Πολύαινος

Polyainos, Polyaenus

Translated by Malcolm Heath27 Jun 2001Vetting: high6 revisions

2 notes · 10 words
Of Macedonia. Rhetor. [He wrote] On Thebes;1 Tactics, 3 books.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πολύαινος, Μακεδών, ῥήτωρ. Περὶ Θηβῶν, Τακτικὰ βιβλία γʹ.

Betacode
*polu/ainos, *makedw/n, r(h/twr. *peri\ *qhbw=n, *taktika\ bibli/a g#.

Notes (2)

  1. C2 AD. See generally RE Polyainos(8); OCD4 Polyaenus(2); FGrH 639.
  2. 1Lost. ↩
  3. 2Also lost -- unless the surviving Stratagems, in eight books, is meant; but the weight of modern opinion is against such an identification. ↩

References


Kai Brodersen (ed.), Polyainos, Neue Studien. Polyaenus, New Studies (Berlin 2010)

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Revision history6 revisions · last 4 Oct 2021
  1. coding — Catharine Roth
  2. updated a ref — David Whitehead
  3. added bibliography; raised status — David Whitehead
  4. modified and expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
  5. more notes — David Whitehead
  6. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  7. Translated — Malcolm Heath

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