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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Suda Online: Maior