Genethlius
Genethlius (Greek: Γενέθλιος, romanized: Genéthlios) was a 3rd century Arab sophist from Petra, Arabia Petraea. His father was also named Genethlius.[1]
He was a pupil of the Greek sophists (Ancient Greek: Μινουκιανός) and Agapetus (Ancient Greek: Ἀγαπητός), and then he himself became a teacher and practiced rhetoric in Athens. He has been known as a rival to the famous Callinicus of Petra.[2][3]
Genethlius is also thought by some scholars to be the author of the first treatise in the corpus of Menander Rhetor.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Suda lexicon, by Suidas (Lexicographer) (work) | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bowersock, Glen Warren (1994). Roman Arabia. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674777569.
- ^ Suda, gamma, 132
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- Arabs in the Roman Empire
- Arab Christians
- Sophists
- 3rd-century births
- 3rd-century Arabs