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Δημοσθένης Θρᾷξ · Demosthenes the Thracian, Demosthenes Thrax (δ 457) · Suda

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δ456Demosthenes
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δ458being a public [doctor]
δ459communal, public
δ460public
δ461administrator of public affairs

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Δημοσθένης Θρᾷξ

Demosthenes the Thracian, Demosthenes Thrax

Translated by Malcolm Heath28 Jun 2000Vetting: high3 revisions

biography
epic
geography
poetry

1 note · 26 words

Translation

This man wrote a Paraphrase of the Iliad in prose; an Epitome of the works of Damagetus of Heraclea↗;¹ On Dithyrambic Poets; Paraphrase of Hesiod's Theogony.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Δημοσθένης Θρᾷξ· οὗτος ἔγραψε Μετάφρασιν Ἰλιάδος πεζῷ λόγῳ, Ἐπιτομὴν τῶν Δαμαγήτου τοῦ Ἡρακλεώτου, Περὶ διθυραμβοποιῶν, Μετάφρασιν εἰς τὴν Ἡσιόδου Θεογονίαν.

Betacode

*dhmosqe/nhs *qra=|c: ou(=tos e)/graye *meta/frasin *)ilia/dos pezw=| lo/gw|, *)epitomh\n tw=n *damagh/tou tou= *(hraklew/tou, *peri\ diqurambopoiw=n, *meta/frasin ei)s th\n *(hsio/dou *qeogoni/an.

Notes (1)

See generally RE Demosthenes(10). For his epithet cf. Dionysius "the Thracian" (delta 1172) - in his case, in fact, a nickname.
1Damagetus, presumably another poet, has already had his own entry at delta 33.

Linked from1 entry

δ33ΔαμάγητοςDamagetos, DamagetusA proper name. The Herakleote.

Neighbouring entries

δ455ΔημοσθένηςDemosthenes δ456ΔημοσθένηςDemosthenes δ457Δημοσθένης ΘρᾷξDemosthenes the Thracian, Demosthenes Thrax δ458Δημοσιεύωνbeing a public [doctor]δ459Δημόσιονcommunal, public

Revision history3 revisions · last 26 Jun 2012

26 Jun 2012Revised — David Whitehead
26 Jun 2012Revised — David Whitehead
15 Aug 2001augmented notes; added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
28 Jun 2000Translated — Malcolm Heath

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Δημοσθένης Θρᾷξ (Adler number delta 457), trans. Malcolm Heath, 28 Jun 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/delta/457

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