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Headword:
*zhno/bios
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.
*zhno/bios, sofisth/s, paideu/sas e)n *(rw/mh| e)pi\ *)adrianou= *kai/saros. e)/grayen *)epitomh\n tw=n paroimiw=n *didu/mou kai\ *tarrai/ou e)n bibli/ois trisi/, *meta/frasin *(ellhnikw=s tw=n *(istoriw=n *salousti/ou tou= *(rwmai+kou= i(storikou= kai\ tw=n kaloume/nwn au)tou= *belw=n, *geneqliako\n ei)s *)adriano\n *kai/sara: kai\ a)/lla.
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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