Alkiphron
Alkiphron ( Greek Ἀλκίφρων Alkíphrōn ) was a Greek rhetor and sophist of the 2nd century AD. Like his contemporary Lucian , he was a representative of the so-called second sophistry ("Greek Renaissance"). Presumably inspired by Lukian's talks with the hetairians, he wrote a collection of fictitious letters, of which 124 (118 in full and 6 in fragments) have been published. They are written in the purest Attic dialect and are regarded as style models. The fictitious authors are Attic fishermen, farmers, parasites and hetaerae. The work provides an insight into Greek life at that time and is therefore a valuable source for knowledge of Greek private life. His letters were based on several characters from Menandro's comedies .
expenditure
- Editio princeps : Aldus Manutius : Collectio epistolarum graecarum (44 letters) (Venice 1499)
- Stephan Bergler (Leipzig 1715)
- August Meineke (Leipzig 1853)
- Ernst Eduard Seiler (Leipzig 1853)
- Rudolf Hercher ( Epistolographi graeci , Paris 1873)
- Menno A. Schepers (Leipzig 1905) full text
Translations
- Lukian, Alkiphron, Aristainetus: Hetaera. Conversations, letters, epigrams. Munich: Goldmann. 1958 (transferred from Wilhelm Plankl )
- Alkiphron: letters of hetaerae, edited by Wilhelm Plankl, Tusculum collection
- English translation by Monro and Beloe (1791)
- English translation in the Loeb Classical Library (L383: Alciphron, Aelian, and Philostratus: The Letters)
Web links
- Literature by and about Alkiphron in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Alkiphron in the Gutenberg-DE project
- Works by Alkiphron in the Internet Archive
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alkiphron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek rhetorician and sophist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century |