A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

1060 DOLIUS.
in his conduct, that two years after, Tullia left
him when she was expecting to become mother of a
second child by him. Cicero, who certainly loved
his daughter most tenderly, and was aware of the
unworthy and contemptible conduct of Dolabella,
yet kept up his connexion with him after the divorce, and repeatedly assures him of his great
attachment. It is difficult to account for this
mode of acting on the part of Cicero, unless we
suppose that his desire to keep upon good terms
with a man who possessed influence with Caesar
outweighed all other considerations. Cicero's fondness for him continued for a short time after Caesar's murder, that is, so long as Dolabella played
the part of a republican; but a change took place
in Cicero's feelings as soon as Dolabella allied himself with Antony, and at the time when his crimes
in Asia became known, Cicero spoke of him with
the utmost bitterness and contempt. (See the numerous passages of Cicero relating to Dolabella in
Orelli, Onom. ii. p. 175,&c.; comp. Fabric. Vit. Cic.
p. 91, with Orelli's note: Dion Cass. xli. 40, xlii.
29, &c., xliii. 51, xliv. 22, 51, xlv. 15, xlvii. 29;
Suet. Caes. 36, 85; Appian, B. C. ii. 41, 122, 129,
iii. 3, 7, &c., 24, 26; Liv. Epit. 113, 119; Vell.
Pat. ii. 58, 60, 69; Plut. Anton. 9, 10, 11; Caes.
Bell. Alex. 65; Oros. vi. 18.)
9. P. CORNELIUS DOLABELLA, a son of No. 8
by his first wife, Fabia. In B. c. 30 he was with
Octavianus at Alexandria, and feeling himself attracted by the charms of Cleopatra, he betrayed to
her that it was her conqueror's intention to carry
her to Italy. In A. D. 10, he was consul with C.
Junius Silanus. On coins he is designated as
triumvir monetalis. (Plut. Anton. 84; Fast. Cap.;
Vaillant, Cornel. 65.)
10. P. CORNELIUS DOLABELLA, a son of No. 9,
"was proconsul of Africa in the reign of Tiberius,
A. D. 23 and 24. In the course of the administration of his province he gained a complete victory
over the Numidian Tacfarinas; but although he
had formerly been a very great flatterer of Tiberius, yet he did not obtain the ornaments of a
triumph, in order that his predecessor in the province of Africa, Junius Blaesius, an uncle of Sejanus, might not be thrown into the shade. In
A. D. 27 he joined Domitius Afer in the accusation
against his own relative, Quintilius Varus, (Tac.
Ann. iii. 47, 68, iv. 23, &c. 66.)
11. CORNELIUS DOLABELLA, was sent in A. D.
70 by the emperor Otho into the colony of Aquinum, to be kept there in a sort of libera custodia, for no other reason, but because he belonged
to an ancient family, and was related to Galba.
After the death of Otho he came back to Rome,
but one of his most intimate friends, Plancius
Varus, denounced him to the praefect of the city,
who being a man of a mild but weak temperament, was inclined to pardon him, until Triaria,
the wife of Vitellius, prevailed upon him not to sacrifice the safety of the princeps to his feeling of
clemency. Vitellius, too, became alarmed through
her, as Dolabella had married Petronia, a former
wife of Vitellius. The emperor, therefore, enticed
him to Interamnium, and there ordered him to be
put to death. This was the first act of wanton
cruelty in the reign of Vitellius. (Tac. Hist. i.
88, ii. 63.) [L. S.]
DO'LIUS, (Adoios), an aged slave of Penelope,
whom she had received from her father on her marrying Odysseus, and who took care of her garden.

DOMITIA.
On the return of Odysseus from his wanderings,
Dolius and his six sons welcomed him, and was
ready to join his master against the relatives of
the suitors. (Horn. Od. iv. 735; xxiv. 498.) [L. S.]
DOLON (Ad'owv), the name of two mythical
personages, both Trojans. (Hom. II. x. 314, &c.;
Hygin. Fab. 90.) [L. S.]
DOLOPS (AoAos), a son of Hermes, who had
a sepulchral monument in the neighbourhood of
Peiresiae and Magnesa, which was visible at a
great distance, and at which the Argonauts landed
and offered up sacrifices. (Apollon. Rhod. i. 584;
Orph. Arg. 459.) There are two other mythical
personages of this name. (Hom. II. xv. 525, &c.;
Hygin. Fab. Praef. p. 2.) [L. S.]
DOMATI'TES (Aoa-sT1irns), that is, the domestic, a surname of Poseidon, at Sparta, which is,
perhaps, synonymous with erXcvpLom. (Paus. iii.
14. ~ 7.) [L. S.]
DOMIDU'CA and DOMIDU'CUS, Roman
surnames of Jupiter and Juno, who, as the gods of
marriage, were believed to conduct the bride into
the house of the bridegroom. (August. de Civ. Dei,
vii. 3, ix. 6.) [L. S.]
DOMI'TIA, a sister of Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus [AHENOBARBUS, No. 10], and consequently an aunt of the emperor Nero. She was
the wife of Crispus Passienus, who afterwards deserted her and married Agrippina, the mother of
Nero. It is natural, therefore, that Tacitus should
call her an enemy of Agrippina. After the murder
of his mother, Nero ordered Domitia, who was
already of an advanced age, to be poisoned, in order
that he might get possession of the property,
which she possessed at Baiae, and in the neighbourhood of Ravenna, on which estates he built
magnificent gymnasia. (Tac. Ann. xiii. 19, 21;
Suet. Ner. 34; Dion Cass. lxi. 17; Quintil. vi.
1. ~ 50, 3. ~74, x. 1. ~ 24.) [L. S.]
DOMI'TIA LE'PIDA, a sister of Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus [AHENOBARBUS, No. 10], and
of Domitia, and, consequently, like her an aunt of
the emperor Nero. She was married to M. Valerius MessallaBarbatus, by whom she became the
mother of Messallina, the wife of the emperor
Claudius. There existed a rivalry of female vanity
between her and Agrippina, the mother of Nero.
Both women were equally bad and vicious in their
conduct; Agrippina however succeeded, in A. D.
55, in inducing her son to sentence his aunt to
death. (Tac. Ann. xi. 37, &c., xii. 64, &c.;
Suet. Claud. 26, Nero, 7.) [L. S.]
DOMI'TIA LONGI'NA, a daughter of Domitius Corbulo, was married to L. Lamia Aemilianus, from whom she was carried away by Domitian about the time of Vespasian's accession. Immediately after Vespasian's return from the east,
Domitian lived with her and his other mistresses
on an estate near the Mons Albanus. Subsequently, however, he married her, and in A. D. 73
she bore him a son. But she was unfaithful to
him, and kept up an adulterous intercourse with
Paris, an actor. When this was discovered, in
A. D. 83, Domitian repudiated her on the advice of
Ursus, and henceforth lived with Julia, the daughter
of his brother. Soon after, however, he formed a
reconciliation with Domitia, because he said the
people wished it; but he nevertheless continued his
intercourse with Julia. Domitia never loved Domitian, and she knew of the conspiracy against his
life; as she was informed that her own life was in