Πτολεμαῖος
Ptolemy, Ptolemaios
Translated by Malcolm Heath8 Sep 2003Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
grammarian, named 'Epithet', because he followed Aristarchus.1 He attended the lectures of the grammarian Hellanicus,2 who in turn attended Agathocles'3 lectures, as he attended those of Zenodotus of Ephesus.4 He wrote On the Blows5 in Homer; a commentary on the Odyssey.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πτολεμαῖος, γραμματικός, ὁ Ἐπιθέτης κληθείς, διότι εἵπετο τῷ Ἀριστάρχῳ. διηκηκόει δὲ Ἑλλανίκου τοῦ γραμματικοῦ, ὁ δὲ Ἀγαθοκλέους, ὁ δὲ Ζηνοδότου τοῦ Ἐφεσίου. ἔγραψε Περὶ τῶν παρ' Ὁμήρῳ πληγῶν, Ὑπόμνημα εἰς τὴν Ὀδύσσειαν.
Betacode
*ptolemai=os, grammatiko/s, o( *)epiqe/ths klhqei/s, dio/ti ei(/peto tw=| *)arista/rxw|. dihkhko/ei de\ *(ellani/kou tou= grammatikou=, o( de\ *)agaqokle/ous, o( de\ *zhnodo/tou tou= *)efesi/ou. e)/graye *peri\ tw=n par' *(omh/rw| plhgw=n, *(upo/mnhma ei)s th\n *)odu/sseian.
Notes (5)
- RE Ptolemaios (78).
- 1alpha 3892: Aristarchus. ↩
- 2RE Hellanikos (8); OCD4 Hellanicus(2). ↩
- 3RE Agathokles (25); OCD4 Agathocles(2); possibly to be identified with FGrH 472. ↩
- 4zeta 74: Zenodotus. ↩
- 5
plhgw=n , presumably in the sense of wartime reversals (see generally LSJ s.v.plhgh/ , 6). Adler notes (but rejects) Duentzer's suggested emendation toglwssw=n . ↩
References
F. Montanari, I frammenti dei grammatici Agathokles, Hellanikos, Ptolemaios Epithetes (SGLG 7, Berlin 1988)
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Revision history4 revisions · last 2 Aug 2014
- updated 2 refs — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another note; more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- cosmetics, added keywords, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — Malcolm Heath