Ξενοφῶν

Xenophon

Translated by James L. P. Butrica ✝15 Feb 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

13 words

Of Antioch, historian. [He wrote] Babyloniaca [Babylonian Histories]; it is a love story.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ξενοφῶν, Ἀντιοχεύς, ἱστορικός. Βαβυλωνιακά· ἔστι δὲ ἐρωτικά.

Betacode

*cenofw=n, *)antioxeu/s, i(storiko/s. *babulwniaka/: e)/sti de\ e)rwtika/.

Notes

The existence of any such person may be doubted. Jacoby did not include a 'Xenophon of Antioch' in FGrH; much of the entry is the same as for the homonym xi 50 (q.v.); and for the title Babyloniaca cf. iota 26.

Linked from1 entry

ξ51ΞενοφῶνXenophonOf Cyprus, historian. [He wrote] Cypriaca ["Cypriot Histories"]. It too is a narrative of erotic subjects concerning Kinyras and Myrrha and Adonis.

Neighbouring entries

ξ47ΞενοφῶνXenophon ξ48ΞενοφῶνXenophon ξ49ΞενοφῶνXenophon ξ50ΞενοφῶνXenophon ξ51ΞενοφῶνXenophon

Revision history4 revisions · last 11 Dec 2020

11 Dec 2020coding — Catharine Roth
30 Aug 2007augmented notes and keywords; raised status — David Whitehead
10 Feb 2003added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
12 Sep 2000minor cosmetic changes; added keywords and headword — Joseph L. Rife
15 Feb 2000Translated — James L. P. Butrica ✝