Bonn; Pho-
sequence
of the cutting speeches in which she had
tius, Bibl.
tius, Bibl.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - b
list given by Gennadius.
The difficulty arising
The miracles ascribed to him, even when punitive, from their being extant in the Armenian and not
are described as dictated or tempered by mercy, in the Syriac language, which was the vernacular
except perhaps in the case of the celebrated Arius, tongue of the writer, and in which Gennadius says
whose opportune death is ascribed by the author they were written, is met by the supposition that,
of a spurious passage in Theodoret to the prayer of as being addressed to an Armenian prelate, they
Jacobus that God would preserve the church from were written in the Armenian tongue ; or that
the calamity (so it was considered) of that reputed being written in Syriac, but sent immediately into
heretic's restoration. (Arios. )
Armenia, they were at once translated, and the
Whether Jacobus wrote any thing is much dis- original neglected and lost. Their not being extant
puted. Jeronie, who mentions him in his Chro- in any other language is thought to account for
nicon, does not notice him in his book De Viris their being unknown to, and unnoticed by, Jerome,
Illustribus ; and Theodoret, from whom we obtain Theodoret, and Photius.
the amplest detail of his life, does not speak of his Jacobus is commemorated in the Martyrologium
writings. Ebed-Jesu, in his account of the Syriac of the Romish Church on the 15th July ; in the
ecclesiastical writers, is also silent respecting him. Menologium of the Greeks on the 31st Oct. ; in the
On the other hand, Gennadius (De Viris Plus Synacarium of the Maronites on the 13th January,
tribus) ascribes to him a work in twenty-six parts, and in that of the Coptic Church on the 18th of
or perhaps twenty-six distinct works, of most of the month Tybi. The Syrians still profess to point
which he gives the titles. They were in Syriac, out at Nisibis the original burial-place where he
according to him. Among them was a Chronicon, was laid. (Hieronym. Chron. ; Athanas. l. c. ;
which Gennadius describes as less curiously minute Gennad. I. c. ; Philostorg. H. E. iii. 23 ; Theodoret.
than those of the Greeks, but more accurate and H. E. i. 7 ; ii. 26. (ed. Vales. 30, ed. Schulz); Phi-
NN 2
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5. 48
JALEMUS.
IAMBLICHUS.
an
2
lotheus s. Iistoria Religiosa, c. 1 ; Theodorus Lector, of poetry lost its popularity, and was ridiculed by
H. E. i. 10; Theophanes, Chronog. pp. 16, 28, ed. the comic poets. Talemus then became synonymous
Paris, pp. 29, 52, ed. Bonn ; Niceph. Callisti, with cold and frosty poetry, and was used in this
H. E. ix. 28, xv. 22 ; Labbe, Concilia, Il. cc. ; Cave, sense proverbially. (Schol. ad Eurip. Orest. 1375,
Hist. Litt. vol. i. p. 189, ed. Oxford, 1740— ad Apollon. Rhod. iv. 1304 ; Zenob. iv. 39. ) (L. S. )
1743 ; Oudin, De Scriptor. Eccles. vol. i. col. 321, IA’LMENUS ("lánuevos), a son of Ares and
322; Tillemont, Mémoires, vol. vii. p. 260, &c. ; Astyoche, and brother of A scalaphus of the Boeo-
Fabric. Bibl. Gruec. vol. ix. p. 299 ; Bollandus, tian Orchomenos. (Hom. I. ii. 512, &c. ) Others
Acta Sanctorum Julii, vol. iv. p. 28, &c. ; Assemani, call him an Argive and a son of Lycus and Pernis
Biblioth. Oriental. vol. i. p. 17, &c. )
(Ilygin. Fab. 97, 159), and mention him among
14. PSYCHRISTUS or PsycOCHRISTUS. (Sec the Argonauts (Apollod. i. 9. § 16) and the
No. 1. )
suitors of Helena (Apollod. iii. 10. § 8 ; Paus.
