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

IDANTHYRSUS. IDAS. 561
out of the Peloponnesian war, an argument by no for them to ravage; but that if they would attempt
means conclusive. Ictinus was also the architect to disturb the Scythian tombs where their fathers
of the shrine (vatricr as oKJd) at Eleusis, in which lay, they should see whether they would fight with
the mysteries were celebrated: it was a very large them or not-that, as for submission, he paid that
building, without external porticoes, and so con- to none but the gods of Scythia, and that, instead
trived as to accommodate a vast number of persons. of the required gifts of earth and water, he would
All these buildings were of the Doric order. Ic- send the invader such gifts as befitted him. A
tinus, in conjunction with Carpion, wrote a de- herald afterwards came to Dareius with the present
scription of the Parthenon. (Paus. viii. 41. ~ 5; of a bird, a mouse, a frog, and five arrows, the exStrab. ix. pp. 395, 396; Plut. Peric. 13; Vitruv. planation whereof exercised Persian ingenuity convii. Prooem. ~~ 12, 16.) [P. S.] siderably. (Herod. iv. 76, 120, 127, 131, 132;
IDAEA ('I8laa), the name of several nymphs Plut. Reg. et nmp. -Apophth., p. 8, ed. Tauchn.;
(Paus. x. 12. ~ 4: see TEucRus, PHINEUS); but it Justin, ii. 3, 5, vii. 3; Oros. ii. 8.) [E. E.]
occurs also as a surname of Cybele. (Virg. Aen. x. IDAS (rIas). 1. A person who was killed by
252; Hesych. s. v.) [L. S.] Phineus at the wedding of Perseus. (Ov. MIet.
IDAEI DACTYLI. [DACTYLI.] v. 90.)
IDAEUS ('Iaios). 1. A son of Dardanus and 2. A son of Aegyptus, who was married to HipChryse, and brother of Deimas, went with his podice. (Apollod. ii. 1. ~ 5.)
father from Peloponnesus, by way of Samothrace, 3. One of the companions-of Diomedes, who were
to Phrygia, and settled on the mountains of Phry- metamorphosed into birds by the anger of Aphrogia, which derived from him the name of Ida, or dite. (Ov. Met. xiv. 504.)
the Idaean mountains. He is further said to have 4. A son of Aphareus and Arene, the daughter
instituted there the worship and mysteries of the of Oebalus, whence he and his brother Lynceus
Phrygian mother of the gods. (Dionys. Hal. i. are called Apharetides, or Aphareidae. He was
61.) married to Marpessa, and became by her the father of
2. A son of Priam. (Ptolem. Hephaest. 5.) Cleopatra or Alcyone. (Hom. II. ix. 556,'&c.; Apol3. A son of Paris and Helena. (Tzetz. ad Ly- leod. iii. 10. ~ 3; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 776.) His
coph. 845; Dictys Cret. v. 5.) mother is also called Polydora, Laocoosa, or Arne.
4. A herald of the Trojans. (Hom. II. iii. 247, (Theocrit. xxii. 206; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. i.
vii. 276, 381, 413, xxiv. 325.) 151; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 511.) His daughter was
5. A son of Dares, the Trojan priest of Hephaes- called Alcyone, because Marpessa was once carried
tus. (Hom. 1I. v. 11.) off by Apollo, and lamented over the separation from
6. The name Idaeus also occurs as a surname her beloved husband, as Alcyon had once wept about
of Zeus (Hom. II. xvi. 605), and of Heracles, as Ceyx. (Hom. II. ix. 561; Paus. iv. 2. ~ 5.) Idas
an Idaean. Dactyl. (Paus. v. 8. ~, 1.) [L. S.] carried off Marpessa, the daughter of Evenus, for
IDAEUS ('I~asos), a painter in the train of whose hand Apollo also was suing, and was assisted
Agesilaus in Asia Minor, about B. c. 396. (Xen. by Poseidon, who gave him a winged chariot.'
Ilell. iv. 1. ~ 39.) Plutarch calls him Adaeus Evenus, who pursued him, could not overtake him,
(Ages. 13). [P. S.] but Apollo found him in Messene, and took the
IDA'LIA, a surname of Aphrodite, derived from maiden from him. The two lovers fought for her
the town of Idalion in Cyprus. (Virg. Aen. i. 680, possession, but Zeus separated them, and left the
692, v. 760, x. 86; Ov. Art. Am.iii. 106; Strab.xiv. decision with Marpessa, who chose Idas, from feat
p. 682; Theocrit. xv. 101; Bion, i. 36.) [L. S.] lest Apollo should desert her if she grew old.
IDANTHYRSUS ('I8dvyvpoos). 1. A king of (Apollod. i. 7. ~ 8, &c.; Hoem. I1. 1. c.) The two
the Scythians, under whom, according to Strabo, brothers, Idas and Lynceus, also took part in the
they overran Asia, and advanced as far as Egypt. Calydonian hunt (Apollod. i. 8. ~ 2; Ov. Met. viii.
This was perhaps the incursion mentioned by 305), and in the expedition of the Argonauts.
Herodotus, who tells us that they held Asia for 28 (Apollod. i. 9. ~ 16; Apollon. Rhod. i. 151, &c.;
years, and were ultimately driven out by Cyax- Orph. Argon. 178.) In the latter expedition Idas
ares, B.C. 607. According to Herodotus, however, killed the boar which had destroyed Idmon in the
the king, who led the expedition of which'he gives kingdom of Lycus (Hygin. Fab. 14), but when he
an account, was Madyas; and Madyas is men- attempted to deprive Teuthras, king of Mysia, of
tioned by Strabo (i. p. 61) as king of the Cimme- his kingdom, he was conquered by Telephus and
rians.- An incursion of the Scythians to the Parthenopaeus. (Hygin. Fab. 100.) The most
borders of Egypt in very early times is recorded by celebrated part of the story of the Apharetidae is
Justin, but in an obscure and unsatisfactory way. their fight with the Dioscuri, with'whom they had
(Strab. xv. p. 687; Herod. i. 15,103-106, iv. 11, grown up from their childhood. Once, so the story
12, 67, vii. 20; Just. ii. 3; Clint. F. H. vol. i. runs, the Aphareidae and Dioscuri conjointly
sub annis 634, 632, 608, 607.) carried off some herds from Arcadia, and Idas was
2. Another. king of the Scythians, probably a requested to divide the booty into equal parts.' He
descendant of the above. He was a son of Sau- thereupon divided a bull into four parts, declaring
lius, the brother and slayer of Anacharsis. When that he. who should have eaten' his quarter first
Dareius Hystaspis invaded Scythia, about B. c. should have half the booty, and the one who should
508, and the Scythians retreated before him, he finish his next should have the other half. Idas
sent a message to Idanthyrsus, calling upon him himself not only devoured his own quarter, but
either to fight or submit. The Scythian king an- also that of his brother, and then drove away the
swered that, in flying before the Persians, he was whole herd into Messenia. The Dioscuri, however,
not urged by fear, but was merely living the wan- dissatisfied with this mode of proceeding, marched
dering life to which he was accustomed-that there into Messenia, carried off the Arcadian oxen, togewas no reason why he should fight the Persians, ther with much other booty made in Messenia, and
as he had neither cities for them to take nor lands lay in ambush in a hollow oak tree to wait for
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