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Headword:
*fani/as
Adler number: phi,73
Translated headword: Phanias, Phainias, Phaenias
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [
Phanias] or Phainias,[1] of
Eresos,[2] a Peripatetic philosopher, a pupil of
Aristotle. He lived during the 111th Olympiad[3] and subsequently, in the time of Alexander of Macedon.[4]
*fani/as h)\ *faini/as, *)ere/sios, filo/sofos *peripathtiko/s, *)aristote/lous maqhth/s. h)=n de\ e)pi\ th=s ria# o)lumpia/dos kai\ mete/peita, e)pi\ *)aleca/ndrou tou= *makedo/nos.
Notes:
[1] The second version of the name seems to be correct. See generally OCD(4) s.v. Phaenias, with more detail than is given here. His writings include two works on tyrants.
[2] On the SW coast of
Lesbos; also the birthplace of
Theophrastus (
theta 199).
[3] 336-333 BCE.
[4] a.k.a. Alexander the Great.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 5 December 2002@09:19:55.
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