Dorotheus

(Δωρόθεος). A considerable number of works are mentioned by ancient writers as the productions of Dorotheus, without our being able to determine whether they belong to one or to different persons. The following, however, must be distinguished:

1. The author of a work on the history of Alexander the Great, of which Athenaeus (vii. p.276) quotes the sixth book. As Athenaeus mentions no characteristic to distinguish him from other persons of the same name, we cannot say who he was, or whether he is the author of any of the other works which are known only as the productions of Dorotheus: viz. a Sicilian history (Σικελικά), from the first book of which a fragment is preserved in Stobaeus (Flor. 49.49) and Apostolius (Proverb. 20.13); a history of Italy (Ἰταλικά), from the fourth book of which a statement is quoted by Plutarch (Parall. Min. 20; comp. Clem. Alex. Protrept. p. 12); Πανδέκτης, of which Clemens of Alexandria (Strom. i. p. 144) quotes the first book; and lastly, Μεταμορφώσεις, which is referred to by Plutarch. (Parall. Min. 25.)

2. Of Ascalon, a Greek grammarian frequently referred to by Athenaeus, who quotes the 108th book of a work of his, entitled λέξεων συναγωγή. (Athen. 7.329, ix. p. 410, xi. p. 481, xiv. p. 658; comp. Schol. ad Hom. Il. 9.90, 10.252; Eustath. ad Hom. Il. 23.230, p. 1297.) This work may be the same as the one πεπ́ὶ τῶν ξένως είημένων λέξεων κατὰ στολχεῖον (Phot. Bibl. Cod. 156), which seems to have been only a chapter or section of the great work. Another work of his bore the title περὶ Ἀντιφάνους καὶ περὶ τῆς παρὰ νεωτὲρολς κωμικοῖς ματτν́ης (Athen. 14.662.)

3. Of Athens, is mentioned among the authors consulted by Pliny. (H.N. Elench. lib. xii. and xiii.)

4. A Chaldaean, is mentioned as the author of a work περὶ λὶθων by Plutarch (de Flum. 23), who quotes the second book of it. He may be the same as the Dorotheus referred to by Pliny (Plin. Nat. 22.22), though the latter may also be identical with the Athenian, No. 3.

5. Bishop of MARTIANOPLE, lived about A. D. 431, and was a most obstinate follower of the party and heresies of Nestorius. He was so violent in his opinions, that shortly before the synod of Ephesus, he declared that any man who believed that the Virgin Mary was the mother of God was deserving of eternal damnation. He took part in the synod of Ephesus, which deposed him on account of his insisting upon the correctness of the Nestorian views; and a synod which was held soon after at Constantinople expelled him from his see. When Saturninus was appointed his successor, a popular tumult broke out at Martianople, in consequence of which Dorotheus was exiled by an imperial edict to Caesareia in Cappadocia. Works Four Epistles

There are extant by him four Epistles. Editions

They are printed in a Latin translation in Lupus. Further Information

Epistol. Ephesinae, No. 46, 78, 115, 137; comp. Cave, Hist. Lit. i. p. 328.

6. Archimandrita of PALESTINE, lived about A. D. 600, and is said to have been a disciple of Joannes Monachus, on whom he waited during an illness, which lasted for several years. He is believed to have afterwards been made bishop of Brixia on account of his great learning. Works Three books on the Old and New Testament

He wrote a work, in three books, on obscure passages in the Old and New Testament, which however is a mere compilation made from the works of Gregory the Great. Editions>

For this reason it is printed among the works of Gregory the Great, in the Roman edition of 1591, and the subsequent ones. Further Information

Cave, Hist. Lit. i. p. 444; Fabr. Bibl. Gr. xi. p. 103.

7. Of Sidon. Works Astrological Poems (ἀποτελέσματα)

He was the author of astrological poems (ἀποτελέσματα), of which a few fragments are still extant. Editions

The extant fragments are collected in Iriarte's Catalog. Cod. MSS. Biblioth. Mal. i. p. 224, and in Cramer's Anecdota, iii. pp. 167, 185.

Manilius, among the Romans, and several Arab writers on astrology, have made considerable use of these Apotelesmata. Dorotheus of Sidon identical with Dorotheus the Chaldaean?

Some critics are inclined to consider Dorotheus of Sidon as identical with the Chaldaean.

8. Of Tyre. Confusion with other figures named Dorotheus

He has been frequently confounded with Dorotheus, a presbyter of Antioch in the reign of Diocletian, who is spoken of by Eusebius. (H. E. 7.32.) He must further be distinguished from another Dorotheus, who was likewise a contemporary of Diocletian. (Euseb. Hist. Eccl. 8.1, 6.) Life

Our Dorotheus is said to have flourished about A. D. 303, to have suffered much from the persecutions of Diocletian, and to have been sent into exile. When this persecution ceased, he returned to his see, in which he seems to have remained till the time of the emperor Julian, by whose emissaries he was seized and put to death, at the age of 107 years. This account, however, is not found in any of his contemporaries, and occurs only in an anonymous writer who lived after the sixth century of our era, and from whom it was incorporated in the Martyrologia. Works

Dorotheus is further said to have written several theological works. Synopsis de Vita et Morte Prophetarum, Apostolorum et Discipulorum Domini.

