Σαραπίων

Sarapion

Translated by Malcolm Heath8 Sep 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

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surnamed Aelius. Rhetor; of Alexandria. He wrote On Mistakes in Declamations; Lectures (7 books); Panegyric on the emperor Hadrian; Speech in Council to the Alexandrians; Whether Plato was Right to Expel Homer from the Republic;¹ and a host of other works. Also an Art of Rhetoric.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σαραπίων, ὁ Αἴλιος χρηματίσας, ῥήτωρ, Ἀλεξανδρεύς. ἔγραψε Περὶ τῶν ἐν ταῖς μελέταις ἁμαρτανομένων, Ἀκροάσεων βιβλία ζʹ, Πανηγυρικὸν ἐπὶ Ἀδριανῷ τῷ βασιλεῖ, Βουλευτικὸν Ἀλεξανδρεῦσιν, Εἰ δικαίως Πλάτων Ὅμηρον ἀπέπεμψε τῆς πολιτείας· καὶ ἄλλα συχνά. καὶ Τέχνην ῥητορικήν.

Betacode

*sarapi/wn, o( *ai)/lios xrhmati/sas, r(h/twr, *)alecandreu/s. e)/graye *peri\ tw=n e)n tai=s mele/tais a(martanome/nwn, *)akroa/sewn bibli/a z#, *panhguriko\n e)pi\ *)adrianw=| tw=| basilei=, *bouleutiko\n *)alecandreu=sin, *ei) dikai/ws *pla/twn *(/omhron a)pe/pemye th=s politei/as: kai\ a)/lla suxna/. kai\ *te/xnhn r(htorikh/n.

Notes (1)

RE Suppl. 6, Sarapion (6).
1For this "expulsion" -- of poetry in general, not just Homer -- see book 3 of Plato's Republic. ↩

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σ113ΣάραμβοςSarambos, Sarambus σ114ΣαραωνίςSaraonis σ115ΣαραπίωνSarapion σ116ΣαραπίωνSarapio, Sarapion σ117ΣάραπιςSarapis

Revision history4 revisions · last 5 Oct 2014

5 Oct 2014coding — Catharine Roth
22 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
3 May 2011another note — David Whitehead
8 Sep 2003cosmetics, added keywords, set status — William Hutton
8 Sep 2003Translated — Malcolm Heath

Translation

Greek original · Adler’s text

Notes (1)

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