) Cicero use at that time at Athens, on account of the great
says of his administration, “ Atheniensium rem expenses involved in it; and in order to afford the
publicam exsanguem.
says of his administration, “ Atheniensium rem expenses involved in it; and in order to afford the
publicam exsanguem.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - a
11.
viii.
233, xiii.
137.
)
been published, and he also translated several 23. Of ILIUM, wrote a history of Troy, which
works from the Latin into Greek. The following is referred to hy Eustathius (ad Hom. Od. xi. p.
are the most important among the works which | 452) and Eudocia (p. 128).
have appeared in print: 1. Two Epistles addressed 24. The author of a work on the kings of the
to Nicephorus Gregors and Philotheus. They Jews, from which a statement respecting the cap-
are prefixed to J. Boivin's edition of Nicephorus tivity of the Jews is quoted. (Hieronym. Cutal.
Gregoras, Paris, 1702, fol. 2. Monodia, that is, IU. Script. 38; Clem. Alex. Strom. i. p. 146. )
lamentations on those who had fallen at Thessalo- 25. Of MAGNESIA, a Greek grammarian, a con-
nica during the disturbances of 1343. It is printed temporary of Cicero and Atticus. (Cic. ad Alt.
in Combefisius's edition of Theophanes, Paris, 1586, viii. U, iv. 11. ) He had, in Cicero's recollec-
fol. p. 385, &c. 3. EvubovAEUTIKós, that is, an tion, sent Atticus a work of his on concord, tep!
oration addressed to the Greeks, in which he gives óuovoias, which Cicero also was anxious to read.
them bis advice as to how the danger which threat- | A second work of his, which is often referred
ened them from the Turks might be averted. It to, was of an historical and philological nature,
is printed in Combefisius's Auctur. Nov. ii. p. 1221, and treated of poets and other authors who bore
&c. 4. On Callipolis, which Demetrius advised the same name. (llepi ouwvúuwv Tointv kal
the Greeks not to surrender to sultan Mürat, who Ougypapéwv; Diog. Laërt. i. 38, 79, 112, ii. 52,
made its surrender the condition of peace. Com- | 56, v. 3, 75, 89, vi. 79, 84, 88, vii. 169, 185,
betisius, Auctar. Nov. ii. p. 1284, &c. 5. Nepi tou viii. 8+, ix. 15, 27, 35, x. 13; Plut. lit. X Orat.
katappoveîv tov Javatóv, was first edited by R. pp. 844, b. , 847, a. , Demosth. 15, 27, 28, 30;
Seiler, Basel, 1553, and last and best by Kuinoel, Harpocrat. s. r. 'loaios, and many other passages;
Leipzig, 1786, 8vo. 6. An Epistle to Barlaam, on Athen. xiii. p. 611; Dionys. Deinarch. 1. )
the procession of the Holy Ghost, is printed in Ca- This important work, to judge from what is quoted
nisius, Lect. Antiq. vol. vi. p. 4, &c. , ed. Ingolstadt, from it, contained the lives of the persons treated
1604. 7. A work against Gregorius Palama, was of, and a critical examination of their merits.
first edited by P. Arcudius in his Opuscula Aurea 26. Surnamed Moschus, a Greek grammarian,
Theol. Gr. (Rome, 1630, 4to. , and reprinted in who is the author of the argumentum to the Aldiká,
1671), which also contain-8. A work against which bear the name of Orpheus. It is said, that
Max. Planudes. (Wharton, Append. to Cure's there are also glosses by him upon the same poem
Histor. Lit. vol. i. p. 47, &c. ; Cave, vol. i. p. 510, in MS. at Paris. He lived in the 15th century of
ed. Lond. 1688; Fabric. Bill. Gr. xi. p. 398, &c. ) our aera. (Fabric. Bibl. Gr. xi. p. 418. )
15. Of CYRENE, surnamed Stamnus (Itáuvos), 27. Of ODESSA, is mentioned as the author of a
whom Diogenes Laërtius (v. 84) calls a remarkable work on his native city. (Steph. Byz. s. r. 'Ooncoós. )
man, but of whom nothing further is known.
