Of Chios, the son of Thestor,
surnamed
| (xri.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - c
297), addressed eis Nap-
χας). 10. Ίφικλος (Steph. ε. ο. 'Αράφεια). 11. Κρι-θένιον Φωκαέα τον είς "Ομηρον παροινήσαντα
vayópas (Etym. 8. v. áprus). 12. Aevkaðlau (Steph. Brunck understands this to be the Parthenius who
s. v. '16npiai). 13. IpoteUTTIKOV (Stephr. s. v. Kw- was taken in the Mithridatic war (No. 1), and
PUKOS). 14. Moretum. It is stated in the Am- Jacobs supposes him to be the same as the disciple
brosian manuscript of Virgil that Parthenius wrote of Dionysius [No. 3]; but neither of these opinions
a work in Greek under this title, which was imitated can be correct, as Clinton has observed (F. 11. rol.
by Virgil. 15. Metapopoeis. Whether Par-iii. p. 549), since it appears from the authority of
thenius was the author of this work or not is doubt. Stephanus Byz. (s. r. AEKéVT101) that the Phocaean
ful. Suidas (s. r. Néotwp), in one passage, ascribes Parthenius lived after Magnentius, who slew Con-
it to Parthenius of Nicara ; but in another (s. v. stans in A. D. 350.
Παρθένιος Χίος), he attributes it to Parthenius of PARTHENOPAEUS (Ilapdevonalos), one of
Chios (No. 2]. Since, however, the words in the the seven heroes that undertook the expedition
latter passage are wanting in the old editions and against Thebes. He is sometimes called a son of
in most manuscripts of Suidas, it is probable that Ares or Meilanion and Atalante (Apollod. üi. 9.
they were not written by him, but were made up by $ 2, 6. $ 3, &c. ; Paus. iii. 12. $7; Eurip. Suppl.
some one from the passage on Nestor, and then in- 888; Serv. ad Aen. ri. 480), sometimes of Me-
serted under Parthenius in their wrong place. This leager and Atalante (Ilygin. Fab. 70, 79), and
work is likewise referred to by Eustathius (and sometimes of Talaus and Lysimache (Apollod. i. 9.
Dionys, 420); and it must be admitted, as Clinton 8 13; Paus. ii. 20. $ 4, ix. 18. $ +; Schol. ad Oed.
has remarked, that the expression of Eustathius Col. 1385). His son, by the nymph Clymene,
seems to imply that another Parthenius was in- who marched against Thebes as one of the Epigoni,
tended. It is not improbable that Orid may have is called Promachus, Stratolaus, Thesimenes, or
borrowed from this work in his Metamorphoses. Tlesimenes. (Apollod. i. 9. § 13, ji. 7. 2 ; Eu-
16. Περί ερωτικών παθημάτων.
stath. ad Ilom. p. 489 ; Hygin. Fab. 71 ; Paus. iii.
The work last mentioned, nepl WTIKwv Tan- 12. $ 7. ) Parthenopaeus was killed at Thebes by
udrwv, is the only one of the writings of Parthenius Asphodicus, Amphidicus or Periclymenus. (Apol-
that has come down to us. It is written in prose, lod. iii. 6. & 8; Paus, ir. 18, in fin. ; Aeschyl.
and contains thirty-six brief love-stories, which Sept. c. Theb. )
[L. S. )
ended in an unfortunate manner. It is dedicated, PARTHE’NOPE (Tapbevóan). 1. A daughter
as has been already remarked, to Cornelius Gallus, of Stymphalus, and by Heracles the mother of
and was compiled for his use, that he might avail Eueres. (Apollod. ii. 7. $ 8. )
himself of the materials in the composition of epic 2. A daughter of Ancaeus and Samia, became
and elegiac poems. The work is of some interest by Apollo the mother of Lycomedes. (Paus, vii.
to us, as Parthenius gives in most cases the names 4. & 2. )
of the writers from whom he derived his narratives, 3. One of the Seirens (Schol. ad Hom. Od. xii.
