Abas (Sophist)
Abas was an ancient Greek sophist and rhetorician. It is only known about him through the Byzantine lexicon Suda that he wrote a historical commentary ( Ίστορικά ύπομνήατα ) and a work on rhetoric ( Τέχνη ρητορική ). He is also quoted from the Scholien of Hermogenes (7.203). Accordingly, one must set one's lifetime after that of Hermogenes. Eduard Schwartz considers it unlikely that this Abas is identical to the author of the same name from Troika .
literature
- Krystyna Stebnicka: Abas. In: Paweł Janiszewski et al: Prosopography of Greek Rhetors and Sophists of the Roman Empire. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015, ISBN 978-0-19-871340-1 , p. 1
- Eduard Schwartz : Abas 11 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 19 (outdated).
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| SURNAME | Abas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek sophist and rhetorician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | after 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 5th century BC Chr. |