Ἰωάννης

John of Stobi, Stobaeus

Translated by David Whitehead11 Dec 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

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[John], surnamed Stobaeus.¹ [He wrote an] Anthology, encompassing the opinions of many amongst all² in four books, highly meritorious and jam-packed with every kind of learning. He wrote this for his own son Epimius.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἰωάννης, ὁ ἐπονομαζόμενος Στοβεύς. Ἀνθολόγιον, περιέχον τὰς παρὰ πᾶσι πολλῶν δόξας ἐν βιβλίοις τέσσαρσιν, ἐνάρετα πάνυ καὶ γέμοντα πάσης παιδεύσεως. γράφει δὲ ταῦτα πρὸς Ἐπίμιον υἱὸν αὑτοῦ.

Betacode

*)iwa/nnhs, o( e)ponomazo/menos *stobeu/s. *)anqolo/gion, perie/xon ta\s para\ pa=si pollw=n do/cas e)n bibli/ois te/ssarsin, e)na/reta pa/nu kai\ ge/monta pa/shs paideu/sews. gra/fei de\ tau=ta pro\s *)epi/mion ui(o\n au(tou=.

Notes (3)

C5 AD. See generally R.Browning in OCD(4) s.v. Stobaeus.
1i.e. from Stobi, in Paeonia (present-day Macedonia); see OCD(4) s.v. ↩
2The Greek here is odd, and Bernhardy suggested peritta\s ('remarkable') for para\ pa=si. ↩
3Septimius, in better authorities. ↩

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