and thus extends our acquaintance with some Greek 39 ; Aristot. Mir. Ausc. 103. ) At Naples her
writers of whom we have very few fragments tomb was shown, and a torch race was held every
extant. Of this work we have only one manuscript, year in her honour. (Sirab. v. p. 246 ; Tzetz. ad
written in the tenth century, and preserved at Lyc. 732. )
present at Heidelberg. It was first printed at 4. The wife of Oceanus, by whom she became the
Basel, 1531, edited by Comarius. The principal mother of Europa and Thrace. (Tzetz. ad Lyc. 894;
editions are : :-- by Gale, in Historiae Poëticae Scrip- comp. Schol. ad Aeschyl. Pers. 183. ) (L. S. )
tores Antiqui, Paris, 1675 ; by Heyne, appended PARTIENOS (Llapdévos), i. e. the virgin, a
to his edition of Conon, Göttingen, 1798 ; by Pas- surname of Athena at Athens, where the famous
sow, Leipzig, 18:24 ; and by Westermann, in Muto- temple Parthenon was dedicated to her. (Paus, i.
ypápor: Scriptores Poëticae Historiae Graeci, Bruns. 24, v. ii. & 5, viii, 41, 5, x. 34, in fin. ) Par-
wick, 1843. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol iv. p. 305, thenos also occurs as the proper name of the
&c. ; Voss. De Hist. Graec. p. 208, &c. ed Wester- daughter of Apollo and Chrysothemis, who after
mann ; Clinton, F. H. vol. iii. p. 518, &c. ; Lebeau, ber premature death was placed by her father
Sur les Auteurs dont Parthenius a tiré ses Nurrutions, among the stars. (lygin. Poct. Astr. 25. in
in Mém. de l'Acad. d. Inscrip. vol. xxxiv. p. 63, fin. )
(LS. )
&c. ; Eckstein, in Ersch and Gruber's Encyclopädie, PARYSATIS (Παρύσατις or Παρυσάτις, see
art. Parthenius. )
Baehr ad Ctes. p. 186. ) According to Strabo
2.
Of Chios, the son of Thestor, surnamed | (xri. p. 785), the Persian form of the name was
Chaos, was said to be a descendant of Homer, and Pharziris.
wrote a poem on his father, Thestor (Suid. ). 1. Daughter of Artaxerxes I. Longimanus, king
Suidas also ascribes to him the composition of the of Persia, was given by her father in marriage to
Metamorphoses ; but we have shown above that her own brother Dareius, surnamed Ochus, who in
this fentence is probably misplaced in Suidas. B. C. 424 succeeded Xerxes II. on the throne of
3. The GRAMMARIAN, was a pupil of the Alex. Persia. (Ctes. Pers. 44, ed. Baehr. ) The feeble
## p. 131 (#147) ############################################
PARYSATIS.
131
PARYSATIS.
PASICRATES.
ndrine grammarian, Dionysius
, who lived in the
st century before Christ (Suidas
, s. 6. Altfel,
his Parthenius is mentioned by Athenazes vig
otes a work of bis, entitled Tepi Tev tage eigen
στορικούς Λέξεων ζητουμένων (Athen. Σ. β. 47,
p. 501, a. 2F. p. 680, d. e), and also be Eesti
Eus (at ll
. xxii. p. 1412, ad Od. IT. 2. 367)
4. The Procaean, frequently quoted tre fazer
ss Byzantinus (ε. τη. Γότθοι, Δεκέτιος, Μερσι
the Greek Anthology there is an enerza di
cius (Anal, vol. ii. p. 297), addressed eit les
τον Φωκαέα τον είς "Ομηρον παροινήστε
nck understands this to be the Partheries
taken in the Mithridatic war (Na 1)
, ?
bs supposes him to be the same as the disciple
Fonysius (No. 3); but neither of these peste
e correct, as Clinton has obserred (F. ll. rad
549), since it appears from the anted wity al
anus Brz. (s. v. AEKÉrtwu) that the Ph. com
-nius lived after Maguentius, who sler (*
7 A. D. 350,
ETHEVOPAEUS (Tiapbeyopa. os)
, et
en heroes that undertook the expectia
Thebes. He is sometimes called a sad
Meilanion and Atalante (-Apolod. S.
