Φιλόστρατος
Philostratus, Philostratos
Translated by Malcolm Heath23 Mar 1999Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
The first; of Lemnos; son of Verus; father of the second Philostratus.1 Also himself a sophist. He was a sophist in Athens, and lived in the time of Nero. He wrote very many panegyric speeches; four Eleusinian Speeches; declamations; Questions in the Orators; Rhetorical Resources; On the Noun (this is in reply to the sophist Antipater); On Tragedy (3 books); Gymnasticus (about what is performed at Olympia); Lithognomicus; Proteus; Dog, or Sophist; Nero; Spectator; 43 tragedies; 14 comedies; and very many other works worth mentioning.
Philostratus of Lemnos wrote The Life Befitting Pythagoras, on the life of Pythagoras.2
Philostratus of Lemnos wrote The Life Befitting Pythagoras, on the life of Pythagoras.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φιλόστρατος ὁ πρῶτος, Λήμνιος, υἱὸς Βήρου, πατὴρ δὲ τοῦ δευτέρου Φιλοστράτου, σοφιστὴς καὶ αὐτός, σοφιστεύσας ἐν Ἀθήναις, γεγονὼς ἐπὶ Νέρωνος. ἔγραψε λόγους πανηγυρικοὺς πλείστους καὶ λόγους Ἐλευσινιακοὺς δʹ, μελέτας, Ζητούμενα παρὰ τοῖς ῥήτορσι, Ῥητορικὰς ἀφορμάς, Περὶ τοῦ ὀνόματος· ἔστι δὲ πρὸς τὸν σοφιστὴν Ἀντίπατρον· Περὶ τραγῳδίας βιβλία γʹ, Γυμναστικόν· ἔστι δὲ περὶ τῶν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ ἐπιτελουμένων· Λιθογνωμικόν, Πρωτέα, Κύνα ἢ Σοφιστήν, Νέρωνα, Θεατήν, τραγῳδίας μγʹ, κωμῳδίας ιδʹ, καὶ ἕτερα πλεῖστα καὶ λόγου ἄξια. ὅτι εἰς τὸν τοῦ Πυθαγόρου βίον ἔγραψε Φιλόστρατος ὁ Λήμνιος τὸν Πυθαγόρα πρέποντα βιόν.
Betacode
*filo/stratos o( prw=tos, *lh/mnios, ui(o\s *bh/rou, path\r de\ tou= deute/rou *filostra/tou, sofisth\s kai\ au)to/s, sofisteu/sas e)n *)aqh/nais, gegonw\s e)pi\ *ne/rwnos. e)/graye lo/gous panhgurikou\s plei/stous kai\ lo/gous *)eleusiniakou\s d#, mele/tas, *zhtou/mena para\ toi=s r(h/torsi, *(rhtorika\s a)forma/s, *peri\ tou= o)no/matos: e)/sti de\ pro\s to\n sofisth\n *)anti/patron: *peri\ tragw|di/as bibli/a g#, *gumnastiko/n: e)/sti de\ peri\ tw=n e)n *)olumpi/a| e)piteloume/nwn: *liqognwmiko/n, *prwte/a, *ku/na h)\ *sofisth/n, *ne/rwna, *qeath/n, tragw|di/as mg#, kwmw|di/as id#, kai\ e(/tera plei=sta kai\ lo/gou a)/cia. o(/ti ei)s to\n tou= *puqago/rou bi/on e)/graye *filo/stratos o( *lh/mnios to\n *puqago/ra pre/ponta bio/n.
Notes (2)
- RE Philostratos(9); Kassel-Austin, PCG 7.373 (Philostratus II). In phi 421 he appears as 'Philostratus also called (
o( kai\ ) Verus'. The dating to the time of Nero seems to be too early. - 1See [phi 421] Philostratus. ↩
- 2A marginal addition in one manuscript. ↩
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Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Jan 2015
- betacode, coding — Catharine Roth
- expanded primary note — David Whitehead
- another note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Malcolm Heath