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

1074 DREPANIUS.
of particular individuals which is not to be obtained
elsewhere, and from the style we can draw some
conclusions with regard to the state of the language
and the tone of literary taste at the commencement
of the fourth century; but, considered as a whole,
antiquity has bequeathed to us nothing more
worthless.
LATINUS PACATUS DREPANIUS was a native of
Aquitania, as we learn from himself and from Sidonius, the friend of Ausonius, who inscribes to
him several pieces in very complimentary dedications, and the correspondent of Symmachus, by
whom he is addressed in three epistles still extant.
He was sent from his native province to congratulate Theodosius on the victory achieved over
Maximus, and delivered the panegyric which
stands last in the collection described above, at
Rome, in the presence of the emperor, probably in
the autumn of A. D. 391. If we add to these particulars the facts, that he was elevated to the rank
of proconsul, enjoyed great celebrity as a poet, and
was descended from a father who bore the same
name with himself, the sources from which our information is derived are exhausted.
The oration, while it partakes of the vices which
disfigure the other members of the family to which
it belongs, is less extravagant in its hyperboles
than many of its companions, and although the
language is a sort of hybrid progeny, formed by
the union of poetry and prose, there is a certain
splendour of diction, a flowing copiousness of expression, and even a vigour of thought, which
remind us at times of the florid graces of the
Asiatic school. How far the merits of Drepanius
as a bard may have justified the decision of the
critic who pronounces him second to Virgil only
(Auson. Praef. Epigruamm. Idyll. vii.), it is impossible for us to determine, as not a fragment of his
efforts in this department has been preserved.
He must not be confounded with Florus Drepanius,
a writer of hymns.
The Editio Princeps of the Panegyrici Veteres
is in quarto, in Roman characters, withlout place,
date, or printer's name, but is believed to have
appeared at Milan about 1482, and includes, in
addition to the twelve orations usually associated
together, the life of Agricola by Tacitus, and fragments of Petronius Arbiter, with a preface by
Franc. Puteolanus, addressed to Jac. Antiquarius.
Another very ancient impression in 4to., without
place, date, or printer's name, containing the twelve
orations alone, probably belongs to Venice, about
1499. The most useful editions are those of
Schowarzhis, 4to., Ven. 1728; of Jaegerus, which
presents a new recension of the text, with a valuable commentary, and comprehends the poem of
Corippus, 2 tom. 8vo., Noremberg. 1779; and of
Arntzenoius, which excludes Drepanius, with very
copious notes and apparatus criticus, 2 tom. 4to.,
Traj. ad Rhen. 1790-97. The edition published
at Paris, 12mo., 1643, with notes by many commentators, bears the title " XIV Panegyrici
Veteres," in consequence of the addition of Panegyrics by Ausonius and Ennodius.
In illustration we have T. G. Walch, Dissertatio
de Panegyricis vetenrum, 4to., Jenae, 1721; T. G.
Moerlin, de Panegyricis veterum programma, 4to.,
Noremb. 1738; and Heyne, Censura XII Panegyricoruzm veterumn, in his Opuscula Academica, vol.
vi. p. 80.
(Sidon. Apollin. Epist. viii. 12; comp. Panegyr.

DROMICHAETES.
cc. 2 and 24; Auson. Praef. Epigramsnsm., Lud.
Sept. Sap., Teclhnopaegn., Gramaticomast., Idyll. vii.;
Symmach. Epist. viii. 12, ix. 58, 69.) [W. R.]
DRI'MACUS (ApitcaKos), a fabulous leader of
revolted slaves in Chios. The Chians are said to
have been the first who purchased slaves, for
which they were punished by the gods, for many
of the slaves thus obtained escaped to the mountains of the island, and from thence made destructive inroads into the possessions of their former
masters. After a long and useless warfare, the
Chians concluded a treaty with Drimacus, the
brave and successful leader of the slaves, who put
an end to the ravages. Drimacus now received
among his band only those slaves who had run away
through the bad treatment they had experienced.
But afterwards the Chians offered a prize for his
head. The noble slave-leader, on hearing this,
said to one of his men, " I am old and weary of
life; but you, whom I love above all men, are
young, and may yet be happy. Therefore take
my head, carry it into the town and receive the
prize for it." This was done accordingly; but,
after the death of Drimacus, the disturbances
among the slaves became worse than ever; and
the Chians then, seeing of what service he had
been to them, built him a heroum, which they
called the heroum of the 'pcws ed'ev's-. The
slaves sacrificed to him a portion of their booty;
and whenever the slaves meditated any outrage,
Drimacus appeared to their masters in a dream to
caution them. (Athen. vi. p. 265.) [L. S.]
DRIMO (Aptuco), the name of two mythical
personages. (Hygin. Fab. Praef. p. 2; Eustath.
ad Horn. p. 776.) [L. S.]
DROMEUS (Apoepe's). 1. Of Mantineia, a
victor in the Olympian games, who gained the
prize in the pancratium in 01. 75. (Paus. vi. 6.
S2, 11. ~ 2.)
2. Of Stymphalus, twice won the prize at Olympia in the dolichos, but it is not known in what
years. He also gained two prizes at the Pythian,
three at the Isthmian, and five at the Nemean
games. He is said to have first introduced the
custom of feeding the athletes with meat. There
was a statue of his at Olympia, which was the
work of Pythagoras. (Paus. vi. 7. ~ 3; Plin. H.
N. xxxiv. 8, 19.) [L. S.]
DROMICHAETES (AppomXaim?73). 1. A king
of the Getae, contemporary with Lysimachus, king
of Thrace, and known to us only by his victory
over that monarch. Hie first defeated and took
prisoner Agathocles, the son of Lysimachus, but
sent him back to his father without ransom, hoping
thus to gain the favour of Lysimachus. The latter,
however, thereupon invaded the territories of Dromichaetes in person, with a large army; but soon
became involved in great difficulties, and was ultimately taken prisoner with his whole force. Dromichaetes treated his captive in the most generous
manner, and after entertaining him in regal style,
set him at liberty again on condition of Lysimachus
giving him his daughter in marriage and restoring
the conquests he had made from the Getae to the
north of the Danube. (Diod. Exce. Peiresc. xxi.
p. 559, ed. Wess., Exc. Vatic. xxi. p. 49, ed. Dind.;
Strab. vii. pp. 302, 305; Plut. Demzetr. 39, 52;
Polyaen. vii. 25; Memnon, c. 5, ed. Orell.) Pausanias, indeed, gives a different account of the
transaction, according to which Lysimachus himself escaped, but his son Agathocles having fallen