Σώπατρος

Sopater, Sopatros

Translated by Malcolm Heath26 Mar 1999Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 24 words

Of Apamea, sophist,¹ or rather of Alexandria. [He wrote] epitomes of very many [authors]. Some say that the Selection of Histories is also his.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Σώπατρος, Ἀπαμεύς, σοφιστής, ἢ μᾶλλον Ἀλεξανδρεύς. ἐπιτομὰς πλείστων. τινὲς δὲ καὶ τὴν ἐκλογὴν τῶν ἱστοριῶν τούτου εἶναί φασι.

Betacode

*sw/patros, *)apameu/s, sofisth/s, h)\ ma=llon *)alecandreu/s. e)pitoma\s plei/stwn. tine\s de\ kai\ th\n e)klogh\n tw=n i(storiw=n tou/tou ei)=nai/ fasi.

Notes (2)

1From sigma 845 (q.v.), Bernhardy supposed. ↩
2See Photius, Bibliotheca cod. 161. ↩

Linked from1 entry

σ845ΣώπατροςSopater, SopatrosApamean, sophist and philosopher, pupil of Iamblichus. The Caesar Constantine killed him as a pledge that he had given up the Greek religion, which had previously been his usage. He wrote On providence and those who…

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Revision history4 revisions · last 26 May 2016

26 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
31 Dec 2013Revised — David Whitehead
17 Jan 2011tweaked tr; another note; another keyword — David Whitehead
13 Sep 2002added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
26 Mar 1999Translated — Malcolm Heath