Orphan date December 2010 Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker 4 November 1753 in Callenberg Oberkallenberg in Saxony 3 June 1813 in Dresden was a Germany German art historian , numismatist , and author . Biography He was educated at Leipzig. He became professor at the Knight academy Ritterakademie in Dresden in 1782. In 1795 he was appointed director of the Dresden Gallery of Antiques, and of the Coin Cabinet, and in 1805 he was also entrusted with the superintendence of the celebrated Green Vault . Works His chief work was Taschenbuch zum geselligen Vergn gen Handbook for social enjoyment Leipzig 1791 1814 . He was also the author of Erholungen Recreations Leipzig 1796 1810 , Augusteum, Dresdens antike Denkm ler enthaltend Augusteum, where Dresden s old monuments are 1805 1809 , with 162 engravings, Zweihundert seltene M nzen des Mittelalters 200 hundred rare coins from the Middle Ages 1813 , and a large number of popular handbooks of art. He edited the Encomium Moriae of Erasmus lang de Lob der Narrheit , In praise of foolishness Basel, 1780 , and published the works of Holbein Berlin, 1781 . Family His son Wilhelm Adolf Becker was a noted classical scholar. References Cite NIE Becker, Wilhelm Gottlieb year 1905 Cite Americana Becker, Wilhelm Gottlieb Cite AmCyc Becker, Wilhelm Gottlieb Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Becker, Wilhelm Gottlieb ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION German art historian, numismatist and author DATE OF BIRTH 4 November 1753 PLACE OF BIRTH Callenberg Oberkallenberg in Saxony DATE OF DEATH 3 June 1813 PLACE OF DEATH Dresden DEFAULTSORT Becker, Wilhelm Gottlieb Category 1753 births Category 1813 deaths Category German art historians Category German numismatists Category German writers Category University of Leipzig alumni de Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker ... more details
Christopher Angelus died 1638 , was a native of the Peloponnesus , who was persecuted by the Ottoman Empire Ottoman governor of Athens . Having been released from prison at the request of some of the town s leaders, he sailed in an English ship for Great Yarmouth Yarmouth in 1608. The clergy of Norwich received him hospitably, and he was sent by the bishop to Trinity College, Cambridge . ref Venn id ANGS608C name Angelus, Christopher ref He moved, for the sake of his health, to Oxford in 1610, where he studied in Balliol College , read Greek with the younger students, and died 1 February 1638, leaving the character of a pure Grecian and an honest and harmless man. Works Of the many Stripes and Torments inflicted on Christopher Angelus by the Turks for the faith which he had in Jesus Christ , Oxford, 1617. An Encomium of the famous Kingdome of Great Britaine, and of the two flourishing sister Universities, Oxford and Cambridge , Cambridge, 1619. Both these are in Greek and English. Enchiridion de Institutis Gr corum , Cambridge, 1619 an account in Greek and Latin of the rites of the Greek church. A Latin version by George Fhelan was published at Frankfort, 1655, Status et Ritus Ecclesi Gr c , and an enlarged edition of the latter version, called De Statu hodiernorum Gr corum Enchiridion , at Leipzig in 1679 in Cyprius s Chronicon Ecclesi Gr c . Labor Christophori Angeli, Gr ci, de Apostasia Ecclesi et de homine peccati, scilicet Antichristi , &c., London, 1624 an attempt to identify Mahomet with Antichrist, and to prove that the last Mahomet will be destroyed in 1876. References reflist Cite DNB wstitle Angelus, Christopher Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Angelus, Christopher ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1638 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Angelus, Christopher Category 1638 deaths Category Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Category Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Category 17th century writers ... more details
Infobox song Name Down by the Seaside Cover Artist Led Zeppelin Album Physical Graffiti Released 24 February 1975 track no 9 Recorded 1971 Genre Rock music Rock Length 5 16 Label Swan Song Records Swan Song Writer Jimmy Page Page Robert Plant Plant prev Bron Yr Aur instrumental Bron Yr Aur prev no 8 next Ten Years Gone next no 10 Down by the Seaside is a song by England English Rock and roll rock band Led Zeppelin from their 1975 album Physical Graffiti . Overview The song was originally written as an Acoustic music acoustic piece by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant at Bron Yr Aur , the cottage in Wales where they went after their 1970 concert tour of the United States . ref name Sutcliffe Q Phil Sutcliffe, Back to Nature , Q Magazine Special Led Zeppelin edition, 2003, p. 34. ref ref name Complete Dave Lewis 1994 , The Complete Guide to the Music of Led Zeppelin , Omnibus Press, ISBN 0 7119 3528 9. ref It was then recorded in 1971 in music 1971 as an electric arrangement and was intended