Sera'pion
2. Aelius Serapion, of Alexandria, a distinguished sophist and rhetorician, in the time of Hadrian. (Suid.
s. v.) The following works of his are enumerated by Suidas :
Ηερί τῶν ἐω ταἰς μελέταις άμαρτανομένων,
᾿Ἀκροάσεων βιβλία ς,
Πανηγνρικὸς ἐπ̓ Ἀδριανῷ τῷ βασιλεῖ,
Βουλευτικὸς Ἀλεξανδρεῦσιν,
Εἰ δικαίως Πλάτων Ὅμηρον ἀπέπεμψ̓ε τῆς πολιτείας,
Τέχνη ῥητορική, and many other works.
There is also a little work on astrology ascribed to him. (Lambec. vii. p. 256.) The Greek Anthology contains an epigram of his. (Brunck.
Anal. vol. ii. p. 291; Jacobs,
Anth. Graec. vol. iii. p. 5, vol. xiii. p. 951.)