28. PHALEREUS, the most distinguished
16. Of Carthage, a rhetorician, who lived among all the literary persons of this name. He
previous to the time of Thrasymachus. (Diog. was at once an orator, a statesman, a philoso-
Laërt. v. 83. )
pher, and a poet. His surname Phalereus is given
17. Metropolitan of Cyzicus, and surnamed him from his birthplace, the Attic demos of Phale-
SYXCELLUS. He is mentioned by Joannes Scy- rus, where he was born about Ol. 108 or 199,
litza and Georgius Cedrenus in the introductions B. c. 315. He was the son of Phanostratus, a
Dansk
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man without rank or property (Diog. Laërt. v. 75; Diogenes Laërtius (v. 80, &c. ) shews that he was
Aelian, V. II. xii. 43); but notwithstanding this, I a man of the most extensive acquirements. These
he rose to the highest honours at Athens through works, which were partly historical, partly politi-
his great natural powers and his perseverance. lle cal, partly philosophical, and partly poctical, have
was educated, together with the poet Menander, all perished. The work on elocution (Tepi épun.
in the school of Theophrastus. He began his pub velas) which has come down under his name, is
lic career about B. c. 325, at the time of the dis- probably the work of an Alexandrian sophist of the
putes respecting Harpalus, and soon acquired a great name of Demetrius. (Sec above, No. 3. ] It is said
reputation by the talent he displayed in public that A. Mai has discovered in a Vatican palimpsest
speaking. He belonged to the party of Phocion ; some genuine fragments of Demetrius Phalereus.
and as he acted completely in the spirit of that For a list of his works see Diogenes Laërtius, who
statesman, Cassander, after the death of Phocion has devoted a chapter to him. (v. 5. ) His literary
in B. C. 317, placed Demetrius at the head of the merits are not confined to what he wrote, for he
administration of Athens. He filled this office for was a man of a practical turn of mind, and not a
ten years in such a manner, that the Athenians mere scholar of the closet; whatever he learned or
in their gratitude conferred upon him the most knew was applied to the practical business of life,
extraordinary distinctions, and no less than 360 of which the following facts are illustrations. The
statues were erected to him. (Diog. Laërt. I. c. ; performance of tragedy had greatly fallen into dis-
Diod. xix. 78; Corn. Nep. Miltiad. 6.
) Cicero use at that time at Athens, on account of the great
says of his administration, “ Atheniensium rem expenses involved in it; and in order to afford the
publicam exsanguem. jar. et jacentem sustentavit. ” people less costly and yet intellectual amusement,
(De Re Publ. ii. 1. ) But during the latter period he caused the Homeric and other poems to be re-
of his administration he seems to have become cited on the stage by rhapsodists. (Athen. xiv.
intoxicated with his extraordinary good fortune, and p. 620; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1473. ) It is also
he abandoned himself to every kind of dissipation. believed that it was owing to his influence with
(Athen. vi. p. 272, xii. p. 542; Aelian, 1. H. ix. 9, Ptolemy Lagi that books were collected at Alex-
where the name of Demetrius Poliorcetes is a mis- andria, and that he thus laid the foundation of the
take for Demetrius Phalereus ; Polyb. xii. 13. ) This library which was formed under Ptolemy Phila-
conduct called forth a party of malcontents, whose delphus. There is, however, no reason whatever
exertions and intrigues were crowned in B. C. 307, for calling him the first in the series of librarians
on the approach of Demetrius Poliorcetes to Athens, at Alexandria, any more than there is for the be-
when Demetrius Phalereus was obliged to take lief that he took part in the Greek translation of
to flight. (Plut. Demet. 8 ; Dionys. Deinarch. 3. ) the Septuagint. A life of Demetrius Phalereus
His enemies even contrived to induce the people of was written by Asclepiadas (Athen. xiii. p. 567),
Athens to pass sentence of death upon him, in but it is lost. Among the modern works upon
consequence of which his friend Menander nearly him and his merits, see Bonamy, in the Mémoires
fell a victim. All his statues, with the exception de l'Acad. des Inscript. vol. viii. p. 157, &c. ; H.
of one, were demolished. Demetrius Phalereus Dohm, De Vita et Rebus Demetrii Phalerei, Kiel,
first went to Thebes (Plut. Denetr. 9; Diod. xx. 1825, 4to. ; Parthey, Das Alexandr. Muscum, pp.