for release on Led Zeppelin IV but was held over and eventually placed on Physical Graffiti to fill up the double album. The song alternates between soft and hard rocking sections, with the lighter sections employing a tremolo effect on the guitar, or possibly by running it through a Leslie speaker , to give an underwater talking feel. John Paul Jones musician John Paul Jones plays a Hohner Electra Piano electric piano on the track. Down by the Seaside was never performed live at Led Zeppelin concerts . ref name Complete Plant would later record Down by the Seaside as a duet with Tori Amos for the 1995 in music 1995 Led Zeppelin tribute album Encomium A Tribute to Led Zeppelin Encomium . Neil Young influence The song was influenced by Neil Young . ref name Complete The title may be a reference to the song Down by the River and the somewhat nasal inflection in Plant s vocals may be an homage to Young s distinctive voice. Plant had long admired the work of Young and Stephen Stills . While ... more details
for the footballer with the same name Colin Harper footballer Colin Harper born 1968 is an Irish people Irish music journalist and composer . He was born in Belfast and graduated in 1989 from Queen s University, Belfast. As a writer for the Belfast newspaper Irish News he wrote unsigned features on local bands and famous bands on tour. During the mid nineties he had articles published in popular music magazines such as Q magazine Q and Mojo magazine Mojo . He also contributed both theatre and music reviews to The Irish Times. Harper became a regular writer of liner notes for compilations of folk, acoustic and prog rock artists appearing on record labels including Windsong, Demon Music Group Demon , Castle Communications Castle , Hux and Snapper Music Snapper . His long time admiration of Bert Jansch led to his biography of Jansch, Dazzling Stranger its title taken from a song by Alan Tunbridge . This was launched at the Edinburgh International Book Festival . He followed up the book release by being the driving force behind the tribute album People On The Highway A Bert Jansch Encomium 2000 . ref cite web last Cooper first Steve title Review People on the Highway A Bert Jansch Encomium work http allmusic.com allmusic.com url http www.allmusic.com album people on the highway a bert jansch encomium r503812 review accessdate 5 January 2012 ref He also contributed the Jansch documentary Dreamweaver on Channel 4 in 2000. ref http www.johnnymarrplaysguitar.com 2012 01 bert jansch dreamweaver ref An updated edition of Dazzling Stranger was released in 2006 including a foreword by The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr . ref name dazzling book2 cite book last Harper first Colin title Dazzling Stranger Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues Revival date August 2006 edition 2nd publisher Bloomsbury location London isbn 9780747587255 ref Harper continued to work as a journalist, mainly for Mojo and Record Collector , until 2007. During this time he published one more book, Seasi ... more details
of her in the Encomium Emmae Reginae , that in addition to political machinations, Cnut grew fond ... of Flanders. It was at this court that the Encomium Emmae see above was written. Image British.Library.MS.Add.33241.jpg ... sits here in receipt of the Encomium Emmae , with her sons Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor in the frame ... Reflist Bibliography History See also Encomium Emmae for the Encomium Emmae Reginae or Gesta Cnutonis Regis in honour of Queen Emma Monk of St Omer 1949 Encomium Emmae Reginae ed. Alistair Campbell. Camden ... more details
King Harthacnut of England at Bruges in 1039. ref Encomium Emmae Reginae ref From 1060 to 1067 Baldwin ... 2002 Encomium Emma Reginae ed. Alistair Campbell, CUP, 1998 s start s hou House of Flanders 19 August ... more details
s 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Music winning piece Time s Encomium . After the RCA was vandalized by thieves ... cgi bin piece.pl?pid 17 Wuorinen s story of Time s Encomium http www.furious.com perfect ohm ... more details
on drums. In 1993, Cracker contributed the song Good Times Bad Times to the Encomium album Encomium ... A Carpenter 1994 Rainy Days and Mondays Encomium album Encomium A Tribute to Led Zeppelin 1995 Good ... more details
