Evergĕtæ, a people of Scythia, called also Arimaspi. Curtius, bk. 7, ch. 3.
Evergĕtes, a surname signifying benefactor, given to Philip of Macedonia, and to Antigonus Doson, and Ptolemy of Egypt. It was also commonly given to the kings of Syria and Pontus, and we often see among the former an Alexander Evergetes, and among the latter a Mithridates Evergetes. Some of the Roman emperors also claimed that epithet, so expressive of benevolence and humanity.
Evesperĭdes, a people of Africa. Herodotus, bk. 4, ch. 171.
Eugănei, a people of Italy on the borders of the Adriatic, who, upon being expelled by the Trojans, seized upon a part of the Alps. Silius Italicus, bk. 8, li. 604.—Livy, bk. 1, ch. 1.
Eugeon, an ancient historian before the Peloponnesian war.
Eugenius, a usurper of the imperial title after the death of Valentinian II., A.D. 392.
Euhemerus. See: [Evemerus].
Euhydrum, a town of Thessaly. Livy, bk. 32, ch. 13.
Euhyus and Evius, a surname of Bacchus, given him in the war of the giants against Jupiter. Horace, bk. 2, Ode 11, li. 17.
Evippe, one of the Danaides who married and murdered Imbras.——Another. Apollodorus, bk. 2, ch. 1.——The mother of the Pierides, who were changed into magpies. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 5, li. 303.