Helladius

(Ἑλλάδιος).

1. Of Alexandria, a grammarian in the time of Theodosius the younger. Works 1. λεξικὸν κατὰ στοιχεῖου

Photius (cod. 145) gives a brief account of his λεξικὸν κατὰ στοιχεῖου, which embraced chiefly prose words. The work is again quoted by Photius (Phot. Bibl. 158, p. 100a. 38 ed. Bekker) under the title of τῶν λέξεων συλλογή. Suidas calls it λέξεως παντοίας χρῆσις κατα στοῖχειον. Other works

Suidas also mentions also the following works by Helladius: 2. Ἔκφρασις φιλοτιμίας. 3. Διόνυσος ἢ Μοῦσα. 4. Ἔκφρασις τῶν λουτρῶν Κωνσταντιανῶν. 5. Ἔπαινος Φεοδοσίου τοῦ Βασιλέως. It is likely, from the titles, that some of these works were poetical.

2. Besantinoiis, Besantinus, or Bisantinus, an Egyptian grammarian, who lived at the beginning of the fourth century, under the emperors Licinius and Maximinianus. Works πραγματεία χρηστομαθειῶν

He composed four books of miscellaneous extracts, under the title of πραγματεία χρηστομαθειῶν, an account of which is given by Photius (Phot. Bibl. 279). The work is often quoted in the Etymologicum Magnum. Editions

The extracts in Photius were edited, with a Latin version, by Schottus, and notes by Meursius, as an appendix to the posthumous work of Meursius, De Regno Laconico et Atheniensium Piraeo, Ultraj. 1686, 4to, reprinted in Gronovius's Thesaurus Antiq. Graec. vol. 10.1701, fol.

3. Poet in the Greek Anthology. Works A single distich in the Greek Anthology

There is one distich in the Greek Anthology under the name of Helladius. Further Information

Jonsius, Script. Hist. Phil. 1.2, 4, p. 15; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iv. p. 477, vol. vi. p. 368; vol. x. pp. 718, 772 ; Brunck, Anal. vol. ii. p. 438; Jacobs, Anth. Graec. vol. iii. p. 145, vol. xiii. p. 901.

4. Bishop of Caesareia, in Cappadocia, succeeded his master, Basil the Great, in that see. A. D. 378, and was present at the two councils of Constantinople in A. D. 381 and 394. Works Life of St. Basil

His life of St. Basil is quoted by Damascenus (Orat. de Imag. i. p. 327), but the genuineness of the work is doubtful. Further Information

Sozom. H. E. 8.6; Tillemont, Mém. Eccles. vol. ix. p. 589; Cave, Hist. Lit. s. a. 378; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. ix. p. 293.

5. Bishop of Tarsus, originally a monk, flourished about A. D. 431, and was remarkable for his attach ment to Nestorius, through which he lost his bishopric. He was afterwards reconciled to the church, but he was compelled to join in the anathema upon Nestorius. Works Letters

Six letters of his are extant. Further Information

Cave, Hist. Lit. s. a. 431. [P.S]