Θεοδέκτης

Theodektes, Theodectes

Translated by Malcolm Heath12 Jun 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

3 notes · 30 words

Of Phaselis.¹ Rhetor. Son of the foregoing.² He wrote an encomium of Alexander of Epirus;³ historical monographs; Barbarian Customs; an Art of Rhetoric in 7 books; and many other monographs.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θεοδέκτης, Φασηλίτης, ῥήτωρ, υἱὸς τοῦ προτέρου. ἔγραψεν ἐγκώμιον Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Ἠπειρώτου, ἱστορικὰ ὑπομνήματα, Νόμιμα βαρβαρικά, Τέχνην ῥητορικὴν ἐν βιβλίοις ζʹ, καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ ὑπομνήματα.

Betacode

*qeode/kths, *fashli/ths, r(h/twr, ui(o\s tou= prote/rou. e)/grayen e)gkw/mion *)aleca/ndrou tou= *)hpeirw/tou, i(storika\ u(pomnh/mata, *no/mima barbarika/, *te/xnhn r(htorikh\n e)n bibli/ois z#, kai\ a)/lla polla\ u(pomnh/mata.

Notes (3)

1RE Theodektes(2); FGrH 113 (this testimonium only). ↩
2theta 138: Theodectes. ↩
3King of the Molossians of Epirus 342-330, and brother-in-law of Philip II of Macedon, mentioned at tau 768: see generally OCD(4) s.v. Alexander(6). ↩

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θ137ΘέογνιςTheognis θ138ΘεοδέκτηςTheodektes, Theodectes θ139ΘεοδέκτηςTheodektes, Theodectes θ140Θεόδμητοςgod-wrought θ141ΘεόδοτοςTheodotos, Theodotus

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5 Aug 2014updated a ref — David Whitehead
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13 Jun 2001added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Jun 2001Translated — Malcolm Heath

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