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

ZENON. ZETES. 1321
Thrace upon the fall of the latter, appeared before died in the month of April A. D. 491, after a reign
Constantinople at the head of a formidable army, of seventeen years. He left no children, and was
and pillaged the surrounding country. Zeno called succeeded by Anastasius, an officer of the imperial
to his aid Theodoric, the son of Theodemir, who life-guard of the Silentiarii, who married Ariadne,
proceeded against his namesake; but the treachery the widow of Zeno. [ANASTASIUS.]
of the emperor, who neglected to supply him with In A. D. 482, Zeno published the famous Henothe troops and provisions he had promised him, led ticon (Evorwcdov), which was signed by all the
the son of Theodemir to conclude a peace with the bishops of the East under his reign, and that of
son of Triarius. Zeno, who now feared to have Anastasius. It is preserved by Evagrius (iii. 13).
the whole force of the Gothic nation turned against The various modern writers who comment upon
him, hastened to make peace with the son of it are given by Fabricius (Bibl. Gr-aec. vol. xi.
Triarius, which he was only able to obtain by the p. 723; comp. Gibbon, Decline and Fall, c. xlvii.).
most humiliating concessions. (Tillemont, I[istoire des Empereurs, vol. vi., and
In the following year, 479, a new and dan- Clinton, Fasti Romani, in which works all the
gerous revolt broke out. At the head of it was authorities are collected.)
Marcian, the grandson of the emperor of that name, ZENO'N I A, the wife of the emperor Basiliscus.
and the son of Anthemius, the emperor of the [BAsILISCITS.]
West [MARCIANUS; ANTHEMIUS]. Marcian had ZENO'PHANES (Z-7vo(q~c{s), a Greek writer
married Leontia, the daughter of the late emperor mentioned twice by Athenaeus (x. p. 424, c., xiii.
Leo, and the sister of Ariadne, the wife of Zeno. p. 576, d), from whom it appears that he wrote a
He raised the standard of revolt in Constantinople work on relationship (sb -VyyeVLKCd). Modern
itself, was joined by a powerful party, and defeated critics propose to change the name into Xenophanes,
the forces of Zeno, whom he besieged in his palace. but unnecessarily. Zenophanes is also found as
In the course of the night, however, Illus found a proper iname in Strabo (xiv. p. 672) and in
means to corrupt his troops, and Marcian was inscriptions.
obliged to take refuge in a church. He was dragged ZENO'THEMIS (Z7qvde'0e-S), wrote a poem enout, ordained forthwith as a presbyter, and ba- titled rIIepl7rovs, in which he related various
nished to a monastery in Cappadocia. As soon strange and wonderful stories (Tzetz. Chil. vii. 144;
as Theodoric, the son of Triarius, heard of this Aelian, Hist. Anian. xvii. 30; Schol. ad Apoll. Rhod.
revolt, he marched upon Constantinople under the ii. 965; Plin. H. N. xxxvii. 1 1. ~ 1, xxxvii. 23;
pretext of coming to the assistance of his ally, but Vossius, de Hist. (Graec. p. 511, ed. Westermann).
in reality in hopes of obtaining possession of the ZEPHYRI'TIS (ZFepvpT~is), a surname of
city without a struggle. He was, however, induced Aphrodite, derived from the promontory of Zeby large sums of money to retire. Meantime war phyrium in Egypt. (Athen. vii. p. 318; Callim.
had been continued against Theodoric, the son of Epig. 31; Steph. Byz. s. v.) [L. S.]
Theodemir, who, enraged at the treachery of the ZE'PHYRUS (ZE(ptpos), the personification of
emperor in the preceding year, had been turned the west wind, is described by Hesiod (Theog. 579)
from an ally into a foe. The war was ably con- as a son of Astraeus and Eos. Zephyrus and Boreas
ducted by Sabinianus, Zeno's general, who gained are frequently mentioned together by Homer, and
some advantages over Theodoric. both dwelt together in a palace in Thrace. (Ii. ix.
In A. D. 481, war broke out again with Theo- 5, Od. v. 295.) By the Harpy Podarge, Zephyrrns
doric, the son of Triarius. He marched against became the father of the horses Xanthus and Balits,
Constantinople at the head of a more formidable which belonged to Achilles (Hom. II. xvi. 150,
army than he had ever collected previously, but &c.); but he was married to Chloris, whom he
was accidentally killed by his own javelin, while had carried off by force, and by whom he had a
riding one day upon a new horse. Unexpectedly son Carpus. (Ov. Fast. v. 197; Serv. ad Virg.
delivered from this formidable enemy, Zeno pur- Eclog. v. 48.) On the sacred road from Athens to
chased peace with the other Theodoric in 483, by Eleusis, there was an altar of Zephyrus. (Pass. i.
conferring upon him the most extraordinary ho- 37. ~ 1.) [L. S.]
nours. [Vol. III. p. 1044, a.] In the following ZERY'NTHIA (Z-lpv80ta), a surname of
year, 484, Theodoric was consul. This year was Aphrodite, from the town of Zerinthus in Thrace,
signalised by the commencement of a new rebellion, where she had a sanctuary said to have been built
which lasted longer than any of the preceding by Phaedra. (Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 449, 9511; Steph.
ones, and brought Zeno to the brink of ruin. It Byz. and Etym. Magn. s. v.) [L. S.]
was headed by Illus, the powerful minister of ZETES (Z1r7i-s), a son of Boreas and Oreithyia,
Zeno, who had now become an object of suspicion and a brother of Calais. Zetes and Calais, called
to his master, and of hatred both to Verina and the Boreadae, are mentioned among the Argonauts
Ariadne. The history of this rebellion is related (Apollod. i. 9. ~ 16), and are generally described
at length elsewhere [ILLUS]. It was not finally as winged beings (Schol. ad Pind. Pyth. iv. 324),
suppressed till A. D. 488, when Illus and Leontius, though some say that they had wings at their heads
whom the former had proclaimed emperor, weie and feet (Hygiin. Fab. 14), and others that they had
both taken prisoners and put to death. During the them only at their feet (Apollon. Rhod. i. 219), or at
revolt of Illus, misunderstandings occurred between their shoulders (Pind. Pyth, iv. 325). Their sister
Theodoric and Zeno. In 487 the Gothic king Cleopatra, who was married to Phineus the soothagain took up arms and threatened Constantinople. sayer and king in Salmydessus, was found by them
To save himself and his capital, Zeno gave Theo- when, during their Argonautic expedition, they ardoric permission to invade Italy, and expel the rived at Salmydessus. She had been thrown with
usurper Odoacer from the country. The terms her sons into prison by Phineus at the instigation
were gladly accepted by Theodoric, and Zeno livelt of his second wife; but Zetes and Calais liberated
to see the foundation of a powerful Gothic king- them by force, gave the kingdom to their cousins,
dom in Italy [THEODORaCcS the GREAT]. Zeno and sent the second wife of Phineus to her own