Μητροφάνης
Metrophanes
Translated by Malcolm Heath4 Sep 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Son] of the rhetor Cornelianus; of Lebadia (Lebadia1 is a city in Boeotia). Sophist. [sc. He wrote] On the stylistic characters of Plato, Xenophon, Nicostratus,2 Philostratus; declamations; panegyric speeches.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μητροφάνης, Κορνηλιανοῦ ῥήτορος, Λεβαδεύς [πόλις δὲ Βοιωτίας ἡ Λεβάδεια], σοφιστής. Περὶ τῶν χαρακτήρων Πλάτωνος, Ξενοφῶντος, Νικοστράτου, Φιλοστράτου, μελέτας, λόγους πανηγυρικούς.
Betacode
*mhtrofa/nhs, *kornhlianou= r(h/toros, *lebadeu/s [po/lis de\ *boiwti/as h( *leba/deia], sofisth/s. *peri\ tw=n xarakth/rwn *pla/twnos, *cenofw=ntos, *nikostra/tou, *filostra/tou, mele/tas, lo/gous panhgurikou/s.
Notes (2)
- RE Metrophanes(5); PLRE I Metrophanes(2).
For homonyms see mu 1009, mu 1011. - 1lambda 213, lambda 485: Lebad(e)ia. ↩
- 2nu 404: Nicostratus. ↩
Linked from2 entries
- μ1009ΜητροφάνηςMetrophanesof Eucarpia in Phrygia. Sophist. He wrote on Phrygia itself (2 books); On Types of Style; On Issues; a commentary on Hermogenes' Art; a commentary on Aristides.
- μ1011ΜητροφάνηςMetrophanesOffspring of Lachares. When he was still a little child he announced with a cry 'I myself', he said, 'am Aristophanes the bald' - though he had not yet been taught anything of that kind. When those who heard him…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 6 Sep 2020
- another cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more x-refs; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- x-ref — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, added keywords, set status — Malcolm Heath
- Translated — Malcolm Heath