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sessed it in manuscript. But Ritschl has shown Iferodotus mentions two other moti:es, not incomthat the passage of Ursinus does not convey any patible either with one another or with the one
such assertion. The 7rrSa''rCZV EavTro, spoken of above suggested; but certainly the power of the
by Suidas, would indicate that Orus was the Samian tyrant would have been a barrier to any
author of other treatises besides those mentioned, schemes of aggrandizement entertained by Oroetes
of which we know nothing. The name Onus is and, in fact, Samos, from its position and consesometimes found written HoRUs. (Fabric. Bibl. quence, would, perhaps, be the natural enemy of
Graec. vol. vi. pp. 193, 374, 601, 603; Ritschl, de any Lydian potentate. Thus, when Amasis, as a
Oro et Orione commentatio, Breslau, 1834; and an vassal of Babylon, was compelled to take part with
elaborate article on Orion by Ritschl in Ersch and Croesus against Cyrus, he found it necessary to
Gruber's Encyclopiidie.) [C. P. M.] abandon his alliance with Polycrates, which, for
ORITHYIA. [OREITHYIA.] purposes of commerce, he would, doubtless, have
O'RMENUS ('Oppeuzos). X. A son of Cerca- preferred; and the Lacedaemonians were naturally
phus, grandson of Aeolus and father of Amyntor, urged to their connection with Croesus by their
was believed to have founded the town of Orme- hostility to Polycrates as a tyrant. (Comp. Herod.
nium, in Thessaly. From him Amyntor is some- i. 69,70,77, ii. 178, iii. 39,&c.; Thuc. i. 18; Arist.
times called Ormenides, and Astydameia, his Polit. v. 10, ed. Bekk.) The disturbed state of
grand-daughter, Ormenis. (Hom. II. ii. 734, ix. affairs which followed the death of Cambyses, B. C.
448, x. 266, Od. xv. 413; Ov. Her. ix. 50.) 521, further encouraged Oroetes to prosecute his
2. The name of two Trojans. (II. viii. 274, xii. designs, and he put to death MITROBATES, viceroy
187.) - [L. S.] of Dascyleium, in Bithynia, regarding him probably
ORNEUS ('OpvEms), a son of Erechtheus, father as a rival, or, at least, as a spy, and caused a mesof Peteus, and grandfather of Menestheus; from senger, who brought an unwelcome firman from
him the town of Orneae was believed to have Dareius Hystaspis, to be assassinated on his way
derived its name. (Hornm. II. ii. 571; Pans. ii. 25. back to court. Dareins, however, succeeded in
~ 5, x. 35. ~ 5.) [L. S.] procuring his death through the agency of BAORNODOPANTES ('OpVooaTrdrT'7), a Persian GAEUS. (Herod. iii. 120-128; Luc. Contemnpl.
satrap, whom Bibulus persuaded in B.C. 50 to 14.) [E. E.]
revolt from Orodes, the Parthian king, and pro- O'ROLUS. [OLoRUS.]
claim Pacorus as king. (Dion Cass. xl. 30.) ORONTES or ORONTAS ('Opo'vrs,'Opov[Comp. Vol. I. p. 356, a.] This Parthian name Tas). 1. A Persian, related by blood to the royal
appears to be the same, with a slightly varied family, and distinguished for his military skill.
orthography, as that of Ornospades, which occurs Dareins II. (Nothus) appointed him to be one of
in Tacitus. The latter was a Parthian chief of the officers of his son, Cyrus the younger; but,
great power and influence in the reign of Tiberius. after the accession of Artaxerxes Mnemon, Oron(Tac. Ann. vi. 37). tes, who commanded in the citadel of Sardis, held
ORNOSPADES. [ORNODOPANTES.] it against Cyrus, professing to be therein obeying
ORNY'TION ('Opvvricov), a Corinthian, was the king's commands. Cyrus reduced him to subthe son of Sisyphus, and the father of Phocus and mission and pardoned him: but Orontes revolted
Thoas. (Paus. ii. 4. ~ 3, ix. 17. ~ 4.) [L. S.] from him a second time, fled to the Mysians, and
O'RNYTUS (,Opvuros), the name of three joined them in invading his territory. Again Cyrus
different mythical personages. (Apollon. Rhod. i. subdued him, and again received him into favour.
208, ii. 65; Paus. viii. 28. ~ 3.) [L. S.] When, however, the prince in his expedition
ORO'DES ('Opew'/s), a name common to many against his brother (B. c. 401), had passed the
Eastern monarchs, of whom the Parthian kings Euphrates, Orontes asked to be entrusted with
were the most celebrated. Herodes is probably 1000- horse, promising to check effectually with
merely another form of this name. these the royal cavalry, which was laying waste
1. ORODES I., king of Parthia. [ARsAcES XIV. the country before the invaders. Cyrus consented;
p. 356.] but, ascertaining from an intercepted letter of his
2. ORODES II., king of Parthia. [ARSACES to Artaxerxes, that he meant to desert with the
XVII., p. 357.] force committed to him, he caused him to be ar3. ORODES, son of Artabanus III., king of rested, and summoned a council, consisting of seven
Parthia. [ARsAcEs XIX., p. 358, a.] of the principal Persians and Clearchus the Lace4. ORODES, a king of the Albanians, conquered daemonian, to try the case. Orontes had not a
by Pompey [POMPEIus], is called Oroeses by the word of defence or palliation to offer, and was conGreek writers. (Dion Cass. xxxvi. 37, xxxvii. 4; demned unanimously by the judges. He was then
Appian, /Mithr. 103, 117; Oros. vi. 4; Eutrop. led off to the tent of Artapatas, one of the chief
vi. 11.) officers of Cyrus, and was never seen again either
OROEBA'NTIUS ('OpoLdV-sToS), of Troezene, dead or alive. How he perished no one knew.
an ancient epic poet, whose poems were said by Xenophon remarks that, on his way from the
the Troezenians to be more ancient than those of council, he received all the customary marks of
Homer. (Aelian, V. H. xi. 2.) respect from his inferiors, though they.knew his
OROESES. [ORODES, No. 4.] doom. (Xen. Anab. i. 6. ~~ 1 —11.)
OROETES ('OpoItrTs), a Persian, was made 2. A Persian, son-in-law of Artaxerxes Mnemon.
satrap of Sardis by Cyrus, and retained the govern- In the retreat of the Cyrean Greeks, when Tissament of it till his death. Like many other Persian phernes joined their march, twenty days after his
governors, he seems to have aimed at the establish- solemn and hollow treaty with them, Orontes acment of an independent sovereignty, and it was companied him with a separate force under his
probably as one step towards this that he decoyed command, and appears to have been a party to the
POLYCRATES into his power by specious promises, treachery, by which the principal Greek generals
and put him to death in B. c. 522. For this act were decoyed into the'power of the Persians. IHe