Εὐφραῖος
Euphraios, Euphraeus
Translated by David Whitehead22 Nov 2000Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εὐφραῖος· ὄνομα κύριον. Ὀρείτης ἦν τὸ γένος· μετέσχε δὲ τῆς τοῦ Πλάτωνος διατριβῆς.
Betacode
*eu)frai=os: o)/noma ku/rion. *)orei/ths h)=n to\ ge/nos: mete/sxe de\ th=s tou= *pla/twnos diatribh=s.
Notes (2)
- After the opening gloss, this entry abridges from Harpokration s.v., citing Demosthenes 9.59ff (web address 1).↩
- 1i.e. a citizen of Oreos (a.k.a. Histiaia), at the northern tip of of the island of Euboia (Barrington Atlas map 55 grid E3). ↩
- 2In addition to having studied at the Academy (cf. OCD(4) s.v., alpha 774, and alpha 775), Euphraios also served at Plato's behest (cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.115 (Kaibel), web address 2) as advisor to the military leader Perdiccas of Macedonia (cf. pi 1040; OCD(4) s.v. Perdiccas(3); and Marrou, pp. 64-65).
References
H.I. Marrou, A History of Education in Antiquity, trans. G. Lamb, Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1956.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history8 revisions · last 18 Mar 2018
- coding — Catharine Roth
- added note, another link, keywords, and bibliography — Ronald Allen
- added link and map citation — Ronald Allen
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaks — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; typo — David Whitehead
- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead