Εἰρηναῖος
Irenaeus, Eirenaios, Pacatus
Translated by Malcolm Heath19 Feb 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Also called Pacatus in Latin.1 Pupil of Heliodorus the metricist;2 grammarian; of Alexandria. [He wrote] On the Athenian Processional Escort; On the Alexandrian Dialect, that it is derived from Attic (7 books); Attic Nouns (3 books); Attic Usage in Diction and Prosody, alphabetically arranged (3 books); Canons of Hellenism (1 book); On Atticism (1 book); and many other works.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Εἰρηναῖος, ὁ καὶ Πάκατος κληθεὶς τῇ Ῥωμαίων διαλέκτῳ, μαθητὴς Ἡλιοδώρου τοῦ μετρικοῦ, γραμματικός, Ἀλεξανδρεύς. Περὶ τῆς Ἀθηναίων προπομπίας, Περὶ τῆς Ἀλεξανδρέων διαλέκτου, ὅτι ἔστιν ἐκ τῆς Ἀτθίδος, βιβλία ζʹ, Ἀττικῶν ὀνομάτων βιβλία γʹ, Ἀττικῆς συνηθείας τῆς ἐν λέξει καὶ προσῳδίᾳ κατὰ στοιχεῖον βιβλία γʹ, Κανόνας Ἑλληνισμοῦ βιβλίον αʹ, Περὶ Ἀττικισμοῦ βιβλίον αʹ, καὶ ἄλλα πολλά.
Betacode
*ei)rhnai=os, o( kai\ *pa/katos klhqei\s th=| *(rwmai/wn diale/ktw|, maqhth\s *(hliodw/rou tou= metrikou=, grammatiko/s, *)alecandreu/s. *peri\ th=s *)aqhnai/wn propompi/as, *peri\ th=s *)alecandre/wn diale/ktou, o(/ti e)/stin e)k th=s *)atqi/dos, bibli/a z#, *)attikw=n o)noma/twn bibli/a g#, *)attikh=s sunhqei/as th=s e)n le/cei kai\ prosw|di/a| kata\ stoixei=on bibli/a g#, *kano/nas *(ellhnismou= bibli/on a#, *peri\ *)attikismou= bibli/on a#, kai\ a)/lla polla/.
Notes (2)
- 1RE Eirenaios(7); NP Eirenaios(1). Identical with pi 29 (Pacatus). (Not to be confused with the Christian theologican Irenaeus of Lyon.) ↩
- 2RE Heliodoros(16); OCD4 Heliodorus(2). ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 19 Apr 2018
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Malcolm Heath