Skopas (writer)
Skopas ( Greek Σκόπας , Latin Scopas ) is the name of a Greek writer of unknown time who wrote a list of Olympic champions ( Olympionikai ).
In Pliny , Naturalis historia 8, 82 the manuscripts find ita [.] Copas qui Olympionicas scripsit . Today this is generally read as Scopas through the simplest possible conjecture . Other editors suggested Agriopas , Apollas, or Harpocras. Pliny cites the work of Scopas as the source for the story of the athlete Demainetos of Parrhasia , who turned into a wolf and, after ten years, turned back, won the Olympic Games .
This is the only mention in ancient literature. The life dates of the Scopa are unknown, but must be before those of the Varro .
literature
- Felix Jacoby : The Fragments of the Greek Historians Vol. 3B, Leiden 1950, pp. 305-306 No. 413. Vol. 3B Commentary, Text, Leiden 1955, p. 233. Vol. 3B Commentary, Notes, Leiden 1955, p. 156.
- Charles Peter Mason: Agriopas. In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1867, Vol. 1, p. 76.
- Pline l'Ancien: Histoire Naturelle. Livre VIII , ed. by Alfred Ernout , Les Belles Lettres, Paris 1952, p. 52. 131.
- C. Pliny Secundus d. Ä: Natural history. Book VIII , ed. by Roderich König. Heimeran, Munich 1976, pp. 68-69. 202, 274.
- Paul Christesen: Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-86634-7 , p. 37.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The conjecture goes back to Ludwig von Jan : C. Plini Secundi Naturalis historiae libri XXXVII. Vol. 2, Teubner, Leipzig 1856.
- ^ On the other hand, Eduard Schwartz : Agriopas . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 896.
- ^ Karl Mayhoff 1906 Latin text ; Harris Rackham; Luigi Moretti : Olympionikai, i vincitori negli antichi agoni olimpici. In: Memorie della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Morali, Storiche e Filologiche 8, 2 (1957), p. 112.
- ↑ Eduard Schwartz: Agriopas . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 896.
- ↑ Pausanias 6: 8, 2, which tells the same story, gives the name of the athlete with Damarchus of Parrhasia.
- ^ Friedrich Münzer : Contributions to the source criticism of the natural history of Pliny. Weidemann, Berlin 1897, p. 161.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Skopas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Σκόπας (Greek); Scopas (Latin) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 9th century BC BC and 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 9th century BC BC and 1st century BC Chr. |