Dionysius of Byzantium
Dionysius of Byzantium ( Greek ∆ιονύσιος Βυζάντιος ) was a Greek geographer of the 2nd century AD.
Only his work Ανάπλους Βοσπόρου ( Anaplous Bosporou , journey through the Bosporus ), which belongs to the genus Periplous, has survived . There are only gaps in the Codex Palatinus gr. 398 from the 10th century; Missing parts are to be supplemented by a Latin paraphrase by the French scholar Petrus Gyllius from the 16th century, since the complete manuscript discovered by Gyllius has not been found since his death in 1555.
Stylistically, Dionysius shows echoes of Herodotus and Thucydides in his Periplous , his language is Atticistic .
The Suda mentions this work in the 10th century and also calls it "Ependichter" and ascribes a work to it "Περί θρήνων", which, however, is doubted in modern research.
literature
- Karl Müller : Geographi graeci minores. Vol. 2, Paris 1861, pp. I-XIV; 1-101.
- Carle Wescher : Dionysii Byzantii de Bospori navigatione quae supersunt. Paris 1874 ( full text )
- Ernst Hugo Berger : Dionysios 114). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 1, Stuttgart 1903, Col. 971.
- Rudolf Güngerich : Dionysii Byzantii Anaplous Bospori. Weidmann, Berlin 1927. Reprint Weidmann, Berlin 1958.
- Kai Brodersen : Dionysios 28. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 3, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01473-8 , column 641 f.
Web links
- Dan Anca: Dionysius of Byzantium in the Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Μείζονος Ελληνισμού, Κωνσταντινούπολη .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Suda δ 1176: “Διονύσιος, Βυζάντιος, ἐποποιός. Περιήγησιν τοῦ ἐν τῷ Βοσπόρῳ ἀνάπλου, Περὶ θρήνων: ἔστι δὲ ποίημα μεστὸν ἐπικηδείων. “; Suda On Line .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dionysius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dionysius of Byzantium; ∆ιονύσιος Βυζάντιος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient greek geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century or 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century or 3rd century |