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[English version] I. Personen (Δίων) Meister, Klaus (Berlin) [English version] [I 1] Freund Platons, 4. Jh. v. Chr. Sohn des Hipparinos, Schwager und Schwiegersohn Dionysios' I. von Syrakus, * 409 v.Chr., seit Platons erstem Aufenthalt 388 in Syrakus dessen enger Freund und Verfechter seiner Philosophie. Unter Dionysios I. kam er als dessen Vertrauter und Ratgeber zu Ansehen und Reichtum und blieb auch unter Dionysios II. einflußreich. Er vermittelte 366 den Frieden mit Karthago und rief Platon nach Syrakus, um …

[English version] I. Terminologie Oberbegriff: griech. τέχνη ῥητορική/ téchnē rhētorikḗ; seit Platon als t.t. ῥητορική/ rhētorikḗ [43]; lat. als Technik: ars oratoria, ars dicendi; als Fähigkeit: eloquentia. Ausführende: griech. ῥήτωρ/ rhḗtōr (bei Hom. ῥήτηρ/ rhḗtēr); lat. orator (erst allg. für jeden Redner gebraucht, dann prägnant im Kontext der Rh.), rhetor (t.t. für Redelehrer). Tätigkeit: griech. ἔιρειν/ eírein (“sagen”, in gehobener Sprache) oder allgemeiner λέγειν/ légein (“sprechen”); das lat. Äquivalent wäre orare (“beten”, “feierlich sprechen”), doch hat…

(Ἀθηναῖος). [English version] [1] Lakedaimonier, 423 v. Chr. am Waffenstillstand mit Athen beteiligt Lakedaimonier, Sohn des …

[English version] (Μενέσαιχμος). Att. Redner des 4. Jh. v.Chr., wurde von Lykurgos [9] erfolgreich verklagt (Ps.-Plut. mor. 843d) wegen Verletzung seiner Pflichten als Führer der Festgesandtschaft nach Delos (Fr. in [1. 115-118]), trat die Nachfolge des Lykurgos als Leiter der Finanzverwalt…

(Νικαγόρας). [English version] [1] Tyrann von Zeleia, um 330 v.Chr. Nach dem griech. Historiker Baton von Sinope (Athenaios 7,289b-c = FHG 4, 348 fr. 1) war N. Tyrann von Zeleia; mit dem bei Clemens von Alexandreia (Protreptikos 4,48) genannten N. gleichzusetzen, Zeitgenosse von Alexa…

(Κηφισόδωρος). [English version] [1] att. Dichter der Alten Komödie, um 400 v. Chr. Dichter der att. Alten Komödie, für den Lysi…

[English version] (Μικίνης). Athener, dessen Name nur bekannt ist, weil er zw. 403 und 380 v.Chr. eines Nachts auf den Straßen Athens ermordet wurde und Lysias für den folgenden Prozeß eine später berühmte Rede geschrieben hat (Fr. 90 Thalheim, hypothesis Antiphon 2a). Weißenberger, Michael (Greifswald)

(Δημοκράτης). [English version] [1] aus Aphidnai, att. Redner, 4. Jh. v. Chr. Att. Redner des 4. Jh.v.Chr. aus Aphidnai, wohl älterer Zeitgenosse des Demosthenes [2] (um 338 v. Chr. wird er als γέρων bezeichnet, vgl. Stob. floril. 3,22,43). Als Nachkomme des Harmodios oder Aristogeiton hatte er Anspruch auf kostenlose Verpflegung im Prytaneion (Hyp. 4,3). Er gehörte der promaked. Partei an (Hyp. 4,2). Erwähnt wird er noch bei Aischin. leg. 2,17 und Isaios 6,22. Weißenberger, Michael (Greifswald) Bibliography Blass, 3,2. [English version] [2] aus Sikyon, Tragiker, E. 3. Jh. v. Chr. a…

(Ἰσαῖος). [English version] …

(Γοργίας; Gorgías). [German version] [1] Sculptor, late 6th cent. BC Sculptor who created bronze and marble votive offerings on the Athenian acropolis in the late 6th cent. BC. The bases are the only extant parts and suggest mostly statues of horses or riders. Pliny (HN 34,49) refers to G. wit…

Name of a Roman patrician family, probably originally from Cameria (hence the cognomen Camerinus); documented in the fasti from c. 500 BC. The otherwise rare praenomen Servius appears comparatively frequently and at times is even used in place of the nomen gentile (Tac. Hist. 2,48; Plut. Galba 3,1). The number of cognomina within the gens is high, but it has been impossible to identify clear branches. The link between the S. from the 3rd to the 2nd and 1st cent. BC is unclear. In the 2nd cent. BC, the most important branch of the family was that of…

[German version] (Μικίνης; Mikínēs). An Athenian, whose name is known only because he was murdered in the streets of Athens one night between 403 and 380 BC. Lysias wrote a speech for the ensuing trial, which subsequently became famous (Fragment 90 Thalheim, hypothesis of Antiphon 2a). Weißenberger, Michael (Greifswald)

