Τεῦκρος

Teukros, Teucer

Translated by David Whitehead8 Nov 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 39 words

Translation

Of Kyzikos,1 the man who wrote On Gold-Producing Land,2 On Byzantium, Doings of Mithridates in 5 books, On Tyre in 5, Arabian Histories in 5, Jewish History in 6 books, Training of the Ephebes in Kyzikos in 3; etc.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τεῦκρος, ὁ Κυζικηνός, ὁ γράψας Περὶ χρυσοφόρου γῆς, Περὶ τοῦ Βυζαντίου, Μιθριδατικῶν πράξεων βιβλία εʹ, Περὶ Τύρου εʹ, Ἀραβικῶν εʹ, Ἰουδαϊκὴν ἱστορίαν ἐν βιβλίοις ʹ2ʹ, Ἐφήβων τῶν ἐν Κυζίκῳ ἄσκησιν γʹ· καὶ λοιπά.

Betacode
*teu=kros, o( *kuzikhno/s, o( gra/yas *peri\ xrusofo/rou gh=s, *peri\ tou= *buzanti/ou, *miqridatikw=n pra/cewn bibli/a e#, *peri\ *tu/rou e#, *)arabikw=n e#, *)ioudai+kh\n i(stori/an e)n bibli/ois #2#, *)efh/bwn tw=n e)n *kuzi/kw| a)/skhsin g#: kai\ loipa/. 

Notes (2)

  1. C1 BCE. See generally OCD4 Teucer(3); FGrH 274, cf. 314.
  2. 1In the Propontis (Sea of Marmara); cf. kappa 2627. ↩
  3. 2It is noted in OCD s.v. that his authorship of this work need not entail his identification with a homonym, Teukros of Babylon (whose entry there immediately follows). ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 5 Aug 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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