The Reverend Mr. Thomas Dilworth died 1780 was an English cleric and author of a widely used schoolbook, both in Great Britain and United States America , A New Guide to the English Tongue. Noah Webster as a boy studied Dilworth s book, and was inspired partly by it to create his own spelling book on completely different principles, using pictures and stories of interest to children. By some accounts Dilworth was one of the few schoolbooks used by Abraham Lincoln . Published in 1761, by 1773, it was in its thirty sixth edition. The last American edition was published in 1827 in New Haven, Connecticut . The full page frontispiece portrait of the author was well known to generations of doodling school children and is mentioned in Charles Dickens Dickens in Sketches by Boz. Chapter X there is a humorous description of rowers togs on the Thames They approach in full aquatic costume, with round blue jackets, striped shirts, and caps of all sizes and patterns, from the velvet skull cap of French manufacture, to the easy head dress familiar to the students of the old spelling books, as having, on the authority of the portrait, formed part of the costume of the Reverend Mr. Dilworth. The other front matter provides an extensive preface, a dedication to the Anglican schools of Great Britain and Ireland, recommendations from educators and a full page poetic encomium to Dilworth by J. Duick What thanks, my friend, should to thy care be given Which makes the paths to science smooth and even. Henceforth our youth who tread thy flowery way, Shall ne er from rules of proper diction stray No more their speech with barbarous terms be filled No more their pens a crop of nonsense yield. Dilworth s book plays the part of a paragon in the poem The Rising Village by Oliver Goldsmith Canadian poet Oliver Goldsmith about the influences of improper education in a Nova Scotia community. Dilworth also wrote other schoolbooks on arithmetic and bookkeeping. External links http www.arts.uwo.ca c ... more details
One source date February 2012 No footnotes date February 2012 Procopius gens Procopius of Gaza c. 465 528 AD was a Christian sophist and rhetoric ian, one of the most important representatives of the famous school of his native place. Here he spent nearly the whole of his life teaching and writing, and took no part in the theological movements of his time. The little that is known of him is to be found in his letters and the encomium by his pupil and successor Choricius of Gaza Choricius . He was the author of numerous rhetorical and theological works. Of the former, his panegyric on the emperor Roman Emperor Anastasius I Anastasius alone is extant the description of the Hagia Sophia and the monody on its partial destruction by an earthquake are spurious. His letters 162 in number , addressed to persons of rank, friends, and literary opponents, throw valuable light upon the condition of the sophistical rhetoric of the period and the character of the writer. The fragment of a polemical treatise against the neoplatonism Neoplatonist Proclus is now assigned to Nicolaus, archbishop of Methoni, Messenia Methone in Peloponnesus ft. 12th century . Procopius s theological writings consist of commentaries on the Octateuch , the books of books of Kings Kings and books of Chronicles Chronicles , book of Isaiah Isaiah , the book of Proverbs Proverbs , the Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes . They are amongst the earliest examples of the catenic catena , chain form of commentary, consisting of a series of extracts from the fathers, arranged, with independent additions, to elucidate the portions of Scripture concerned. Photios I of Constantinople Photius cod. 206 , while blaming the diffuseness of these commentaries, praises the writer s learning and style, which, however, he considers too ornate for the purpose. Complete editions of the works of Procopius in Jacques Paul Migne Migne , Patrologia Graeca , lxxxvii the letters also in Epistolographi graeci , ed. R. Hercher 1873 see als ... more details
, while the Encomium Emmae Reginae claims that he done so for Harthacnut. In any event, on Cnut ... denied. In the Encomium Emmae Reginae it is heard that Harold was secretly a servant s son. John ... tr. M.J. Swanton, The Anglo Saxon Chronicles . 2nd ed. London, 2000. Encomium Emmae Reginae , ed. and tr. Alistair Campbell, Encomium Emmae Reginae . Cambridge, 1998. Letter of Immo, chaplain at the court ... more details
otheruses Adrianus disambiguation Adrianus of Tyre Lebanon Tyre Ancient Greek language Ancient Greek lang grc , c. 113 &ndash 193 , also written as Hadrian and Hadrianos , was a sophist of ancient Athens who flourished under the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Commodus . ref Citation last Jowett first Benjamin author link Benjamin Jowett contribution Adrianus 1 editor last Smith editor first William title Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 21 22 publisher place Boston year 1867 contribution url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0030.html ref He was the pupil of the celebrated Herodes Atticus , and obtained the chair of philosophy at Athens during the lifetime of his master. His advancement does not seem to have impaired their mutual regard Herodes declared that the unfinished speeches of his scholar were the fragments of a colossus, and Adrianus showed his gratitude by a funeral oration which he pronounced over the ashes of his master. Among a people who rivalled one another in their zeal to do him honor, Adrianus did not show much of the discretion of a philosopher. His