Athena'goras
4. There was an officer of the same name in the service of Perseus, who commanded at Thessalonica in the war with the Romans, B. C. 168. (
Liv. 44.32.)
There were several other persons of this name, among whom we may mention a native of Cumae, spoken of by Cicero (
pro Flacc. 100.7); a Platonic philosopher, to whom Boethus dedicated his work
περὶ τῶν παρὰ Πλάτωνι ἀπορουμένων λέξεων (Photius,
Phot. Bibl. 155); and a bishop of Byzantium. (Philipp. Cypr.
Chron. p. 4; Fabric.
Bibl. Graec. vii. p. 101.)
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