Nicolaus or Nicolaus the Sophist
17. The SOPHIST, lived under Leo I., and down to the reign of Anastasius, consequently in the latter half of the fifth century, was a pupil of Proclus.
Works
Προγυμνάσματα and Μελέται ῥητορικαί
Suidas (s. v. Νικ.) mentions two works of his Προγυμνάσματα and Μελέται ῥητορικαί.
Editions
Part of the Προγυμνάσματα had been previously published as the work of Libanius, but has more recently appeared as the work of Nicolaus, in Walz's Rhetor. Graec. vol. i. pp. 266-420.
Confusion with similar works by another Sophist
Suidas (s. v.) mentions another sophist, a native of Myrae in Cilicia, and a pupil of Lachares, who taught at Constantinople, and was the author of a Τέχνη ῥητορική and Μελέται.
Further Information
Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. vi. p. 134; Westermann, Geschichte der Griech. Beredtsamkeit, § 104, n. 10.
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