Grosphus, a man distinguished as much for his probity as his riches, to whom Horace addressed bk. 2, ode 16.
Grudii, a people tributary to the Nervii, supposed to have inhabited the country near Tournay or Bruges in Flanders. Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 5, ch. 38.
Grumentum, now Armento, an inland town of Lucania on the river Aciris. Livy, bk. 23, ch. 37; bk. 27, ch. 41.
Gryllus, a son of Xenophon, who killed Epaminondas, and was himself slain, at the battle of Mantinea, B.C. 363. His father was offering a sacrifice when he received the news of his death, and he threw down the garland which was on his head; but he replaced it when he heard that the enemy’s general had fallen by his hands; and he observed, that his death ought to be celebrated with every demonstration of joy, rather than of lamentation. Aristotle.—Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 11, &c.——One of the companions of Ulysses, changed into a swine by Circe. It it said that he refused to be restored to his human shape, and preferred the indolence and inactivity of this squalid animal.
Grynēum and Grynīum, a town near Clazomenæ, where Apollo had a temple with an oracle, on account of which he is called Grynæus. Strabo, bk. 13.—Virgil, Eclogues, bk. 6, li. 72; Æneid, bk. 4, li. 345.
Grynēus, one of the Centaurs, who fought against the Lapithæ, &c. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 12, li. 260.
Gyărus and Gyăros, an island in the Ægean sea, near Delos. The Romans were wont to send their culprits there. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 7, li. 407.
Gyas, one of the companions of Æneas, who distinguished himself at the games exhibited after the death of Anchises in Sicily. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 5, li. 118, &c.——A part of the territories of Syracuse, in the possession of Dionysius.——A Rutulian, son of Melampus, killed by Æneas in Italy. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 10, li. 318.
Gȳgæus, a lake of Lydia, 40 stadia from Sardis. Propertius, bk. 3, poem 11, li. 18.
Gȳge, a maid of Parysatis.