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Ἕρμιππος · Hermippos, Hermippus (ε 3045) · Suda

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Ἕρμιππος

Hermippos, Hermippus

Translated by Malcolm Heath14 Feb 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

biography
chronology
daily life
dialects, grammar, and etymology
dreams
geography

4 notes · 50 words

Translation

Of Berytus; from an inland village. Pupil of Philo of Byblos,¹ by whom he was placed in the household of Herennius Severus,² in the time of the emperor Hadrian; he was of servile descent. He was a great expert on literature, and wrote many works.³
He also wrote On Dreams.⁴

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἕρμιππος, Βηρύτιος, ἀπὸ κώμης μεσογαίου, μαθητὴς Φίλωνος τοῦ Βυβλίου· ὑφ' οὗ ᾠκειώθη Ἐρεννίῳ Σευήρῳ ἐπὶ Ἀδριανοῦ τοῦ βασιλέως, ἔκδουλος ὢν γένος, λόγιος σφόδρα· καὶ ἔγραψε πολλά. ἔγραψε καὶ περὶ ὀνείρων.

Betacode

*(/ermippos, *bhru/tios, a)po\ kw/mhs mesogai/ou, maqhth\s *fi/lwnos tou= *bubli/ou: u(f' ou(= w)|keiw/qh *)erenni/w| *seuh/rw| e)pi\ *)adrianou=  tou= basile/ws, e)/kdoulos w)\n ge/nos, lo/gios sfo/dra: kai\ e)/graye polla/. e)/graye kai\ peri\ o)nei/rwn.

Notes (4)

C2 AD. See generally RE Hermippos(8); OCD4 Hermippus(3).
1Phi 447: Philo. ↩
2RE Herennius(45). ↩
3For one of them, on educated slaves, see under alpha 97 and iota 706. ↩
4This addendum comes from the margin of ms A.

References

J. Christes, Sklaven und Freigelassene als Grammatiker und Philologen im Antiken Rom (Wiesbaden 1979) 137-40

Linked from2 entries

α97ἌβρωνAbron, HabronPhrygian or Rhodian, grammarian, student of Tryphon, sophist at Rome, the offspring of slaves, according to Hermippus.
δ454ΔημοσθένηςDemosthenesAn Athenian, son of Demosthenes and Cleobule; rhetor, of the deme Paeania. [He was] painstaking rather than naturally gifted, Hermippus says; and he lacked self-control with regard to pleasures (the same source says…

Neighbouring entries

ε3043ἙρμιόνηHermione ε3044ἝρμιπποςHermippos, Hermippus ε3045ἝρμιπποςHermippos, Hermippus ε3046ἙρμογένηςHermogenes ε3047ἙρμοκοπίδαιHermwreckers, Hermokopidai

Revision history5 revisions · last 1 Aug 2014

1 Aug 2014updated a ref — David Whitehead
28 Oct 2012another note — David Whitehead
2 Oct 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
18 Nov 2004added n.3 — David Whitehead
13 Sep 2002added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Feb 2001Translated — Malcolm Heath

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἕρμιππος (Adler number epsilon 3045), trans. Malcolm Heath, 14 Feb 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3045

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 ↗