=Athenagŏras=, a Greek in the time of Darius, to whom Pharnabazus gave the government of Chios, &c. _Curtius_, bk. 8, ch. 5.――――A writer on agriculture. _Varro._――――A christian philosopher, in the age of Aurelius, who wrote a treatise on the resurrection, and an apology for the christians, still extant. He died A.D. 177. The best edition of his works is that of Dechair, 8vo, Oxford, 1706. The romance of Theagenes and Charis is falsely ascribed to him. =Athenāis=, a Sibyl of Erythræa, in the age of Alexander. _Strabo._ ――――A daughter of the philosopher Leontius. =Athenion=, a peripatetic philosopher, 108 B.C.――――A general of the Sicilian slaves.――――A tyrant of Athens, surnamed Ariston. =Athenŏcles=, a general, &c. _Polyænus_, bk. 6.――――A turner of Mitylene. _Pliny_, bk. 34. =Athenodōrus=, a philosopher of Tarsus, intimate with Augustus. The emperor often profited by his lessons, and was advised by him always to repeat the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet before he gave way to the impulse of anger. Athenodorus died in his 82nd year, much lamented by his countrymen. _Suetonius._――――A poet who wrote comedy, tragedy, and elegy, in the age of Alexander. _Plutarch_, _Alexander_. ――――A stoic philosopher of Cana, near Tarsus, in the age of Augustus. He was intimate with Strabo. _Strabo_, bk. 14.――――A philosopher, disciple to Zeno, and keeper of the royal library at Pergamus.――――A marble sculptor.――――A man assassinated at Bactra for making himself absolute. =Atheos=, a surname of Diagoras and Theodorus, because they denied the existence of a deity. _Cicero_, _de Natura Deorum_, bk. 1, ch. 1. =Athĕsis=, now _Adige_, a river of Cisalpine Gaul, near the Po, falling into the Adriatic sea. _Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 9, li. 680.