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

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by J. Tollius, in his Iter Italiclum, Traject. ad Rhen. of whom nothing mnore is known, except what
1696, 4to., pp. 106-125. 3. A Commentary on may be inferred from his titles of Scholasticus and
all the Psalms of David, and on the ten Cantica. Illustris, respecting the meaning of the latter of
The Greek original has not yet been printed; but which see Du Cange, Gloss. Med. et lsf. Lat. s. v.
a Latin translation by Philip Saulus first appeared Illustris; Gloss. Med. et nf. Gracec. p. 513. (Jacobs,.
at Verona, 1560, fol., and has often been reprinted. Anth. Graec. vol. xiii. p. 895). [P. S.]
4. A commentary on the four Gospels, is a compi- EUTO'LMIUS, a patronus causarum at Conlation from St. Chrysostom and others of the early stantinople, who was one of the commission of
fathers. The Greek original has never been printed, Sixteen, headed by Tribonian, who were employed
but there is a very good Latin translation by J. by Justinian (A. D. 530-33) to compile the Digest.
Hentenius, Louvain, 1544, fol., reprinted at Paris, (Const. Tanta, ~ 9.) [J. T. G.]'1547, 1560, and 1602, 8vo. The work is consi- EUTRA'PELUS, P. VOLU'MNIUJS, a Rodered one of great value, both in style and matter, man knight, obtained the surname of Eutrapelus
and has often been made great use of by modern (ETpac7reAos) on account of his liveliness and wit
divines. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. viii. p. 328, &c.; (See respecting this word Aristot. Rhet. ii. 12.)
Cave, Hist. Lit. vol. i. p. 646, &c.) There are a Two of Cicero's letters are addressed to him (ad
great many other persons of the name of Euthy- Famr. vii. 32, 33); and in a letter to Paetus, B. C.
mius, respecting whom see Fabric. Bibl. Graec. 46 (ad Farn. ix. 26), Cicero gives an amusing acvol. viii. p. 345, &c. [L. S.] count of a dinner-party at the house of Eutrapelus,
EUTHY'MUS (EvOvuos), a hero of Locri in at which he was present.
Italy, was a son of Astycles or of the river-god Eutrapelus was an intimate friend of Antony,
Caecinus. He was famous for his strength and and a companion of his pleasures and debauches.
skill in boxing, and delivered the town of Temessa (Cic. Philipp. xiii. 2.) The fair Cytheris, the misfiom the evil spirit Polites, to whom a fair maiden tress of Antony, was originally the freedwoman
was sacrificed every year. Euthymus himself and mistress of Volumnius Eutrapelus, whence we
disappeared at an advanced age in. the river Cae- find her called Volumnia, and was surrendered to
cinus. (Strab. vi. p. 255; Aelian, V. H. viii. 18; Antony by his friend. (Cic. ad Fam. ix. 26, PhiEustath. ad Horn. p. 1409.) He gained several lipp. ii. 24.) After Caesar's death, Eutrapelus, in
victories at Olympia (01. 74, 76, and 77) and a consequence of his connexion with Antony, became
statue of his at Olympia was the work of Pytha- a person of considerable importance; and we find
goras. (Pans. vi. 6. ~ 2, 10. ~ 2.) [L. S. that Cicero availed himself of his influence in order
EUTO'CIUS (EOdTK CoT) of Ascalon, the com- to get a letter presented to Antony, in which he
mentator on Apollonius of Pesga and on Archi- begged for a libera legatio. (Ad Alt. xv. 8.) On
medes, must have lived about A. D. 560. At the the defeat of Antony before Mutina in B. C. 43,
end of some of his commentaries on Archimedes Eutrapelus, in common with Antony's other friends,
he says lie used " the edition recognised by Isidore was exposed to great danger, but was protected
of Miletus, the mechanic, our mnaster." This Isi- and assisted by Atticus. The latter soon had an
dore was one of Justinian's architects, who built opportunity of returning this favour; for, on Anthe church of St. Sophia. The Greek originals of tony's return into Italy, Eutrapelus, who was
the following works of Eutocius are preserved: praefectus fabrum in his army, protected Atticus,
Comnaentaries on the first four books of the Conics who feared for his own safety on account of his
of Apollonius; on. thle Sphere and Cylinder, on the connexion with Cicero and Brutus. Eutrapelus
Quadrature of the Circle, and on thle Two Books on further erased fiom, the list of proscriptions, at the
Equilibrium of Archimedes. These have been intercession of Atticus, the name of the poet L.
printed il the Greek edition of APOLLONIUS, Julius Calidus, which he had inserted himself.
and in the two Greek editions of ARCHIMEDES; (Nepos, Alt. 9, 10, 12.) Eutrapelus is mentioned
and Latin versions have been given with several by Horace. (Epist. i. 18. 31.)
of the versions of these two writers, sometimes EUTRESITES (EUi7rpn4Tls), a surname of
complete, sometimes in part. There has been no Apollo, derived from Eutresis, a place between
separate print of Eutocius. These commentaries Plataeae and Thespiae, where he had an ancient
were of ordinary value, as long as geometrical help oracle. (Steph. Byz. s. v. EuTpoirs; Eustath. ad
in understanding the text was required. Torelli Ilom. p. 268.) [L. S.]
wishes that Eutocius had applied himself to all the EUTRO'PIA. 1. A native of Syria, became,
writings of Archimedes. But they have a merit by her first husband, whose name is unknown, the
which will preserve them, independently of their mother of Flavia Maximiana Theodora, who was
mathematical value; they contain incidentally so married to Constantius Chloris upon the reconmuch information on the lost writings of Greek struction of the empire under Diocletian. Eutropia
geometers, and on the methods of Greek arithme- was at that time the wife of Maximianus Hercutic, that they are integrant parts of the history of lius, to whom she bore Maxentius and Fausta,
Greek learning. Torelli found them frequently afterwards united to Constantine the Great. Upon
give, by way of citation, a more satisfactory text the conversion of her son-in-law, Eutropia also emof Archimedes than that of the remaining manu- braced Christianity, and repaired to Palestine. In
scripts, which he attributes to the goodness of consequence of her representations, the emperor
Isidore's edition: " haec-causa fuit, cur Archime- took measures for abolishing the superstitious obt
dem in -Eutocii domo conquirerem ubi rnelius servances which had for ages prevailed at the oak
quandoque quam in propria habitabat." (Torelli of Mamre, so celebrated as the abode of Abraham,
Pref. in Archimed.; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iv. and caused a church to be erected on the spot.
p. 203.) [A. De M.] A medal published on the authority of Goltzius
EUTO'LMIUS (EOTodhrAos), the author of four alone, with the legend GAL. VAL. EUTROP., is
epigrams in the Greek Anthology (Brunck, Anal. considered as unquestionably spurious. (Aurel.
fol. iii. p. 8; Jacobs, Ant/S. Grazec.vol. ii. p. 229), Vict. Epit. xl.; Euseb. H. E. iii. 52; Tillemont,