15. Sapiens, or the Wise. (See No. 3. ) ix. 37, in fin. ) After the destruction of Troy, he
16. SARUGENSIS, or of SARUG. See No. 3. ) is said to have wandered about with the Orchone
17. A Syrian monk, disciple of the monk Maro nians on the Pontus, and to have founded colonies
or Maron (froin whom, indirectly, the Maronites on the coast of Colchis. (Strab. ix. p. 416 ;
of Syria derive their name), and a contemporary of Eustath. ad Plom. p. 272. )
[L. S. )
the ecclesiastical historian Theodoret, who has IA’LYSUS ('láāvoos), a son of Cercaphus and
given a long account of him in his Philotheus. He Cydippe or Lysippe, and grandson of Helios. He
became so eminent for his sanctity, that the en- was a brother of Lindus and Cameirus, in con-
peror Leo I. Thrax, when he wished to gather junction with whom he possessed the island of
the opinions of the leading ecclesiastics as to the Rhodes, where he was regarded as the founder of
validity of the election of Timotheus Aelurus, the town of Ialysus. Pindar calls him the eldest
patriarch of Alexandria, about A. D. 460, wrote among the three brothers. (Olymp. vii. 74, with
to the various prelates of the Eastern church, and the Schol. ; Diod. v. 57; Eustath. ad Hom. p.
to Jacobus, Symeon Stylites, and Baradatus, all 315. ) Jalysus was represented as a hero in a very
three eminent ascetics, for their judgment in the famous painting by Protogenes. (L. S. ]
matter. The answer of Jacobus is described IAMBE (ʻláu6n), a Thracian woman, daughter
by Photius as written with great simplicity of of Pan and Echo, and a slave of Metaneira, the
style, but full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom. wife of Hippothoon. Others call her a slave of
Jacobus and Theodoret were united by the closest Celeus. The extravagant hilarity displayed at the
ties of friendship ; and when Jacobus died, he was festivals of Demeter in Attica was traced to her ;
buried in the same tomb with his friend. The for it is said that, when Demeter, in her wander-
year of Jacobus' death is not stated : he was still ings in search of her daughter, arrived in Attica,
alive in 460, when he replied to Leo's letter; but Iambe cheered the mournful goddess by her jokes,
as he is said not to have very long survived Theo- (Hom. Ilymn. in Cer. 202 ; Apollod. i. 5. § 1;
doret, who died A. D. 457 or 458, he must have Diod. v. 4 ; Phot. Bibl. Cod. 239. p. 319, ed.
died soon after 460, if not in that year. (Theo- Bekker ; Schol. ad Nicand. Aleriph. 134. ) She
doret, Philotheus 8. Hist. Relig. , c. 21; Evagr. was believed to have given the name to Iambic
H, E. ii. 9; Theodor. Lector, H. E. i. 11; Theoph. poetry; for some said that she hung herself in con-
Chronog. p. 96, ed. Paris, p. 173, ed.
Bonn; Pho- sequence of the cutting speeches in which she had
tius, Bibl. Cod. 228, 229 ; Cave, Hist. Litt. vol. i. indulged, and others that she had cheered Demeter
p. 406, ed. Oxford, 1740; Assemani, Bibl. Orient. by a dance in the lambic metre. (Eustath. ad
vol. i. p. 255. )
Hom. p. 1684. )
(L. S. )
18. ZANZALUS. (See No. 7. ]
IAMBLICHUS (ʻlaubnixos), one of the phy-
Other Jacobi are mentioned in the Bibliotheca larchs, or petty princes of the Arab tribe of the
Graeca of Fabricius, vol. x. 236 (and see index to Emesenes. (Strab. xvi. p. 753. ) He was the son
Fabricins); in the Bibliotheca Orientalis of Asse- of Sampsiceramus, and is first mentioned by Cicero
mani ; and in the Acta Sanctorum; but they do in a despatch, which he sent from Rome to Cilicia
not require distinct notice. The name appears to in B. c. 51, and in which he states that Iamblichus
have been chiefly prevalent in Syria and Meso- had sent him intelligence respecting the movements
potamia, and scarcely to have extended to the of the Parthians, and he speaks of him as well
westward of those countries. [J. C. M. ] disposed to the republic. (Cic. ad Fam. xv. 1. )
JACOʻBUS, a patronus causarum at Constanti- In the war between Octavianus and Antony in B.
