Pythius
Pythius, Pythian, Delphic
Pȳthĭus, a, um, v. Python, II.
1. Pȳthius, a, um, s. Pȳthō.
2. Pȳthius, iī, m. (Πύθιος), Name eines Wechslers zu Syrakus, Cic. de off. 3, 58.
Delphini, Phocae, sua Phoebo [Phitia ] voce
nosce teipsum, o homo, quia non Fitii Apollinis sed sancti Salomonis est quod legitur
Phyton est serpens valde magnus quem Apollo interfecit et ideo vocatus est Phytius, et Phytea sunt ludi celebres quos ipse constituit in memoriam tanti facti
quid est Pithium metrum? idem quod exametrum
hoc metrum post Homerum heroici nomen accepit, Pithium antea dictum, eo quod Apollinis oracula illo sint metro edita
quod metrum ante Homerum Pytium dictum est, post Homerum heroicum nominatum
nempe cum Phicium dispari fistula septemque cannis alternatimque sepositis, rutroque pastorali vel baculo, pelleque pastoria penulave pastoraliter compositum ‥
Phyton est serpens valde magnus quam Apollo interfecit et ideo vocatus est Phytius
Pithi, poetici
Phycii sunt quos spiritus Phitonicus replet
1 Pȳthĭus, (13) a, um, de Pytho, de Delphes, pythien, pythique, dʼApollon Pythien : Cic. Off. 2, 77 ; Div. 1, 3 ; Prop. 2, 31, 16 ; 3, 13, 52 ; Juv. 13, 199.
2 Pȳthĭus, (13) ĭī, m. , Apollon Pythien : Vell. 1, 2, 2 ; Sen. Ep. 82, 24.
Pythius
(Πύθιος). A Lydian, the son of Atys. He was a man of enormous wealth, which he derived from his gold mines in the neighbourhood of Celaenae in Phrygia. When Xerxes arrived at Celaenae, Pythius banqueted him and his whole army. His five sons accompanied Xerxes. Pythius, alarmed by an eclipse of the sun which happened, came to Xerxes, and begged that the eldest might be left behind. This request so enraged the king that he had the young man immediately killed and cut in two, and the two portions of his body placed on either side of the road, and then ordered the army to march between them (Herod.vii. 21).
Pythius
Pythius, a Lydian
- his offer of his wealth to Xerxes: Hdt. 7.27-29
- his request to Xerxes and its consequences: Hdt. 7.38, Hdt. 7.39