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2671 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. George W. Mooney, Commentary on Apollonius: Argonautica intro, section 2
   (c) The notices in Suidas of the various writers who bore the name of Dionysius are hopelessly confused, and it is impossible to determine accurately whether both Dionysius of Miletus and Dionysius of Mitylene wrote (18.82)

2. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter L
   The only criticism of any importance upon Lysias that has come down to us is that of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, in his (17.27)

3. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter L
   Livy has it always Lartius, Dionysius has (16.82)

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1 from Peachum's Garden of Eloquence

1. Henry Peachum., The Garden of Eloquence (1593): Schemas part Schemates Rhetorical, subpart The third order, section Collectio, subsection Scemaismus
   If a man should in the respect of reprehension speake to Dionysius the king of Sicilia, hee might reprove the crueltie of Phalaris, and by an artificiall description and reprehension of that creltie and tirannie in Phalaris, he may make a most bright and resplendent glasse wherein Dionysius must needes behold himselfe and his deformed tirannie. (3.25)

11 from Renaissance Materials

1. William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.)
   to Galesus, however, Thomson has given many excellent sentiments and expressed them in appropriate language—he has borrowed largely from Dionysius Halicarnassensis—which is very fair—this was a posthumous play—Quin in the Prologue speaking of his deceased friend says: ‘Forgive the gushing tear,
   Alas! (4.04)

2. William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) act 1, scene 1, commline 98
   The first person who has introduced Menenius as reciting this fable is Dionysius of Halicarnassus [25 B. C.], book vi. (3.83)

3. William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.)
   His ‘pretty tale,’ as he calls it, of the belly and the members, which he recites to the people during their mutiny occasioned by the dearth of corn, is a delightful and improved expansion of the old apologue, originally attributed to Menenius by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, but taken immediately by Shakspeare from Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus, and from Camden's Remains. (2.53)

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7 from The Tragedie of Coriolanus

1. William Shakespeare, Appendix: The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) section DRAMATIC VERSIONS, subsection Thomsons Coriolanus
   to Galesus, however, Thomson has given many excellent sentiments and expressed them in appropriate language—he has borrowed largely from Dionysius Halicarnassensis—which is very fair—this was a posthumous play—Quin in the Prologue speaking of his deceased friend says: ‘Forgive the gushing tear,
   Alas! (3.73)

2. William Shakespeare, Critical Commentary: The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) act 1, scene 1, commline 98
   The first person who has introduced Menenius as reciting this fable is Dionysius of Halicarnassus [25 B. C.], book vi. (3.64)

3. William Shakespeare, Appendix: The Tragedie of Coriolanus (ed. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., A. B.; Litt. D.) section CRITICISMS, subsection Drake
   His ‘pretty tale,’ as he calls it, of the belly and the members, which he recites to the people during their mutiny occasioned by the dearth of corn, is a delightful and improved expansion of the old apologue, originally attributed to Menenius by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, but taken immediately by Shakspeare from Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus, and from Camden's Remains. (2.46)

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16 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter S, entry 27731
   All his known works, which include a series of commentaries on Dionysius the Areopagite, and translations, were collected by H. J. Floss in Migne's ‘Patrologia Latina,’ cxxii. (3.28)

2. Walter Thornbury, A Narrative of its History, its People and its Places. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings from the Most Authentic Sources.: Old and New London: Volume 1 chapter 33, page 395
   Some termed them Draco's laws, which were written in blood; others said they were more intolerable than any laws made by Dionysius or any other tyrant. (3.19)

3. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter G, entry 12815
   Greek scholar; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford; fellow, 1467; incumbent of Newton Longueville, 1481; divinity reader at Magdalen College, Oxford, 1481; prebendary of Lincoln, 1485; in Italy, 1488-90, with Linacre, studying under Politian and Chalcondyles; became acquainted with Aldus the printer; lectured in Greek at Oxford; became rector of St. Lawrence Jewry, 1496, but did not reside in London till three years later; criticised Dean Colet's lectures on ‘The Ecclesiastical Hierarchy of Dionysius’; intimate in London with Linacre, More, and Erasmus; master of All Hallows, Maidstone, 1506, and rector of Shepperton and Peckham; catalogue of his library printed, 1889. [xxiii. (3.19)

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2 from American Memory: California

1. The Californians, by Walter M. Fisher page 215
   The delirium that fed the rites of Astarte and Dionysius, that corrupted the Christian "love feasts" till they became as intolerable to Papal Rome as their prototypes had been to Pagan Rome--that fever, one and the same at root, but blossoming into pestilent fruits that vary with the age and place--that very miasm makes the midnight air heavy here under the rush of burning gas and the blaring of music, whose pulse and measure are as utterly sensuous and exciting as any to be heard in the dancing-garden or the music-hall. (1.85)

2. California as it is & as it may be; or, A guide to the gold region page 41
   Neither San Francisco, the city of Sacramento nor Stockton are the places where reliable information is to be expected by one who proposes to go to the mines, as these places may be compared to the famous Dionysius' ear, where the gentlest whisper is re-echoed a thousand times. (1.43)

2 from American Memory: Upper Midwest

1. Myself / by John R. Commons page 55
   When I left Syracuse they presented me with a replica of Hermes and baby Dionysius for my parlor, and a filing case of latest design for my study. (2.05)

2. Reminiscences, memoirs, and lectures of Monsignor A. Ravoux, V. G page 112
   Embraced in the foregoing citations, you have the faith of St. Clement, Hegesippus, Tertullian, Origen, St. Dionysius of Alexandria, Lactantius, Eusebius, St. Athanasius, St. Hilary, St. Basil, St. Jerome, St. Augustine and all the Doctors of the Church. (2.00)

9 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. Robert May, A voice from Richmond, and other addresses to children and youth. By the late Rev. Robert May. With a brief account of the author page 102
   It so happened, that Damon, the friend of Pythias, heard of the tyrant's proposal; and, unknown to Pythias, offered himself to Dionysius and was accepted. (2.60)

2. George Alfred Townsend, Washington, outside and inside. A picture and a narrative of the origin, growth, excellencies, abuses, beauties, and personages of our governing city. By Geo. Alfred Townsend page 695
   cries Dionysius Dennis O'McCarthy, of Syracuse, speaking the nicest Portuguese accent, “is me heart's delight and the perride of me keuntry, alkakange to receive no protection? (2.40)

3. Mrs. Marian Campbell Gouverneur, As I remember; recollections of American society during the nineteenth century, by Marian Gouverneur page 85
   It is said that in one of her literary effusions she dwelt upon & custom, which she claimed was prevalent in America, of parents naming their children after classical heroes, and gave as an example a child in New York who bore the name of Alfonzo Alonzo Agamemnon Dionysius Bogardus. (2.22)

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