nople, was one of the commission of sixteen, headed | 31, lamblichus supported the cause of the latter ; but
by Tribonian, who were employed by Justinian after Cn. Domitius had gone over to Octavianus,
(A. D. 530-533) to compile the Digest. (Const. Antony became suspicious of treachery, and accord-
Tanta, $ 9. )
(J. T. G. ] ingly put Iamblichus to death by torture, along with
I'ADES, statuary. (SILANION. ]
several others. (Dion Cass. I. 13. ) It appears, more
IAEIRA ('ldespa), one of the daughters of over, that Antony's suspicions had been excited
Nereus and Doris. (Hom. N. xviii. 42 ; Hygin. against Iamblichus by the charges of his own brother
Fab. Praefat. ) Another person of this name occurs Alexander, who obtained the sovereignty after his
in Virg. Aen. ix. 673.
[L. S. ) brother's execution, but was shortly afterwards
JAʼLEMUS ('lá euos), a similar personification deprived of it by Octavianus, taken by the latter
to that of Linus, and hence also called a son ofto Rome to grace his triumph, and then put to
Apollo and Calliope, and the inventor of the song death. (Ibid. li. 2. ) At a later period (B. c. 20),
lalemus, which was a kind of dirge, or at any rate the son of lamblichus, who bore the same name,
a song of a very serious and mournful character, obtained from Augustus the restoration of his
and is only mentioned as sung on most melancholy father's dominions. °(Ibid. liv. 9. )
occasions. (Aeschyl. Suppl. 106 ; Eurip. Herc. IAMBLICH US ('Ιάμβλιχος). 1. A Syrian
Fur, 109, Suppl
. 283. ) In later times this kind | who lived in the time of the emperor Trajan. He
3
.
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IAMBLICHUS.
IAMBLICHUS
549
tvas educated at Babylon, and did not become ac- the study of Plato, and consisted originally of ten
quainted with the Greek Janguage till a late period books, of which five only are extant. The first of
of his life. After having lived at Babylon for a them, entitled Nepl Toù Budayopixoll Blov, contains
number of years, he was taken prisoner and sold as a detailed account of the life of Pythagoras and his
a slave to a Syrian, who, however, appears to have school, but is an uncritical compilation from enrlier
set him free again. He is said to have acquired works ; as however these works are lost, the compila-
such a perfect knowledge of Greek, that he even tion of lamblichus is not without its peculiar value
distinguished himself as a rhetorician. (Suidas, to us. This life of Pythagoras was first edited
8. v. ºldubaixos; Schol. ad Phot. Bill. Cod. 94, p. by J. Arcerius Theodoretus in Greek and Latin,
73, ed. Bekker. ) He was the author of a love | Franeker, 1598, 4to. The most recent and best
story in Greek, which, if not the earliest, was at editions are those of L. Kuster (Amsterdam, 1707,
least one of the first productions of this kind in 4to. ) and Th. Kiessling (Leipzig, 1815, 2 vols.
Greek literature. It bore the title Babulwvirá, 8vo. ) The second book, entitled MpotpettiKOL
and contained the story of two lovers, Sinonis and 167oi eis piloooplav, forms a sort of introduction
Rhodanes. According to Suidas, it consisted of to the study of Plato, and is, like the fornier, for
39 books; but Photius (Bibl. Cod. 94), who gives the most part compiled from the works of earlier
a tolerably full epitome of the work, mentions only writers, and almost without any plan or system.
