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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Ariarathes X.; but his title was disputed by Sisenna, the eldest son
of Glaphyra by Arthelaus priest of Comana. Marcus Antony, who was
umpire between the contending parties, decided in favour of Sisenna;
but Ariarathes recovered it for a while, though he was soon after
obliged to yield in favour of Archelaus, the second son of Glaphyra,
B.C. 36. _Diodorus_, bk. 18.――_Justin_, bks. 13 & 29.――_Strabo_,
bk. 12.
=Aribbæus=, a general mentioned by _Polyænus_, bk. 7, ch. 29.
=Arīcia=, an Athenian princess, niece to Ægeus, whom Hippolytus married
after he had been raised from the dead by Æsculapius. He built a
city in Italy, which he called by her name. He had a son by her
called Virbius. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 15, li. 544.――_Virgil_,
_Æneid_, bk. 7, li. 762, &c.――――A very ancient town of Italy, now
_Riccia_, built by Hippolytus son of Theseus, after he had been
raised from the dead by Æsculapius, and transported into Italy by
Diana. In a grove in the neighbourhood of Aricia, Theseus built a
temple to Diana, where he established the same rites as were in the
temple of that goddess in Tauris. The priest of this temple, called
_Rex_, was always a fugitive, and the murderer of his predecessor,
and went always armed with a dagger, to prevent whatever attempts
might be made upon his life by one who wished to be his successor.
The Arician forest, frequently called _nemorensis_ or _nemoralis
sylva_, was very celebrated, and no horses would ever enter it,
because Hippolytus had been killed by them. Egeria, the favourite
nymph, and invisible protectress of Numa, generally resided in this
famous grove, which was situated on the Appian way, beyond mount
Albanus. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 15; _Fasti_, bk. 3, li. 263.
――_Lucan_, bk. 6, li. 74.――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 7, li. 761, &c.
=Aricīna=, a surname of Diana, from her temple near Aricia. _See:_
Aricia.――――The mother of Octavius. _Cicero_, bk. 3, _Philippics_,
ch. 6.
=Aridæus=, a companion of Cyrus the younger. After the death of his
friend he reconciled himself to Artaxerxes, by betraying to him the
surviving Greeks in their return. _Diodorus._――――An illegitimate
son of Philip, who, after the death of Alexander, was made king of
Macedonia till Roxane, who was pregnant by Alexander brought into
the world a legitimate male successor. Aridæus had not the free
enjoyment of his senses; and therefore Perdiccas, one of Alexander’s
generals, declared himself his protector, and even married his
sister to strengthen their connection. He was seven years in
possession of the sovereign power, and was put to death, with his
wife Eurydice, by Olympias. _Justin_, bk. 9, ch. 8.――_Diodorus._
=Ariēnis=, daughter of Alyattes, married Astyages king of Media.
_Herodotus_, bk. 1, ch. 74.
=Arigæum=, a town of India, which Alexander found burnt, and without
inhabitants. _Arrian_, bk. 4.
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