Theodectes
2. A son of the former, who followed his father's profession as a rhetorician, and, according to Suidas (s. v.), wrote an Encomium on Alexander the Epeirot, historical memoirs (ἱστορικὰ ὑπομνήματα), a work on the customs of barbarian nations (νόμιμα βαρβαρικά), a treatise on rhetoric in seven books (τέχνη ῥητορική), and many other works. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. ii. pp. 323, 324, vol. vi. p. 138; Welcker, die Griech. Tragöd. pp. 1069, foil.; Kayser, Hist. Crit. Trag. Graec. p. 108, foll.; Wagner, Fragm. Trag. Graec. pp. 113, foll., in Didot's Bibliotheca.)
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