17. (Comp. Phot. Bill. Cod. 166; Suid. s. vo. The last chapter contains an explanation of 39
gápuos, paoua. ) A perfect copy of the work in Pythagorean symbols
. The first edition is that of
MS. existed down to the year 1671, when it was Arcerius Theodoretus, and the best that of Th.
destroyed by fire. A few fragments of the original Kiessling, Leipzig, 1813, 8vo. The third book is
work are still extant, and a new one of some entitled Περί κοινής μαθηματικής επιστήμης, and
length has recently been discovered by A. Mai. contains many fragments of the works of early
(Nov. Collect. Script. l'et. vol. ii. p. 349, &c. ) The Pythagoreans, especially Philolaus and Archytas.
epitome of Photius and the fragments are collected It exists in MS. in various libraries, but for a long
in Chardon de la Rochette's Mélanges de Critique time only fragments were published, until at length
et de Philologie, pp. 18, &c. , 34, &c. , 53, &c. , and Villoison in his Anecdota Graeca (vol. ii. p. 188, &c. )
in Passow's Corpus Erotic. vol. i. ; comp. Fabric. printed the whole of it, after which it was edited
Bibl. Graec. vol. viii. p. 152, &c. ; Vossius, De separately by J. G. Fries, Copenhagen, 1790, 4to. '
Hist. Graec. p. 275, ed. Westermann.
The fourth book, entitled Περί της Νικομάχου
2. A celebrated Neo-Platonic philosopher, was épountiñ's cioaywyas, was first edited by Sam.
born at Chalcis in Cocle-Syria, and was perhaps a Tennulius, Deventer and Arnheim, 1668, 4to
descendant of No. 1. He was a pupil of Anatolius | The fifth and sixth books, which treated on physics
and Porphyrius. Respecting his life we know and ethics, are lost ; but the seventh, entitled Td
very little beyond the fact that he resided in Syria Seohoyoúpeva tîs ápi@untinñs, is still extant, and
till his death, making every year an excursion to has been published by Ch. Wechel (Paris, 1543,
the hot springs of Gadara. He died in the reign 4to) and Fr. Ast (Leipzig, 1817, 8vo. ). With
of Constantine the Great, and probably before a. D. regard to the other books of this work, we know
333. (Suidas, s. o. 'Ikubaixos; Eunapius, Iumblich. ) that the eighth contained an introduction to music
He had studied with great zeal the philosophy of (Iambl. Vit. Pyth. 120, ad Nicom. Arithm. pp. 75,
Plato and Pythagoras, and was also acquainted with 77, 172, 176), the ninth an introduction to geo-
the theology and philosophy of the Chaldaeans and metry (ad Nicom. Arithm. pp. 141, 176), and the
Egyptians.
The miracles ascribed to him, even when punitive, from their being extant in the Armenian and not
are described as dictated or tempered by mercy, in the Syriac language, which was the vernacular
except perhaps in the case of the celebrated Arius, tongue of the writer, and in which Gennadius says
whose opportune death is ascribed by the author they were written, is met by the supposition that,
of a spurious passage in Theodoret to the prayer of as being addressed to an Armenian prelate, they
Jacobus that God would preserve the church from were written in the Armenian tongue ; or that
the calamity (so it was considered) of that reputed being written in Syriac, but sent immediately into
heretic's restoration. (Arios. )
Armenia, they were at once translated, and the
Whether Jacobus wrote any thing is much dis- original neglected and lost. Their not being extant
puted. Jeronie, who mentions him in his Chro- in any other language is thought to account for
nicon, does not notice him in his book De Viris their being unknown to, and unnoticed by, Jerome,
Illustribus ; and Theodoret, from whom we obtain Theodoret, and Photius.
the amplest detail of his life, does not speak of his Jacobus is commemorated in the Martyrologium
writings. Ebed-Jesu, in his account of the Syriac of the Romish Church on the 15th July ; in the
ecclesiastical writers, is also silent respecting him. Menologium of the Greeks on the 31st Oct. ; in the
On the other hand, Gennadius (De Viris Plus Synacarium of the Maronites on the 13th January,
tribus) ascribes to him a work in twenty-six parts, and in that of the Coptic Church on the 18th of
or perhaps twenty-six distinct works, of most of the month Tybi. The Syrians still profess to point
which he gives the titles. They were in Syriac, out at Nisibis the original burial-place where he
according to him. Among them was a Chronicon, was laid. (Hieronym. Chron. ; Athanas. l. c. ;
which Gennadius describes as less curiously minute Gennad. I. c. ; Philostorg. H. E. iii. 23 ; Theodoret.
than those of the Greeks, but more accurate and H. E. i. 7 ; ii. 26. (ed. Vales. 30, ed. Schulz); Phi-
NN 2
## p. 548 (#564) ############################################
5. 48
JALEMUS.