45), and thence to the court of Ptolemy Lagi at 35, &c. , 38, &c. , 71; Ritschl, Die Alexand. Bilm
Alexandria, with whom he lived for many years lioth. p. 15.
on the best terms, and who is eren said to have 29. A PLATONIC philosopher who lived in the
entrusted to him the revision of the laws of his reign of Ptolemy Dionysus, about B. c. 85. (Lucian,
kingdom. (Aelian, V. H. iii. 17. ) During his stay de Calumn. 16. ) He was opposed to the extra-
at Alexandria, he devoted himself mainly to lite- vagant luxuries of the court of Ptolemy, and was
rary pursuits, ever cherishing the recollection of charged with drinking water and not appearing in
his own country. (Plut. de Eril. p. 602, f. ) The woman's dress at the Dionysia. He was punished
successor of Ptolemy Lagi, however, was hostile by being compelled publicly to drink a quantity of
towards Demetrius, probably for having advised wine and to appear in woman's clothes. He is pro-
his father to appoint another of his sons as his bably the same as the Demetrius mentioned by M.
successor, and Demetrius was sent into exile to Aurelius Antoninus (viii. 25), whom Gataker con.
Upper Egypt, where he is said to have died of the founds with Demetrius Phalereus.
bite of a snake. (Diog. Laërt. v. 78; Cic. pro Ra- 30. Surnamed Pugil, a Greek grammarian, is
bir. Post. 9. ) His death appears to have taken mentioned as the author of a work tepl GlanéKTOV
place soon after the year B. C. 283.
(Etymol. Magn, s. v. uhlat), and seems also to
Demetrius Phalereus was the last among the have written on Homer. (Apollon. Soph. s. v.
Attic orators worthy of the name (Cic. Brut. 8; Ómacóuevos. )
Quintil. x. 1. $ 80), and his orations bore evident 31. Of SAGALASSUS, the author of a work en-
marks of the decline of oratory, for they did not titled Laptovakirá. (Lucian, de Hist. Conscrib. 32. )
possess the sublimity which characterizes those of 32. Of SALAMIS, wrote a work on the island of
Demosthenes : those of Demetrius were soft, insi- Cyprus. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Kaptacia. )
nuating, and rather effeminate, and his style was 33. Of SCEPSIS, was a Greek grammarian of
graceful, elegant, and blooming (Cic. Brut. 9, 82, the time of Aristarchus and Crates. (Strab. xiii.
de Orat. ii. 23, Orat. 27; Quintil. x. 1. $ 33); but p. 609. ) He was a man of good family and an
he maintained withal a happy medium between acute philologer. (Diog. Laërt. v. 84. ) He was
the sublime grandeur of Demosthenes, and the the author of a very extensive work which is
fiourishing declamations of his successors. His rery often referred to, and bore the title Tpwinds
numerous writings, the greater part of which diákoouos. It consisted of at least twenty-six
he probably composed during his residence in books. (Strab. xii. p. 603 and passim ; Athen. iii.
Egypt (Cic. de Fin. v. 9), embraced subjects of the pp. 80, 9] ; Steph. Byz. s. v. Einivõiov. ) This
most varied kinds, and the list of them given by I work was an historical and geographical commen-
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tary on that part of the second book of the Iliad | ing to Diogenes Laërtius (viſi. 74), wrote against
in which the forces of the Trojans are enumerated. the sophists.
(Comp. Harpocrat. s. rr. 'ASpáotelov, Jupywvidas; Besides these, there are some writers of the
Schol. ad Apollon. Plud. i. 1123, 1165. ) lle is name of Demetrius who cannot be identified with
sometimes simply called the Scepsian (Strab. ix. any of those here mentioned, as neither their na-
pp. 438, 439, x. pp. 456, 472, 473, 489), and tive places nor any surnames are mentioned by
sometimes simply Demetrius. (Strab. xii. pp. 551, which they might be recognized. For example,
552, xiii. pp. 596, 600, 602. ) The numerous other Demetrius the author of " Pamphyliaca. " (Tzetz.
passages in which Demetrius of Scepsis is men ad Lycoph. 440), Demetrius, the author of " Argo-
tioned or quoted, are collected by Westermann on lica" (Clem. Alex. Protrept. p. 14), and Demetrius
Vossius, De llist. Gruec. p. 179, &c.
