DICE ('Apxedian), daughter of Hippias
shop was bought for him at the public expense ; the Peisistratid, and given in marriage by him after
but his practice was observed to be so severe, the death of Hipparchus to Aeantides, son of Hip
that he soon excited the dislike of the people at poclus, the tyrant of Lampsacus. She is famous
large, and produced a complete disgust to the for the epitaph given in Thucydides, and ascribed
profession generally. The practice of Archagathus by Aristotle to Simonides, which told that, with
seems to have been alınost exclusively surgical, father, husband, and sons in sovereign power, still
and to have consisted, in a great measure, in the she retained her meekness. (Thuc. vi. 59; Arist.
use of the knife and powerful caustic applications. Rhet. i. 9. )
[A. H. C. ]
(Bostock, Hist. of Mcd. )
(W. A. G. ) ARCHE'DICUS ('Apxédıxos), an Athenian
ARCHEBUʻLUS (Apxébovdos), of Thebes, a comic poet of the new comedy, who wrote, at the
lyric poet, who appears to have lived about the instigation of Timaeus, against I'emochares, the
year B. c. 280, as Euphorion is said to have been nephew of Demosthenes, and supported Antipater
instructed by him in poetry. (Suid. s. v. Evpopíwv. ) and the Macedonian party. The titles of two of
A particular kind of verse which was frequently his plays are preserved, Διαμαρτάνων and Θησαυρός.
used by other lyric poets, was called after him. He flourished about 302 B. C. (Suidas, 8. V. ; Athen,
(Hephaest. Enchir. p. 27. ) Not a fragment of his vi. p. 252, f. , vii. pp. 292, e. , 294, a. b. , X. p. 467,
poetry is now extant.
[L. S. ] e. , xiii. p. 610, f. ; Polyb. xii. 13. ) [P. S. ]
ARCHEDEMUS or ARCHEDAMUS ('Ap ARCHE'GETES (APXnyétns). 1. A suriame
xédnuos or 'Apxédanos). ]. A popular leader at of Apollo, under which he was worshipped in se
Athens, took the first step against the generals who veral places, as at Naxos in Sicily (Thuc. vi. 3;
had gained the battle of Arginusae, B. C. 406, by Pind. Pyth. v. 80), and at Megara. (Paus. i. 42
imposing a fine on Erasinides, and calling him to $ 5. ). The name has reference either to Apollo as
account in a court of justice for some public money the leader and protector of colonies, or as the
which he had received in the Hellespont. (Xen. founder of towns in general, in which case the import
Hell. vii. 1. & 2. ) This seems to be the same of the name is nearly the same as Scos natpmus.
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ARCHELAUS.
261
ARCHELAUS.
2. A surname of Asclepius, under which he was lead us to conjecture, that Archelaus was a contem-
worshipped at Tithorea in Phocis. (Paus. x. 32. porary of Alexander, and perhaps accompanied him
$ 8. )
(L. S. ) on his expeditions. But as the work is completely
ARCHELA'US ('Apxéraos), a son of Temenus, lost, nothing certain can be said about the matter.
a Heraclid, who, when expelled by his brothers, In like manner, it must remain uncertain whether
fled to king Cisseus in Macedonia. Cisseus pro- this Archelaus is the same as the one whose “ Eu-
mised him the succession to his throne and the boeica” are quoted by Harpocration (s. v. 'Adóv-
hand of his daughter, if he would assist him against voos, where however Maussac reads Archemachus),
his neighbouring enemies. Archelaus performed and whose works on rivers and stones are men-
what was asked of him; but when, after the defeat tioned by Plutarch (de Fluv. 1 and 9) and Stobaeus.
of the enemy, he claimed the fulfilment of the pro- (Florileg. i. 15. )
(L. S. )
mise, Cisseus had a hole dug in the carth, filled ARCHELA'US ('Apxénaos), son of HEROD
it with burning coals, and covered it over with the Great by Malthace, a Samaritan woman, is
branches, that Archelans might fall into it. The called by Dion Cassius 'Hpuons Talaiotnvós,
plan was discovered, and Cisseus himself was and was whole brother to Herod Antipas. (Dion
thrown into the pit by Archelaus, who then fled, Cass. Iv. 27 ; Joseph. Ant. xvii. 1. $ 3, 10. § 1;
but at the command of Apollo built the town of Bell. Jud. i. 28. § 4. ) The will of Herod, which
Aegae on a spot to which he was led by a goat. had at first been 60 drawn up as to exclude
According to some accounts, Alexander the Great Archelaus in consequence of the false represent-
was a descendant of Archelaus. (Hygin. Fab. 219. ) ations of his eldest brother Antipater, was after-
Two other mythical personages of this name occur ward altered in his favour on the discovery of
in Apollodorus. (ii. 1. & 5, 4. & 5, &c. ) (L. S. ) the latter's treachery (see p. 203]; and, on the
ARCHELA'US ('Apxéraos), the author of a death of Herod, he was saluted as king by the
poem consisting of upwards of three hundred bar- army. This title, however, he declined till it
barous Greek iambics, entitled nep? This 'lepas should be ratified by Augustus ; and, in a speech
Téxmns, De Sacra Arte (sc. Chrysopoeia). No to the people after his father's funeral, he made
thing is known of the events of his life; his date large professions of his moderation and his wil-
also is uncertain, but the poem is evidently the lingness to redress all grievances. (Joseph. Ant.
work of a comparatively recent writer, and must xvii. 4. § 3, 6. § 1, 8. ŠS 2-4 ; Bell. Jud. i. 31.
not be attributed to any of the older authors of 1, 32. & 7, 33. $$ 7–9. ) Immediately after
this name.