We still possess, under his name, a Synopsis de Vita et Morte Prophetarum, Apostolorum et Discipulorum Domini.

It is an ill-digested mass of fabulous accounts, though it contains a few things also which are of importance in ecclesiastical history. (Cave, Hist. Lit. i. p. 115, &c.) Editions Latin Editions

This is printed in Latin in the third vol. of the Biblioth. Patrum. Greek Editions

A specimen of the Greek original, with a Latin translation, is given by Cave (Hist. Lit. i. p. 115, &c.), and the whole was edited by Fabricius, at the end of his Monumenta Variorum de Mosis, Prophetarum et Apostolorum Vita, 1714, 8vo. Other ecclesiastics named Dorotheus

There are a few other ecclesiastics of this name, concerning whom little or nothing is known. A list of them is given by Fabricius. (Bibl. Graec. vii. p. 452, note p.) [L.S]

a celebrated jurist of quaestorian rank, and professor of law at Berytus. Works One of the principal compiles of Justinian's Digest

He was one of the principal compilers of Justinian's Digest, and was invited by the emperor from Berytus to Constantinople for that purpose. (Const. Tant. § 9.) Contributor to the Institutes

He also had a share, along with Tribonian and Theophilus, in the composition of the Institutes. (Prooem. Inst. 93.) Other Work

He was one of the professors to whom the Const. Omnem, regulating the new system of legal education was addressed in A. D. 533, and in the following year was employed, conjointly with Tribonian, Menna, Constantinus, and Joannes, to form the second edition of the Code, by the insertion of the fifty decisions, and by such other alterations as were necessary for its improvement. (Const. Cordi. § 2.)

Ant. Augustinus (cited by Suarez, Notit. Basil. § 29) in his Prolegomena to the Novells of Justinian, asserts that Mat. Blastares ascribes to Dorotheus a Greek interpretation of the Digest, not so extended as that of Stephanus, nor so concise as that of Cyrillus. The passage, however, as represented by Augustinus, is not to be found in the Prooemium of the Syntagma of Blastares, as edited by Bishop Beveridge in the second volume of his Synodicon. Fabrotus (Basil. vi. p. 259, in marg.) asserts without ground, "Dorotheus scripsit τὸ πλάτος ;" i. e. a Greek translation of the text of the Digest. That Dorotheus commented upon the Digest appears from Basil. ed. Fabrot. iv. pp. 336, 337, 338, and Basil. ed. Heimbach, i. pp. 623, 763; ii. p. 138.

Dorotheus occasionally cites the Code of Justinian. (Basil. iv. pp. 375, 379.) Bach (Hist. Jur. Rom. lib. 4. c.1. sect. 3.9, p. 630) asserts, that he wrote the Index of the Code, but vouches no authority for this assertion, which is doubted by Pohl. (Ad Suares. Not. Bas. p. 71, n. τ.) Passages in the Basilica where Dorotheus is cited

The following list of passages in the Basilica (ed. Fabrot.), where Dorotheus is cited, is given by Fabricius: (Bibl. Gr. xii. p. 444:) 3.212, 265; 4.336, 337, 338, 368, 370, 371, 372, 374, 376, 378, 379, 380, 381, 383, 384, 385, 398, 399, 401, 402, 403, 704; 5.39, 144, 173, 260, 290, 325, 410, 414. 423, 433, 434; 6.49, 259, 273; 7.95, 101, 225.

Dorotheus died in the lifetime of Stephanus, by whom he is termed ὸ μακαρλ́της in Bsil. 3.212. Possible later jurist named Dorotheus

Some have believed that a jurist of the same name flourished in a later age, for the untrustworthy Nic. Comnenus Papadopoli (Praenot. Mystag. p. 408) cites a scholium of Dorotheus Monachus on the title de testibus in the Compendium Legum Leonis et Constantini. [J.T.G]

(Δωπόθεος).

1. a Greek physician, who wrote a work entitled Ὑπομνήματα, Commentarii, which is quoted by Phlegon Trallianus (De Mirab. 100.26), but is no longer in existence. He must have lived some time in or before the second century after Christ, and may perhaps be the same person who is mentioned by Pliny, and said to have been a native of Athens, and also the same as Dorotheus Helius, who is twice mentioned by Galen. (De Antid. 2.14; vol. xiv. pp. 183, 187.)

2. A physician of this name, who was a Christian, and also in deacon's orders, appears to have consulted Isidorus Pelusiotes, in the fifth century after Christ, on the reason why incorporeal beings are less subject to injury and corruption than corporeal; to which question he received an answer in a letter, which is still extant. (Isid. Pelus. Epist. 5.191, ed. Paris, 1638.) [W.A.G]

a painter, who executed for Nero a copy of the Aphrodite Anadyomene of Apelles. He lived therefore about A. D. 60. (Plin. Nat. 35.10, s. 36.15; Apelles.) [P.S]