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Genethlius

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Genethlius (Greek: Γενέθλιος) was a 3rd century Arab sophist from Petra, Arabia Petraea.[1]

He was a pupil of Greek sophist Minucionus, and then he himself became a teacher and practiced rhetoric in Athens. He has been known as a rival to the famous Callinicus of Petra.[2]

Genethlius is also thought by some scholars to be the author of the first treatise in the corbus of Menander Rhetor.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Suda lexicon, by Suidas (Lexicographer) (work) | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  2. ^ a b Bowersock, Glen Warren (1994). Roman Arabia. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674777569.