It was published for the first time in this a serious sedition occurred, which Archelaus
the second volume of Ideler's Physici et Medici quenched in blood (Ant. xvii. 9. SS 1-3; Bell.
Graeci Minores, Berol. 1842, 8vo. ; but a few ex- Jud. ii. 1 ; comp. Ant. xvii. 6; Bell. Jud. i. 33),
tracts had previously been inserted by J. S. Bernard, and he then proceeded to Rome to obtain the con-
in his edition of Palladius, De Febribus, Lugd. firmation of his father's will. Here he was opposed
Bat. 1745, 8vo. pp. 160–163. (W. A. G. ) by Antipas, who was supported by Herod's sister
ARCHELA'US ('Apxéraos), one of the illegiti- Salome and her son Antipater, and ambassadors
mate sons of AMYNTAS II. by Cygnaea Himself also came from the Jews to complain of the cruelty
and his two brothers (Archideus or Arrhidaeus, of Archelaus, and to entreat that their country
and Menelaus) excited the jealousy of their half- might be annexed to Syria and ruled by Roman
brother Philip'; and, this having proved fatal to governors. The will of Herod was, however, rati-
one of them, the other two Aed for refuge to fed in its main points by Augustus, and in the
Olynthus. According to Justin, the protection division of the kingdom Archelaus received Judaen,
which they obtained there gave occasion to the Samaria, and Idumaer, with the title of Ethnarch,
Olynthian war, B. C. 349; and on the capture of and a promise of that of king should he be found
the city, B. C. 347, the two princes fell into Philip's to deserve it. (Ant. xvii. 9, 11; Bell. Jud. ij.
bands and were put to death. (Just. vii. 4, viii. 2, 6; Euseb. Hist
. Ecc. i. 9; comp. Luke, xix.
[E. E. ) 12–27. ) On his return from Rome he set the
ARCHELA'US, bishop of CAESARRIA in Cap Jewish law at defiance by his marriage with
padocia, wrote a work against the heresy of the Glaphyra (daughter of Archelaus, king of Cappado-
Messalians, which is referred to by Photius. (Cod. cia), the widow of his brother Alexander, by
52. ) Cave places him at 440 . D. (Hist
. Lit. whom she had children living (Levit. xviii. 16, xx.
[P. S. )
21; Deut. xxv. 5); and, his general government
ARCHELA'US, KING OP CAPPADOCIA. (Ar- being most tyrannical
, he was again accused before
chelaus, general of Mithridates, No. 4, p. 263. ) Augustus by the Jews in the 10th year of his
ARCHELA'US, bishop of CARRHA in Meso reim (a. D. 7), and, as he was unable to clear
potamia, A. D. 278, held a public dispute with the himself from their charges, he was banished to
heretic Manes
, an account of which he published Vienna in Gaul, where he died. (Ant. xvi. 13 ;
in Syriac. The work was soon translated both Bell. Jud. ii. 7. ^ 3; Strab. xvi. p. 765 ; Dion
into Greck and into Latin. (Socrates, H. E. i. 22; Cass. Ir. 27; Euseb. Hist. Ecc. i. 9. ) [E. E. )
Hieron. de Vir. Illustr. 72. ) A large fragment of ARCHELA'US ('Apxénaos), king of MACE-
the Latin version was published by Valesius, in his DONIA from B. C. 413 to 399. According to Plato,
edition of Socrates and Sozomen.
The same ver-
he was an illegitimate son of Perdiccas II. and ob-
sion, almost entire, was again printed, with the tained the throne by the murder of his uncle Alce
fragments of the Greek version, by Zaccagnius, tas, his cousin, and his half-brother (Plat. Gorg.
in his Collect. Monument. Vet. , Rom. 1698, and by p. 471; Athen. r. p. 217, d. ; Acl. V. II. xii. 43),
Fabricius in his edition of Hippolytus. [P. S. ] further strengthening himself by marriage with
ARCHELA'US ('Apxénaos), a Greek GEOGRA- Cleopatra, his father's widow. (Plat. Gorg. p. 471,
PAER, who wrote a work in which he described all c. ; Aristot. Potit, v. 10, ed. Bekk. ) Nor does there
the countries which Alexander the Great had tra- appear to be any valid reason for rejecting this
versed. (Diog. Laert. ii. 17. ) This statement would story, in spite of the silence of Thucydides, wlio
3. )
sub. ann. )
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ARCHELAUS.
ARCHELAUS.
had 110 occasion to refer to it, and of the remarks rived in Greece, and immediately inarched towards
of Athenaeus, who ascribes it to Plato's love of scan- Attica. As he was passing through Boeotin, Thebes
dal. (Thuc. ii. 100; Athen. xi.
