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Palaephatus
(655 words)
[German version] (Παλαίφατος/
Palaíphatos, 'the one who tells old stories'). Passed down to us under this pseudonym was the collection Περὶ ἀπίστων/
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Priscus
(884 words)
Common Roman
cognomen ('venerable')
. Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) [German version] [1] Greek grammarian (Πρεῖσκος/
Preîskos). The 3rd cent. AD PTurner 39 (PIenensis inv. 267), a book catalogue from a private library, presents at line 4 'a commentary on epic verses by P.' [2], who is identified as one of the two
Prisci mentioned in Ov. Pont. 4,16,10 (
Priscus uter); he may be identical to Clutorius Priscus, the Roman equestrian and poet mentioned in Tac. Ann. 3,49 and Cass. Dio 57,20,3-4. Fornaro, Sotera (Sassari) Bibliography
1 SH 710 A
2 R. Otranto, Antiche liste di libri su papiro, 2000, 73-77 (with bibliogr.). …
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Philostephanus
(477 words)
(Φιλοστέφανος/
Philostéphanos). [German version] [1] P. of Cyrene Pupil of Callimachus, 3rd cent. BC…
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Quintus
(1,526 words)
[German version] [1] Common Roman praenomen Common Roman
praenomen ; abbreviation:
Q.; Greek Κόιντος/
Kóintos. It is identical to the ordinal
quīntus (‘fifth’); in Oscan-Umbrian, this name is represented by
Pompo and the like, with the
nomina gentilicia
Pomponius,
Pompeiu…
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Bavaria
(8,499 words)
Fornaro, Sotera (Sassari) [German version] A. From Monasteries to Humanism (CT) The Carolingian Period in Bavaria is distinguished by an effort to transmit and spread Latin culture. This is born out by the remains of the old libraries and scriptoria of the episcopal seats (e.g., St. Emmeram, Freising, Prüfening near Regensburg, Passau, Salzburg) a…
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Nicaenetus
(301 words)
[German version] (Νικαίνετος;
Nikaínetos) of Samos or Abdera in Thrace (Ath. 13,590b; Steph. Byz. 6,7 s.v. Ἄβδηρα calls him an ‘Abderite’), 2nd half of 3rd cent. BC; he may indeed have come from Abdera, but lived on Samos, Menodotus of Samos describing him as an ‘epichoric poet, who often demonstrated his love for the history of this region’ (Ath. 15,673b = FGrH 541 F 1 preserves a sympotic epigram of N. on the Carian custom of wearing garlands of plaited
lýgos, a kind of wicker, at banquets, cf. [2; 3]). We know of the following works of N.: 1)
Lýrkos (in hexameters); the preserved fragment (10 vv. in Parthenius, Erotika pathemata 11 = CollAlex fr. 1) refers to Caunus, the eponymous hero of the Ionian town, who flees from his home to avoid being overcome by incestuous love for his sister Byblis; together with the foundation of Caunus by Apollonius [2] of Rhodes, this epyllion served Parthenius as the source for his story of Lyrcus (cf. the introductory schol. …
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Simonides
(1,357 words)
(Σιμωνίδης/
Simōnídēs). [German version] [1] Iambographic poet (the iambographic poet) see Semonides Robbins, Emmet (Toronto) [German version] [2] Lyric poet, 6th/5th cents. BC Greek lyric poet, 6th/5th cents. BC Robbins, Emmet (Toronto) [German version] I. Life S. was born in Ioulis on Ceos [1], the son of Leoprepes, uncle of Bacchylide…
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Idaeus
(243 words)
(Ἰδαῖος;
Idaîos). [German version] [1] Epithet of Zeus Epithet of Zeus from the Ida on Crete (Eur. fr. 472 TGF; Inscr. Creticae 1,12,1) or near Troy (Hom. Il. 24,291; Verg. Aen. 7,139; in Celaenae: Plut. Mor. 306e f.) and of Heracles as Daktylos I. and founder of the Olympic Games (Paus. 5,7,6ff.; 8,31,3; also in Elis and Erythrae: Paus. 6,23,3; 9,27,8). Willi, Andreas (Basle) [German version] [2] Son of Chryse and Dardanus Son of Chryse and Dardanus [1] with whom he emigrates from Arcadia across Samothrace to the Ida mountains [2], which are said to be named after I. There he installs the cult of the mother of gods (Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. 1,61). Nünlist, René (Basle) [German version] [3] Two Trojans Name of two Trojans in the
Iliad: a) Herald: brings Priamus to the duel between Paris and Menelaus with sacrificial animals (3,245ff.); presents the Greeks with Paris' offer of compromise (7,372ff.); accompanies Priam to the Greek army for the release of Hector's body (bk.. 24). b) Son of Dares [1], a priest of Hephaestus, who saves I. in the battle a…
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Epimerismi
(588 words)
[German version] ἐπιμερισμοί (
epimerismoí) are ‘subdivisions’ (Apollonius Dyscolus, Syntaxis 491,13 Schneider-Uhlig; Lat.
