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Headword: Theôn
Adler number: theta,209
Translated headword: Theon, Theo
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Sophist, specialising in rhetoric. He was the offspring ultimately of the holy Marcella,[1] and immediately on his father's side of Ecdicius, also a teacher of the art of rhetoric. This Theon was not particularly acute or quick-witted, but he was a devoted student and extraordinarily hard-working; hence he became very learned in a short time, gaining an extensive knowledge both of ancient and of modern history.
Greek Original:
Theôn, sophistês logôn rhêtorikôn, gegonôs apo tês hieras Markellês to ge anekathen, to de ex hupoguou patrothen apo Ekdikiou, didaskalou kai toutou technês rhêtorikês. ên de houtos ho Theôn ou mala anchinous oude oxus, philomathês de kai philoponos eis huperbolên. tauta toi kai egegonei polumathestatos en oligôi chronôi, pollên archaian historian, pollên de nean periballomenos.
Notes:
RE Theon(8); PLRE II Theon (4). Source of the present material: Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 115 Zintzen.
[1] The wife of Porphyry (pi 2098); cf. epsilon 1868 ex hupoguou.
Keywords: biography; daily life; ethics; historiography; rhetoric; women
Translated by: Malcolm Heath on 15 June 2001@14:29:00.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 13 September 2002@09:46:04.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 1 January 2013@06:00:06.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 7 January 2013@00:01:11.

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