3, &c. ; Paus. iii. 12. $ 7; Eurip
. Sorel
IF, ad Aen, vi. 480), sometimes of W?
Atalante (Ilsgin. Feb. 70, 79), 2.
of Talaus and Losiniache (Apolodi.
18. ii. 20. $ 4, ir. 18. & 4; Sehol the
. His son, by the nymph Craene
,
ed against Thebes as one of the Epoca
Promachus, Stratolaus, Thesires
(Apollod. i. 9. § 13, ii. 7. $? ; Ex
m. p. 489; Hrgin. Fab. 71; Pass. i
'arthenopaeas was killed at Thebes big
Amphidicus or Periclymenus (Apol
8; Paus. ir 18, in fin. ;
>
(LS)
ΝΟΡΕ (Παρθενόπη). 1. A dassic
s, and by Heracles the borbe
ollod. i. 7. $ 8. )
hter of Ancaeus and Satriz, became
: mother of Lycomedes. (Paza si
he Seirens (Schol. ad Hor Ol. si
Mir. Ausc. 103. ) At Naples ber
wn, and a torch race was held EFETT
character of Dareius threw the chief power into The abstract of Ctesias himself, preserved to us by
the hands of Parysatis ; whose administration was Photius, records the same events more briefly.
little else than a series of murders. It was at her 2. The youngest daughter of Ochus (Arta-
express instigation that Dareius put to death his xerxes III. ), king of Persia, whom according to
two brothers Sogdianus and Arsites, as well as Ar-Arrian (anal, vii. 4. 5) Alexander the Great
tuphius and Artoxares, the chief eunuch. All the married at Susa, B. c. 325, at the same time with
family of Stateira, who was married to her son Barsinë or Stateira, the daughter of Dareius.
Artaxerxes, were in like manner sacrificed to her Arrian cites Aristobulus as his authority ; but
jealousy, and she was with difficulty induced to this second marriage is not mentioned by any
spare the life of Stateira herself. (Id. ib. 48–56. ) other author.
(E. H. B. ]
She had been the mother of no less than thirteen PASCHASINUS, together with Lucentius,
children, of whom four only grew up to manhood. bishop of Asculum, and Bonifacius, a presbyter,
The eldest of these, Arsaces, who afterwards as- was despatched by Leo I. to represent hiin in the
sumed the name of Artaxerxes, was born before Council of Chalcedon, held A. D. 451. Paschasinus,
Dareius had obtained the sovereign power, and on of whose previous history and position in life we
this pretext Parysatis sought to set aside his claims know nothing, seems to have held the chief place
to the throne in favour of her second son Cyrus. among the three legates since he subscribed the
Failing in this attempt she nevertheless interposed acts of the council in the name of the pope before
after the death of Dareius B. C. 405, to prevent the two others.
Artaxerxes from putting Cyrus to death ; and An epistle of Paschasinus, De Quaestione Paschali,
prevailed with the king to allow him to return to is still extant, addressed to Leo in reply to some
his satrapy in Asia Minor. (Ctes. Pers. 57 ; inquiries from the pontiff with regard to the calcu-
Plut. Art. 1–3; Xen. Anab. i. 1. $$ 1-3. ) lations for determining the festival of Easter. It
During the absence of Cyrus, she continued to will be found under its best form in the editions of
favour his projects by her influence with Ar- the works of Leo, published by Quesnel and by
taxerxes, whom she prevented from listening to the brothers Ballerini. (Leo. ] (Schönemann,
those who would have warned him of the designs Biblioth. Patrum Lat. vol. ij. Š 49; Bähr, Ges-
of his brotber ; on which account she was loudly chichte der Röm. Litterat. Suppl. Band. 2te Abtheil.
