Polyaenus
- Textgroups:
- tlg0616
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.1152
- Tlg id:
- tlg0616
- Alt id:
- LCCN n 94028544
- Name:
- Polyaenus
- Abbr:
- Polyaen.
- Alt names:
- Πολύαινος
Polyaenus, the Macedonian
Polyen
Poluainos
Polyainos
Polieno
Poliajnos
Polyan
Polyaenus, Historicus
Polyaen. - Field of activity:
- Historian
Rhetor
Strategist
Military Author - Notes:
- Polyaeni indices, 1992
LC data base, 3-23-94 (hdg.: Polyaenus)
Gli Strategemmi di Polieno, c1997
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 328
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 3, 1867, p. 482: "Polyaenus, 4, the Macedonian, the author of the work on Strategems in war...which is still extant.."
Brill's New Pauly: "Polyaenus, 4, Rhetor and Lawyer at Rome 2nd cent. A.D., P. of Macedonia.... was active at Rome as an orator and lawyer under Marcus [2] Aurelius and Lucius Verus. To them, at the outbreak of the Parthian War (Parthian and Persian Wars) in AD 162, he dedicated a collection of 'Strategems in War' (Stratēgiká or Stratēgḗmata) in eight books, a handbook for successful warfare .." Meister, Klaus (Berlin) Meister, Klaus (Berlin). "Polyaenus." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and
Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2010. Brill Online. - Author info:
- Wikipedia
- Worldcat Identities
- Smith's Dictionary
- URN:
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0616.tlg002
- Word Count:
- 16439 Click here for Work record
- URN:
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0616.tlg001
- Word Count:
- 63853 Click here for Work record