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Nic Ephorus

10. PHILOSOPHUS, lived about 900, at Constantinople, where he enjoyed great esteem for his learning and genius.

Works

Oratio Panegyrica, s. Vita Antonii Caulei (Cauleae) Patriarch. CP.

He wrote Oratio Panegyrica, s. Vita Antonii Caulei (Cauleae) Patriarch. CP., who died in 891 (895).

Editions

This is printed in Bollandii Acta Sanct., ad diem 12 Februarii.

Ὀκτατευχὸς

He is perhaps also the author of Ὀκτατευχὸς, s. Catena in Octateuchum et Libros Regum, which is ascribed to one Nicephorus Hieromonachus.

Editions

The Octateuchus was published at Venice, 1772-1773, 2 vols. fol., with a Latin version and a commentary: in the title there stands Leipzig, without a date.

Further Information

Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. vii. p. 610; Cave, Hist. Lit. ad an. 895.

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.