Aristodemus of Nysa the Younger
Aristodemos of Nysa ( Greek Ἀριστόδημος ) was an ancient Greek scholar and educator of the 1st century BC. Chr.
Aristodemus was a son of Menekrates from Nysa , a Homer philologist who belonged to the school of Aristarchus , and a daughter of Poseidonius . His brother was the stoic Jason . Like his brother, Aristodemos taught grammar and rhetoric in Rhodes . Of Pompey , he was a teacher of his sons to Rome called and taught there grammar. When he was old he returned to Nysa, where Strabo was his pupil. His older cousin was also named Aristodemus .
Aristodemos is usually considered a mythographer and two fragments are attributed to him from a now-lost work ( The Fragments of the Greek Historians , No. 22). He is also regarded as the source of a passage in Parthenios of Nikaia , where his name is mentioned. There it is mentioned that Aristodemus wrote histories , which are likely to have been mythological stories. A note from (pseudo?) Plutarch seems to come from this work .
literature
- Eduard Schwartz : Aristodemus 30 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 925 f.
- Paola Ceccarelli: Aristodemus (22). In: Brill's New Jacoby (with commentary and research discussion).
Remarks
- ^ Strabo, Geographika 14, 1, 48.
- ↑ See Parthenaios, Peri Erotikon Pathematon 8, in French translation as an online text .
- ^ Paola Ceccarelli: Aristodemos (22). Biographical essay. In: Brill's New Jacoby
- ↑ (Ps.) Plutarch, parallela Graeca et Romana (parallela minora) 35 = fragment 1a.
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| SURNAME | Aristodemus of Nysa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek scholar and educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nysa |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC Chr. |