Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . rto have been very great, for during the siege ofDemetrius Poliorcetes no more than 6000 citizenscapable of bearing arms are mentioned. (Diod. ) But Rhodus has nevertheless produced manymen of eminence in philosophy and literature, suchas Panaetius, Stratocles, Andronicus, Eudemus,Hieroiiynuis, Peisander, Simniias, and Aristides;while Poseidonius, Dionysius Tlinix, and Aijollonius,burnamed the Rhodian, resided in the island for a RHOGONIS, 715 considerable time. The present town of Rhodescontains very few remains of the ancient Greek city.(Comp.
Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography . rto have been very great, for during the siege ofDemetrius Poliorcetes no more than 6000 citizenscapable of bearing arms are mentioned. (Diod. ) But Rhodus has nevertheless produced manymen of eminence in philosophy and literature, suchas Panaetius, Stratocles, Andronicus, Eudemus,Hieroiiynuis, Peisander, Simniias, and Aristides;while Poseidonius, Dionysius Tlinix, and Aijollonius,burnamed the Rhodian, resided in the island for a RHOGONIS, 715 considerable time. The present town of Rhodescontains very few remains of the ancient Greek city.(Comp. P. D. Paulsen, Descriptio Rhodi , Gottingen, 1818 ; H. Rust, Rhodus, einHist. Arch. Fragment, Altona, 1823; Th. Menge,Vorgeschichte von Rhodus, Coin, 1827 ; Rottier,Descript. des Monuments de Rhodes, Bruxeiles,1828; Ross, Reisen mif den Gricch. In^eln, iii. —113, which contains a good account of themiddle-age history and the present condition of theisland and city with maps and plans; Sestini, «. p. 91.) [L. S.]. COIN OF RHODUS. RHODUSSA, an island off the southern coast ofCaria, near the entrance of the port of Panormus.(Plin. V. 35 ; Sladiasm. Mar. Mag. p. 248, wherethe name is written PoTroficra.) It is marked inmodern charts by the name of Limosa or Kara-gash. [L. S.] RHODUSSAE, a group of small islands in thePropontis, south of Pityussa, is mentioned onlv byPliny (v. 44). [L. &] RHOE (PiJt?), a place on the coast of Bithynia,20 stadia to the east of Calpe, on a steep promon-tory, contained a road fit only for small vessels.(Arrian, Peripl. P. E. j>. 13; Anonym. Peripl. P. 3.) [L. S.] RHOETACES. [Albania, p. 89, b.] RHOETEUM (rb Poireiov or Polriov aKpov), apromontory, or rather a rocky headland, running outin several points in Mysia or Troas, at the entranceof the Hellespont, north of Ilion ; it contained asmall town of the same name situated on an emi-nence. The place is very often mentioned by theancients. (Herod, vii. 43 ; Scylax, p. 35
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