the author of a work entitled περί των κατ’ Αίγυπ-
34. Of SMYRNA, a Greek rhetorician of uncer- Tov. (Athen. xv.
been published, and he also translated several 23. Of ILIUM, wrote a history of Troy, which
works from the Latin into Greek. The following is referred to hy Eustathius (ad Hom. Od. xi. p.
are the most important among the works which | 452) and Eudocia (p. 128).
have appeared in print: 1. Two Epistles addressed 24. The author of a work on the kings of the
to Nicephorus Gregors and Philotheus. They Jews, from which a statement respecting the cap-
are prefixed to J. Boivin's edition of Nicephorus tivity of the Jews is quoted. (Hieronym. Cutal.
Gregoras, Paris, 1702, fol. 2. Monodia, that is, IU. Script. 38; Clem. Alex. Strom. i. p. 146. )
lamentations on those who had fallen at Thessalo- 25. Of MAGNESIA, a Greek grammarian, a con-
nica during the disturbances of 1343. It is printed temporary of Cicero and Atticus. (Cic. ad Alt.
in Combefisius's edition of Theophanes, Paris, 1586, viii. U, iv. 11. ) He had, in Cicero's recollec-
fol. p. 385, &c. 3. EvubovAEUTIKós, that is, an tion, sent Atticus a work of his on concord, tep!
oration addressed to the Greeks, in which he gives óuovoias, which Cicero also was anxious to read.
them bis advice as to how the danger which threat- | A second work of his, which is often referred
ened them from the Turks might be averted. It to, was of an historical and philological nature,
is printed in Combefisius's Auctur. Nov. ii. p. 1221, and treated of poets and other authors who bore
&c. 4. On Callipolis, which Demetrius advised the same name. (llepi ouwvúuwv Tointv kal
the Greeks not to surrender to sultan Mürat, who Ougypapéwv; Diog. Laërt. i. 38, 79, 112, ii. 52,
made its surrender the condition of peace. Com- | 56, v. 3, 75, 89, vi. 79, 84, 88, vii. 169, 185,
betisius, Auctar. Nov. ii. p. 1284, &c. 5. Nepi tou viii. 8+, ix. 15, 27, 35, x. 13; Plut. lit. X Orat.
katappoveîv tov Javatóv, was first edited by R. pp. 844, b. , 847, a. , Demosth. 15, 27, 28, 30;
Seiler, Basel, 1553, and last and best by Kuinoel, Harpocrat. s. r. 'loaios, and many other passages;
Leipzig, 1786, 8vo. 6. An Epistle to Barlaam, on Athen. xiii. p. 611; Dionys. Deinarch. 1. )
the procession of the Holy Ghost, is printed in Ca- This important work, to judge from what is quoted
nisius, Lect. Antiq. vol. vi. p. 4, &c. , ed. Ingolstadt, from it, contained the lives of the persons treated
1604. 7. A work against Gregorius Palama, was of, and a critical examination of their merits.
first edited by P. Arcudius in his Opuscula Aurea 26. Surnamed Moschus, a Greek grammarian,
Theol. Gr. (Rome, 1630, 4to. , and reprinted in who is the author of the argumentum to the Aldiká,
1671), which also contain-8. A work against which bear the name of Orpheus. It is said, that
Max. Planudes. (Wharton, Append. to Cure's there are also glosses by him upon the same poem
Histor. Lit. vol. i. p. 47, &c. ; Cave, vol. i. p. 510, in MS. at Paris. He lived in the 15th century of
ed. Lond. 1688; Fabric. Bill. Gr. xi. p. 398, &c. ) our aera. (Fabric. Bibl. Gr. xi. p. 418. )
15. Of CYRENE, surnamed Stamnus (Itáuvos), 27. Of ODESSA, is mentioned as the author of a
whom Diogenes Laërtius (v. 84) calls a remarkable work on his native city. (Steph. Byz. s. r. 'Ooncoós. )
man, but of whom nothing further is known.
28. PHALEREUS, the most distinguished
16. Of Carthage, a rhetorician, who lived among all the literary persons of this name. He
previous to the time of Thrasymachus. (Diog. was at once an orator, a statesman, a philoso-
Laërt. v. 83. )
pher, and a poet. His surname Phalereus is given
17. Metropolitan of Cyzicus, and surnamed him from his birthplace, the Attic demos of Phale-
SYXCELLUS. He is mentioned by Joannes Scy- rus, where he was born about Ol. 108 or 199,
litza and Georgius Cedrenus in the introductions B. c. 315. He was the son of Phanostratus, a
Dansk
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970
DEMETRIUS.
