Sixth century CE. Not to be confused with his earlier namesake Hesychius of Alexandria, the lexicographer (on whom see OCD(4) s.v.; H. the biographer has no entry there).
[1] The mother's name was emended to Sophia in the first edition of the Suda. Another option is filoso/fou (Flach), i.e. Hesychius, 'a lawyer and philosopher'
[2] Anastasius I, Byzantine emperior 491-518 CE.
[3] It is unclear whether the Suda compilers epitomized the original work of Hesychius of Miletus or used an epitome of that work. See Schultz cols.1323-1325 on this controversy.
[4] The title given by Photius [cod.69 p.34a l.40 (Bekker)] is Roman and world history [*(istori/a *(rwmaikh\ kai\ pantodaph/]. He calls the divisions tmh/mata. According to Photius this work covered the period from Belus, the founder of the Assyrian empire, to the emperor Anastasius I.
[5] That is, 'Two-Pupils', as one of his eyes was black and the other blue; cf. delta 1103, theta 144, kappa 1648, mu 1317, tau 983.
[6] Although I have marked up the name of this book here and earlier as titles, the difference in the Greek suggests that the Suda is either referring loosely to the title of the work or is using a variant title.
[7] Literally 'Greek', *(ellhnikh/.
[8] Two variants of an adverb cognate with the headword name.