IAMBLICHUS.
an
2
lotheus s. Iistoria Religiosa, c. 1 ; Theodorus Lector, of poetry lost its popularity, and was ridiculed by
H. E. i. 10; Theophanes, Chronog. pp. 16, 28, ed. the comic poets. Talemus then became synonymous
Paris, pp. 29, 52, ed. Bonn ; Niceph. Callisti, with cold and frosty poetry, and was used in this
H. E. ix. 28, xv. 22 ; Labbe, Concilia, Il. cc. ; Cave, sense proverbially. (Schol. ad Eurip. Orest. 1375,
Hist. Litt. vol. i. p. 189, ed. Oxford, 1740— ad Apollon. Rhod. iv. 1304 ; Zenob. iv. 39. ) (L. S. )
1743 ; Oudin, De Scriptor. Eccles. vol. i. col. 321, IA’LMENUS ("lánuevos), a son of Ares and
322; Tillemont, Mémoires, vol. vii. p. 260, &c. ; Astyoche, and brother of A scalaphus of the Boeo-
Fabric. Bibl. Gruec. vol. ix. p. 299 ; Bollandus, tian Orchomenos. (Hom. I. ii. 512, &c. ) Others
Acta Sanctorum Julii, vol. iv. p. 28, &c. ; Assemani, call him an Argive and a son of Lycus and Pernis
Biblioth. Oriental. vol. i. p. 17, &c. )
(Ilygin. Fab. 97, 159), and mention him among
14. PSYCHRISTUS or PsycOCHRISTUS. (Sec the Argonauts (Apollod. i. 9. § 16) and the
No. 1. )
suitors of Helena (Apollod. iii. 10. § 8 ; Paus.
15. Sapiens, or the Wise. (See No. 3. ) ix. 37, in fin. ) After the destruction of Troy, he
16. SARUGENSIS, or of SARUG. See No. 3. ) is said to have wandered about with the Orchone
17. A Syrian monk, disciple of the monk Maro nians on the Pontus, and to have founded colonies
or Maron (froin whom, indirectly, the Maronites on the coast of Colchis. (Strab. ix. p. 416 ;
of Syria derive their name), and a contemporary of Eustath. ad Plom. p. 272. )
[L. S. )
the ecclesiastical historian Theodoret, who has IA’LYSUS ('láāvoos), a son of Cercaphus and
given a long account of him in his Philotheus. He Cydippe or Lysippe, and grandson of Helios. He
became so eminent for his sanctity, that the en- was a brother of Lindus and Cameirus, in con-
peror Leo I. Thrax, when he wished to gather junction with whom he possessed the island of
the opinions of the leading ecclesiastics as to the Rhodes, where he was regarded as the founder of
validity of the election of Timotheus Aelurus, the town of Ialysus. Pindar calls him the eldest
patriarch of Alexandria, about A. D. 460, wrote among the three brothers. (Olymp. vii. 74, with
to the various prelates of the Eastern church, and the Schol. ; Diod. v. 57; Eustath. ad Hom. p.
to Jacobus, Symeon Stylites, and Baradatus, all 315. ) Jalysus was represented as a hero in a very
three eminent ascetics, for their judgment in the famous painting by Protogenes. (L. S. ]
matter. The answer of Jacobus is described IAMBE (ʻláu6n), a Thracian woman, daughter
by Photius as written with great simplicity of of Pan and Echo, and a slave of Metaneira, the
style, but full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom. wife of Hippothoon. Others call her a slave of
Jacobus and Theodoret were united by the closest Celeus. The extravagant hilarity displayed at the
ties of friendship ; and when Jacobus died, he was festivals of Demeter in Attica was traced to her ;
buried in the same tomb with his friend. The for it is said that, when Demeter, in her wander-
year of Jacobus' death is not stated : he was still ings in search of her daughter, arrived in Attica,
alive in 460, when he replied to Leo's letter; but Iambe cheered the mournful goddess by her jokes,
as he is said not to have very long survived Theo- (Hom. Ilymn. in Cer. 202 ; Apollod. i. 5. § 1;
doret, who died A. D. 457 or 458, he must have Diod. v. 4 ; Phot. Bibl. Cod. 239. p. 319, ed.
