Ἀρριανός
Arrianos, Arrianus, Arrian
Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 Jul 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Of Nicomedia,1 an Epictetan philosopher;2 known as "the new Xenophon". He was in Rome during the reigns of the emperors Hadrian and Marcus [Aurelius] and Antoninus, and garnered honors even so far as becoming a consul himself, just as Heliconius says,3 through the excellence of his education. He wrote a great multitude of books.4
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀρριανός, Νικομηδεὺς, φιλόσοφος Ἐπικτήτειος, ὁ ἐπικληθεὶς νέος Ξενοφῶν. ἦν δὲ ἐν Ῥώμῃ ἐπὶ Ἀδριανοῦ καὶ Μάρκου καὶ Ἀντωνίνου τῶν βασιλέων, καὶ ἀξιωμάτων μεταλαβὼν καὶ μέχρις αὐτοῦ τοῦ ὑπατεῦσαι, καθά φησιν Ἑλικώνιος, διὰ τὴν τῆς παιδείας δεξιότητα. ἔγραψε δὲ βιβλία παμπληθῆ.
Betacode
*)arriano/s, *nikomhdeu\s, filo/sofos *)epikth/teios, o( e)piklhqei\s ne/os *cenofw=n. h)=n de\ e)n *(rw/mh| e)pi\ *)adrianou= kai\ *ma/rkou kai\ *)antwni/nou tw=n basile/wn, kai\ a)ciwma/twn metalabw\n kai\ me/xris au)tou= tou= u(pateu=sai, kaqa/ fhsin *(elikw/nios, dia\ th\n th=s paidei/as decio/thta. e)/graye de\ bibli/a pamplhqh=.
Notes (4)
- c.86-160 CE. See generally OCD(4) p.169, s.v. 'Arrian (Lucius Flavius Arrianus'.
- 1In Bithynia. ↩
- 2For Epictetus see epsilon 2424. ↩
- 3epsilon 851, presumably. ↩
- 4Wholly surviving: the Anabasis of Alexander, in 7 books, and its companion-piece the Indika; On Hunting. (Both of these titles, and subjects, take Xenophon as a model.) Partially surviving or lost: Affairs after Alexander; Bithyniaka, 8 books; Parthika, 17 books; Periplous; On Tactics; Order of Battle against the Alans. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 31 Aug 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- modified translation; augmented and modified notes; added keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict