Πάππος

Pappos, Pappus

Translated by D. Graham J. Shipley14 Jul 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

3 notes · 48 words
Alexandrian, philosopher, born in the time of the elder emperor Theodosius,1 when the philosopher Theon also flourished, the one who wrote about Ptolemy’s Canon.2 His books [are] Description of the Inhabited World; Commentary on the 4 Books of the Great Syntaxis of Ptolemy; The Rivers in Libya; Dream-Interpretations.3

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πάππος, Ἀλεξανδρεύς, φιλόσοφος, γεγονὼς κατὰ τὸν πρεσβύτερον Θεοδόσιον τὸν βασιλέα, ὅτε καὶ Θέων ὁ φιλόσοφος ἤκμαζεν, ὁ γράψας εἰς τὸν Πτολεμαίου Κανόνα. βιβλία δὲ αὐτοῦ Χωρογραφία οἰκουμενικὴ, Εἰς τὰ δʹ βιβλία τῆς Πτολεμαίου μεγάλης συντάξεως ὑπόμνημα, Ποταμοὺς τοὺς ἐν Λιβύῃ, Ὀνειροκριτικά.

Betacode
*pa/ppos, *)alecandreu/s, filo/sofos, gegonw\s kata\ to\n presbu/teron *qeodo/sion to\n basile/a, o(/te kai\ *qe/wn o( filo/sofos h)/kmazen, o( gra/yas ei)s to\n *ptolemai/ou *kano/na. bibli/a de\ au)tou= *xwrografi/a oi)koumenikh\, *ei)s ta\ d# bibli/a th=s *ptolemai/ou mega/lhs sunta/cews u(po/mnhma, *potamou\s tou\s e)n *libu/h|, *)oneirokritika/.

Notes (3)

  1. 1Theodosius I, born AD c.346, reigned 379–395 (see theta 144). Pappos may in fact have been older: he flourished c.320 according to OCD4 s.v. ↩
  2. 2cf. theta 205. ↩
  3. 3Parts of these survive, though the Description of the Inhabited World is lost. ↩

Neighbouring entries

π263ΠάποροςPaporos, Paporusπ264Πάπποςchin-down, papposπ265ΠάπποςPappos, Pappusπ266Παππῷονancestralπ267Παπυλαιῶνοςpavilion's; of a pavilion
Revision history5 revisions · last 7 May 2021
  1. cross-reference — Catharine Roth
  2. updated a ref — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
  4. another keyword — David Whitehead
  5. modified translation, added note and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  6. Translated — D. Graham J. Shipley

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