Παμπρέπιος

Pamprepios, Pampremius

Translated by Meredith Grau17 Nov 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

3 notes · 25 words
Of Panopolis,1 epic poet, at his prime during the reign of the emperor Zeno.2 He wrote an Interpretation of Etymologies, and Isaurian Histories in prose.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παμπρέπιος, Πανοπολίτης, ἐπῶν ποιητής, ἀκμάσας κατὰ Ζήνωνα τὸν βασιλέα. ἔγραψεν Ἐτυμολογιῶν ἀπόδοσιν, Ἰσαυρικὰ καταλογάδην.

Betacode
*pampre/pios, *panopoli/ths, e)pw=n poihth/s, a)kma/sas kata\ *zh/nwna to\n basile/a. e)/grayen *)etumologiw=n a)po/dosin, *)isaurika\ kataloga/dhn.

Notes (3)

  1. C5 CE; FGrH 749. See more fully at pi 137 (also sigma 116, end).
  2. 1In Egypt. ↩
  3. 2zeta 83, zeta 84. ↩
  4. 3Adler notes that Bernhardy transposed kataloga/dhn after a)po/dosin, on the (likely) supposition that the book on etymologies was in prose, but Gutschmid disagreed. ↩

References


Alan Cameron, "Wandering Poets: A Literary Movement in Byzantine Egypt," Historia 14 (1965) 469-509
E. Heitsch (ed.), Die griechischen Dichterfragmente der römischen Kaiserzeit, vol.1, edn.2 (Göttingen 1963) 109-120

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π134Παμπληθείin multitudeπ135Παμπληθεῖςmultitudinousπ136ΠαμπρέπιοςPamprepios, Pampremiusπ137ΠαμπρέπιοςPamprepios, Pamprepiusπ138Παμφαήςall-shining
Revision history5 revisions · last 25 Apr 2021
  1. cosmeticules — Catharine Roth
  2. typo and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. another note — David Whitehead
  4. augmented note, added keyword and cross-reference — Catharine Roth
  5. modified translation; added notes, bibliography, keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — Meredith Grau

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