Ἁρποκρᾶς

Harpokras, Harpocras

Translated by Malcolm Heath30 Oct 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

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This man was a close acquaintance of Ammonius. He was an Egyptian, a grammarian, in the time of the emperor Zeno. Nicomedes heard that he knew all about Ammonius, and was eager to apprehend him; but he inferred what was to come from what had gone before, or was informed in advance, and he immediately went into hiding.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἁρποκρᾶς· οὗτος συνήθης ἦν Ἀμμωνίῳ, ἀνὴρ Αἰγύπτιος, γραμματικὸς, ἐπὶ Ζήνωνος τοῦ βασιλέως· ὃν ἀκούσας ὁ Νικομήδης τὰ ἀμφὶ τὸν Ἀμμώνιον ἐπίστασθαι συλλαβεῖν ἠπείγετο. ὁ δὲ τὰ μέλλοντα ἀπ' ἀρχῆς εἰκάσας ἢ καὶ προπυθόμενος εὐθὺς ἀφανὴς ἐγεγόνει.

Betacode

*(arpokra=s: ou(=tos sunh/qhs h)=n *)ammwni/w|, a)nh\r *ai)gu/ptios, grammatiko\s, e)pi\ *zh/nwnos tou= basile/ws: o(\n a)kou/sas o( *nikomh/dhs ta\ a)mfi\ to\n *)ammw/nion e)pi/stasqai sullabei=n h)pei/geto. o( de\ ta\ me/llonta a)p' a)rxh=s ei)ka/sas h)\ kai\ propuqo/menos eu)qu\s a)fanh\s e)gego/nei.

Notes

Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 313 Zintzen; PLRE II Harpocras (3).
cf. omega 159 (Horapollo).

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ω159ὩραπόλλωνHorapollon, Horapolloof Phaenebythis, a village in the Panopolite nome. Grammarian. He taught in Alexandria and in Egypt, then in Constantinople under Theodosius. He wrote Names for Temples; a commentary on Sophocles, on Alcaeus, on Homer.…

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Revision history4 revisions · last 31 Aug 2015

31 Aug 2015coding — David Whitehead
13 Apr 2012another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
25 Aug 2002added keyword — David Whitehead
25 Aug 2002Revised — Catharine Roth
30 Oct 2000Translated — Malcolm Heath

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes

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