Sophron, a comic poet of Syracuse, son of Agathocles and Damasyllis. His compositions were so universally esteemed, that Plato is said to have read them with rapture. Valerius Maximus, bk. 8, ch. 7.—Quintilian, bk. 1, ch. 10.
Sophroniscus, the father of Socrates.
Sophronia, a Roman lady whom Maxentius took by force from her husband’s house, and married. Sophronia killed herself when she saw that her affections were abused by the tyrant.
Sophrosy̆ne, a daughter of Dionysius by Dion’s sister.
Sopŏlis, the father of Hermolaus. Curtius, bk. 8, ch. 7.——A painter in Cicero’s age. Cicero, Letters to Atticus, bk. 4, ltr. 16.
Sora, a town of the Volsci, of which the inhabitants were called Sorani. Silius Italicus, bk. 8, li. 395.—Cicero, For Plancius.
Soractes and Soracte, a mountain of Etruria, near the Tiber, seen from Rome, at the distance of 26 miles. It was sacred to Apollo, who is from thence surnamed Soractis; and it is said that the priests of the god could walk over burning coals without hurting themselves. There was, as some report, a fountain on mount Soracte, whose waters boiled at sunrise, and instantly killed all such birds as drank of them. Strabo, bk. 5.—Pliny, bk. 2, ch. 93; bk. 7, ch. 2.—Horace, bk. 1, ode 9.—Virgil, Æneid, bk. 11, li. 785.—Silius Italicus, bk. 5.
Sorānus, a man put to death by Nero. See: [Valerius].——The father of Atilia the first wife of Cato.
Sorex, a favourite of Sylla, and the companion of his debaucheries. Plutarch.
Sorge, a daughter of Œneus king of Calydon, by Æthea daughter of Thestius. She married Andremon, and was mother of Oxilus. Apollodorus, bks. 1 & 2.