died soon after 460, if not in that year. (Theo- Bekker ; Schol. ad Nicand. Aleriph. 134. ) She
doret, Philotheus 8. Hist. Relig. , c. 21; Evagr. was believed to have given the name to Iambic
H, E. ii. 9; Theodor. Lector, H. E. i. 11; Theoph. poetry; for some said that she hung herself in con-
Chronog. p. 96, ed. Paris, p. 173, ed.
Bonn; Pho- sequence of the cutting speeches in which she had
tius, Bibl. Cod. 228, 229 ; Cave, Hist. Litt. vol. i. indulged, and others that she had cheered Demeter
p. 406, ed. Oxford, 1740; Assemani, Bibl. Orient. by a dance in the lambic metre. (Eustath. ad
vol. i. p. 255. )
Hom. p. 1684. )
(L. S. )
18. ZANZALUS. (See No. 7. ]
IAMBLICHUS (ʻlaubnixos), one of the phy-
Other Jacobi are mentioned in the Bibliotheca larchs, or petty princes of the Arab tribe of the
Graeca of Fabricius, vol. x. 236 (and see index to Emesenes. (Strab. xvi. p. 753. ) He was the son
Fabricins); in the Bibliotheca Orientalis of Asse- of Sampsiceramus, and is first mentioned by Cicero
mani ; and in the Acta Sanctorum; but they do in a despatch, which he sent from Rome to Cilicia
not require distinct notice. The name appears to in B. c. 51, and in which he states that Iamblichus
have been chiefly prevalent in Syria and Meso- had sent him intelligence respecting the movements
potamia, and scarcely to have extended to the of the Parthians, and he speaks of him as well
westward of those countries. [J. C. M. ] disposed to the republic. (Cic. ad Fam. xv. 1. )
JACOʻBUS, a patronus causarum at Constanti- In the war between Octavianus and Antony in B.
nople, was one of the commission of sixteen, headed | 31, lamblichus supported the cause of the latter ; but
by Tribonian, who were employed by Justinian after Cn. Domitius had gone over to Octavianus,
(A. D. 530-533) to compile the Digest. (Const. Antony became suspicious of treachery, and accord-
Tanta, $ 9. )
(J. T. G. ] ingly put Iamblichus to death by torture, along with
I'ADES, statuary. (SILANION. ]
several others. (Dion Cass. I. 13. ) It appears, more
IAEIRA ('ldespa), one of the daughters of over, that Antony's suspicions had been excited
Nereus and Doris. (Hom. N. xviii. 42 ; Hygin. against Iamblichus by the charges of his own brother
Fab. Praefat. ) Another person of this name occurs Alexander, who obtained the sovereignty after his
in Virg. Aen. ix. 673.
[L. S. ) brother's execution, but was shortly afterwards
JAʼLEMUS ('lá euos), a similar personification deprived of it by Octavianus, taken by the latter
to that of Linus, and hence also called a son ofto Rome to grace his triumph, and then put to
Apollo and Calliope, and the inventor of the song death. (Ibid. li. 2. ) At a later period (B. c. 20),
lalemus, which was a kind of dirge, or at any rate the son of lamblichus, who bore the same name,
a song of a very serious and mournful character, obtained from Augustus the restoration of his
and is only mentioned as sung on most melancholy father's dominions. °(Ibid. liv. 9. )
occasions. (Aeschyl. Suppl. 106 ; Eurip. Herc. IAMBLICH US ('Ιάμβλιχος). 1. A Syrian
Fur, 109, Suppl
. 283. ) In later times this kind | who lived in the time of the emperor Trajan. He
3
.
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IAMBLICHUS.
