Apsines of Gadara fl. 3rd century AD was a Greece Greek rhetoric ian. He studied at Smyrna and taught at Athens , gaining such a reputation that he was raised to the consul ship by the emperor Maximinus . He was a rival of Fronto of Emesa , and a friend of Philostratus , the author of the Lives of the Sophists , who praises his wonderful memory and accuracy. Two rhetorical treatises by him are extant Greek technae raetorikae , a handbook of rhetoric greatly interpolated, a considerable portion being taken from the Rhetoric of Longinus and a smaller work, Greek perhi eschaematismenon problaematon , on Propositions maintained figuratively. Editions by Bake, 1849 Spengel Hammer in Rhetores Graeci , ii. 1894 see also Hammer, De Apsine Rhetore 1876 Volkmann, Rhetorik der Griechen und Romer 1885 . Two rhetorical treatises by him are extant His Art of Rhetoric is a greatly interpolated handbook of rhetoric, a considerable portion being taken from the Rhetoric of Longinus literature Longinus and other material from Hermogenes an English translation was first published in 1997. Malcolm Heath has argued APJ 1998 that the work s attribution to Apsines is incorrect. A smaller work, on Propositions maintained figuratively . Editions Jan Bake 1849 Spengel Hammer, Rhetores Graeci 1894 Mervin R. Dilts and George A. Kennedy classicist George A. Kennedy , eds., Two Greek Rhetorical Treatises from the Roman Empire Brill, 1997 References Hammer, De Apsine Rhetore 1876 Volkmann, Letorile der Griechen und Romer 1885 1911 External links http ccat.sas.upenn.edu bmcr 1998 1998 08 08.html Bryn Mawr Classical Review page on Dilts Kennedy Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Apsines ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Apsines Category Ancient Greek rhetoricians Category ... of birth unknown Category Year of death unknown Ancient Greece writer stub MEast writer stub ca Apsines ... more details
Fronto of Emesa is a famous rhetorician and uncle on Cassius Longinus . He lived under the emperor Alexander Severus Severus in Rome . Fronto taught rhetoric in Athens where he was a rival teacher to the first Philostratus and to Apsines of Gadara . He died in Athens, aged about 60. ref http www.leeds.ac.uk classics heath sudabits.html ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Fronto Of Emesa Category 3rd century Romans Category 3rd century philosophers Category 3rd century writers Category Ancient Greek rhetoricians Category Roman era Greeks Category Roman era philosophers Category Roman era philosophers in Athens Category People from Homs ... more details
Jan Bake September 1, 1787 &ndash March 26, 1864 was a Netherlands Dutch philologist and critic. He was born in Leiden , and from 1817 to 1854 he was professor of Greek literature Greek and Latin literature Roman literature at the university. His principal works are Posidonii Rhodii Reliquiae Doctrinae 1810 Cleomedis Circularis Doctrina de Sublimitate 1820 Bibliotheca Critica Nova 1825 1831 Scholica Hypomnemata 1837 1862 , a collection of essays dealing mainly with Cicero and the Attic orators Cicero, De Legibus 1842 and De Oratore 1863 the Rhetorica of Apsines Johannes Longinus Longinus 1849 . His biography was written in Dutch by his pupil Bakhuizen van der Brink 1865 for an appreciation of his services to classical literature see L M ller, Geschichte der klassischen Philologie in den Nederlanden 1869 . References Cite EB1911 wstitle Bake, Jan Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bake, Jan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1787 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1864 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bake, Jan Category 1787 births Category 1864 deaths Category Dutch philologists Category Dutch linguists Category People from Leiden sv Jan Bake tr Jan Bake ... more details
Prohaeresius Lang hy , Parouyr, lang el was a fourth century Armenian people Armenian Christian teacher and rhetorician originally from Caesarea Mazaca Caesarea who taught in Athens . He was one of the leading sophists of the era along with Diophantus the Arab and Epiphanius of Syria. Early life Prior to moving to Athens, Prohaeresius studied under the rhetor Ulpian in Antioch . In Prohaeresius student days, he was so poor that he and his friend Hephaestion, having only one decent garment between them, wore it on alternate days. ref name Vahan cite book last Kurkjian first Vahan authorlink Vahan Kurkjian title A History of Armenia publisher AGBU Armenian General Benevolent Fund year 1958 location New York url http penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer E Gazetteer Places Asia Armenia Texts KURARM 41 .html id ISBN B000BQMKSI ref He also studied under Julianus of Cappadocia, who taught a large number of students. Among Prohaeresius disciples was also Eunapius . One time the students of Prohaeresius got into a fight with the students of the Spartan Apsines . The matter was taken to Julianus, then an old man who pleaded to Prohaeresius to settle the matter peacefully. ref name Dihle cite book last Dihle first Albrecht title Greek and Latin Literature of the Roman Empire From Augustus to Justinian publisher Routledge UK year 1994 pages 430 isbn 0415063671 ref No textbooks written by Prohaeresius survive today, but his influence as a teacher is described by famous sophists and rhetoricians of the second half of the fourth century such as Himerius and Libanius . ref name Dihle Many Armenians had travelled to Athens to study under Prohaeresius whom Sozomenos called the most celebrated sophist of his age. ref cite book last Charanis first Peter authorlink Peter Charanis title The Armenians in the Byzantine Empire publisher Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Livraria Bertrand location Lisbon year 1963 ref Rome Attracted by the fame of this genius of erudition, the Emper ... more details
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