Common Roman cognomen ('red-haired', 'redhead', Quint. Inst. 1,4,25). Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) [German version] [1] [- - -]us R. Proconsul of Pontus-Bithynia with an impressive monument in Rome Proconsul of Pontus-Bithynia, probably in the final period of the Republic or the first years of Augustus. An impressive monument was erected for him in Rome by more than six cities of the province (CIL VI 1508 = 41054; cf. IGUR 71). Eck, Werner (Cologne) Bibliography W. Eck, CIL VI 1508 (Moretti IGUR 71) und die Gestaltung senatorischer Ehrenmonumente, in: Chiron 14, 1984, 201-217  PIR2 R …

[German version] (Ὑβρέας; Hybréas). Greek orator and politician of the 1st cent. BC from Mylasa in Caria. He came from a simple background (Str. 14,2,24 = 659) but was fortunate enough to be taught by the rhetor Diotrephes in Antioch. After returning to his hometown, he acquired influence and wealth, becoming the most powerful man in Mylasa following the death of his rival Euthydemus. He occupied the office of   agoranomos among others (ibid.). In the disputes following the murder of Caesar, H. was on the side of the Triumviri, but, in 41, rejec…

(Διοφάνης; Diophánēs). [German version] [1] Strategos of the Arsinoites 224-218 BC Strategos of the Arsinoites 224-18 BC; most of the P. Enteuxeis texts date to his time in office. PP 1,247. Ameling, Walter (Jena) Bibliography N. Lewis, Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt, 1986, 56ff. [German version] [2] Greek rhetor from Mytilene, 2nd cent. BC 2nd-cent. BC Greek rhetor from Mytilene; exiled from his homeland for political reasons, he went to Rome and became the teacher and friend of Tib.  Gracchus. Together with C.  Blossius [2] from Cumae, he is suppose…

[German version] I. Persons (Δίων; Díōn) Meister, Klaus (Berlin) [German version] [I 1] Close friend of Plato and defender of his philosophy Son of Hipparinus, brother-in-law and son-in-law of Dionysius I of Syracuse, b. 409 BC, close friend of Plato and defender of his philosophy since Plato's first visit to Syracuse in 388. He gained prestige and wealth as Dionysius' I' trusted friend and advisor and also remained an influential person under Dionysius II. In 366, he arbitrated the peace with Carthage and called Pl…

(Μενεκλῆς/ Meneklês). [German version] [1] Athenian lawyer, 350 and 347 BC Athenian. In 350 and 347 BC he was synegoros for Boeotus ( Mantitheus [3]) and his mother Plangon in two lawsuits (Dem. Or. 39,2; 40,9f.; 32). Allegedly a sycophant, Menecles was himself accused by Ninus's son. The prosecution speech (Din. fr. 33 Conomis) was attributed to Dinarchus. Engels, Johannes (Cologne) Bibliography Schäfer, Beilagen 1885, 211-226 PA 9908 Traill, PAA 643135. [German version] [2] Greek historian and antiquarian, 2nd cent. BC Menecles from Barca in northern Africa, a Greek histo…

(Μινουκιανός; Minoukianόs). [German version] [1] 2nd cent. AD Athenian rhetor, rhetoric teacher and author of rhetoric textbooks Second-cent. AD Athenian rhetor, rhetoric teacher and author of rhetoric textbooks. According to a genealogy in [1] combined primarily from Himerius 7,4 (ed. Colonna p. 64) and Apuleius (Met. 1,2; 2,2f.), in about 130 he married Salvia, the daughter of the Stoic Sextus from Chaeronea, the teacher of Marcus [2] Aurelius and a nephew of Plutarch. According to the Suda (where the biograph…

(Διοσκουρίδης; Dioskourídēs). [German version] [1] Son of Polemaeus, naval commander in 314-313 BC Son of Polemaeus, nephew of  Antigonus [1] Monophthalmus. Led the fleet to a few victories as naval commander in 314-13 BC. Nothing further is known about his life. Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA) Bibliography R. A. Billows, Antigonus the One-Eyed, 1990, 381f. [German version] [2] Polyhistor of the 4th and 3rd cents. BC Polyhistor of the 4th and 3rd cents. BC, pupil of Isocrates (Ath. 1,18,11 A). Of his works, the following titles are known (cf. FGrH 3 B 594): 1. Apomnēmoneúmata (‘Memorabil…

(Ἀρτέμων; Artémōn). [German version] [1] Greek grammarian From Cassandreia. Greek  grammarian. As he makes mention of  Dionysius Scytobrachion, he is dated to the 2nd half of the 2nd cent. BC. Of his works Athenaeus cites: Περὶ βιβλίων συναγωγῆς, Περὶ βιβλίων χρήσεως, Περὶ τοῦ Διονυσιακοῦ συστήματος as being his. An almost contemporary namesake from Pergamum, the commentator on Pindar (FGrH 569), possibly is the same person; A. from Clazomenae (FGrH 443), on the other hand, is older. A., the editor of the Aristotelian letters (Demetrius, elocutiones 223), is difficult to identify. …