DEMETRIUS.
man without rank or property (Diog. Laërt. v. 75; Diogenes Laërtius (v. 80, &c. ) shews that he was
Aelian, V. II. xii. 43); but notwithstanding this, I a man of the most extensive acquirements. These
he rose to the highest honours at Athens through works, which were partly historical, partly politi-
his great natural powers and his perseverance. lle cal, partly philosophical, and partly poctical, have
was educated, together with the poet Menander, all perished. The work on elocution (Tepi épun.
in the school of Theophrastus. He began his pub velas) which has come down under his name, is
lic career about B. c. 325, at the time of the dis- probably the work of an Alexandrian sophist of the
putes respecting Harpalus, and soon acquired a great name of Demetrius. (Sec above, No. 3. ] It is said
reputation by the talent he displayed in public that A. Mai has discovered in a Vatican palimpsest
speaking. He belonged to the party of Phocion ; some genuine fragments of Demetrius Phalereus.
and as he acted completely in the spirit of that For a list of his works see Diogenes Laërtius, who
statesman, Cassander, after the death of Phocion has devoted a chapter to him. (v. 5. ) His literary
in B. C. 317, placed Demetrius at the head of the merits are not confined to what he wrote, for he
administration of Athens. He filled this office for was a man of a practical turn of mind, and not a
ten years in such a manner, that the Athenians mere scholar of the closet; whatever he learned or
in their gratitude conferred upon him the most knew was applied to the practical business of life,
extraordinary distinctions, and no less than 360 of which the following facts are illustrations. The
statues were erected to him. (Diog. Laërt. I. c. ; performance of tragedy had greatly fallen into dis-
Diod. xix. 78; Corn. Nep. Miltiad. 6.
) Cicero use at that time at Athens, on account of the great
says of his administration, “ Atheniensium rem expenses involved in it; and in order to afford the
publicam exsanguem. jar. et jacentem sustentavit. ” people less costly and yet intellectual amusement,
(De Re Publ. ii. 1. ) But during the latter period he caused the Homeric and other poems to be re-
of his administration he seems to have become cited on the stage by rhapsodists. (Athen. xiv.
intoxicated with his extraordinary good fortune, and p. 620; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1473. ) It is also
he abandoned himself to every kind of dissipation. believed that it was owing to his influence with
(Athen. vi. p. 272, xii. p. 542; Aelian, 1. H. ix. 9, Ptolemy Lagi that books were collected at Alex-
where the name of Demetrius Poliorcetes is a mis- andria, and that he thus laid the foundation of the
take for Demetrius Phalereus ; Polyb. xii. 13. ) This library which was formed under Ptolemy Phila-
conduct called forth a party of malcontents, whose delphus. There is, however, no reason whatever
exertions and intrigues were crowned in B. C. 307, for calling him the first in the series of librarians
on the approach of Demetrius Poliorcetes to Athens, at Alexandria, any more than there is for the be-
when Demetrius Phalereus was obliged to take lief that he took part in the Greek translation of
to flight. (Plut. Demet. 8 ; Dionys. Deinarch. 3. ) the Septuagint. A life of Demetrius Phalereus
His enemies even contrived to induce the people of was written by Asclepiadas (Athen. xiii. p. 567),
Athens to pass sentence of death upon him, in but it is lost. Among the modern works upon
consequence of which his friend Menander nearly him and his merits, see Bonamy, in the Mémoires
fell a victim. All his statues, with the exception de l'Acad. des Inscript. vol. viii. p. 157, &c. ; H.
of one, were demolished. Demetrius Phalereus Dohm, De Vita et Rebus Demetrii Phalerei, Kiel,
first went to Thebes (Plut. Denetr. 9; Diod. xx. 1825, 4to. ; Parthey, Das Alexandr. Muscum, pp.