blamed by the opposite party at court as the real $ 166. )
(W. R. )
author of the war that ensued. Even after the PAÍSEAS. (ABANTIDAS. ]
battle of Cunaxa (B. C. 401), Parysatis did not PA'SIAS, an eminent Greek painter, brother of
hesitate to display her grief for the death of her the modeller Aegineta, and disciple of Erigonus,
favourite son, by bestowing funeral honours on his who had been originally colour-grinder to the
mutilated remains, as well as by acts of kindness painter Nealces (Plin. H. N. xxxv. 11. s. 40. 841).
to Clearchus, the leader of his Greek mercenaries, He belonged to the Sicyonian school, and flourished
whose life she in vain attempted to save. It was about B. c. 220. (AEGINETA ; ERIGONUS ; NE-
not long before the weakness and vanity of Arta- alces. )
[P. S. ]
xerxes, who was ambitious of being thought to PASI'CRATES (Ilaoikpámns), prince of Soli in
have slain his brother with his own hand, enabled Cyprus, was one of those who submitted to Alex-
Parysatis to avenge herself upon all the real au- ander, and repaired in person to meet the conqueror
thors of the death of Cyrus, every one of whom at Tyre, in B. C. 331, on which occasion he took a
successively fell into her power, and were put to prominent part in the festivities and theatrical en-
death by the most cruel tortures. Meanwhile, the tertainments then celebrated on a scale of unparal-
dissensions between her and Stateira, the wife of leled magnificence. (Plut. Aler. 29. ) His son
Artaxerxes, had been continually increasing, until | Nicocles accompanied the king throughout his cam-
at length Parysatis found an opportunity to elude paigns in Asia. (Arr. Ind. 18. ) He was succeeded
the rigilance of her rival, and effect her de by Eunostus, probably before B. C. 315. (See
struction by poison. (Ctes. 59–62; Plut. Art. 4, Athen. xiii. p. 576, e. ; Droysen, Hellenism. vol. i.
6, 14-17, 19. )
p. 339, n. )
(E.
χας). 10. Ίφικλος (Steph. ε. ο. 'Αράφεια). 11. Κρι-θένιον Φωκαέα τον είς "Ομηρον παροινήσαντα
vayópas (Etym. 8. v. áprus). 12. Aevkaðlau (Steph. Brunck understands this to be the Parthenius who
s. v. '16npiai). 13. IpoteUTTIKOV (Stephr. s. v. Kw- was taken in the Mithridatic war (No. 1), and
PUKOS). 14. Moretum. It is stated in the Am- Jacobs supposes him to be the same as the disciple
brosian manuscript of Virgil that Parthenius wrote of Dionysius [No. 3]; but neither of these opinions
a work in Greek under this title, which was imitated can be correct, as Clinton has observed (F. 11. rol.
by Virgil. 15. Metapopoeis. Whether Par-iii. p. 549), since it appears from the authority of
thenius was the author of this work or not is doubt. Stephanus Byz. (s. r. AEKéVT101) that the Phocaean
ful. Suidas (s. r. Néotwp), in one passage, ascribes Parthenius lived after Magnentius, who slew Con-
it to Parthenius of Nicara ; but in another (s. v. stans in A. D. 350.
Παρθένιος Χίος), he attributes it to Parthenius of PARTHENOPAEUS (Ilapdevonalos), one of
Chios (No. 2]. Since, however, the words in the the seven heroes that undertook the expedition
latter passage are wanting in the old editions and against Thebes. He is sometimes called a son of
in most manuscripts of Suidas, it is probable that Ares or Meilanion and Atalante (Apollod. üi. 9.
they were not written by him, but were made up by $ 2, 6. $ 3, &c. ; Paus. iii. 12. $7; Eurip. Suppl.
some one from the passage on Nestor, and then in- 888; Serv. ad Aen. ri. 480), sometimes of Me-
serted under Parthenius in their wrong place. This leager and Atalante (Ilygin. Fab. 70, 79), and
work is likewise referred to by Eustathius (and sometimes of Talaus and Lysimache (Apollod. i. 9.
