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

1 182 NICEPHORIUS. NICETAS.
Latin by Anastasius Bibliothecarius, and this 12.- URANUS, S. ORANUS, of uncertain ago,
version is contained in the Fabrot edition of the wrote Vita S. Symeonis Stylitae junioris, who died
Ecclesiastical- History of Anastasius, Paris, 1649, in 597 (in Acta Sanctor. ad 24 diem Maii). [W. P.]
fol. It is also in most of the Biblioth. Patrum, NICEFRATUS (NlKcpa'osT). 1. The father of
and was published separately by Anton. Contius, Nicias, the celebrated Athenian general. (Thuc.
Paris, 1573, 4to. J. Cameratius made another iii. 91; and passim.)
translation, which was published together with his 2. A son of Nicias, was put to death by the
Commentarii, lie. de Synod. Nicaean., Basel, 1561, thirty tyrants, to whom his great wealth was no
fol. often reprinted. Further, the Greek text by Jos. doubt a temptation. Theramenes, in his defence,
Scaliger, in his Thesaurus Temnporum, Leiden, 1606, as reported by Xenophon, mentions the murder of
fol.; Greek and Latin by J. Goarius, ad calcem Niceratus as one of' the acts which tended necesChron. Eusebii. Paris, 1652, fol. Venice, 1729, fol. sarily to alienate all moderate men from the govern3.'AT7'/PPlbTLK6v A6yoL III., of which the first, ment. On his death his wife slew herself to avoid
Adversus Mammonam (id est, Constantine Copro- falling into the power of the tyrants. Niceratus
nymus) et Iconomachos was published by Canisius, is spoken of as a man of very mild and benevolent
in the fourth vol. of his Antiq. Lection., and inmost disposition, and generally beloved. From Demosof the Biblioth. Patr.; ample fragments of the thenes we learn also that he was of a feeble conAntirrhetica are in Combefis, Bibl. Auctuar. Paris, stitution, and was childless; but the latter state1648. fol. 4.:riXoAEs'ptna, s. Indiculus Libr. ment (if the reading 6sraLs be the right one) is inSacror., the text with a translation by Anastasius consistent with the account in Lysias (Xen. Hell.
Bibliothecarius, in Petri Pithoei Opera Posthsunae, ii. 3. ~ 39; Schn. ad loc.; Diod. xiv. 5; Dem. c.
Paris, 1609, 4to.; also by Pearson, in his Critic. Meid. p. 567; Lys. de Bonis Niciae Frat. p. 149).
Sacr. Pearson, in Vindicia Ignatii, thinks that Niceratus is introduced as one of the characters in
the Stichometria was written by somebody who the Symposium of Xenophon. [E. E.]
lived before our Nicephorus. 5. Confessio Fidei ad NICE'RATUS (NMlCaPros). To an epigramLeonem III. Papam; a Latin version in Baronius, matist of this name has been ascribed the fourth
Annales, ad an. 811; Greek and Latin, in Acta epigram of Nicaenetus, already mentioned [NISynod. Ephes. Heidelberg, 1591, fol., together with CAENETUS], as of uncertain authorship. (Fabric.
Zonaras, Paris, 1620, and elsewhere. 6. Canones Bibl. Graec. vol. iv. p. 485; Jacobs, Anthol. Graec.
Breviculi XVII., Greek and Latin, in the third vol. vii. p. 230.) [W. M. G.]
book of Leunclavius, Jus Graec. Rom., also in the NICE'RATUS (NLK4paqros), a Greek writer on
second book of Bonfinius, Jus Orientale, 1583, 8vo. plants, one of the followers of Asclepiades of Bi7. Canones (alii) XXXVII., Greek and Latin, in thynia (Dioscor. De Mat. Mled. i. praef. vol. i. p. 2;
the third vol. of Cotelerius, llonumnent. Ecclesiae St. Epiphan. Adv. Haeres. i. 1. 3, p. 3, ed. Colon.
