CTESIPHON was also the name of several noted persons of antiquity. 1. An Athenian, who advised his fellow citizens to crown publicly Demosthenes with a golden crown for his probity and virtue. This was opposed by the orator Aeschines, the rival of De-

mosthenes, who accused Ctesiphon of seditious views. Demosthenes undertook the defence of his friend, in a celebrated oration still extant, and Aeschines was banished. 2. A Greek architect, who made the plan of Diana's temple at Ephesus. 3. An elegiac poet, whom King Attalus set over his possessions in Aeolia. 4. A Greek historian, who wrote a history of Boeotia.