Nicocles (rhetorician)
Nikokles from Sparta ( Greek Νικοκλής Nikoklḗs ; * around 310; † around 388) was a Greek grammarian , rhetorician and philosopher. He is best known as the teacher of the Roman emperor Julian . As his teacher in Constantinople , he was of some influence and held in high regard. The works of Nicocles have neither survived nor known. Information about him comes mainly from the work of Libanios , who was an admirer of Nicocles. He mentioned him several times in his works and wrote him many letters. Here Nicocles is characterized as an excellent person of particular learning, especially in the areas of grammar, rhetoric and philosophy.
literature
- Peter Wolf: From the school system of late antiquity. Studies on Libanius . Verlag für Kunst und Wissenschaft, Baden-Baden 1952, pp. 37–39.
- Stephanos Matthaios: N [ikokles] [5] from Sparta. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 8, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01478-9 , Sp. 918.
- Paweł Janiszewski: Nicocles. In: Paweł Janiszewski, Krystyna Stebnicka, Elżbieta Szabat: Prosopography of Greek Rhetors and Sophists of the Roman Empire. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015, ISBN 978-0-19-871340-1 , pp. 257 f.
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| SURNAME | Nicocles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nicocles from Sparta; Νικοκλής (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek grammarian, philosopher and rhetorician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | at 310 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Sparta |
| DATE OF DEATH | at 388 |