Dionys, 420); and it must be admitted, as Clinton 8 13; Paus. ii. 20. $ 4, ix. 18. $ +; Schol. ad Oed.
has remarked, that the expression of Eustathius Col. 1385). His son, by the nymph Clymene,
seems to imply that another Parthenius was in- who marched against Thebes as one of the Epigoni,
tended. It is not improbable that Orid may have is called Promachus, Stratolaus, Thesimenes, or
borrowed from this work in his Metamorphoses. Tlesimenes. (Apollod. i. 9. § 13, ji. 7. 2 ; Eu-
16. Περί ερωτικών παθημάτων.
stath. ad Ilom. p. 489 ; Hygin. Fab. 71 ; Paus. iii.
The work last mentioned, nepl WTIKwv Tan- 12. $ 7. ) Parthenopaeus was killed at Thebes by
udrwv, is the only one of the writings of Parthenius Asphodicus, Amphidicus or Periclymenus. (Apol-
that has come down to us. It is written in prose, lod. iii. 6. & 8; Paus, ir. 18, in fin. ; Aeschyl.
and contains thirty-six brief love-stories, which Sept. c. Theb. )
[L. S. )
ended in an unfortunate manner. It is dedicated, PARTHE’NOPE (Tapbevóan). 1. A daughter
as has been already remarked, to Cornelius Gallus, of Stymphalus, and by Heracles the mother of
and was compiled for his use, that he might avail Eueres. (Apollod. ii. 7. $ 8. )
himself of the materials in the composition of epic 2. A daughter of Ancaeus and Samia, became
and elegiac poems. The work is of some interest by Apollo the mother of Lycomedes. (Paus, vii.
to us, as Parthenius gives in most cases the names 4. & 2. )
of the writers from whom he derived his narratives, 3. One of the Seirens (Schol. ad Hom. Od. xii.
and thus extends our acquaintance with some Greek 39 ; Aristot. Mir. Ausc. 103. ) At Naples her
writers of whom we have very few fragments tomb was shown, and a torch race was held every
extant. Of this work we have only one manuscript, year in her honour. (Sirab. v. p. 246 ; Tzetz. ad
written in the tenth century, and preserved at Lyc. 732. )
present at Heidelberg. It was first printed at 4. The wife of Oceanus, by whom she became the
Basel, 1531, edited by Comarius. The principal mother of Europa and Thrace. (Tzetz. ad Lyc. 894;
editions are : :-- by Gale, in Historiae Poëticae Scrip- comp. Schol. ad Aeschyl. Pers. 183. ) (L. S. )
tores Antiqui, Paris, 1675 ; by Heyne, appended PARTIENOS (Llapdévos), i. e. the virgin, a
to his edition of Conon, Göttingen, 1798 ; by Pas- surname of Athena at Athens, where the famous
sow, Leipzig, 18:24 ; and by Westermann, in Muto- temple Parthenon was dedicated to her. (Paus, i.
ypápor: Scriptores Poëticae Historiae Graeci, Bruns. 24, v. ii. & 5, viii, 41, 5, x. 34, in fin. ) Par-
wick, 1843. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol iv. p. 305, thenos also occurs as the proper name of the
&c. ; Voss. De Hist. Graec. p. 208, &c. ed Wester- daughter of Apollo and Chrysothemis, who after
mann ; Clinton, F. H. vol. iii. p. 518, &c. ; Lebeau, ber premature death was placed by her father
Sur les Auteurs dont Parthenius a tiré ses Nurrutions, among the stars. (lygin. Poct. Astr. 25. in
in Mém. de l'Acad. d. Inscrip. vol. xxxiv. p. 63, fin. )
(LS. )
&c. ; Eckstein, in Ersch and Gruber's Encyclopädie, PARYSATIS (Παρύσατις or Παρυσάτις, see
art. Parthenius. )
Baehr ad Ctes. p. 186. ) According to Strabo
2.
