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Ἁρποκρατίων · Harpocration (α 4013) · Suda

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α4009Harpies, Snatchers
α4010Harpokras, Harpocras
α4011Harpokration, Harpocration
α4012Harpokration, Harpocration
α4013Harpocration
α4014Harpocration, Harpokration
α4015Arsakes, Arsaces
α4016with a shout masculine (and) admired
α4017of loads

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Ἁρποκρατίων

Harpocration

Translated by Malcolm Heath15 Jun 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

biography
historiography
rhetoric

40 words

Translation

[Harpocration], surnamed Aelius.¹ Sophist. He wrote On the Apparent Examples of Ignorance in the Orators; Hypotheses to the Speeches of Hyperides; On the Falsity of Herodotus' History; On Order in Xenophon; On the Art of Rhetoric; On Types of Style.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἁρποκρατίων, ὁ Αἴλιος χρηματίσας, σοφιστής. ἔγραψε Περὶ τῶν δοκούντων τοῖς ῥήτορσιν ἠγνοῆσθαι, καὶ Ὑποθέσεις τῶν λόγων Ὑπερίδου, Περὶ τοῦ κατεψεῦσθαι τὴν Ἡροδότου ἱστορίαν, Περὶ τῶν παρὰ Ξενοφῶντι τάξεων, Περὶ τέχνης ῥητορικῆς, Περὶ ἰδεῶν.

Betacode

*(arpokrati/wn, o( *ai)/lios xrhmati/sas, sofisth/s. e)/graye *peri\ tw=n dokou/ntwn toi=s r(h/torsin h)gnoh=sqai, kai\ *(upoqe/seis tw=n lo/gwn *(uperi/dou, *peri\ tou= kateyeu=sqai th\n *(hrodo/tou i(stori/an, *peri\ tw=n para\ *cenofw=nti ta/cewn, *peri\ te/xnhs r(htorikh=s, *peri\ i)dew=n.

Notes

RE Harpocration (3); PIR2 A186.
For other individuals of this name see alpha 4011, alpha 4012, alpha 4014.

Linked from3 entries

α4011ἉρποκρατίωνHarpokration, HarpocrationOf Argos [Myth, Place]. Platonic philosopher. Companion/confidant of a Caesar. He wrote a Commentary on Plato (24 books); Lexicon to Plato (2 books).
α4012ἉρποκρατίωνHarpokration, HarpocrationSurnamed Gaius. Sophist. He wrote On Antiphon's Figures; On the Speeches of Hyperides and Lysias; etc.
α4014ἉρποκρατίωνHarpocration, Harpokration[Harpocration] surnamed Valerius. Rhetor; of Alexandria. [He wrote] Lexicon of the Ten Orators; Collection of Fine Passages.

Neighbouring entries

α4011ἉρποκρατίωνHarpokration, Harpocration α4012ἉρποκρατίωνHarpokration, Harpocration α4013ἉρποκρατίωνHarpocration α4014ἉρποκρατίωνHarpocration, Harpokration α4015ἈρσάκηςArsakes, Arsaces

Revision history4 revisions · last 13 Apr 2012

13 Apr 2012x-refs; cosmetics — David Whitehead
25 Aug 2002cosmetics, keywords — Catharine Roth
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15 Jun 2000Translated — Malcolm Heath

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἁρποκρατίων (Adler number alpha 4013), trans. Malcolm Heath, 15 Jun 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/4013

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