Μάναιχμος

Manaichmos, Menaichmos, Menaechmus

Translated by David Whitehead19 Sep 2003Vetting: high7 revisions

2 notes · 22 words

Translation

Of Alopekonnesos,1 though some say Prokonnesos;2 a Platonic philosopher. He wrote philosophical works; also a commentary in 3 books on Plato's Republic.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μάναιχμος, Ἀλωπεκοννήσιος, κατὰ δέ τινας Προικοννήσιος, φιλόσοφος Πλατωνικός. ἔγραψε φιλόσοφα· καὶ εἰς τὰς Πλάτωνος Πολιτείας βιβλία γʹ.

Betacode
*ma/naixmos, *)alwpekonnh/sios, kata\ de/ tinas *proikonnh/sios,  filo/sofos *platwniko/s. e)/graye filo/sofa: kai\ ei)s ta\s *pla/twnos *politei/as bibli/a g#. 

Notes (2)

  1. C4 BCE. As with his namesake mu 141, the Suda's Ma- should be Me-. See generally OCD(4) s.v. Menaechmus(2). Testimonia and fragments in F. Lasserre (ed.), De Leodamas de Thasos à Philippe d'Oponte (Naples 1987) 117-124. He is nowadays classified as a geometer and mathematician.
  2. 1A polis in the Chersonese, overlooking Suvla Bay (alpha 1389). ↩
  3. 2An island in the Propontis, present-day Marmara Adasi (pi 2478). ↩

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Revision history7 revisions · last 6 Jul 2020
  1. cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. Added notes, cosmetics — Mehmet Fatih Yavuz
  5. further x-refs — David Whitehead
  6. changed keyword — Catharine Roth
  7. cosmetics — Catharine Roth
  8. Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

“Manaichmos, Menaichmos, Menaechmus.” Suda On Line. Tr. David Whitehead. 19 September 2003. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/mu/140>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/mu/140>.

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, Mehmet Fatih Yavuz, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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