&SCHINES, as'-chin-es. 7. An Athenian orator, rival of Demosthenes, about 342 B.C. : son of Atrometus, he boasted of noble descent, but was reproached by Demosthenes for his low birth. Their rivalry began when ambassadors at Philip's court, 347, where Aschines was bribed : Aschines impeached Ctesiphon when he proposed a golden crown as reward for Demosthenes, regarding which we have the extant rival orations of /Eschines in and Demosthenes de CcYri7a4. Aschines was defeated, and retired to Rhodes, where he died 324. 2. A disciple of Socrates, author of several dialogues.
lEscriumx, x. A Mytilenean poet, intimate with Aristotle, accompanied Alexander into Asia. 2. A physician, com mended by Galen, and a writer on husbandry. .Esc Hymns, as"-c/01-us. x. A soldier and tragic poet of Athens, son of Euphorion, and brother to Cynmgirus, born 525 Lc., fought at Mara thon, Salamis, and Platma, and wrote ninety tragedies, of which forty gained prizes, but only seven are extant : viz., Prometheus vinctus, Settem contra Thebas, Persce, Agamemnon, ChoeAffna, Eumdnides, Sul5ilices : he first introduced two actors, gave suitable dresses, and removed the commission of murder from the stage. His imagination was strong and but too wild, fruitful in prodi gies, but disdaining probabilities : his style is obscure. He was accused of impiety and con demned, but pardoned, on, it is said, his brother Amynias uncovering an arm of which the hand was lost at Salamis. He withdrew to Sicily, where he was killed, 456, byan eagle dropping a tortoise on his bald head, supposing it to be a stone. He is said to have been addicted to intoxication. 2. A native of Cnidus, who taught rhetoric to Cicero.
AscuLArtus, ad-rid-tc-I-us, the god of healing, son of Apollo by Coronis, or by Larissa, daughter of Phlegias. The mother was killed by Apollo with lightning, from jealousy, but the babe in her womb was saved, and educated by Chiron ; by another version, the mother, to conceal the birth, exposed the child near Epidaurus, where he was fed by a goat of Aresthanas, and guarded by the dog of the flock. /Esculapius was physician to the
Argonauts, and restored many to life, for which Jupiter, at Pluto's complaint, struck him dead : Apollo, in anger, killed the Cyclops who made the thunderbolt. Asculapius after death, was worshipped at Epidaurus, Perga mus, Athens, Smyrna, &c. ; goats, bulls, lambs, and pigs were sacrificed, and the cock and serpent were sacred to him. A temple was, eon B.C., raised to him at Rome for his being supposed to have driven away a pestilence, when he hid himself as a serpent among the reeds in an island of the Tiber. /Esculapius was represented with a large beard, in one hand a serpent-wreathed staff, and the other hand supported by a serpent's head.
/ESEPUS, a son of Bucolion. IESERNIA, ce-sed-nt-a, a city of the Sam nites.
Asts, d-sis, a river of Italy, separating Umbria from Picenum ; and a town on the same.
&sox, cp'-sbn. n. Son of Cretheus, and twin brother of Pelias, succeeded his father in Iolchos, but was soon exiled by Pelias. He married Alcimede, by whom he had Jason. Jason demanded the kingdom of Pelias, who persuaded him to go in search of the golden fleece ; on his return with Medea, she filled the veins of IEson with the juice of certain herbs, and so restored him to youth. Axon killed himself by drinking bull's blood to avoid the persecution of Pelias. 2. A town and river of Thessaly.• Asomuns, ee-so'-ni-des, patronymic of Jason. IEsopus, er-so'-i5us. I. A Phrygian slave, liberated for his sallies of genius. He travelled through Greece and Egypt, but chiefly resided in Lydia with Crcesus, who sent him to consult the Delphian oracle ; the Delphians, offended with his sarcasms, accused him of stealing a vessel from the temple, and threw him from a rock, 56r B.C. The fables now circulating under his name include those of wits before and after his age. 2. CLAUDIUS, clad-di-us, a Roman actor, intimate with Cicero, and possessor of an immense fortune ; his son melted precious stones to drink at his enter tainments.
Asotx, a town on a mountainbetween Tibur and Prmneste.