Of Chios, the son of Thestor, surnamed | (xri. p. 785), the Persian form of the name was
Chaos, was said to be a descendant of Homer, and Pharziris.
wrote a poem on his father, Thestor (Suid. ). 1. Daughter of Artaxerxes I. Longimanus, king
Suidas also ascribes to him the composition of the of Persia, was given by her father in marriage to
Metamorphoses ; but we have shown above that her own brother Dareius, surnamed Ochus, who in
this fentence is probably misplaced in Suidas. B. C. 424 succeeded Xerxes II. on the throne of
3. The GRAMMARIAN, was a pupil of the Alex. Persia. (Ctes. Pers. 44, ed. Baehr. ) The feeble
## p. 131 (#147) ############################################
PARYSATIS.
131
PARYSATIS.
PASICRATES.
ndrine grammarian, Dionysius
, who lived in the
st century before Christ (Suidas
, s. 6. Altfel,
his Parthenius is mentioned by Athenazes vig
otes a work of bis, entitled Tepi Tev tage eigen
στορικούς Λέξεων ζητουμένων (Athen. Σ. β. 47,
p. 501, a. 2F. p. 680, d. e), and also be Eesti
Eus (at ll
. xxii. p. 1412, ad Od. IT. 2. 367)
4. The Procaean, frequently quoted tre fazer
ss Byzantinus (ε. τη. Γότθοι, Δεκέτιος, Μερσι
the Greek Anthology there is an enerza di
cius (Anal, vol. ii. p. 297), addressed eit les
τον Φωκαέα τον είς "Ομηρον παροινήστε
nck understands this to be the Partheries
taken in the Mithridatic war (Na 1)
, ?
bs supposes him to be the same as the disciple
Fonysius (No. 3); but neither of these peste
e correct, as Clinton has obserred (F. ll. rad
549), since it appears from the anted wity al
anus Brz. (s. v. AEKÉrtwu) that the Ph. com
-nius lived after Maguentius, who sler (*
7 A. D. 350,
ETHEVOPAEUS (Tiapbeyopa. os)
, et
en heroes that undertook the expectia
Thebes. He is sometimes called a sad
Meilanion and Atalante (-Apolod. S.
3, &c. ; Paus. iii. 12. $ 7; Eurip
. Sorel
IF, ad Aen, vi. 480), sometimes of W?
Atalante (Ilsgin. Feb. 70, 79), 2.
of Talaus and Losiniache (Apolodi.
18. ii. 20. $ 4, ir. 18. & 4; Sehol the
. His son, by the nymph Craene
,
ed against Thebes as one of the Epoca
Promachus, Stratolaus, Thesires
(Apollod. i. 9. § 13, ii. 7. $? ; Ex
m. p. 489; Hrgin. Fab. 71; Pass. i
'arthenopaeas was killed at Thebes big
Amphidicus or Periclymenus (Apol
8; Paus. ir 18, in fin. ;
>
(LS)
ΝΟΡΕ (Παρθενόπη). 1. A dassic
s, and by Heracles the borbe
ollod. i. 7. $ 8. )
hter of Ancaeus and Satriz, became
: mother of Lycomedes. (Paza si
he Seirens (Schol. ad Hor Ol. si
Mir. Ausc. 103. ) At Naples ber
wn, and a torch race was held EFETT
character of Dareius threw the chief power into The abstract of Ctesias himself, preserved to us by
the hands of Parysatis ; whose administration was Photius, records the same events more briefly.
little else than a series of murders. It was at her 2. The youngest daughter of Ochus (Arta-
express instigation that Dareius put to death his xerxes III. ), king of Persia, whom according to
two brothers Sogdianus and Arsites, as well as Ar-Arrian (anal, vii. 4. 5) Alexander the Great
tuphius and Artoxares, the chief eunuch. All the married at Susa, B. c. 325, at the same time with
family of Stateira, who was married to her son Barsinë or Stateira, the daughter of Dareius.
