Soritia, a town of Spain.
Sosia Galla, a woman at the court of Tiberius, banished, &c. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 4, ch. 19.
Sosibius, a grammarian of Laconia, B.C. 255. He was a great favourite of Ptolemy Philopator, and advised him to murder his brother, and the queen his wife, called Arsinoe. He lived to a great age, and was on that account called Polychronos. He was afterwards permitted to retire from the court, and spend the rest of his days in peace and tranquillity after he had disgraced the name of minister by the most abominable crimes, and the murder of many of the royal family. His son, of the same name, was preceptor to king Ptolemy Epiphanes.——The preceptor of Britannicus the son of Claudius. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 11, ch. 1.
Sosĭcles, a Greek who behaved with great valour when Xerxes invaded Greece.
Sosicrătes, a noble senator among the Achæans, put to death because he wished his countrymen to make peace with the Romans.
Sosigĕnes, an Egyptian mathematician, who assisted Julius Cæsar in regulating the Roman calendar. Suetonius.—Diodorus.—Pliny, bk. 18, ch. 25.——A commander of the fleet of Eumenes. Polyænus, bk. 4.——A friend of Demetrius Poliorcetes.
Sosii, celebrated booksellers at Rome, in the age of Horace, bk. 1, ltr. 20, li. 2.
Sosĭlus, a Lacedæmonian in the age of Annibal. He lived in great intimacy with the Carthaginian, taught him Greek, and wrote the history of his life. Cornelius Nepos, Hannibal.
Sosipăter, a grammarian in the reign of Honorius. He published five books of observations on grammar.——A Syracusan magistrate.——A general of Philip king of Macedonia.
Sosis, a seditious Syracusan, who raised tumults against Dion. When accused before the people he saved himself by flight, and thus escaped a capital punishment.