Graec. 8. Epistola continens XVII. Interrogationes 1682), who is quoted by Asclepiades Pharde Re Canonica cumn Jlesponsionibus, ibid. macion (ap. Gal. De Compos. Medicans. sec. Loc.
Bandurius intended to publish all the works iii. 1, vol. xii. p. 634), and must, therefore, have
of Nicephorus, and after completing all preparatory lived in the latter half of the first century, B. C.
labours and making his work fit for the press, he His medical formulae are several times quoted by
published a "Conspectus," Paris, 1705, 8vo. Galen (De Compos. Medicasn. sec. Loc. vol. xiii.
Death prevented him from bringing out this edition pp. 87, 96, 98, 110, &c., De Antid. ii. 15, vol.
of Nicephorus, which, according to the best know- xiv. p. 197), and once by Pliny (H. N. xxxii. 31).
ledge of the writer of this article, is still in MS. Caelius Aurelianus mentions that he wrote a work
in Paris: its publication is a great desideratum. on catalepsy (De Moeb. ii. 5, p. 376). [W. A. G.]
The Elenchus Operum Nicephori given by Fabricius NICE'RATUS, the son of Euctemon, an Athe(vol. vii. p. 612, &c.) is taken from the "Con- nian statuary, flourished, as it seems from Pliny
spectus," and we refer those students to it who (H. N. xxxiv. 8. s. 19. ~~ 19, 31), in the time of
wish to form an adequate idea of the number and Alcibiades, of whom and his mother Demarete he
importance of the works of Nicephorus. (Cave, made statues. He also made the Aesculapius and
Hist. Lit. ad an. 806; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. Hygieia, which stood, in Pliny's time, in the temple
vii. p. 462, &c. 603, &c. 612, &c.; Hankius, Script. of Concord at Rome. Tatian (adv. Graec. 53, 62)
Byzant.) mentions his statues of Telesilla and Glaucippe,
10. PHILosoPHUs,, lived about 900, at Constan- respecting which see Sillig, Catal. Artif s.v. [P. S.]
tinople, where he enjoyed great esteem for his NI'CEROS, a painter of Thebes, the son and
learning and genius. He wrote Oratio Panegyrica, disciple of Aristeides, and the brother of Ariston.
s. Vita Antonii Caulei (Cauleae) Patriarch. CP., (Plin. H. N. xxxv. 10. s. 36. ~ 23) [P. S.]
who died in 891 (895), which is printed in Bol- NICEITAS (Nuiir-aS), Byzantine writers. 1.
landii Acta Sanct., ad diem 12 Februarii. He is ACOMINATUS ('ACKOJULvdros), also called CHONIperhaps also the author of'OK7'ETaUvXos, s. Catena ATES, because he was a native of Chonae, formerly
in Octateuchum et Libros Regum, which is ascribed Colossae, in Phrygia, one of the most important
to one Nicephorus Hieromonachus. The Octa- Byzantine historians, was born about the middle
teuchus waspublished at Venice, 1772-1773, 2 vols. of the twelfth century, and was descended from a
fol., with a Latin version and a commentary: in the noble and distinguished family. The emperor
title there stands Leipzig, without a date. (Fabric. Isaac II. Angelus (1185-1195) appointed him
Bibl. Graec. vol. vii. p. 610; Cave, Hist. Lit. ad governor of Philippopolis, at a period when the
n. 895.) revolt of the Bulgarians, and the approach of the
11. PRESBYTER Magnae Ecclesiae S. Sophiae emperor Frederic I. of Germany, with an army of
CP., of uncertain age, wrote " Vita S. Andreae," 150,000 men (1189), devolved most important
surnamed o' oahos (Simplex), ed. Greek and Latin, duties upon the governors of the large towns in
in Acta Sanctor. ad 28 diem Maii. (Fabric. Bibl. Thrace. Nicetas also held the offices of logoGraec. vol. vii. p. 675.) theta, praefectus sacri cubiculi, and others of im