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Ἑκαταῖος · Hecataeus, Hekataios (ε 359) · Suda

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Near ε359

ε355farthest away, very far away
ε356in each place
ε357each time
ε358from the list, from the roster
ε359Hecataeus, Hekataios
ε360Hekataios, Hecataeus
ε361Hekateion
ε362far-shooter
ε363Hekate, Hecate

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε359

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Ἑκαταῖος

Hecataeus, Hekataios

Translated by Malcolm Heath10 Feb 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

biography
chronology
dialects, grammar, and etymology
epic
geography
poetry

3 notes · 35 words

Translation

Of Abdera↗.¹ Philosopher. He also had a nickname, 'critic grammarian', as having a grammatical training.² He lived in the time of the Successors.³ His books are as follows: On the Poetry of Homer and Hesiod.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἑκαταῖος, Ἀβδηρίτης, φιλόσοφος· ὃς ἐπεκλήθη καὶ κριτικὸς γραμματικός, οἷα γραμματικὴν ἔχων παρασκευήν. γέγονε δ' ἐπὶ τῶν διαδόχων. βιβλία αὐτοῦ ταῦτα· Περὶ τῆς ποιήσεως Ὁμήρου καὶ Ἡσιόδου.

Betacode

*(ekatai=os, *)abdhri/ths, filo/sofos: o(\s e)peklh/qh kai\ kritiko\s grammatiko/s, oi(=a grammatikh\n e)/xwn paraskeuh/n. ge/gone d' e)pi\ tw=n diado/xwn. bibli/a au)tou= tau=ta: *peri\ th=s poih/sews *(omh/rou kai\ *(hsio/dou.

Notes (3)

c.360-290 BC. See generally RE Hekataios(4); OCD4 Hecataeus(2); FGrH 254.
1In Thrace; cf. alpha 26. ↩
2Again at pi 435. ↩
3Of Alexander the Great (d. 323 BC).

Linked from1 entry

ε360ἙκαταῖοςHekataios, HecataeusSon of Hegesandros; a Milesian. Born in the time of Dareios -- the king who ruled after Kambyses, when Dionysios of Miletos also lived -- in the sixty-fifth Olympiad. Historian. Herodotos of Halikarnassos is indebted to…

Neighbouring entries

ε357Ἑκάστοτεeach time ε358Ἐκ καταλόγουfrom the list, from the roster ε359ἙκαταῖοςHecataeus, Hekataios ε360ἙκαταῖοςHekataios, Hecataeus ε361ἙκάτειονHekateion

Revision history3 revisions · last 1 Aug 2014

1 Aug 2014updated a ref — David Whitehead
31 Jul 2012another x-ref; another keyword — David Whitehead
29 May 2001added notes and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Feb 2001Translated — Malcolm Heath

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἑκαταῖος (Adler number epsilon 359), trans. Malcolm Heath, 10 Feb 2001. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/359

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 ↗