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Aphthonius of Antioch (Greek: Ἀφθόνιος Ἀντιοχεὺς ὁ Σύρος)[1] was a Greek sophist and rhetorician who lived in the second half of the 4th century CE.

  1. ^ Argyropoulos, Joannes, Prolegomena in Aphthonii progymnasmata

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Aphthonius of Antioch

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Aphthonius of Antioch (Greek: Ἀφθόνιος Ἀντιοχεὺς ὁ Σύρος) was a Greek sophist and rhetorician who lived in the second half of the 4th century CE. No information...

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Aphthonius

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Aphthonius may refer to: Aelius Festus Aphthonius (4th century), Latin grammarian, possibly of African origin Aphthonius of Antioch (late 4th century)...

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Progymnasmata

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only four surviving handbooks of progymnasmata, attributed to Aelius Theon, Hermogenes of Tarsus, Aphthonius of Antioch, and Nicolaus the Sophist. Composition...

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The Ant and the Grasshopper

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collections of Babrius (140) and Avianus (34), and in several prose collections including those attributed to Syntipas and Aphthonius of Antioch. The fable's...

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Aphthonius of Alexandria

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Arian theologian Aëtius of Antioch challenged Aphthonius to a public debate, and traveled to Alexandria to engage in this. Aphthonius was defeated in the...

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The Swan and the Goose

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swans are turned to geese', referring to a reverse of fortune. The fable recorded by Aphthonius of Antioch concerns a swan that its owner mistook for a goose...

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Byzantine rhetoric

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Hermogenes of Tarsus, Menander Rhetor, Aphthonius of Antioch, Libanius, and Alexander Numenius. Another bridge between the Hellenistic tradition of eloquence...

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The Goat and the Vine

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another epigram by Evenus of Ascalon containing simply the vine's retort and the prose collection of fables by Aphthonius of Antioch. Elsewhere in Europe it...

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The Snake and the Crab

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mother and asks for a demonstration of how that is done. The story, recorded by Babrius and Aphthonius of Antioch in Greek and by Avianus in Latin, was...

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Juan de Mal Lara

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the Scholia of Rhetoric on the introductions of Aphthonius of Antioch, Chronicle of the Holy Apostles, a poem in octaves The Death of Orpheus and a...

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Late Latin

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Aquila Romanus (3rd century), rhetorician Eumenius of Autun (3rd century), educator Aelius Festus Aphthonius (3rd or 4th century), grammarian Calcidius (4th...

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Sergia gens

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one of those proscribed by the triumvirs, sought the assistance of Marcus Antonius, who was able to procure his pardon. Sergius, the son of Aphthonius, is...

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List of ancient Romans

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physician Antonius Diogenes - writer Marcus Aper - advocate Aelius Festus Aphthonius - grammarian Apicius - several gourmets Lucius Apronius - suffect consul...

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List of editiones principes in Greek

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p. 24. Sellers, R. V. (2014) [1928]. Eustathius of Antioch: And his Place in the Early History of Christian Doctrine. Cambridge: Cambridge University...

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