Didymus, a Cynic philosopher (nicknamed Planetiădes), takes part in the
opening of the Third Pythian Dialogue.
Diogenianus, a speaker in the Second Pythian Dialogue. For his father,
of the same name, cp. _Sympos._ 7, 7 and 8, 1, 2, 9.
Diŏmede, 102.
Dion of Syracuse (d. 356), see his _Life_, by Plutarch, 186.
Dionysius, the Elder, 430-367, tyrant of Syracuse, 184, 197.
Dionȳsus (or Bacchus), the wine-god, born at Thebes, 67, 68, 138, 139,
209.
Diotŏnus, 45.
Dircē, daughter of Helios, wife of Lycus, whose sons by Antiope,
Amphion and Zethus, slew her and threw her body into a well at
Thebes. The Fountain of Dirce was near the Crenaean Gate, 12.
R. Dirce was the westernmost of the three Theban streams.
Dolon, 132.
Dorian, Doric, 138, 140.
Dryus, 138.
E.
Earth (temple of, at Delphi), 97.
Echecrătēs, a ‘prophet’ of Tegyra, 121.
Echinădĕs, islands off the coast of Acarnania, 134.
Egypt, Egyptian, 11, 13, 14, 93, 117, 126, 140, 154, 184, 235, 283,
293, 296.
Elis, Elean, a state of the Peloponnesus, 94.
Ellopion, 13.
Elysian, 302, 306, 317.
Empedocles of Agrigentum, philosopher and poet (fl. 444), 16, 93, 98,
133, 134, 137, 235, 259, 263, 269, 272, 274, 278, 287.
Endymion, 307.
Epameinondas, son of Polymnis, brother of Capheisias, and friend of
Pelopidas (fell at Mantineia 362), 1, 6, 9, 14, 15, 20, 21, 23, 24,
25, 27, 28, 32, 40, 43, 50.
Epicharmus, of Cos and Syracuse, writer of philosophical comedies
(540-450), 196.
Epicūrus, of Samos, 342-270, philosopher and founder of the School of
‘The Garden’ at Athens, and Epicureans, 86, 87, 89, 92, 136, 137,
146, 163, 262.
A modern ‘Epicurus’ is introduced into the Dialogue on the _Delays in
Divine Punishment_, but leaves before its beginning.
Epicȳdēs, 191.
Epidaurus, a town and state next to Argolis, 99.
Epimenĭdes, of Phaestus in Crete, a poet and prophet (fl. 600), 117,
298.
Epitherses, 134.
Erĕbus, 230.
Erĕsus, a city of Lesbos, 140.
Eretria, a city on the west coast of Euboea, 96.
Erianthes, 29.
Eridănus, the river Po, 193.
Erinnys, the, 207.
Eriphȳlē, 186.
Erōs (Love), 272.
Erythrae, an Ionian city, 95, 99.
Ethiopia, 196, 204, 222, 265.
Euboea, 162.
Eudoxus, of Cnidus, 408-355, astronomer and mathematician, and founder
of the School of Cyzicus, 14, 97, 98.
Eumētis, 95.
Eumolpĭdas, 10.
Euripides, 485 (or 480)-405, the Athenian tragedian, 59, 70, 78, 104,
107, 129, 156, 159, 160, 164, 176, 177, 178, 192.
Eurycleis, 126.
Eurymĕdon, a river in Pamphylia; in 469 Cimon defeated the Persians on
its banks, 183.
Eustrŏphus, a speaker in the First Pythian Dialogue.
Euthyphron, a disciple of Socrates (see the Dialogue of Plato which
bears his name), 16, 17.
F.
Fates, the, 37, 61, 308.
Fortune, 89, 90.
G.
Galaxidōrus, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 32, 43.
Galaxius, in Boeotia, 110.
Gauls, 222, 234.
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