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Headword:
*ma/naixmos
Adler number: mu,140
Translated headword: Manaichmos, Menaichmos, Menaechmus
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Of Alopekonnesos,[1] though some say Prokonnesos;[2] a Platonic philosopher. He wrote philosophical works; also a commentary in 3 books on
Plato's
Republic.
*ma/naixmos, *)alwpekonnh/sios, kata\ de/ tinas *proikonnh/sios, filo/sofos *platwniko/s. e)/graye filo/sofa: kai\ ei)s ta\s *pla/twnos *politei/as bibli/a g#.
Notes:
C4 BCE. As with his namesake
mu 141, the Suda's Ma- should be Me-. See generally OCD(4) s.v.
Menaechmus(2). Testimonia and fragments in F. Lasserre (ed.),
De Leodamas de Thasos à Philippe d'Oponte (Naples 1987) 117-124. He is nowadays classified as a geometer and mathematician.
[1] A polis in the Chersonese, overlooking Suvla Bay (
alpha 1389).
[2] An island in the Propontis, present-day Marmara Adasi (
pi 2478).
Translated by: David Whitehead on 19 September 2003@04:31:46.
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