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Headword:
Zênobios
Adler number: zeta,73
Translated headword: Zenobius, Zenobios
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Sophist. He taught in Rome under the Caesar Hadrian.[1] He wrote an
Epitome of the proverbs of Didymus and the Tarrhaean[2] in 3 books; a Greek translation of the
Histories of Sallust, the Roman historian, and of those of his [works] known as
Bel[l]a;[3] a
Birthday-present to Caesar Hadrian; etc.
Zênobios, sophistês, paideusas en Rhômêi epi Adrianou Kaisaros. egrapsen Epitomên tôn paroimiôn Didumou kai Tarraiou en bibliois trisi, Metaphrasin Hellênikôs tôn Historiôn Saloustiou tou Rhômaïkou historikou kai tôn kaloumenôn autou Belôn, Genethliakon eis Adrianon Kaisara: kai alla.
Notes:
C2 AD. See generally RE Zenobios(2), and OCD(4) s.v. paroemiographers.
Zenobius is an important source for the many proverbs in the Suda.
[1]
alpha 527.
[2] The 'Tarrhaean' is Lucillus of Tarrha (Crete).
[3]
*belw=n = Latin 'wars': i.e. the
Jugurthine War and the
Catilinarian War.
Translated by: Malcolm Heath on 10 February 2001@09:06:36.
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