Σιμωνίδης

Simonides

Translated by Robert Dyer28 May 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

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This man lived under the emperor Jovian, [and was] very well known to all because of his philosophy.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σιμωνίδης· οὗτος ἦν ἐπὶ Ἰοβιανοῦ τοῦ βασιλέως, διὰ φιλοσοφίαν πᾶσιν ἐπισημότατος.

Betacode
*simwni/dhs: ou(=tos h)=n e)pi\ *)iobianou= tou= basile/ws, dia\ filosofi/an pa=sin e)pishmo/tatos.

Notes

  1. The entry (for which cf.[Eunapius] fr.40 FHG; Blockley, Eunapius fr. 39.[6]) is in error. The reference is to Simonides, the young philosopher whose bravery when faced with death by burning, after the trial of Theodorus, is lovingly decribed by Ammianus Marcellinus, 29.1.37-40. The emperor was Valens, not Jovian (briefly emperor, 363-4).
    Simonides may have been a neo-Platonist, as were Maximus and Hilarius, also executed at the time.

References


Blockley, R.C. The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiodorus, Priscus and Malchus. Vol. II. Liverpool: Francis Cairns, 1983.

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Revision history4 revisions · last 29 Mar 2015
  1. Added Blockley cite. — Aaron Baker
  2. another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
  4. added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Robert Dyer

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