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Maior, better known as Maior of Arabia was an Arab sophist and rhetorician during the 3rd century AD. He was a contemporary of the sophists Apsines and Nicagoras, at the time of Roman emperor Philip the Arab (244–249).[1][2]

There is little biographical information available about him. Like Nicagoras, Maior might have held an official chair of rhetoric at Athens.[3] According to the Suda, he wrote thirteen books On Issues.[4]

References

  1. ^ An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a General Index to the Whole. ... T. Osborne; A. Millar; and J. Osborn. 1748.
  2. ^ Schepens, G.; Jacoby, Felix; Radicke, Jan (1998). Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker: Continued. Biography and antiquarian literature. Biography. Imperial and Undated Authors. BRILL. p. 227. ISBN 978-90-04-11304-6.
  3. ^ Schepens, G.; Jacoby, Felix; Radicke, Jan (1998). Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker: Continued. Biography and antiquarian literature. Biography. Imperial and Undated Authors. BRILL. p. 232. ISBN 978-90-04-11304-6.
  4. ^ Suda Online: Maior
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