first lecture commenced with the modest encomium on himself, lang grc , while in the magnificence of his dress and equipage he affected the style of the hierophant of philosophy. A story may be seen in Philostratus of his trial and acquittal for the murder of a begging sophist who had insulted him Adrianus had retorted by styling such insults lang grc , but his pupils were not content with weapons of ridicule. The visit of Marcus Aurelius to Athens made him acquainted with Adrianus, whom he invited to Rome and honored with his friendship the emperor even condescended to set the thesis of a declamation for him. After the death of Aurelius he became the private secretary of Commodus . His death took place at Rome in the eightieth year of his age, not later than 192 AD, if it be true that Commodus who was assassinated ... more details
Commented out because image was deleted Image TheCraque.jpg frame right A report in The Etude of July 1931 on the Vienna State Opera House banning claquing deletable image caption 1 Wednesday, 26 December 2007 A claque French language French for clap is an organized body of professional applause applauders in France French theatres and opera houses . Members of a claque are called claqueurs . Hiring people to applaud dramatic performances was common in classical times. For example, when the emperor Nero acted, he had his performance greeted by an encomium chanted by five thousand of his soldier s. Citation needed date September 2011 This inspired the 16th century French poet Jean Daurat to develop the modern claque. Buying a number of tickets for a performance of one of his plays, he gave them away in return for a promise of applause. In 1820 claques underwent serious systematization when an agency in Paris opened to manage and supply claqueurs. By 1830 the claque had become an institution. The manager of a theatre or opera house was able to send an order for any number of claqueurs. These were usually under a chef de claque leader of applause , who judged where the efforts of the claqueurs were needed and to initiate the demonstration of approval. This could take several forms. There would be commissaires officers commissioner who learned the piece by heart and called the attention of their neighbors to its good points between the acts. Rieurs laughers laughed loudly at the jokes. Pleureurs criers , generally women, feigned tears, by holding their handkerchiefs to their eyes. Chatouilleurs ticklers kept the audience in a good humor, while bisseurs encore ers simply clapped and cried Bis Bis to request Encore concert encores . The practice spread to Italy famously at La Scala , Milan , Vienna , London Royal Opera House Covent Garden and New York the Metropolitan Opera . Claques were also used as a form of extortion , as singer s were commonly contacted by the chef d ... more details
italic title The Annolied Song of Anno was composed around 1100 in Early Middle High German rhyming couplets by a monk of Siegburg Abbey . Dating A principal point of reference for the dating is the mention of Mainz as a place of coronation. The German king s were usually crowned in Aachen , and the naming of Mainz in this connection most likely refers to the coronation either of the counter king Rudolf of Rheinfelden in 1077 or that of Emperor Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V in 1106 . Content The Annolied was an encomium to Archbishopric of Cologne Bishop Anno II of Cologne d. 1075 , later Saint Anno , who was the founder of Siegburg Abbey. The poem consists of three parts the religious or spiritual history of the world and its salvation, from the creation myth creation to the time of Anno II the secular history of the world up to the foundation of the Germany German cities including the theory of the world empires derived from the vision of the Book of Daniel and finally the Vita Annonis , or the biography of Bishop Anno II. A recent interpretation Dunphy, Herweg sees this threefold structure in the context of the poet s remark in the prologue that in the beginning God created two worlds, one spiritual and one earthly, and then he mixed these to create the first human, who, being both, was a third world . The poem then charts spiritual and secular history and finally shows the two culminating in the biography of the man who stands at the centrepoint of history. This is a remarkable and highly original historiographical approach. Parts of the Annolied were incorporated into the later Middle High German Kaiserchronik and the two works are often considered together. No manuscript now exists, but the survival of the text was secured by Martin Opitz , who edited and published it in 1639 reprinted in 2003 . See also Medieval German literature Editions Roediger, Max ed. , 1895. Das Annolied Monumenta Germaniae Historica MGH , Deutsche Chroniken I, 2. Berlin Critical ... more details