IAMBLICHUS
549
tvas educated at Babylon, and did not become ac- the study of Plato, and consisted originally of ten
quainted with the Greek Janguage till a late period books, of which five only are extant. The first of
of his life. After having lived at Babylon for a them, entitled Nepl Toù Budayopixoll Blov, contains
number of years, he was taken prisoner and sold as a detailed account of the life of Pythagoras and his
a slave to a Syrian, who, however, appears to have school, but is an uncritical compilation from enrlier
set him free again. He is said to have acquired works ; as however these works are lost, the compila-
such a perfect knowledge of Greek, that he even tion of lamblichus is not without its peculiar value
distinguished himself as a rhetorician. (Suidas, to us. This life of Pythagoras was first edited
8. v. ºldubaixos; Schol. ad Phot. Bill. Cod. 94, p. by J. Arcerius Theodoretus in Greek and Latin,
73, ed. Bekker. ) He was the author of a love | Franeker, 1598, 4to. The most recent and best
story in Greek, which, if not the earliest, was at editions are those of L. Kuster (Amsterdam, 1707,
least one of the first productions of this kind in 4to. ) and Th. Kiessling (Leipzig, 1815, 2 vols.
Greek literature. It bore the title Babulwvirá, 8vo. ) The second book, entitled MpotpettiKOL
and contained the story of two lovers, Sinonis and 167oi eis piloooplav, forms a sort of introduction
Rhodanes. According to Suidas, it consisted of to the study of Plato, and is, like the fornier, for
39 books; but Photius (Bibl. Cod. 94), who gives the most part compiled from the works of earlier
a tolerably full epitome of the work, mentions only writers, and almost without any plan or system.
17. (Comp. Phot. Bill. Cod. 166; Suid. s. vo. The last chapter contains an explanation of 39
gápuos, paoua. ) A perfect copy of the work in Pythagorean symbols
. The first edition is that of
MS. existed down to the year 1671, when it was Arcerius Theodoretus, and the best that of Th.
destroyed by fire. A few fragments of the original Kiessling, Leipzig, 1813, 8vo. The third book is
work are still extant, and a new one of some entitled Περί κοινής μαθηματικής επιστήμης, and
length has recently been discovered by A. Mai. contains many fragments of the works of early
(Nov. Collect. Script. l'et. vol. ii. p. 349, &c. ) The Pythagoreans, especially Philolaus and Archytas.
epitome of Photius and the fragments are collected It exists in MS. in various libraries, but for a long
in Chardon de la Rochette's Mélanges de Critique time only fragments were published, until at length
et de Philologie, pp. 18, &c. , 34, &c. , 53, &c. , and Villoison in his Anecdota Graeca (vol. ii. p. 188, &c. )
in Passow's Corpus Erotic. vol. i. ; comp. Fabric. printed the whole of it, after which it was edited
Bibl. Graec. vol. viii. p. 152, &c. ; Vossius, De separately by J. G. Fries, Copenhagen, 1790, 4to. '
Hist. Graec. p. 275, ed. Westermann.
The fourth book, entitled Περί της Νικομάχου
2. A celebrated Neo-Platonic philosopher, was épountiñ's cioaywyas, was first edited by Sam.
born at Chalcis in Cocle-Syria, and was perhaps a Tennulius, Deventer and Arnheim, 1668, 4to
descendant of No. 1. He was a pupil of Anatolius | The fifth and sixth books, which treated on physics
and Porphyrius. Respecting his life we know and ethics, are lost ; but the seventh, entitled Td
very little beyond the fact that he resided in Syria Seohoyoúpeva tîs ápi@untinñs, is still extant, and
till his death, making every year an excursion to has been published by Ch. Wechel (Paris, 1543,
the hot springs of Gadara. He died in the reign 4to) and Fr. Ast (Leipzig, 1817, 8vo. ). With
of Constantine the Great, and probably before a. D. regard to the other books of this work, we know
333. (Suidas, s. o. 'Ikubaixos; Eunapius, Iumblich. ) that the eighth contained an introduction to music
He had studied with great zeal the philosophy of (Iambl. Vit. Pyth. 120, ad Nicom. Arithm. pp. 75,
Plato and Pythagoras, and was also acquainted with 77, 172, 176), the ninth an introduction to geo-
the theology and philosophy of the Chaldaeans and metry (ad Nicom. Arithm. pp. 141, 176), and the
Egyptians.
