Λογγῖνος
Longinus
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Translation
Longinus, Cassius.1 Philosopher. Teacher of the philosopher Porphyry;2 a polymath and critic. He lived in the time of the Caesar Aurelian, and was executed by him for having conspired with Zenobia, the wife of Odymnathus.3 He wrote: On the Natural Life;4 Difficulties in Homer; Whether Homer is a Philosopher; Homeric Problems and Solutions (2 books); Things Contrary to History which the Grammarians Explain as Historical; On Words in Homer with Multiple Senses (4 books); two publications on Attic diction (they are arranged alphabetically); Lexicon of Antimachus and Heracleon; and many other works.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λογγῖνος, ὁ Κάσσιος, φιλόσοφος, διδάσκαλος Πορφυρίου τοῦ φιλοσόφου, πολυμαθὴς καὶ κριτικὸς γενόμενος. ἦν δὲ ἐπὶ Αὐρηλιανοῦ τοῦ Καίσαρος καὶ ἀνῃρέθη ὑπ' αὐτοῦ, ὡς σύμπνους Ζηνοβίᾳ τῇ Ὀδυμνάθου γυναικί. ἔγραψε Περὶ τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν βίου, Ἀπορήματα Ὁμηρικά, Εἰ φιλόσοφος Ὅμηρος, Προβλήματα Ὁμήρου καὶ λύσεις ἐν βιβλίοις βʹ, Τίνα παρὰ τὰς ἱστορίας οἱ γραμματικοὶ ὡς ἱστορικὰ ἐξηγοῦνται, Περὶ τῶν παρ' Ὁμήρῳ πολλὰ σημαινουσῶν λέξεων δʹ, Ἀττικῶν λέξεων ἐκδόσεις βʹ, εἰσὶ δὲ κατὰ στοιχεῖον, Λέξεις Ἀντιμάχου καὶ Ἡρακλέωνος· καὶ ἄλλα πολλά.
Betacode
*loggi=nos, o( *ka/ssios, filo/sofos, dida/skalos *porfuri/ou tou= filoso/fou, polumaqh\s kai\ kritiko\s geno/menos. h)=n de\ e)pi\ *au)rhlianou= tou= *kai/saros kai\ a)nh|re/qh u(p' au)tou=, w(s su/mpnous *zhnobi/a| th=| *)odumna/qou gunaiki/. e)/graye *peri\ tou= kata\ fu/sin bi/ou, *)aporh/mata *(omhrika/, *ei) filo/sofos *(/omhros, *problh/mata *(omh/rou kai\ lu/seis e)n bibli/ois b#, *ti/na para\ ta\s i(stori/as oi( grammatikoi\ w(s i(storika\ e)chgou=ntai, *peri\ tw=n par' *(omh/rw| polla\ shmainousw=n le/cewn d#, *)attikw=n le/cewn e)kdo/seis b#, ei)si\ de\ kata\ stoixei=on, *le/ceis *)antima/xou kai\ *(hrakle/wnos: kai\ a)/lla polla/.
Notes (4)
- 1RE Longinos; OCD4 Cassius Longinus; PLRE I Longinus (2); Eunapius Lives of the Sophists 456; and cf. [phi 735] Fronto. ↩
- 2[pi 2098] Porphyry. ↩
- 3Zenobia was the queen of Palmyra who rebelled against Rome after the death of her husband Odaenathus; cf. under alpha 4458. ↩
- 4The transmitted text (
peri\ tou= kata\ fubi/ou ) is corrupt, and the conjectureperi\ tou= kata\ fu/sin bi/ou is uncertain. ↩
References
L. Brisson and M. Patillon, 'Longinus Platonicus Philosophus et Philologus, I. Longinus Philosophus', ANRW II 36.7 (1994) 5214-99
L. Brisson and M. Patillon, 'Longinus Platonicus Philosophus et Philologus, II. Longinus Philologus', ANRW II 34.4 (1998) 3023-3108
L. Brisson and M. Patillon, 'Longinus Platonicus Philosophus et Philologus, II. Longinus Philologus', ANRW II 34.4 (1998) 3023-3108
Linked from2 entries
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