Τιμόθεος

Timotheus, Timotheos

Translated by Malcolm Heath26 Mar 1999Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 52 words
Of Gaza. Grammarian. He lived under the emperor Anastasius,1 for whom he wrote a tragedy on the public levy known as the khrusarguros.2 He also wrote in epic verse On the four-footed animals in India, Arabia and Egypt, and the creatures of Libya; also On unusual foreign birds and snakes (4 books).

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τιμόθεος, Γαζαῖος, γραμματικός, γεγονὼς ἐπὶ Ἀναστασίου βασιλέως· εἰς ὃν καὶ τραγῳδίαν ἐποίησε περὶ τοῦ δημοσίου τοῦ καλουμένου χρυσαργύρου. ἔγραψε δὲ καὶ ἐπικῶς Περὶ ζῴων τετραπόδων θηρίων τῶν παρ' Ἰνδοῖς καὶ Ἄραψι καὶ Αἰγυπτίοις, καὶ ὅσα τρέφει Λιβύη· καὶ Περὶ ὀρνέων ξένων τε καὶ ἀλλοκότων καὶ ὄφεων βιβλία δʹ.

Betacode
*timo/qeos, *gazai=os, grammatiko/s, gegonw\s e)pi\ *)anastasi/ou basile/ws: ei)s o(\n kai\ tragw|di/an e)poi/hse peri\ tou= dhmosi/ou tou= kaloume/nou xrusargu/rou. e)/graye de\ kai\ e)pikw=s *peri\ zw/|wn tetrapo/dwn qhri/wn tw=n par' *)indoi=s kai\ *)/arayi kai\ *ai)gupti/ois, kai\ o(/sa tre/fei *libu/h: kai\ *peri\ o)rne/wn ce/nwn te kai\ a)lloko/twn kai\ o)/fewn bibli/a d#.

Notes (2)

  1. RE Timotheos(16); PLRE II Timotheus(3); FGrH 652.
  2. 1alpha 2077. ↩
  3. 2The collatio lustralis, 'a tax levied every five years on petty shop-keepers, usurers and brothel-keepers' (Lewis & Short s.v.). (T's 'tragedy' was probably a poem or speech.) ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 28 May 2016
  1. coding — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
  4. added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Malcolm Heath

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