Artaxerxes, were in like manner sacrificed to her Arrian cites Aristobulus as his authority ; but
jealousy, and she was with difficulty induced to this second marriage is not mentioned by any
spare the life of Stateira herself. (Id. ib. 48–56. ) other author.
(E. H. B. ]
She had been the mother of no less than thirteen PASCHASINUS, together with Lucentius,
children, of whom four only grew up to manhood. bishop of Asculum, and Bonifacius, a presbyter,
The eldest of these, Arsaces, who afterwards as- was despatched by Leo I. to represent hiin in the
sumed the name of Artaxerxes, was born before Council of Chalcedon, held A. D. 451. Paschasinus,
Dareius had obtained the sovereign power, and on of whose previous history and position in life we
this pretext Parysatis sought to set aside his claims know nothing, seems to have held the chief place
to the throne in favour of her second son Cyrus. among the three legates since he subscribed the
Failing in this attempt she nevertheless interposed acts of the council in the name of the pope before
after the death of Dareius B. C. 405, to prevent the two others.
Artaxerxes from putting Cyrus to death ; and An epistle of Paschasinus, De Quaestione Paschali,
prevailed with the king to allow him to return to is still extant, addressed to Leo in reply to some
his satrapy in Asia Minor. (Ctes. Pers. 57 ; inquiries from the pontiff with regard to the calcu-
Plut. Art. 1–3; Xen. Anab. i. 1. $$ 1-3. ) lations for determining the festival of Easter. It
During the absence of Cyrus, she continued to will be found under its best form in the editions of
favour his projects by her influence with Ar- the works of Leo, published by Quesnel and by
taxerxes, whom she prevented from listening to the brothers Ballerini. (Leo. ] (Schönemann,
those who would have warned him of the designs Biblioth. Patrum Lat. vol. ij. Š 49; Bähr, Ges-
of his brotber ; on which account she was loudly chichte der Röm. Litterat. Suppl. Band. 2te Abtheil.
blamed by the opposite party at court as the real $ 166. )
(W. R. )
author of the war that ensued. Even after the PAÍSEAS. (ABANTIDAS. ]
battle of Cunaxa (B. C. 401), Parysatis did not PA'SIAS, an eminent Greek painter, brother of
hesitate to display her grief for the death of her the modeller Aegineta, and disciple of Erigonus,
favourite son, by bestowing funeral honours on his who had been originally colour-grinder to the
mutilated remains, as well as by acts of kindness painter Nealces (Plin. H. N. xxxv. 11. s. 40. 841).
to Clearchus, the leader of his Greek mercenaries, He belonged to the Sicyonian school, and flourished
whose life she in vain attempted to save. It was about B. c. 220. (AEGINETA ; ERIGONUS ; NE-
not long before the weakness and vanity of Arta- alces. )
[P. S. ]
xerxes, who was ambitious of being thought to PASI'CRATES (Ilaoikpámns), prince of Soli in
have slain his brother with his own hand, enabled Cyprus, was one of those who submitted to Alex-
Parysatis to avenge herself upon all the real au- ander, and repaired in person to meet the conqueror
thors of the death of Cyrus, every one of whom at Tyre, in B. C. 331, on which occasion he took a
successively fell into her power, and were put to prominent part in the festivities and theatrical en-
death by the most cruel tortures. Meanwhile, the tertainments then celebrated on a scale of unparal-
dissensions between her and Stateira, the wife of leled magnificence. (Plut. Aler. 29. ) His son
Artaxerxes, had been continually increasing, until | Nicocles accompanied the king throughout his cam-
at length Parysatis found an opportunity to elude paigns in Asia. (Arr. Ind. 18. ) He was succeeded
the rigilance of her rival, and effect her de by Eunostus, probably before B. C. 315. (See
struction by poison. (Ctes. 59–62; Plut. Art. 4, Athen. xiii. p. 576, e. ; Droysen, Hellenism. vol. i.
6, 14-17, 19. )
p. 339, n. )
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