Θεμίστιος
Themistios, Themistius
Translated by David Whitehead21 Jan 2008Vetting: high8 revisions
Translation
A philosopher, who lived in the times of Julian the Apostate,1 by whom he was sent out as governor of Constantinople. He wrote a paraphrase of the teaching of Aristotle's Physics in 8 books, a paraphrase of the [Aristotelian] Analytics in 2 books, of the Apodeictics in 2 books, of the [treatise] On the Soul in 7 books (in this he also introduced specifics about the aim and the ascription of the Categories in a single book); and Discourses.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Θεμίστιος, φιλόσοφος, γεγονὼς ἐπὶ τῶν χρόνων Ἰουλιανοῦ τοῦ Παραβάτου, ὑφ' οὗ καὶ ὕπαρχος προεβλήθη Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. γέγραφε δὲ τῆς Ἀριστοτέλους Φυσικῆς ἀκροάσεως παράφρασιν ἐν βιβλίοις ηʹ, Παράφρασιν τῶν Ἀναλυτικῶν ἐν βιβλίοις βʹ, τῶν Ἀπο- δεικτικῶν ἐν βιβλίοις βʹ, τοῦ Περὶ ψυχῆς ἐν βιβλίοις ζʹ· ἐν δὲ τούτῳ καὶ ἴδια παρεισήγαγε περὶ τοῦ σκοποῦ καὶ τῆς ἐπιγραφῆς τῶν Κατηγοριῶν ἐν βιβλίῳ ἑνί· καὶ Διαλέξεις.
Betacode
*qemi/stios, filo/sofos, gegonw\s e)pi\ tw=n xro/nwn *)ioulianou= tou= *paraba/tou, u(f' ou(= kai\ u(/parxos proeblh/qh *kwnstantinoupo/lews. ge/grafe de\ th=s *)aristote/lous *fusikh=s a)kroa/sews para/frasin e)n bibli/ois h#, *para/frasin tw=n *)analutikw=n e)n bibli/ois b#, tw=n *)apo- deiktikw=n e)n bibli/ois b#, tou= *peri\ yuxh=s e)n bibli/ois z#: e)n de\ tou/tw| kai\ i)/dia pareish/gage peri\ tou= skopou= kai\ th=s e)pigrafh=s tw=n *kathgoriw=n e)n bibli/w| e(ni/: kai\ *diale/ceis.
Notes (1)
References
George Kennedy, Greek Rhetoric under Christian Emperors (1983) 32-35
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Revision history8 revisions · last 15 Oct 2018
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
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- coding — Catharine Roth
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- expanded n.1; another keyword; bibliography — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead