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Headword:
Iamblichos
Adler number: iota,26
Translated headword: Iamblichus, Iamblichos
Vetting Status: high
Translation: This man, so they say, was born of slaves. He wrote the work called
Babyloniaca ["Babylonian Histories"].[1] It is [about] the passion of Rhodanes and Sinonis, in 39 books.[2]
This man tells of Zobaras the eunuch, the lover of the most beautiful
Mesopotamia.
Iamblichos: houtos, hôs phasin, apo doulôn ên. egrapse de ta kaloumena Babulôniaka: esti de Rhodanou kai Sinônidos erôs en bibliois lth#. houtos legei peri Zôbara tou eunouchou, tou erastou tês Mesopotamias tês eueidestatês.
Notes:
fl. c.165-180; OCD(4) s.v.
Iamblichus(1). [For 2, see
iota 27.]
[1] This novel survives only in the epitome of
Photius (
Bibliotheca cod. 94) and a number of fragments scattered throughout the Suda.
[2] The surprisingly large number of books (39) seems to be a mistake.
Photius' epitome, which presumably was based on a complete text of the novel, indicates a more plausible number, 16 (
Bibl. cod. 94 p. 78b.44).
Translated by: Akihiko Watanabe on 4 January 2000@20:07:57.
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