Kaikilios

Kaikilios (fantasy picture)

Kaikilios ( Greek Καικίλιος , Latinized Caecilius ; † 1st century BC ) was a Greek orator from the Sicilian city of Kaleakte (Calacte). The Suda according to which he was Jew . Along with Dionysius of Halicarnassus, he is considered to be one of the first representatives of Atticism as a reaction to Asianism . His work has only survived in fragments .

literature

Julius Brzoska : Caecilius 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 1174-1188.
W. Rhys Roberts: Caecilius of Calacte . In: American Journal of Philology . Volume 18 (3), 1897, pp. 302-312. doi : 10.2307 / 287826
Ernst Ofenloch: Caecili Calactini fragmenta . Leipzig 1907. Reprint Stuttgart 1967.

personal data
SURNAME	Kaikilios
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Caecilius Calactinus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek speaker
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	1st century BC Chr.