Νικάνωρ
Nicanor, Nikanor
Translated by Malcolm Heath20 Jun 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Son of Hermias; an Alexandrian, a grammarian; lived under Caesar Hadrian,1 when Hermippus of Berytus2 also lived. [He wrote] On Punctuation in Homer and the Difference It Makes to Meaning, two books On Punctuation in General, one book as an epitome of these, On Punctuation in Callimachus, Comic Subjects, On the Naval Station,3 On the Word 'onax',4 On Punctuation, and other things.
Because of this treatise he was mocked by some and called Stigmatias (he was not being mocked as a slave in this).5
Because of this treatise he was mocked by some and called Stigmatias (he was not being mocked as a slave in this).5
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νικάνωρ, ὁ Ἑρμείου, Ἀλεξανδρεύς, γραμματικός, γεγονὼς ἐπὶ Ἀδριανοῦ τοῦ Καίσαρος, ὅτε καὶ Ἕρμιππος ὁ Βηρύτιος. Περὶ στιγμῆς τῆς παρ' Ὁμήρῳ καὶ τῆς ἐξ αὐτῶν διαφορᾶς ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ, Περὶ στιγμῆς τῆς καθόλου βιβλία ʹ2ʹ, Ἐπιτομὴν τούτων βιβλίον αʹ, Περὶ στιγμῆς τῆς παρὰ Καλλιμάχῳ, Κωμῳδούμενα, Περὶ ναυστάθμου, Περὶ τοῦ ὦναξ, Περὶ στιγμῆς· καὶ ἄλλα. ἐφ' ᾗ πραγματείᾳ σκωπτόμενος πρός τινων Στιγματίας ἐκαλεῖτο· οὐ γὰρ δήπου ὡς δοῦλος οὕτως ἐσκώπτετο.
Betacode
*nika/nwr, o( *(ermei/ou, *)alecandreu/s, grammatiko/s, gegonw\s e)pi\ *)adrianou= tou= *kai/saros, o(/te kai\ *(/ermippos o( *bhru/tios. *peri\ stigmh=s th=s par' *(omh/rw| kai\ th=s e)c au)tw=n diafora=s e)n th=| dianoi/a|, *peri\ stigmh=s th=s kaqo/lou bibli/a #2#, *)epitomh\n tou/twn bibli/on a#, *peri\ stigmh=s th=s para\ *kallima/xw|, *kwmw|dou/mena, *peri\ nausta/qmou, *peri\ tou= w)=nac, *peri\ stigmh=s: kai\ a)/lla. e)f' h(=| pragmatei/a| skwpto/menos pro/s tinwn *stigmati/as e)kalei=to: ou) ga\r dh/pou w(s dou=los ou(/tws e)skw/pteto.
Notes (5)
- RE Nikanor(27); OCD4 Nicanor(2); FGrH 628.
- 1Hadrian (alpha 527) reigned AD 117-138. ↩
- 2For Hermippus, see epsilon 3045. ↩
- 3A study of the location of contingents in the Greek camp in the Iliad; Aristarchus (alpha 3892) had written a monograph on this topic. ↩
- 4
w)=nac isw)= a)/nac "O lord" with crasis. ↩ - 5Stigmatias means a slave branded as a punishment for running away and alludes to Nicanor's special interest in punctuation [stigmê: sigma 1105]. ↩
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Revision history5 revisions · last 13 Nov 2020
- added a note — Catharine Roth
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetic — David Whitehead
- augmented headword; added note, x-refs, keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — William Hutton
- Translated — Malcolm Heath