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α4014ἉρποκρατίωνHarpocration, Harpokration[Harpocration] surnamed Valerius. Rhetor; of Alexandria. [He wrote] Lexicon of the Ten Orators; Collection of Fine Passages.highshort
α4105ἈρχίβιοςArchibius, ArchibiosSon of Apollonius. Grammarian. [He wrote] an exegesis of Callimachus' epigrams.highshort
α4106ἈρχίβιοςArchibius, ArchibiosSon of Ptolemy; of Leucas or Alexandria. Grammarian; one of those who taught down to the time of the Caesar Trajan in Rome.highshort

α4014

Ἁρποκρατίων

Harpocration, Harpokration

[Harpocration] surnamed Valerius. Rhetor; of Alexandria. [He wrote] Lexicon of the Ten Orators; Collection of Fine Passages.

Ἁρποκρατίων, ὁ Βαλέριος χρηματίσας, ῥήτωρ, Ἀλεξανδρεύς. Λέξεις τῶν δέκα ῥητόρων, Ἀνθηρῶν συναγωγήν.

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gender and sexuality12

meter and music12

meter and music12

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science and technology7

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trade and manufacture6

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α4113ἈρχιμήδηςArchimedesOf Tralles. Philosopher. [He wrote] a commentary on Homer; and Mechanics.highshort

α4173ἈσκληπιάδηςAsclepiades, AsklepiadesSon of Diotimus; of Myrlea (Myrlea is a city in Bithynia, now called Apamea); but by his original descent, of Nicaea. A pupil of Apollonius. He lived in the time of Attalus and Eumenes, …highmedium

α4203ἈσπάσιοςAspasius, AspasiosOf Byblos. Sophist; a contemporary of Aristides and Hadrian. He wrote On Byblos; On Figured Issues; Declamations; Arts; Commentaries; Informal Discourses; Encomium of the Emperor Hadrian and of certain others.highshort

α4204ἈσπάσιοςAspasius, AspasiosOf Tyre. Sophist; historian. He wrote a miscellaneous history On Epirus and its Affairs in 20 books; On the Art of Rhetoric; etc.highshort

α4205ἈσπάσιοςAspasius, AspasiosPupil of the critic Demetrianus; of Ravenna. Sophist. Lived under Alexander son of Mamaea. [Wrote] Against Those who are Fond of Slander and Against Ariston [and] miscellaneous discourses. He attended the classes of Pausanias …highshort

α4259ἈστυάγηςAstyagesGrammarian. [He wrote] Art of Grammar; On Dialects; On Metres; Onomatic Canons; and a commentary on the poet Callimachus.highshort

α4460ΑὐσόνιοςAusoniusSophist. He wrote letters and certain other works addressed to Nonnus.highshort

α4556ἈφαρεύςAphareusAthenian, rhetor, son of the sophist Hippias and Plathane, stepson of Isocrates the rhetor, flourished in the 95th Olympiad, at the same time as the philosopher Plato.highshort

α4630ἈφθόνιοςAphthonius, AphthoniosSophist. He wrote [a commentary] on Hermogenes' Art [of Rhetoric]; Progymnasmata.highshort

α4734ἈψίνηςApsinesOf Athens. Sophist. Father of Onasimus the sophist, the father of Apsines.highshort

α4735ἈψίνηςApsinesOf Gadara. Sophist. Begotten (so the story has it) by Pan. A pupil of Heraclides of Lycia in Smyrna, and then of Basilicus in Nicomedia. He was sophist in Athens under the emperor Maximian, …highshort

α4736ἈψίνηςApsines[Son] of the sophist Onasimus of Athens. Sophist. Later than Apsines of Gadara.highshort

αι178ΑἰλιανόςAelian, Aelianus, AilianosOf Praeneste in Italy. High-priest and sophist; surnamed Claudius. He was nicknamed 'honey-tongued' or 'honey-voiced'. He was a sophist in Rome itself in the period after Hadrian.highshort

αι347ΑἰσχίνηςAeschines, Aischines, AiskhinesOf Athens. Rhetor. Son of Atrometus and Glaucothea; he studied rhetoric with Alcidamas of Elea. Some have written that his parents were slaves. This man, when he was collaborating in some legal case and …highmedium

αι348ΑἰσχίνηςAeschines, Aischines, AiskhinesOf Athens; son of the elementary teacher Atrometus and Leucothea the priestess. He himself was an actor, then a secretary, then an orator; he was a traitor, who betrayed Cersobleptes and the Phocians. He …highshort

β159ΒασιλικόςBasilicus, BasilikosSophist. [He wrote] On the Figures of Diction; On Rhetorical Preparation (or On Practice); On Paraphrase; and certain other works.highshort

β259ΒημάρχιοςBemarchius, BemarchiosOf Caesarea in Cappadocia. Sophist. This man wrote The acts of the emperor Constantine in ten books, and various declamations and discourses.highshort

γ9ΓαϊανόςGaianus, GaianosOf Arabia. Sophist; a pupil of Apsines of Gadara. He lived in the time of [the emperors] Maximus and Gordian. [He wrote] On Construction (5 books); Art of Rhetoric; Declamations. He practiced as a …highshort

γ10ΓάϊοςGaius[Gaius] Julius Caesar, the first sole ruler. He wrote a translation of Aratus' Phaenomena, and an Art of Grammar in Latin, as well as an autobiography.highshort

γ11Γάϊος ΚαῖσαρGaius Caesarwho was nicknamed Caligula. [He wrote an] Art of Rhetoric, in Latin.highshort

γ32ΓαληνόςGalenos, Galenus, GalenThe exceptionally distinguished doctor; of Pergamum. Lived under the emperors Marcus, Commodus and Pertinax in Rome. Son of Nicon, a geometer and architect. He composed many works on medicine and philosophy, and also on …highshort

γ132ΓενέθλιοςGenethlius, GenethliosSon of Genethlius; a Palestinian, from Petra. Sophist; a pupil of Minucianus and Agapetus. As a teacher in Athens he was a rival of the famous Callinicus; he was naturally adept, and could memorise …highshort

γ298Γλῶσσα ταμιείουadvocacy of the treasuryQuirinus the sophist held this [appointment] from the emperor.highshort

γ388ΓοργίαςGorgiasSon of Charmantides, of Leontini. Rhetor. A pupil of Empedocles, and teacher of Polus of Acragas, Pericles, Isocrates and Alcidamas of Elea, who succeeded him as head of his school. He was the brother …highmedium

γ481ΓυμνάσιοςGymnasius, GymnasiosOf Sidon. Sophist, in the time of the emperor Constantine. He wrote Declamations, and a commentary on Demosthenes and certain other works.highshort

δ45ΔαμιανόςDamianus, DamianosOf Ephesus. Sophist. He was raised to consular rank under the emperor [Septimius] Severus, was governor of Bithynia, and constructed the domed stoa which extends to the shrine outside Ephesus.highshort

δ52ΔαμόφιλοςDamophilus, DamophilosPhilosopher, sophist. He was raised by Julianus, the consul under the emperor Marcus. He was a prolific author; I have found the following works in the libraries: Bibliophile (book 1), on books worth purchasing, …highshort

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