45), and thence to the court of Ptolemy Lagi at 35, &c. , 38, &c. , 71; Ritschl, Die Alexand. Bilm
Alexandria, with whom he lived for many years lioth. p. 15.
on the best terms, and who is eren said to have 29. A PLATONIC philosopher who lived in the
entrusted to him the revision of the laws of his reign of Ptolemy Dionysus, about B. c. 85. (Lucian,
kingdom. (Aelian, V. H. iii. 17. ) During his stay de Calumn. 16. ) He was opposed to the extra-
at Alexandria, he devoted himself mainly to lite- vagant luxuries of the court of Ptolemy, and was
rary pursuits, ever cherishing the recollection of charged with drinking water and not appearing in
his own country. (Plut. de Eril. p. 602, f. ) The woman's dress at the Dionysia. He was punished
successor of Ptolemy Lagi, however, was hostile by being compelled publicly to drink a quantity of
towards Demetrius, probably for having advised wine and to appear in woman's clothes. He is pro-
his father to appoint another of his sons as his bably the same as the Demetrius mentioned by M.
successor, and Demetrius was sent into exile to Aurelius Antoninus (viii. 25), whom Gataker con.
Upper Egypt, where he is said to have died of the founds with Demetrius Phalereus.
bite of a snake. (Diog. Laërt. v. 78; Cic. pro Ra- 30. Surnamed Pugil, a Greek grammarian, is
bir. Post. 9. ) His death appears to have taken mentioned as the author of a work tepl GlanéKTOV
place soon after the year B. C. 283.
(Etymol. Magn, s. v. uhlat), and seems also to
Demetrius Phalereus was the last among the have written on Homer. (Apollon. Soph. s. v.
Attic orators worthy of the name (Cic. Brut. 8; Ómacóuevos. )
Quintil. x. 1. $ 80), and his orations bore evident 31. Of SAGALASSUS, the author of a work en-
marks of the decline of oratory, for they did not titled Laptovakirá. (Lucian, de Hist. Conscrib. 32. )
possess the sublimity which characterizes those of 32. Of SALAMIS, wrote a work on the island of
Demosthenes : those of Demetrius were soft, insi- Cyprus. (Steph. Byz. s. v. Kaptacia. )
nuating, and rather effeminate, and his style was 33. Of SCEPSIS, was a Greek grammarian of
graceful, elegant, and blooming (Cic. Brut. 9, 82, the time of Aristarchus and Crates. (Strab. xiii.
de Orat. ii. 23, Orat. 27; Quintil. x. 1. $ 33); but p. 609. ) He was a man of good family and an
he maintained withal a happy medium between acute philologer. (Diog. Laërt. v. 84. ) He was
the sublime grandeur of Demosthenes, and the the author of a very extensive work which is
fiourishing declamations of his successors. His rery often referred to, and bore the title Tpwinds
numerous writings, the greater part of which diákoouos. It consisted of at least twenty-six
he probably composed during his residence in books. (Strab. xii. p. 603 and passim ; Athen. iii.
Egypt (Cic. de Fin. v. 9), embraced subjects of the pp. 80, 9] ; Steph. Byz. s. v. Einivõiov. ) This
most varied kinds, and the list of them given by I work was an historical and geographical commen-
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tary on that part of the second book of the Iliad | ing to Diogenes Laërtius (viſi. 74), wrote against
in which the forces of the Trojans are enumerated. the sophists.
(Comp. Harpocrat. s. rr. 'ASpáotelov, Jupywvidas; Besides these, there are some writers of the
Schol. ad Apollon. Plud. i. 1123, 1165. ) lle is name of Demetrius who cannot be identified with
sometimes simply called the Scepsian (Strab. ix. any of those here mentioned, as neither their na-
pp. 438, 439, x. pp. 456, 472, 473, 489), and tive places nor any surnames are mentioned by
sometimes simply Demetrius. (Strab. xii. pp. 551, which they might be recognized. For example,
552, xiii. pp. 596, 600, 602. ) The numerous other Demetrius the author of " Pamphyliaca. " (Tzetz.
passages in which Demetrius of Scepsis is men ad Lycoph. 440), Demetrius, the author of " Argo-
tioned or quoted, are collected by Westermann on lica" (Clem. Alex. Protrept. p. 14), and Demetrius
Vossius, De llist. Gruec. p. 179, &c.
the author of a work entitled περί των κατ’ Αίγυπ-
34. Of SMYRNA, a Greek rhetorician of uncer- Tov. (Athen. xv.
