the name of several noted men of antiquity:

1. Of an Athenian, who, though originally a tanner, became, by means of his intrigues and eloquence, general of the armies of the state, took Theron in Thrace, and was killed at Amphibolis in a battle with Brasidas, the Spartan general; 2. Of a general of Messenia, who disputed with Aristodemus the sovereignty of that country; 3. Of a statuary; 4. Of a poet, who wrote a poem on the Argonauts; 5. Of an orator of Halicarnassus, who composed an oration for Lysander, in which he intimated the propriety of making the kingdom of Sparta elective; and 6. Of a Magnesian who wrote some commentaries, in which he treats of portentous events.