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Ἀντιφῶν · Antiphon (α 2745) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α2741I echo; I answer; I contradict
α2742answering in sound, echoing
α2743Antiphos, Antiphus
α2744Antiphon
α2745Antiphon
α2746Antiphon
α2747I reply to you
α2748concordant
α2749to draw [water] with both

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Ἀντιφῶν

Antiphon

Translated by Malcolm Heath7 Jun 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

biography
chronology
epic
geography
law
rhetoric

5 notes · 45 words

Translation

Son of Sophilus; of Athens↗, of the deme Rhamnus↗.¹ No one is recognised as his teacher;² nevertheless, he was the leader in the judicial style [of oratory] after Gorgias.³ He is said to have been the teacher of Thucydides.⁴ He used to be called Nestor.⁵

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀντιφῶν, Σοφίλου, Ἀθηναῖος, τῶν δήμων Ῥαμνούσιος· διδάσκαλος δὲ αὐτοῦ οὐδεὶς προγινώσκεται· ἀλλ' ὅμως ἦρξε τοῦ δικανικοῦ χαρακτῆρος μετὰ Γοργίαν. λέγεται δὲ καὶ Θουκυδίδου γενέσθαι διδάσκαλος. ἐκαλεῖτο δὲ Νέστωρ.

Betacode

*)antifw=n, *sofi/lou, *)aqhnai=os, tw=n dh/mwn *(ramnou/sios: dida/skalos de\ au)tou= ou)dei\s proginw/sketai: a)ll' o(/mws h)=rce tou= dikanikou= xarakth=ros meta\ *gorgi/an. le/getai de\ kai\ *qoukudi/dou gene/sqai dida/skalos. e)kalei=to de\ *ne/stwr.

Notes (5)

See generally RE Antiphon(14); NP Antiphon(4); OCD(4) Antiphon(1). Opinion is divided over whether he is to be identified with the sophist [alpha 2744] Antiphon.
1cf. Harpocration s.v. ↩
2Not in the sources used here, evidently; contrast [Plutarch], Lives of the Ten Orators 832B-C, where his teacher is his own father. ↩
3[gamma 388] Gorgias. ↩
4An inference from the praise of Antiphon in Thucydides 8.68. ↩
5The "archetypal wise old man" (OCD s.v.) in epic poetry.

Linked from3 entries

α618Ἀεὶ ἔστωeternal beingAntiphon [sc. uses this word for] eternity and that which always stands in the same [circumstances]. Just as happiness is called eu)estw/ ["well-being"]. The reading of Diogenianus in Truth [in the] second [book].
α1677ἈμυνίαςAmyniasA proper name. Or someone ready to defend himself [a)mu/nesqai]. "But rather [stupid is] Amynias the son of Swank, the man whose forbears wore their hair in buns." [So says] Aristophanes [and goes on]. "This man I once…
α2744ἈντιφῶνAntiphonOf Athens, a diviner and epic poet and sophist. He was called 'word-cook'.

Neighbouring entries

α2743ἌντιφοςAntiphos, Antiphus α2744ἈντιφῶνAntiphon α2745ἈντιφῶνAntiphon α2746ἈντιφῶνAntiphon α2747Ἀντιφωνῶ σοιI reply to you

Revision history6 revisions · last 19 Feb 2015

19 Feb 2015coding — Catharine Roth
30 Jul 2014updated a ref — David Whitehead
19 Mar 2012another keyword — David Whitehead
20 Jul 2011another note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 May 2002expanded x-refs — Ross Scaife ✝
12 Mar 2001modified headword; added notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
7 Jun 2000Translated — Malcolm Heath

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀντιφῶν (Adler number alpha 2745), trans. Malcolm Heath, 7 Jun 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/2745

Translation by Malcolm Heath for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, Ross Scaife ✝, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