Νίκανδρος
Nicander, Nikander, Nikandros
Translated by Malcolm Heath20 Jun 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Son of Xenophanes; of Colophon (according to some, of Aetolia); simultaneously grammarian and poet and doctor; lived in the reign of the young Attalus, i.e. the last, the victor over the Gauls, who was overthrown by the Romans.1 He wrote Theriaca, Alexipharmaca, Georgica, 5 books of Transformations, Collection of Cures, Prognostics, in epic verse -- metaphrased from Hippocrates' Prognostics, three books On All Oracles, and very many other works in epic verse.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νίκανδρος, Ξενοφάνους, Κολοφώνιος, κατὰ δέ τινας Αἰτωλός· ἅμα γραμματικός τε καὶ ποιητὴς καὶ ἰατρός, γεγονὼς κατὰ τὸν νέον Ἄτταλον, ἤγουν τὸν τελευταῖον τὸν Γαλατονίκην, ὃν Ῥωμαῖοι κατέλυσαν. ἔγραψε Θηριακά, Ἀλεξιφάρμακα, Γεωργικά, Ἑτεροιουμένων βιβλία εʹ, Ἰάσεων συναγωγήν, Προγνωστικὰ δι' ἐπῶν· μεταπέφρασται δὲ ἐκ τῶν Ἱπποκράτους Προγνωστικῶν· Περὶ χρηστηρίων πάντων βιβλία τρία· καὶ ἄλλα πλεῖστα ἐπικῶς.
Betacode
*ni/kandros, *cenofa/nous, *kolofw/nios, kata\ de/ tinas *ai)twlo/s: a(/ma grammatiko/s te kai\ poihth\s kai\ i)atro/s, gegonw\s kata\ to\n ne/on *)/attalon, h)/goun to\n teleutai=on to\n *galatoni/khn, o(\n *(rwmai=oi kate/lusan. e)/graye *qhriaka/, *)alecifa/rmaka, *gewrgika/, *(eteroioume/nwn bibli/a e#, *)ia/sewn sunagwgh/n, *prognwstika\ di' e)pw=n: metape/frastai de\ e)k tw=n *(ippokra/tous *prognwstikw=n: *peri\ xrhsthri/wn pa/ntwn bibli/a tri/a: kai\ a)/lla plei=sta e)pikw=s.
Notes (1)
- RE Nikandros (11); OCD4 Nicander.
- 1Attalus III Philometor of Pergamum (grandson of alpha 4316), reigned 138-133 BC. ↩
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- updated a ref — David Whitehead
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- another keyword — David Whitehead
- added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — William Hutton
- Translated — Malcolm Heath