Delphīnia, festivals at Ægina, in honour of Apollo of Delphi.
Delphīnium, a place in Bœotia, opposite Eubœa.
Delphis, the priestess of Delphi. Martial, bk. 9, ltr. 43.
Delphus, a son of Apollo, who built Delphi, and consecrated it to his father. The name of his mother is differently mentioned. She is called by some Celæno, by others Melæne daughter of Cephis, and by others Thyas daughter of Castalius, the first who was priestess of Bacchus. Hyginus, fable 161.—Pausanias, bk. 10, ch. 6.
Delphȳne, a serpent which watched over Jupiter. Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 6.
Delta, a part of Egypt, which received that name from its resemblance to the form of the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. It lies between the Canopian and Pelusian mouths of the Nile, and begins to be formed where the river divides itself into several streams. It has been formed totally by the mud and sand, which are washed down from the upper parts of Egypt by the Nile, according to ancient tradition. Cæsar, Alexandrine War, ch. 27.—Strabo, bks. 15 & 17.—Herodotus, bk. 2, ch. 13, &c.—Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 16.
Demădes, an Athenian, who, from a sailor, became an eloquent orator, and obtained much influence in the state. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Cheronæa by Philip, and ingratiated himself into the favour of that prince, by whom he was greatly esteemed. He was put to death, with his son, on suspicion of treason, B.C. 322. One of his orations is extant. Diodorus, bks. 16 & 17.—Plutarch, Demosthenes.
Demænetus, a rhetorician of Syracuse, enemy to Timoleon. Cornelius Nepos, Timoleon, ch. 5.
Demagŏras, one of Alexander’s flatterers.——An historian, who wrote concerning the foundation of Rome. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, bk. 1.
Demarāta, a daughter of Hiero, &c. Livy, bk. 24, ch. 22.