Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Carla Castelli and published on 04/04/2019. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Sopater [3] | Σώπατρος Place of Origin: ? Date: ? ↓ To Source List Biography: The scholia to the Iliad ( Sch. ex. Il. 23, 726a) cite an author named Sopater as the source of the name of a military tactic adopted by Odysseus during battle. Sopater was identified with some doubt as a rhetor vel grammaticus by Erbse (1969–1988, 6, Index I, s.v.), who in the textua…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Carla Castelli and published on 04/04/2019. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Sopater [2] | Σώπατρος Identity: Perseus | Pauly-Wissowa | BNP Place of Origin: Athens/Alexandria? Date: second half/end of the 4th c. CE? ↓ To Source List Biography: The biographical profile and dating of the rhetor1 Sopater remain uncertain. He may have lived in the second half of the 4th c. CE, if it is true that Himerius2 was his teacher, as he himse…