Στράτων

Straton, Strato

Translated by D. Graham J. Shipley3 Aug 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

5 notes · 43 words

Translation

Of Lampsakos,1 philosopher, acquaintance and successor of Theophrastos,2 and son of Arkesilaos or Arkesios; [the one] who was surnamed Physikos3 because he more than any other man was engaged with physical theory.4 And he instructed Ptolemy surnamed Philadelphos.5 And he wrote many books.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Στράτων, Λαμψακηνός, φιλόσοφος, Θεοφράστου γνώριμος καὶ διάδοχος, υἱὸς δὲ Ἀρκεσιλάου ἢ Ἀρκεσίου· ὃς ἐπεκλήθη Φυσικὸς διὰ τὸ παρ' ὁντιναοῦν ἐπιμεληθῆναι τῆς φυσικῆς θεωρίας. καθηγήσατο δὲ καὶ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ἐπικληθέντος Φιλαδέλφου. καὶ ἔγραψε βιβλία πολλά.

Betacode
*stra/twn, *lamyakhno/s, filo/sofos, *qeofra/stou gnw/rimos kai\ dia/doxos, ui(o\s de\ *)arkesila/ou h)\ *)arkesi/ou: o(\s e)peklh/qh *fusiko\s dia\ to\ par' o(ntinaou=n e)pimelhqh=nai th=s fusikh=s qewri/as. kaqhgh/sato de\ kai\ *ptolemai/ou tou= e)piklhqe/ntos *filade/lfou. kai\ e)/graye bibli/a polla/. 

Notes (5)

  1. Died 269 BCE. See generally OCD4, under Straton(1). For the present entry cf. Diogenes Laertius 5.58.
  2. 1lambda 105. ↩
  3. 2theta 199. ↩
  4. 3Or the Physic, or Physicist. He succeeded Theophrastos as head of the Lykeion (Lyceum) in Athens. ↩
  5. 4Or the theory of nature (fu/sis). ↩
  6. 5The second of the Ptolemaic dynasty (Alexander the Great’s successors) in Egypt; born 308 BCE and ruled 282-246. ↩

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Revision history5 revisions · last 9 Aug 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
  3. modified n.4; typo and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. added cross-reference and keywords — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — D. Graham J. Shipley

Cite this entry

“Straton, Strato.” Suda On Line. Tr. D. Graham J. Shipley. 3 August 2002. <https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/sigma/1185>. Read at ReadSuda: <https://readsuda.org/sigma/1185>.

Translation by D. Graham J. Shipley for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 1.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Licence & terms

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