Θέων

Theon, Theo

Translated by Malcolm Heath13 Jun 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

35 words
Of Alexandria. Sophist. He was surnamed Aelius. He wrote an Art (sc. of Rhetoric); On Progymnasmata; commentary on Xenophon, on Isocrates, on Demosthenes; Rhetorical Hypotheses; Questions on the Composition of Discourse; and numerous other works.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θέων, Ἀλεξανδρεύς, σοφιστής, ὃς ἐχρημάτισεν Αἴλιος. ἔγραψε Τέχνην, Περὶ προγυμνασμάτων, ὑπόμνημα εἰς Ξενοφῶντα, εἰς τὸν Ἰσοκράτην, εἰς Δημοσθένην, Ῥητορικὰς ὑποθέσεις· καὶ Ζητήματα περὶ συντάξεως λόγου, καὶ ἄλλα πλείονα.

Betacode
*qe/wn, *)alecandreu/s, sofisth/s, o(\s e)xrhma/tisen *ai)/lios. e)/graye *te/xnhn, *peri\ progumnasma/twn, u(po/mnhma ei)s *cenofw=nta, ei)s to\n *)isokra/thn, ei)s *dhmosqe/nhn, *(rhtorika\s u(poqe/seis: kai\ *zhth/mata peri\ sunta/cews lo/gou, kai\ a)/lla plei/ona.

Notes

  1. C1 AD. See generally RE Theon(5); OCD4 Theon(3); PIR2 A 270.

References


M. Patillon, Aelius Theon: Progymnasmata (Paris 1997)

Neighbouring entries

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Revision history3 revisions · last 2 Aug 2014
  1. updated a ref — David Whitehead
  2. another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Malcolm Heath

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