Νικόστρατος
Nicostratus, Nikostratos
Translated by Malcolm Heath20 Jun 2003Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Of Macedon, a rhetor. He was included among the 10 orators judged to be of second rank;1 he was a contemporary of Aristides2 and Dio Chrysostom;3 for he lived under the emperor Marcus Antoninus.4 He wrote Decamythia, Images, Polymythia, Toilers of the Deep, and very many other works; also encomia of Marcus and others.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νικόστρατος, Μακεδών, ῥήτωρ. ἐτάχθη δὲ ἐν τοῖς κριθεῖσιν ἐπιδευτέροις δέκα ῥήτορσι· σύγχρονος Ἀριστείδου καὶ Δίωνος τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου· ἦν γὰρ ἐπὶ Μάρκου Ἀντωνίνου τοῦ βασιλέως. ἔγραψε Δεκαμυθίαν, Εἰκόνας, Πολυμυθίαν, Θαλαττουργοὺς καὶ ἄλλα πλεῖστα· καὶ ἐγκώμια εἴς τε τὸν Μάρκον καὶ ἄλλους.
Betacode
*niko/stratos, *makedw/n, r(h/twr. e)ta/xqh de\ e)n toi=s kriqei=sin e)pideute/rois de/ka r(h/torsi: su/gxronos *)aristei/dou kai\ *di/wnos tou= *xrusosto/mou: h)=n ga\r e)pi\ *ma/rkou *)antwni/nou tou= basile/ws. e)/graye *dekamuqi/an, *ei)ko/nas, *polumuqi/an, *qalattourgou\s kai\ a)/lla plei=sta: kai\ e)gkw/mia ei)/s te to\n *ma/rkon kai\ a)/llous.
Notes (4)
- RE Nikostratos (27); PIR2 Alpha1427.
- 1For the 10 of the first rank (and an earlier era) see in brief OCD(4) s.v. Attic Orators. ↩
- 2For Aristides, see alpha 3902. ↩
- 3For Dio, see delta 1240. ↩
- 4Reigned AD 138-161 (see the second part of alpha 2762). ↩
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Revision history6 revisions · last 16 Nov 2020
- cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- augmented notes; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — William Hutton
- Translated — Malcolm Heath