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 RHYPES. The Scholiast on ApoUonius Rhodius (i. 1165) states that in hitiT times the Rhyndacus, after receiving the waters of the Megistus, Tras itself called Me- gistus; but Eustathius (ad Horn. II. xiii. 771) as- sures us that in his time it still bore the name of Rh3'ndacus. According to Valerius Flaccus (iii. 35) its yellow waters were discernible in the sea at a great distance from its mouth. In b. c. 73 Lucullus gained a victory over Mithridates on the banks of this river. (Plut. Luc. 1 1 ; comp. Polyb. v. 1 7 ; Ptol. V. 1. §§ 4, 8 ; Steph. B. s. v.) The Rhyn- dacus is now called Liipad, and after its union with the Jlegistus {Susughirli) it bears the name of 3Io- haJidsh or Micalitza. (See Hamilton's Researches, i. p. 83, &c.) [L. S.] RHYPES ('Pvirsj, 'FuTrai, Steph. B. s. v.: Kill. 'Pi^i^, 'P»7ros), a city of Achaia, 30 stadia W. of Aegium, was originally one of the twelve Achaean cities. It had ceased to be a member of the League in the time of Polybius, who mentions Leontium in its place. Rhypes, however, continued to exist down to the time of Augustus; but this emperor trans- ferred its inhabitants to Patrae, and its territory ('Pun-iy, or i 'PviriKr]) was divided between Aegium and Pharae. Its ruins were seen by Pausanias at a short distance from the main road from Aegium to Patrae. We learn from Strabo that this town was mentioned by Aeschylus as Kepavvias 'Pviras, or " Rhypes stricken by the thunderbolt." It was the birthplace of Myscellus, the founder of Croton. (Herod, i. 145; Pans. vii. 6. § 1, vii. 18. § 7, vii. 23. § 4; Strab. viii. pp. 386, 387.) In the terri- tory of Rhypes there was a demus called Leuc- TRUM (AevKTpov, Strab. p. 387), and also a sea- port named Ekineum {'Epive6v, or 'Epivfos t/xiiv), which is mentioned by Thucydides, and which is described by Pausanias as 60 stadia from Aegium. (Thuc. vii. 34; Pans. vii. 22. § 10; Plin. iv. 6.) The geographers of the French Commission place Rhypes at some ruins on the right bank of the river Tholo, where it issues into the plain ; and the dis- tance of the position on the Tholo from Vostitza (Aegium) is that which Pausanias assigns as the intei-val between Aegium and Rhypes. But Leake, thinking it highly improbable that two of the chief cities of Achaia should have been only 30 stadia from each other, suspects the accuracy of Pausanias or his text, as to the distance between Rhypes and Aegium. He accordingly places Rhypes further V. on the banks of the river of Salmeniko, and supposes Erineum to have been its port and to have been situated immediately above it at the harbour of Lamhiri. The position of Lambiri answers very well to that of Erineum ; but the reason given by Leake does not appear sufficient for rejecting tiie express statement of Pausanias as to the distance between Aegium and Rhypes. (Leake, Peloponne- siaca, p. 408, seq. ; comp. Curtius, Pelojmnnesos, vol. i. p. 458, seq.) RHY'TIUM('PJt<o«/, Steph. B.; Plin. iv. 20: FAh. ■PuTieus), a town of Crete which Homer {II. ii. 648) couples with Phaestus as " well-peopled cities." The city belonged to the Gortynians (Strab. x. p. 479 ; Nonnus, Dionys. xiii. 233.) The corrupt reading 'Vveliivt) in Steph. B. {s.v. SrTJAai) should be emended into 'Pvriov. (Hock, Kreta, vol. i. p. 414.) The city must have existed somewhere on or close to the route which leads from Kasteliand to Ilwjh'ms Dheha ; but Pashley {Crete, vol. i. p. 293) could find no vestiges of antiquity in the neighbour- liood. [!■:. B. J.] RIGODUNUM. 717 RIBLAH ('Pa§Aaa^), a city " in the land of Hamath," where Jehoahaz or Shallum was cast into chains by Pharaoh Necho, and where Nebuchad- nezzar subsequently gave judgment on Zedekiah. (2 Kings, xxiii. 33, xxv. 6.) We find Nebuchad- nezzar there again, after an interval of ten years when the last remnant was carried captive and slain there. {Jerem. Mi. 27.) [G. W.] RICCIACUM, in North Gallia. The Table has a road from Divodurum {Metz) to Augusta Tre- virorum {Trier). From Divodurum to Caranusca is xiii., from Caranusca to Ricciacum x., and from Ricciacum to Augusta x. D'Anville guessed Ric- ciacum to be Remich on the Mosel ; but it is only a guess. There is evidently an error in the Table in the distance between Divodurum and Ricciacum, which is a great deal too much. The geographers have handled this matter in various ways. [Ca- ranusca.] (See also Ukert, Gallien, p. 512, and the note.) [G. L.] RICINA. 1. {Eth. Ricinensis: Ru. near Ma- cerata), a municipal town of Picenum, situated on a hill above the right bank of the river Potentia {Potenza), about 15 miles from the sea. Pliny is the only geographer that mentions it (iii. 13. s. 18); but the " ager Ricinensis " is noticed also in the Liber Coloniarum (p. 226), and we learn from an inscription that it received a colony under the em- peror Severus, and assumed in consequence the title of " Colnnia Helvia Ricina" (Orell. Inscr. 915; Cluver. Ital. p. 739.) Its ruins are still visible, and include the remains of a theatre and other buildings. They are situated about 3 miles from Macerata, and 6 from Recanati, which has preserved the traces of the ancient name, though it does not occupy the ancient site. (Holsten. Not. ad Cluver. p. 137.) The Tabula correctly places it at a distance of 12 miles from Septcmpeda {S. Severino.) {Tab. Peut.) 2. A small town on the co.ast of Liguria, men- tioned only in the Tabula, which places it on the coast to the E. of Genoa. It is commonly identified with Recco, a town about 12 miles from Genoa, but the Tabula gives the distance as only 7, so that the identification is very doubtful. {Tab. Pent; Geogr. Rav. iv. 32.) TE. H. B.J RICINA {'PiKiva, Ptol. ii. 2. § 11), one of the Ebudae insulae or Hebrides. [T. H. D.] RIDUNA, one of the islands off that part of the Gallic coast which was occupied by the Arinoric states. As the Marit. Itin. mentions Caesarea {Jersey), Sarnia {Guernsey), and Riduna, it is con- cluded that Riduna is Auriyny or Alderney off Cap de la Hague. [G. L.] RIGODULUM, a place on the Jlosclla {Musel), " protected either by mountains or the river." (Tacitus, Hist. iv. 71.) In the war with Civilis this place was occupied by V^alentinus with a large force of Treviri. Civilis, who was at Mainz, marched toRigodulum in three days (tcrtiis castris) and stormed the place. On the following day he reached Colonia Trevirorum {Triei-). It is supposed that Rigodulum may bo Rcol on the Mosel. Lip- sius assumes Rigodulum to be Riyol near Con- fluentes {Cobkm), but that is impossible. Am- miaims Marcellinus (xvi. C) places Rigodulum near Confluentcs, but his authority is small ; and there may be some ci)rrui)tion in the text. [G. L.] KIGODU'NUM ('Pi7d5owor, Ptol. ii. 3. § 16), a town of the Brigantes in the N. of Britannia h'o- mana. CumdQn (p. 974) conjectures it might have