SIYIDAS  , See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek lexicographer . Nothing is known of him, except that he must have lived before See also:

• EUSTATHIUS
• EUSTATHIUS, or EUMATHIUS

Eustathius (12th—13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century), who frequently quotes him . Under the heading " See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam " the author of the See also:

• LEXICON

lexicon (which a prefatory See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note states to be " by Suidas ") gives a brief See also:

• CHRONOLOGY (Gr. xpovo?oyfa, computation of time, xp6vos)

chronology of the See also:

• WORLD

world, ending with the See also:

• DEATH

death of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Zimisces (975), and under "See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople " his successors See also:

• BASIL (Russ. VASILY)

Basil and See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine are mentioned . It would thus appear that Suidas lived in the latter See also:

• PART

part of the xoth century . The passages in which See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael See also:

• PSELLUS (Gr.'I' XXor)

Psellus (end of the x Ith century) is referred to are considered later interpolations . The lexicon of Suidas is arranged alphabetically with some slight deviations, letters and combinations of letters having the same See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound being placed together; thus, at and e follow 8, and et, n, 1 follow . It partakes of the nature of a See also:

• DICTIONARY

dictionary and See also:

• ENCYCLOPAEDIA

encyclopaedia . It includes numerous quotations from See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient writers; the scholiasts on See also:

• ARISTOPHANES
• ARISTOPHANES (c. 448–385 B.e.1)

Aristophanes, See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, See also:

• SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.c.)

Sophocles and See also:

• THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides are also much used . The See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical notices, the author tells us, are condensed from the Onomatologion or Pinax of See also:

• HESYCHIUS

Hesychius of See also:

• MILETUS (mod. Palatia)

Miletus; other See also:

• SOURCES

sources were the excerpts of Constantine Porphyrogenitus, the See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

chronicle of Georgius Monachus, the See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies of See also:

• DIOGENES

Diogenes Laertius and the See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• ATHENAEUS

Athenaeus and See also:

• PHILOSTRATUS

Philostratus . The See also:

• WORK

work deals with scriptural as well as See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan subjects, from which it is inferred that the writer was a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian . A prefatory note gives a See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of dictionaries from which the lexical portion was compiled, together with the names of their authors . Although the work is uncritical and probably much interpolated, and the value of the articles is very unequal, it contains much See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information on ancient See also:

• HISTORY

history and See also:

• LIFE

life .

Editio princeps, by See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius Chalcondyles (1499) ; later See also:

• EDITIONS

editions by L . Mister (1705), T . See also:

• GAISFORD, THOMAS (1779-1855)

Gaisford (1834), G . See also:

• BERNHARDY, GOTTFRIED (1800–1875)

Bernhardy (1834—1853) and I . See also:

• BEKKER (or WOLFF), ELIZABETH (1738–1804)
• BEKKER, AUGUST IMMANUEL (1785–1871)
• BEKKER, BALTHASAR (1634–1698)

Bekker (1854); see A . See also:

• DAUB, KARL (1765-1836)

Daub, De S . Biographicorum origin et fide (188o) and Studien zu den Biographika See also:

• DES

des S . (1882); and J . E . See also:

• SANDYS, FREDERICK (1832-1904)
• SANDYS, GEORGE (1578-1644)
• SANDYS, SIR EDWIN (1561-1629)

Sandys, Hist. of Cassical Scholarship (1906), p . 407 .