a king of Persia, son of Artaxerxes. He was cruel and avaricious; and in order to strengthen himself on his throne, he murdered all his brothers and sisters. His subjects revolted; but he reduced them to obedience, and added Egypt to his other dominions. Bagoas, his favourite eunuch, poisoned him for the insults he had offered to Apis the god of the Egyptians; and he gave his flesh to be eaten by cats, and made handles for knives with his bones. It seems to be not a little remarkable, that all those monsters who disfigured humanity by their crimes, and sunk themselves below the level of brutes, have met with condign punishment; and this in general seems true, whether we refer to ancient or modern times.—A man of Cyzicus, who was killed by the Argonauts.—A prince of Persia, who refused to visit his native country for fear of giving all the women each a piece of gold.—A river of India or of Bactriana.—A king of Persia: He exchanged this name for that of Darius Nothus. See PERSIA.

OCRRA, a viscid vegetable substance well known in the West Indies, where it is used to thicken soup, particularly that kind called pepper pot, as well as for other purposes.