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Διονύσιος · Dionysios, Dionysius (δ 1175) · Suda

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Διονύσιος

Dionysios, Dionysius

Translated by Catharine Roth25 Dec 2003Vetting: high9 revisions

biography
definition
epic
geography
imagery
mythology
+2
- science and technology
- trade and manufacture

4 notes · 32 words

Translation

Of Mitylene,¹ epic poet. This man was called Leather-arm and Leather-worker.² [He wrote] the Expedition of Dionysos and Athena, [and] Argonauts³ in 6 books. These works are in prose: Fables for Parmenon.⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Διονύσιος, Μιτυληναῖος, ἐποποιός. οὗτος ἐκλήθη Σκυτοβραχίων καὶ Σκυτεύς. τὴν Διονύσου καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς στρατιάν, Ἀργοναῦται ἐν βιβλίοις ʹ2ʹ· ταῦτα δέ ἐστι πεζά· Μυθικὰ πρὸς Παρμένοντα.

Betacode

*dionu/sios, *mitulhnai=os, e)popoio/s. ou(=tos e)klh/qh *skutobraxi/wn kai\ *skuteu/s. th\n *dionu/sou kai\ *)aqhna=s stratia/n, *)argonau=tai e)n bibli/ois #2#: tau=ta de/ e)sti peza/: *muqika\ pro\s *parme/nonta.

Notes (4)

C2 BCE. See generally J.S. Rusten in OCD(4) s.v. 'Dionysius(12)'; FGrH 32.
1On the E Aegean island of Lesbos. ↩
2(Jacoby advocated 'or' rather than 'and' here, and also postulated a lacuna after 'Leather-worker'.) For 'Leather-arm' -- 'the unexplained nickname was doubtless meant to differentiate him from homonymous authors, but did not succeed' (Rusten) -- see also (e.g.) Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12.515E (12.11 Kaibel). ↩
3Here nominative, but better (as in some of the mss) accusative. ↩
4Bernhardy reallocated the phrase 'for Parmenon' to delta 1176 and recast the remainder as follows: Fables, pertaining to the Expedition of Dionysos and Athena and Argonauts, in 6 books".

Linked from1 entry

δ1176ΔιονύσιοςDionysios, DionysiusOf Byzantium, epic poet. [He wrote] Description of the Sailing Route through the Bosporus, [and] On Dirges (it is a poem full of funereal laments).

Neighbouring entries

δ1173ΔιονύσιοςDionysius, Dionysios δ1174ΔιονύσιοςDionysius, Dionysios δ1175ΔιονύσιοςDionysios, Dionysius δ1176ΔιονύσιοςDionysios, Dionysius δ1177ΔιονύσιοςDionysios, Dionysius

Revision history9 revisions · last 11 Nov 2015

11 Nov 2015coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Jan 2015expanded a ref — David Whitehead
3 Aug 2014updated a ref — David Whitehead
20 Jul 2012coding — Catharine Roth
19 Jul 2012expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
12 Jul 2012another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
29 Dec 2003typo — David Whitehead
29 Dec 2003cosmetics — Catharine Roth
28 Dec 2003augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
25 Dec 2003Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Διονύσιος (Adler number delta 1175), trans. Catharine Roth, 25 Dec 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/1175

Translation by Catharine Roth 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 ↗