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Headword:
Κεφαλίων
ἢ
Κεφάλων
Adler number: kappa,1449
Translated headword: Kephalion or Kephalon, Cephalion or Cephalon
Vetting Status: low
Translation: of
Gergis, a rhetor and historian, he lived in the time of Hadrian. He went into exile from his native city because of enmity with its rulers, and lived in
Sicily. He wrote miscellaneous histories in nine books, which he entitled
Muses,[1] in the Ionian dialect as well as rhetorical declamations and certain other works.
Κεφαλίων ἢ Κεφάλων, Γεργίθιος, ῥήτωρ καὶ ἱστορικός, γεγονὼς ἐπὶ Ἀδριανοῦ. ἔφυγε δὲ τὴν πατρίδα δι' ἀπέχθειαν δυναστῶν καὶ ἐβίω ἐν Σικελίᾳ. ἔγραψε παντοδαπὰς ἱστορίας ἐν βιβλίοις θ#, ἅτινα ἐπιγράφει Μούσας, Ἰάδι διαλέκτῳ: Μελέτας τε ῥητορικὰς καὶ ἄλλα τινά.
Notes:
C2 CE;
RE Kaphalion(4);
FGrH 93 -- but note that, at T1 there, Jacoby points out that the Suda or its source has conflated two individuals. For Kephalon of
Gergis, in the Troad, see
FGrH 45.
[1] cf.
Herodotus (
eta 536).
Translated by: Malcolm Heath on 2 June 2003@11:12:35.
Vetted by:William Hutton (cosmetics, set status) on 2 June 2003@11:23:03.
David Whitehead (modified headword; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 3 June 2003@03:11:51.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 3 May 2007@05:47:03.
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