Θεόδωρος

Theodoros, Theodorus

Translated by Malcolm Heath12 Jun 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

3 notes · 81 words
Of Gadara.1 Sophist. Of servile birth. He taught Caesar Tiberius. Since he stood comparison in sophistic contests with Potamo2 and Antipater3 in Rome itself, under Caesar Hadrian his son Antonius became a senator. The books he wrote are On Questions in Pronunciation (3 books); On History (1 book); On Thesis (1 book); On the Similarity of Dialects and its Demonstration (2 books); On the Constitution (2 books); On Coele Syria (1 book); On the Capacity of the Orator (1 book); etc.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θεόδωρος, Γαδαρεύς, σοφιστής, ἀπὸ δούλων, διδάσκαλος γεγονὼς Τιβερίου Καίσαρος. ἐπεὶ δὲ συνεκρίθη περὶ σοφιστικῆς ἀγωνισάμενος Ποτάμωνι καὶ Ἀντιπάτρῳ ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ Ῥώμῃ, ἐπὶ Ἀδριανοῦ Καίσαρος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Ἀντώνιος συγκλητικὸς ἐγένετο. βιβλία δὲ ἔγραψε Περὶ τῶν ἐν φωναῖς ζητουμένων γʹ, Περὶ ἱστορίας αʹ, Περὶ θέσεως ἕν, Περὶ διαλέκτων ὁμοιότητος καὶ ἀποδείξεως βʹ, Περὶ πολιτείας βʹ, Περὶ Κοίλης Συρίας αʹ, Περὶ ῥήτορος δυνάμεως αʹ, καὶ ἄλλα.

Betacode
*qeo/dwros, *gadareu/s, sofisth/s, a)po\ dou/lwn, dida/skalos gegonw\s *tiberi/ou *kai/saros. e)pei\ de\ sunekri/qh peri\ sofistikh=s a)gwnisa/menos *pota/mwni kai\ *)antipa/trw| e)n au)th=| th=| *(rw/mh|, e)pi\ *)adrianou=  *kai/saros o( ui(o\s au)tou= *)antw/nios sugklhtiko\s e)ge/neto. bibli/a de\ e)/graye *peri\ tw=n e)n fwnai=s zhtoume/nwn g#, *peri\ i(stori/as a#, *peri\ qe/sews e(/n, *peri\ diale/ktwn o(moio/thtos kai\ a)podei/cews b#, *peri\ politei/as b#, *peri\ *koi/lhs *suri/as a#, *peri\ r(h/toros duna/mews a#, kai\ a)/lla.

Notes (3)

  1. C1 BC/AD. See generally RE Theodoros(39); OCD4 Theodorus(3).
  2. 1In present-day Jordan. ↩
  3. 2pi 2127: Potamo. ↩
  4. 3RE Antipatros(28); NP Antipatros(23). ↩

References


R. Granatelli Apollodori Pergameni ac Theodori Gadarei testimonia et fragmenta (Rome 1991)
G.M.A. Grube 'Theodorus of Gadara' AJP 80 (1959) 337-65

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Revision history4 revisions · last 2 Aug 2014
  1. updated a ref — David Whitehead
  2. another note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. another keyword — David Whitehead
  4. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Malcolm Heath

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