ORION
and ORUS, the names of several See also:Greek grammarians, frequently confused
.
The following are the most important
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(1) Orion of See also:Thebes in See also:Egypt (5th See also:century A.D.), the teacher of See also:Proclus the neo-Platonist and of Eudocia, the wife of the younger See also:Theodosius
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He taught at See also:Alexandria, Caesarea in See also:Cappadocia and See also:Byzantium
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He was the author of a partly extant etymological See also:Lexicon (ed
.
F
.
W
.
Sturz, 1820), largely used by the compilers of the Etymologicum Magnum, the Etymologicum Gudianum and other similar See also:works; a collection of See also:maxims in three books, addressed to Eudocia, also ascribed to him by Suidas, still exists in a See also:Warsaw MS
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(2) Orus of See also:Miletus, who, according to See also:Ritschl, flourished not later than the 2nd century A.D., and was a contemporary of Herodian and a little junior to Phrynichus (according to Reitzenstein he was a contemporary of Orion)
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His See also:chief works were See also:treatises on See also:orthography; on Atticisms, written in opposition to Phrynichus; on the names of nations
.
See F
.
Ritschl, De Oro et Orione Commentatio (1834) ; R
.
Reitzenstein, Geschichte der griechischen Etymologika (1897); and See also:article " Orion " in See also:- SMITH
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