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

SIDONIUS. SIDONIUS. 817
Some have identified the subject of the present prefect in the Gaulish provinces. Gifted by nature
article with the Sicinnus who is mentioned by with great quickness, Sidonius devoted himself
Athenaeus as the reputed inventor of the dance with ardour to literary pursuits, and by assiduous
named iKcivtS. Athenaeus tells us that, according application rapidly acquired such high fame, that
to some, he was a barbarian, according to others, while still very young he was raniked among the
a Cretan (Herod. viii. 75, 110; Plut. Them. 12, most learned and eloquent of his contemporaries.
16; Ath. i. 20, e, xiv. 630, b; Casaub. ad Ath. At an early age he married Papianilla, the child
1. c.) [E. E.] of Flavius Avitus, and upon the elevation of his
SI'CINUS (.VKtvOS), a son of Thoas and a father-in-law to the imperial dignity (A. D. 456),
Naiad, from which the small island of Sicinus, accompanied him to Rome, and celebrated his connear Euboea, was believed to have derived its sulship in a poetical effusion still extant. The
name. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. i. 624; comp. grateful prince raised the husband of his daughter
Strab. x. p. 484.) [L. S.] to the rank of a senator, nominated him prefect of
SI'CULUS, CALPU'RNIUS. [CALPURa- the city, and caused his statue to be placed among
NIUS.] the effigies which graced the library of Trajan.
SI'CULUS, CLOE'LIUS, the name of a pa- The downfal of Avitus threw a cloud over the
trician family of high rank in the early history of fortunes of the courtly bard, who having been shut
the republic. up in Lyons, and having endured the hardships
1. Q. CLOELIUS SICULUS, consul B. c. 498, with and perils of the siege, resolved, after the capture
T. Larcius. According to Dionysius, Cloelius ap- of the city by Egidius, to purchase pardon for the
pointed his colleague Larcius dictator, and fought past and security for the future by a complimentary
under him in the battle against the Latins; but address to the victorious Majorian, whose exploits
Livy and other authorities make Larcius dictator and virtues were extolled in strains still more
three years earlier, namely in B. c. 501. (Liv. ii. hyperbolical than those inscribed to his predecessor.
21; Dionys. v. 59, 71, 72, 75, 76.) The propitiatory offering was graciously accepted;
2. T. CLOELIUS SICULUS, one of the first con- the author was not only forgiven, but was resular tribunes elected in B. C. 444. The manu- warded with a laurelled bust, and with the title
scripts of Livy have Caecilius; but as Dionysius of count. After having passed some years in rehas TLtgVo KXAALOY L KE;Ad', and the Caecilii were tirement during the reign of Severus, Sidonius was
plebeians, Sigonius changed Caecilius into Cloelius, despatched to Rome (A. D. 467) in the character
which alteration Alschefski retains in the text. In of ambassador from the Arverni to Anthemils,
a. c. 442 Cloelius was one of the triumvirs for and on this occasion delivered a third panegyric ill
founding a colony at Ardea. (Dionys. xi. 61, 62; honour of a third prince, which proved not less
Liv. iv. 7, 1 l.) successful than his former efforts, for he was novw
3. P. CLOELIUS SICULUS, one of the consular raised to the rank of a patrician, again appointed
tribunes B. C. 378. (Liv. vi. 31.) prefect of the city, and once more honoured with
4. Q. CLOELIUS SICULUS, censor B. C. 378, with a statue. But a still more remarkable tribute was
Sp. Servilius Priscus. (Liv. vi. 31.) soon afterwards rendered to his talellts; for al5. P. CLOELIUS SICULUS, was consecrated rex though in no way connected with the clerical prosacrificus in B. C. 180. (Liv. xl. 42.) fession, the vacant see of Clermont in Auvergnse
SIFCULUS FLACCUS. [FLAccus.] was forced upon his reluctant acceptance (A. D.
SI'CYON (,uoCv'a), a son of Marathon, Me- 472) at the death of the bishop Eparchius. The
tion, Erechtheus or Pelops, was the husband of task at first undertaken unwillingly, was faithfully
Zeuxippe and the father of Chthonophyle. The performed. During the remainder of his life he
town of Sicyon, which before him was called devoted himself conscientiously to the duties of his
Mecone or Aegialoe, was said to have received sacred office, and especially resisted with energy
its subsequent name from him. (Paus. ii. 1. ~ 1, the progress of Arianislm, which was rapidly exvi. 2. ~ 3; Strab. viii. p. 382.) [L. S.] tending its influence. Although generally respected
SIDA (18-l7). 1. The wife of Orion, who and beloved, his career was by no means tranquil;
was sent by Hera into Hades, because she pre- for when the Goths became masters of his diocese,
tended to be more beautiful than the goddess. he was compelled to withdraw for a season, and at
(Apollod. i. 4. ~ 3.) a subsequent period, after his restoration, in con2. A daughter of Danaus, from whom a town sequence of the calumnious representations of two
of Laconia was believed to have derived its name. factious priests, he was for a time suspended fron
(Patls. iii. 22. ~ 9.) [L. S.] the exercise of his episcopal functions. The malice
SIDE'RO ('sZ8pc6), the wife of Salmoneus, of his enemlies, however, havilng been speedily exand step-mother of Tyro, was killed by Pelias at posed, he was triumphantly reinstated, and died
the altar of Hera. (Apollod. i. 9. ~ 8; Soph. not long afterwards on the 21st of August, A. D.
TFrmtg. 573; comp. PELIAS.) [L. S.] 482, or, according to others, A. D. 484.
SIDO'NIUS (:Udm'vos), a grammarian quoted The works of Sidonlius transmitted to modern
in the Etymiologicum Magnum (p. 124), and by times consist of Poems and Letters.
the scholiasts on Homer and Pindar (Fabric. Bibl. I. Ciarnina. Twenty-four pieces, composed in
Graec. vol. vi. p. 379). There was an Athenian various measures upon various subjects. Of these
sophist of this name, a contemporary of Demonax. the most important are: —1. Paneyqyricus Avito
(Lucian, Denzon. 14.) Aulgusto socero dictus, extending to 602 hexameters
SIDO'NIUS, C. SO'LLIUS APOLLINA'- with a prologue (praeJ'atio) in eighteen and an
RIS, to whom some authorities give the additional epilogue (editio) in eight elegiac couplets. Deappellation of Modestus, was born, in all proba- livered A. D. 456. 2. Panegyricus Julio Valetio
bility, at Lyons, about the year A. D. 431. His Maioriano Augyusto dictus, extending to 603 hexfather and grandfather both bore the name Apol- ameters, with a prologue in nine elegiac couplets.
linaris, and both filled the office of praetorian Delivered A. D. 458. 3. I'acegylrics cdictussAAlihemio
Vor,. ll. 3 (i