Παλαίφατος

Palaiphatos, Palaephatus

Translated by Malcolm Heath5 Sep 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 32 words

Translation

of Paros or Priene. He lived under Artaxerxes.1 [He wrote] Incredible Things (5 books); Troica (5 books) - some attribute this to the Athenian;2 but this is the man who wrote it.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παλαίφατος, Πάριος ἢ Πριηνεύς, γεγονὼς κατὰ Ἀρταξέρξην. Ἀπίστων βιβλία εʹ· Τρωικῶν βιβλία εʹ· τινὲς δὲ ταῦτα εἰς τὸν Ἀθηναῖον ἀναφέρουσι· πλὴν καὶ οὗτος ἔγραψε.

Betacode
*palai/fatos, *pa/rios h)\ *prihneu/s, gegonw\s kata\ *)artace/rchn. *)api/stwn bibli/a e#: *trwikw=n bibli/a e#: tine\s de\ tau=ta ei)s to\n *)aqhnai=on a)nafe/rousi: plh\n kai\ ou(=tos e)/graye.  

Notes (2)

  1. Probably mid C4 BC. RE Palaiphatos(2); OCD4 Palaephatus; FGrH 44 (T2); and note at pi 69.
  2. 1The name of three king/emperors of Persia, this one (it is assumed) III. ↩
  3. 2See pi 72: Palaiphatos. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 2 Aug 2014
  1. updated a ref — David Whitehead
  2. another note — David Whitehead
  3. Revised — David Whitehead
  4. augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. cosmetics, set status — William Hutton
  6. Translated — Malcolm Heath

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