Dositheus

Dositheus in Wikipedia

Dositheos or Dositheus may refer to: * Dositheos (Samaritan), Gnostic * Dositheus Magister, Roman grammarian and jurist * Dositheus of Pelusium (ca 3rd century BC), Greek mathematician, probably Hebrew-born, active in Alexandria, best known for his correspondence with Archimedes * Dositheus of Gaza (died c. 530), Egyptian monk * Dositheos (pa...

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Dositheus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Δωσίθεος). A grammarian who flourished towards the end of the fourth century A.D. He wrote a Latin grammar for Greek boys, with a literal Greek translation, which was not fully completed. With this was bound up (whether by Dositheus himself is uncertain) a miscellany of very various contents by another author. This comprises 1. anecdotes of the e...

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