ttarr svarti ttarr the Black was an 11th century Icelandic skald . He was the court poet first of Olof Sk tkonung l fr skautkonungr of Sweden, then of l fr Haraldsson of Norway, the Swedish king Anund Jacob and finally of Cnut the Great of Denmark and England. His poems are significant contemporary evidence for the careers of l fr Haraldsson and Cnut the Great. ttarr was the nephew of Sigvatr r arson , and ttarr clearly based the poem H fu lausn , his encomium for l fr Haraldsson , on Sigvatr s V kingarv sur , which tallies the king s early Viking expeditions. ref Grove, Jonathan 2009 . Recreating Tradition Sigvatr r arson s V kingarv sur and ttarr svarti s H fu lausn . In http hig.diva portal.org smash record.jsf?pid diva2 224754 austrvega. Saga and East Scandinavia. Preprint Papers of The 14th International Saga Conference Uppsala, 9th 15th August 2009 , ed. Agneta Ney, et al., vol. II, pp. 327 335 ref A small ttr short story on ttarr, ttars ttr svarta , is preserved in Flateyjarb k , Bergsb k , B jarb k and T masskinna . Works l fsdr pa s nska . Verses for the Swedish king Olof Sk tkonung . H fu lausn also spelled as H fu lausn . Knutsdrapa Ottar the Black Kn tsdr pa . Verses for Cnut the Great . Kn tsdr pur composed by other poets include those of Sigvatr r arson and Hallvar r h reksblesi . Lausav sur . A recent review of the origins of the nursery rhyme London Bridge Is Falling Down Meaning and origin London Bridge is Falling Down has debunked the popularly held belief that it enshrines an English folk memory of a Viking attack on London, sometimes connected with an attack in 1014 for which a stanza from ttarr s H fu lausn is the earliest source. ref Clark, John 2002 . London Bridge and the archaeology of a nursery rhyme , London Archaeologist 9, 338 40 cf. Hagland, Jan Ragnar, and Watson, Bruce. 2005 . Fact or folklore the Viking attack on London Bridge , London Archaeologist 12, 328 33 ref Notes reflist References http skaldic.arts.us ... more details
Selma Jeanne Cohen September 18, 1920 &ndash December 23, 2005 was a dance historian, editor, and teacher who devoted her career to advocating dance as an art worthy of the same scholarly respect traditionally awarded to painting, music, and literature. She edited the six volume International Encyclopedia of Dance , completed in 1998. Born in Chicago , Illinois , she was a dance critic for the New York Times and the Saturday Review US magazine Saturday Review . She also wrote and edited several books and taught at many colleges, including the University of Chicago . She died of Alzheimer s disease in Greenwich Village Greenwich Village, New York on December 23, 2005, aged 85. Cohen was the niece of Benjamin V. Cohen , a key figure in the administrations of President of the United States United States Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman . ref http www.nypl.org research manuscripts dance dancohen.xml id0x03c002a0 See Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers b.3 f.20 ref Encomium o pen to the world, she was able to attune American scholars to seeing beyond national borders ref http www.jwa.org discover inmemoriam cohen sj Selma Jeanne Cohen In Memoriam ref ref http www.feedsfarm.com article 59cf37a640c1207476cc254a0f0e87c058c8a8e7.html Biodata ref Legacy The Society of Dance History Scholars SDHS established the Selma Jeanne Cohen Award for exemplary student dance scholarship in her honor in 1995. The Selma Jeanne Cohen Fund for International Scholarship at the Fulbright Association provides an honorarium, round trip travel funds, and expenses for a dance scholar to give a major presentation on dance scholarship at the Association s annual conference. ref http www.fulbright.org programs cohen lecture ref Works Books Dance As a Theatre Art Source Readings in Dance History from 1581 to the Present co editor Doris Humphrey An Artist First editor International Encyclopedia of Dance editor Next Week, Swan Lake Reflections on Dance and Dances Magazines Dance Perspectives f ... more details
Christopher of Mytilene lang el lang grc , Christophoros Mytilenaios was a Greek language poet living in the first half of the 11th century. His works include poems on various subjects and four Christian calendar s. Biography Christopher was born in Constantinople , and lived in the neighbourhood Sphorakiou for most of his lifetime. He was an important official, holding high ranks such as Patrician ancient Rome patrician , protospatharios , and krites judge of the Theme Byzantine administrative unit theme s Armeniakon and Paphlagonia . Events described in his poems suggest that he started writing in the reign of Romanos III 1028 1034 , but most poems can be dated to the reign of Constantine IX Monomachos Constantine IX 1042 1055 , an emperor who favoured culture and literature. Works Various Verses is the title of his collection of 145 poems, which covers a wide range of genres and topics. The collection seems to have been arranged chronologically. The text of many poems is severely damaged. The metre of most