Dōdōne, a daughter of Jupiter and Europa.——A fountain in the forest of Dodona. See: [Dodona].
Dōdōnĭdes, the priestesses who gave oracles in the temple of Jupiter in Dodona. According to some traditions the temple was originally inhabited by seven daughters of Atlas, who nursed Bacchus. Their names were Ambrosia, Eudora, Pasithoe, Pytho, Plexaure, Coronis, Tythe or Tyche. In the latter ages the oracles were always delivered by three old women, which custom was first established when Jupiter enjoyed the company of Dione, whom he permitted to receive divine honour in his temple at Dodona. The Bœotians were the only people of Greece who received their oracles at Dodona from men, for reasons which Strabo, bk. 9, fully explains.
Doii, a people of Arabia Felix.
Dolabella Publius Cornelius, a Roman who married the daughter of Cicero. During the civil wars he warmly espoused the interest of Julius Cæsar, whom he accompanied at the famous battles at Pharsalia, Africa, and Munda. He was made consul by his patron, though Marcus Antony his colleague opposed it. After the death of Julius Cæsar, he received the government of Syria as his province. Cassius opposed his views, and Dolabella, for violence, and for the assassination of Trebonius, one of Cæsar’s murderers, was declared an enemy to the republic of Rome. He was besieged by Cassius in Laodicea, and when he saw that all was lost, he killed himself, in the 27th year of his age. He was of small stature, which gave occasion to his father-in-law to ask him once when he entered his house, who had tied him so cleverly to his sword.——A proconsul of Africa.——Another, who conquered the Gauls, Etrurians, and Boii at the lake of Vadimonis, B.C. 283.——The family of the Dolabellæ distinguished themselves at Rome, and one of them, Lucius Cornelius, conquered Lusitania, B.C. 99.
Dolichaon, the father of the Hebrus, &c. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 10, li. 696.
Dolīche, an island in the Ægean sea. Apollodorus, bk. 2, ch. 6.——A town of Syria,——of Macedonia. Livy, bk. 42, ch. 53.
Dolius, a faithful servant of Ulysses. Homer, Odyssey, bk. 4, li. 675.
Dolomēna, a country of Assyria. Strabo, bk. 16.
Dŏlon, a Trojan, son of Eumedes, famous for his swiftness. Being sent by Hector to spy the Grecian camp by night, he was seized by Diomedes and Ulysses, to whom he revealed the situation, schemes, and resolutions of his countrymen, with the hopes of escaping with his life. He was put to death by Diomedes, as a traitor. Homer, Iliad, bk. 10, li. 314.—Virgil, Æneid, bk. 12, li. 349, &c.——A poet. See: [Susarion].
Dōlonci, a people of Thrace. Herodotus, bk. 6, ch. 34.