partitiones, Priscianus) ‘of verses or sentences into words’ (this is the sense, in which Sext. Emp. Adv. Math. 1,159-168 in the 2nd cent. AD used μερισμός;
merismós): each word was analyzed grammatically and prosodically, and sometimes also semantically. It is a teaching aid of the Byzantine School (Tzetzes on Hes. Op. 285); in the 11th-12th cents., it was referred to as
schedographia (‘writing of di…
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Eugenius
(682 words)
(Εὐγένιος;
Eugénios). [German version] [1] Flavius Eugenius Roman usurper, rhetor and emperor, about AD 400 Roman usurper in AD 392-394. He was a Christian, a teacher of grammar and rhetoric in Rome and he became
magister scrinii for Valentinian II around 392 (Zos. 4,54,1). On 22 August 392 he was elevated to the position of emperor by Arbogast (Socr. 5,25; Sozom. Hist. eccl. 7,22,4). Constantly controlled by Arbogast, he first sought an agreement with Ambrosius and Theodosius I (Ambr. Epist. 57; Zos. 4,54f.; ILS 790). He was not …
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Demetrius
(7,578 words)
(Δημήτριος;
Dēmḗtrios). Well-known personalities: the Macedonian King D. [2] Poliorketes; the politician and writer D. [4] of Phalerum; the Jewish-Hellenistic chronographer D. [29]. I. Politically active personalities [German version] [1] Officer under Alexander the Great Officer under Alexander [4], fought at Gaugamela as commander of a troop (
ile) of Hetairoi and in India he commanded a hipparchy. Badian, Ernst (Cambridge, MA) Bibliography Berve 2, no. 256. [German version] [2] D. Poliorketes …
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Germany
(31,487 words)
Johne, Klaus-Peter (Berlin) I. To 1600 (CT) [German version] A. History and Social Development under Carolingian Rule to 918 (CT) The coronation of Charlemagne as emperor (800) laid the foundation for the medieval German empire. In a lengthy process, the German people evolved from those Germanic tribes that had remained settled during the great migration of the peoples, together with some
foederati, Rome's former allies. Larger communities developed around many
villae, still evident in some place names, particularly in the Rhineland, but settlements also develope…
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Theolytus
(76 words)
[German version] (Θεόλυτος;
Theólytos) from Methymna (on Lesbos). Undatable author of
Bakchikà épē ('Bacchic Songs') on the love of the sea god Glaucus [1] for Ariadne (three hexameters in Ath. 7,296a-b). Perhaps identical with the author of the
Hôroi ('Annals'; cf. schol. Apoll. Rhod. 1,623-626) mentioned in Ath. 11,470b. Fornaro, Sotera (Sassari) Bibliography
1 CollAlex fr. 1
2 FHG 4, 515
3 E. Diehl, s. v. T., RE 5 A, 2033
4 M. Fantuzzi, Epici ellenistici, in: K. Ziegler, L'epos ellenistico, 1988, LXXXVIf.
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Leschides
(63 words)
[German version] (Λεσχίδης;
Leschídēs). Hellenistic epic poet who participated in the campaigns of king Eumenes [3] II Soter (197-159 BC) and may have praised his Galatian war. L. was a ‘very well-known’ poet and a contemporary of the painter Pythias and the physician Menander (Suda III, 254, 4-5 = SH 503). Fornaro, Sotera (Sassari) Bibliography K. Ziegler, Das hell. Epos, 21966, 17-18.
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Menelaus
(2,514 words)
(Μενέλαος/Menélaos, Attic Μενέλεως/Menéleos; Latin Menelaus). [German version] [1] Ruler of Sparta, married to Helena A significant character in the cycle of myths about the Trojan War ( Troy: Cycle of myths). A younger brother of Agamemnon, who ruled the most significant power centre in Greek myth, Mycene, by marriage to Zeus's daughter Helen ( Helene [1]; their only child was a daughter, Hermione) M. became king of a region in the Eurotas valley with its capital Sparta and Amyclae [1], which was significant…
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Callimachus
(3,899 words)
(Καλλίμαχος;
Kallímachos). [German version] [1] Athenian, 490 BC archon and supreme commander at Marathon Athenian,
árchōn polémarchos ( Archontes) in 490 BC, supreme commander at Marathon (490 BC). It is disputed if C. was appointed
polémarchos by lot (Hdt. 6,109). Aristotle's claim (Ath. Pol. 22,5) that the archontes were …
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