Μηλόβιος

Melobios, Melobius

Translated by David Whitehead7 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

1 note · 15 words

One of the 30 Tyrants at Athens; mentioned by Hyperides in the [speech] Against Autocles.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μηλόβιος· εἷς τῶν λʹ τῶν παρὰ Ἀθηναίοις τυραννησάντων· οὗ Ὑπερίδης ἐν τῷ κατ' Αὐτοκλέους μέμνηται.

Betacode

*mhlo/bios: ei(=s tw=n l# tw=n para\ *)aqhnai/ois turannhsa/ntwn: ou(= *(uperi/dhs e)n tw=| kat' *au)tokle/ous me/mnhtai.

Notes (1)

From Harpokration s.v.
1Hyperides fr. 61 Jensen. (There is no context to explain why, in a trial of the second half of the C4 BCE, Hyp. needed to mention personalities and events from 404/3.) ↩

References

P. Krentz, The Thirty at Athens (Ithaca NY 1982), esp. 51-5

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Revision history5 revisions · last 18 May 2016

18 May 2016Revised — David Whitehead
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9 Oct 2003augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Oct 2003cosmetics, added note, modified keywords, set status — William Hutton
7 Dec 2000Translated — David Whitehead