Ephorus the Younger
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Ephorus or Ephoros (Greek: Ἔφορος; fl. 3rd century AD) of Kyme in Aeolia, in Asia Minor, was an ancient Greek historian in the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity. He is called "the Younger" to distinguish him from Ephorus, his earlier colleague from the same town.
Ephorus the Younger is mentioned only by Suda, according to which he wrote a history of Galienus in twenty-seven books, a work on Corinth, one on the Aleuadae, and a few others. The name Galienus in this account, it should be observed, is only a correction of Volaterranus, for the common reading in Suidas is Galênou.[1]
It is disputed whether the writer Ephorus mentioned in the Suda actually existed and, if so, whether his name was a pseudonym.[2]
Notes
- ^ Comp. Marx, Ephor. Fragm. p. 7. (cited by Schmitz)
- ^ Bleckmann & Groß 2016.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Leonhard Schmitz (1870). Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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(help)- Bleckmann, Bruno; Groß, Jonathan (2016). Historiker der Reichskrise des 3. Jahrhunderts. Kleine und fragmentarische Historiker der Spätantike. Vol. A1. Paderborn: Schöningh. pp. 99–105. ISBN 978-3-506-78490-2.
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