Biography:Praxiphanes
Praxiphanes (Greek: Πραξιφάνης) a Peripatetic philosopher, was a native of Mytilene, who lived a long time in Rhodes.[1] He lived in the time of Demetrius Poliorcetes and Ptolemy I Soter, and was a pupil of Theophrastus, about 322 BC.[2] He subsequently opened a school himself, in which Epicurus is said to have been one of his pupils.[3] Praxiphanes paid special attention to grammatical studies, and is hence named along with Aristotle as the founder and creator of the science of grammar.[4][5]
Writings
Of the writings of Praxiphanes, which appear to have been numerous, two are especially mentioned, a Dialogue ποιητῶν (Poiitón, 'Poetry')[6] in which Plato and Isocrates were the speakers, and an historical work cited by Marcellinus in his Life of Thucydides[7] under the title of Περὶ ἱστορίας (Perí istorías, 'About History').[5]
Praxiphanes also wrote a works titled On Friendship,[8] On Rare Words,[9] On the Universe,[10] On Poems, and commentaries on Homer's Odyssey, Hesiod's Works and Days, Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus, and Plato's Timaeus.[11][12]
Notes
- ↑ Algra, K., The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy. Page 36. Cambridge University Press. (1999). Cf. Clement of Alexandria, i.; Strabo, xiv.
- ↑ Proclus, i. in Timaeum; John Tzetzes, ad Hesiod. Op. et Dies, 1.
- ↑ Diogenes Laërtius, x. 13
- ↑ Clement of Alexandria, i.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Smith 1870.
- ↑ Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 8
- ↑ Marcellinus, Thucydides, §29
- ↑ Carneiscus, Philistas fr. 95
- ↑ Demetrius, De elocutione 55-58
- ↑ Epiphanius, De fide 9.35-39
- ↑ Proclus, In Timaeum, 5c
- ↑ Matelli 2018, p. 76-78.
References
Smith, William, ed (1870). "Praxiphanes". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D44%3Aentry%3Dpraxiphanes-bio-1.
Laërtius, Diogenes (1925). "Plato". Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. 1:3 (Two volume ed.). Loeb Classical Library.- Matelli, Elisabetta (12 January 2018). "Praxiphanes of Mytilene (called "of Rhodes"): The Sources, Text, and Translation" (in en). Praxiphanes of Mytilene and Chamaeleon of Heraclea: Text, Translation, and Discussion. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-49713-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=O-pGDwAAQBAJ. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
Further reading
- Preller, Ludwig (1842) (in la). De Praxiphane peripatetico inter antiquissimos grammaticos nobili disputatio. (Index scholarum in Univ. litt. Caesarea Dorpatensi).. Schünmann. https://books.google.com/books?id=w5fKNO1fTLcC. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- (in en) Praxiphanes of Mytilene and Chamaeleon of Heraclea: Text, Translation, and Discussion. Routledge. 12 January 2018. ISBN 978-1-351-49713-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=O-pGDwAAQBAJ. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
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