Valerius Harpocration
Valerius Harpokration (Greek Οὐαλέριος Ἁρποκρατίων ) was an Alexandrian grammarian of the imperial era. His life dates are not known. Based on the authors quoted by him, he could have lived under Emperor Tiberius at the earliest . If he is identical to the harpocration mentioned in the Historia Augusta as the teacher of Lucius Verus , then he lived in the 2nd century.
In the Suda he is mentioned as the author of a lexicon of Attic speakers ( Λεξικὸν τῶν δέκα ῥητόρων ) and a collection of winged words ( ἀνϑηρῶν συναγωγή , lost). The lexicon was probably one of the sources of the Suda. It contains alphabetically arranged comments on people and explanations of terms (especially from the areas of law and trade). Since the works on which Harpokration was based (including the grammarian Didymos Chalkenteros and the Attic story of Atthides ) were lost early on, the lexicon is the only surviving source in some areas today.
The text of the work is available both in full and in excerpts. The epitomized version can be traced back to the 9th century, as it found its way into the Myrobiblion of Photios . The complete version also shows traces of revision and interpolation.
expenditure
- Wilhelm Dindorf (Ed.): Harpocrationis Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos ex recensione Guilelmi Dindorfii. 2 volumes, Typographeo Academico, Oxford 1853
literature
- Eleanor Dickey: Ancient Greek Scholarship. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-531292-8 , pp. 94-96
- Krystyna Stebnicka: Valerios Harpokration. 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. 154 f.
- Hermann Schultz : Harpokration 5. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 2, Stuttgart 1912, Sp. 2412-2416.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harpocration, Valerius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harpocration, Valerius; Ἁρποκρατίων (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Alexandrian grammarian of the imperial era |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1st century BC BC and 5th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 1st century and 5th century |