Hecŭbæ Sepulchrum, a promontory of Thrace.
Hedĭla, a poetess of Samos.
Hedonæum, a village of Bœotia. Pausanias, bk. 9, ch. 31.
Hedui. See: [Ædui].
Hedymēles, an admired musician in Domitian’s age. The word signifies sweet music. Juvenal, satire 6, li. 381.
Hegelŏchus, a general of 6000 Athenians sent to Mantinea to stop the progress of Epaminondas. Diodorus, bk. 15.——An Egyptian general who flourished B.C. 128.
Hegēmon, a Thrasian poet in the age of Alcibiades. He wrote a poem called Gigantomachia, besides other works. Ælian, Varia Historia, bk. 4, ch. 11.——Another poet, who wrote a poem on the battle of Leuctra, &c. Ælian, Varia Historia, bk. 8, ch. 11.
Hegesiănax, an historian of Alexandria, who wrote an account of the Trojan war.
Hegesias, a tyrant of Ephesus under the patronage of Alexander. Polyænus, bk. 6.——A philosopher who so eloquently convinced his auditors of their failings and follies, and persuaded them that there were no dangers after death, that many were guilty of suicide. Ptolemy forbade him to continue his doctrines. Cicero, Tusculanæ Disputationes, bk. 1, ch. 34.——An historian.——A famous orator of Magnesia, who corrupted the elegant diction of Attica by the introduction of Asiatic idioms. Cicero, Orator, chs. 67, 69; Brutus, ch. 83.—Strabo, bk. 9.—Plutarch, Alexander.
Hegesilŏchus, one of the chief magistrates of Rhodes in the reign of Alexander and his father Philip.——Another native of Rhodes, 171 years before the christian era. He engaged his countrymen to prepare a fleet of 40 ships to assist the Romans against Perseus king of Macedonia.