Epaphroditus of Chaeronea
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Epaphroditus of Chaeronea was a Greek speaking grammarian who lived in Rome during the era of emperor Nerva.
Although born into slavery, he was later freed and became an acclaimed writer and collector of books on grammar, language and various other subjects.
Life
[edit]He was born in Chaeronea, Greece.[1][2]
Later life
[edit]He died in the reign of Emperor Nerva at the age of 75.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), E, Emporiae, Epaphrodītus". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ^ "Epaphroditus - Livius". www.livius.org. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ^ Lockwood, John Francis; Wilson, Nigel (March 7, 2016). "Epaphroditus (2), of Chaeronea, freedman author and teacher, 1st cent. CE". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.2418. ISBN 978-0-19-938113-5. Retrieved 19 January 2025 – via oxfordre.com.
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- 270s BC births
- 190s BC deaths
- 276 BC births
- 3rd-century BC Egyptian people
- 3rd-century BC Greek people
- 3rd-century BC poets
- 3rd-century BC mathematicians
- Ancient Greek astronomers
- Ancient Greek geographers
- Ancient Greek inventors
- Ancient Greek music theorists
- Ancient Greek geometers
- Ancient Greek poets
- Cyrenean Greeks