Πτολεμαῖος

Ptolemy, Ptolemaios

Translated by Malcolm Heath8 Sep 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 35 words

Translation

father of the grammarian Aristonicus,1 and himself a grammarian. Both practised in Rome. [He wrote] Similar Expressions in the Tragedians; On Homer (50 books); Strange Stories in the Poet; Things Concerning the Muses and Nereids.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πτολεμαῖος, Ἀριστονίκου τοῦ γραμματικοῦ πατήρ, καὶ αὐτὸς γραμματικός· ἄμφω δὲ ἐπεδείκνυντο ἐν Ῥώμῃ. Τὰ ὁμοίως εἰρημένα τοῖς Τραγικοῖς, Εἰς Ὅμηρον βιβλία νʹ, Τὰ παρὰ τῷ ποιητῇ ξένως ἱστορημένα, Τὰ περὶ Μουσῶν καὶ Νηρηΐδων.

Betacode
*ptolemai=os, *)aristoni/kou tou= grammatikou= path/r, kai\ au)to\s grammatiko/s: a)/mfw de\ e)pedei/knunto e)n *(rw/mh|. *ta\ o(moi/ws ei)rhme/na toi=s *tragikoi=s, *ei)s *(/omhron bibli/a n#, *ta\ para\ tw=| poihth=| ce/nws i(storhme/na, *ta\ peri\ *mousw=n kai\ *nhrhi/+dwn. 

Notes (1)

  1. RE Suppl. 9, Ptolemaios(78b).
  2. 1alpha 3924: Aristonicus. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 23 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. cosmetics, added keywords, set status — William Hutton
  4. Translated — Malcolm Heath

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