Θέων

Theon, Theo

Translated by David Whitehead5 Oct 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

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Of Smyrna, a philosopher.¹ Also [sc. attested is] Theon of Antioch (the one in Daphne),² a Stoic philosopher. He wrote a Defence of Socrates.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θέων, Σμυρναῖος, φιλόσοφος. καὶ Θέων Ἀντιοχείας τῆς ἐν Δάφνῃ, φιλόσοφος Στωϊκός. ἔγραψεν Ἀπολογίαν Σωκράτους.

Betacode

*qe/wn, *smurnai=os, filo/sofos. kai\ *qe/wn *)antioxei/as th=s e)n *da/fnh|, filo/sofos *stwi+ko/s. e)/grayen *)apologi/an *swkra/tous.

1C2 CE. See generally OCD(4) s.v. Theon(2). ↩
2An awkward way of saying 'Daphne (the one in Antioch).' For this Daphne see OCD(4) s.v. 'Daphne, a park.' ↩
3A genre inaugurated, of course, by Plato (pi 1707) and Xenophon (xi 47). For Socrates see generally sigma 829, sigma 830. ↩

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