Μάξιμος

Maximus, Maximos

Translated by David Whitehead10 Jun 2007Vetting: high5 revisions

4 notes · 40 words

Translation

[Maximus] of Tyre,1 philosopher; he lived in Rome during the reign of Commodus.2 [He wrote]3 Concerning Homer and what is the ancient philosophy in him; Whether Socrates did not give a fine defence of himself;4 and certain other philosophical enquiries.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μάξιμος, Τύριος, φιλόσοφος, διέτριψε δὲ ἐν Ῥώμῃ ἐπὶ Κομόδου. Περὶ Ὁμήρου καὶ τίς ἡ παρ' αὐτῷ ἀρχαία φιλοσοφία· Εἰ καλῶς Σωκράτης οὐκ ἀπελογήσατο· καὶ ἄλλα τινὰ φιλόσοφα ζητήματα.

Betacode
*ma/cimos, *tu/rios, filo/sofos, die/triye de\ e)n *(rw/mh| e)pi\ *komo/dou. *peri\ *(omh/rou kai\ ti/s h( par' au)tw=| a)rxai/a filosofi/a: *ei) kalw=s *swkra/ths ou)k a)pelogh/sato: kai\ a)/lla tina\ filo/sofa zhth/mata.  

Notes (4)

  1. See generally M.B. Trapp in OCD(4) s.v. Maximus(1).
  2. 1tau 1200. ↩
  3. 2180-192 (kappa 2007). ↩
  4. 3Amongst 41 known Dialexeis ('Lectures') in all. ↩
  5. 4In his trial for asebeia in 399 BCE, literary versions of which are extant from Plato and Xenophon; cf. generally sigma 829. ↩

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