poems is the dodecasyllable , but for some Christopher uses the dactylic hexameter . Their language is an artificial Homeric Greek . Elegiac couplet s and anacreontics occur as well. The content of these poems is very heterogeneous. The most remarkable among them are satirical. In these poems Christopher makes fun of unsuccessful chariot drivers, cheated husbands, hypocritical monks, pseudo intellectuals, etc. Other poems are directed against the mice devouring his books, and an owl that prevents him from sleeping. Many poems are epigram s with a religious content, touching on Biblical figures or Christian feasts. Some longer poems are funeral orations for his mother and his sister. Some describe historical events, such as the death of Romanos III and the riots of 1042 . The longest poem is an encomium on the spider. The rest of the collection is filled with epitaph s, riddle s, dedicatory epigrams, and the like. Christop ... more details
The Polychronion Greek language Greek many years or long lived , literally long timed Church Slavonic language Slavonic mnyogaya lyeta is a solemn encomium chanted in the liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite . The Polychronion is chanted for the secular authorities Orthodox monarch s are mentioned by name, non orthodox leaders are mentioned by title , the church authorities the Patriarch or diocesan bishop , individuals on specific occasions, and the whole community of Orthodox Christians. Forms There are two forms of the Polychronion in the Slavic usage The more formal, which usually takes place at the end of the Divine Liturgy in which the deacon or priest , if there is no deacon recites the names of the individuals to be commemorated, and the choir responds by chanting , Eis polla et Many years three times. A version of this type may also be used to commemorate individuals on important days such as the day of their baptism , their name day or the anniversary of a clergyman s ordination . In the less formal Polychronion the choir alone sings the commemorations, ending simply with ...may the Lord God preserve unto many years , with no repetitions. This form is used at the end of Matins and Vespers . For an Orthodox sovereign The Polychronion as chanted for a sovereign is derived from the traditional Latin language Latin acclamation In multos annos accorded by the populace to Roman Emperor s. The acclamation was continued in Byzantine times in partially Greek language hellenized form Immultos annos , before it was completely translated into the Greek form Eis polla et Polychronion poi sai Kyrios o Theos br ton eusebestaton basileus basilea m n regnal name . br Kyrie phylatte auton br eis polla et . three times Grant long life, O Lord God, br to our most pious basileus king regnal name . br O Lord, preserve him, br unto many years. three times Depending on circumstance, the names ... more details
For other people with this name, see Callinicus Callinicus , surnamed or nicknamed Sutorius or Suetorius , sometimes known as Kallinikos of Petra or Callinicus of Petra Callinicus in Greek was an Ancient Greece Ancient Greek Historian, Public speaking Orator , Rhetoric ian and Sophism Sophist who flourished in the 3rd century. Callinicus was a man of Greek descent, who came from a local eminent family from either Arabia Petraea or Syria Roman province Syria . Little is known about his family except that his father s Praenomen was Gaius. Callinicus was one of the most cultural figures that came from the Eastern Roman Empire . He was a contemporary and friend to Roman Emperor Gallienus 253 268 and Queen of the Palmyrene Empire , Zenobia . During the reign of Gallienus and his father Valerian emperor Valerian , Callinicus taught Rhetoric in Athens , Greece . Later Callinicus accepted the patronage of Syria n Queen of Palmyra , Zenobia reigned before 258 273 . Callinicus moved and lived in Zenobia s court first in Palmyra and later in Alexandria , Egypt . In 273, Callinicus was executed with Zenobia s chief counselor and Greek sophist, Cassius Longinus philosopher Cassius Longinus on the orders of Roman Emperor Aurelian in the city, Callinicum on the Euphrates modern Ar Raqqah , Syria . Zenobia had revolted against the Roman Empire and Aurelian had defeated and ended Zenobia s revolt from Rome in Emesa modern Homs , Syria . Callinicus had written various literacy pieces including a number of speeches and Encomium s. His works include To Lurpus On Bad Taste on Rhetoric Prosphonetikon to Gallienus This was a salute, addressed to Gallienus To Cleopatra Histories of Alexandria These histories were 10 books written on the history of Alexandria who were dedicated to a Cleopatra , who was most probably Zenobia. She claims to be a descendant of Ptolemaic dynasty Ptolemaic Greek Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt Renewal of Rome Against the Philosophical Sects Sources Pal ... more details
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