A classical dictionary: containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors with tables of coins, weights, and measures used among the Greeks and Romans and a chronological tableLemprière, John
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A classical dictionary: containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors with tables of coins, weights, and measures used among the Greeks and Romans and a chronological table
Lemprière, John
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=Archibiădes=, a philosopher of Athens, who affected the manners of
the Spartans, and was very inimical to the views and measures of
Phocion. _Plutarch_, _Phocion_.――――An ambassador of Byzantium, &c.
_Polyænus_, bk. 4, ch. 44.
=Archibius=, the son of the geographer Ptolemy.
=Archidamia=, a priestess of Ceres, who, on account of her affection
for Aristomenes, restored him to liberty when he had been taken
prisoner by her female attendants at the celebration of their
festivals. _Pausanias_, bk. 4, ch. 17.――――A daughter of Cleadas, who
upon hearing that her countrymen the Spartans were debating whether
they should send away their women to Crete against the hostile
approach of Pyrrhus, seized a sword, and ran to the senate house,
exclaiming that the women were as able to fight as the men. Upon
this the decree was repealed. _Plutarch_, _Pyrrhus_.――_Polyænus_,
bk. 8, ch. 8.
=Archidāmus=, son of Theopompus king of Sparta, died before his
father. _Pausanias._――――Another, king of Sparta, son of Anaxidamus,
succeeded by Agasicles.――――Another, son of Agesilaus of the family
of the Proclidæ.――――Another, grandson of Leotychidas by his son
Zeuxidamus. He succeeded his grandfather, and reigned in conjunction
with Plistoanax. He conquered the Argives and Arcadians, and
privately assisted the Phocians in plundering the temple of Delphi.
He was called to the aid of Tarentum against the Romans, and killed
there in a battle, after a reign of 33 years. _Diodorus_, bk. 16.
――_Xenophon._――――Another, son of Eudamidas.――――Another, who conquered
the Helots, after a violent earthquake. _Diodorus_, bk. 11.――――A son
of Agesilaus, who led the Spartan auxiliaries to Cleombrotus at the
battle of Leuctra, and was killed in a battle against the Lucanians.
B.C. 338.――――A son of Xenius Theopompus. _Pausanias._
=Archidas=, a tyrant of Athens, killed by his troops.
=Archidēmus=, a Stoic philosopher, who willingly exiled himself among
the Parthians. _Plutarch_, _de Exilio_.
=Archidēus=, a son of Amyntas king of Macedonia. _Justin_, bk. 7,
ch. 4.
=Archidium=, a city of Crete, named after Archidius son of Tegeates.
_Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 53.
=Archigallus=, the high priest of Cybele’s temple. _See:_ Galli.
=Archigĕnes=, a physician, born at Apamea in Syria. He lived in the
reign of Domitian, Nerva, and Trajan, and died in the 73rd year of
his age. He wrote a treatise on adorning the hair, as also 10 books
on fevers. _Juvenal_, satire 6, li. 235.
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