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Headword:
*qe/wn
Adler number: theta,204
Translated headword: Theon, Theo
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Of
Smyrna, a philosopher.[1] Also [sc. attested is]
Theon of
Antioch (the one in Daphne),[2] a Stoic philosopher. He wrote a
Defence of Socrates.[3]
Greek Original:*qe/wn, *smurnai=os, filo/sofos. kai\ *qe/wn *)antioxei/as th=s e)n *da/fnh|, filo/sofos *stwi+ko/s. e)/grayen *)apologi/an *swkra/tous.
Notes:
[1] C2 CE. See generally OCD(4) s.v.
Theon(2).
[2] An awkward way of saying 'Daphne (the one in
Antioch).' For this Daphne see OCD(4) s.v. 'Daphne, a park.'
[3] A genre inaugurated, of course, by
Plato (
pi 1707) and
Xenophon (
xi 47). For Socrates see generally
sigma 829,
sigma 830.
Keywords: biography; geography; philosophy
Translated by: David Whitehead on 5 October 2003@05:50:28.
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