Theodorus
- A Greek sophist of Byzantium, Cic. Brut. 12, 48; Quint. 3, 1, 11.—
- II A Greek atheist of Cyrene, Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 43, 102; 5, 40, 117; Sen. Tranq. 14, 3.—
- III A celebrated rhetorician of Gadara, Quint. 3, 1, 17; 3, 11, 26; Suet. Tib. 57.
- —Hence, Thĕ-ŏdōrēus, i, m., a pupil and follower of Theodorus, Quint. 2, 11, 2.—Plur., Quint. 4, 2, 32; 3, 1, 18.
- 1. sofist uit Byzantium (2e helft v.d. 5e eeuw v. Chr.);
- 2. sofist uit Cyrene, leerling v. Protagoras, tijdgenoot v. Socrates;
- 3. retor uit Gadara (1e eeuw v. Chr.), leermeester v. keizer Tiberius op Rhodos.
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…se audiente locuples auctor scripsit Thucy dides ; nam Lysiam primo profiteri solitum artem esse dicendi ; deinde, quod Theodorus esset in arte subtilior, in orationibus autem ieiunior, orationes eum scribere aliis coepisse, artem removisse ; similiter…
M. Tullius Cicero, Brutus
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…collatus. nuper codicem a me rogatus Iohannes Stroux examinavit et, , contulit ; reliqua secundum photographa ipse a Theodoro Francksen phil. stud. adiutus denuo excussi. cod. membr. s. IX, binas columnas versuum…
M. Tullius Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes
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…quae deprecatio est igitur ei reliqua qui indignitate servos, temeritate fugitivos, scelere barbaros, crudelitate hostes vicerit Audistis Theodorum et Numenium et Nicasionem, legatos Hennensis, publice dicere sese a suis civibus haec habere mandata, ut ad…
Cicero, in Verrem
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…omnes sese duce natura venimus, deos esse dixerunt, dubitare se Protagoras, nullos esse omnino Diagoras Melius et Theodorus Cyrenaicus putaverunt. Qui vero deos esse dixerunt tanta sunt in varietate et dissensione, ut eorum infinitum sit enumerare…
M. Tullius Cicero, de Natura Deorum
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…dii boni, quod laboremus portus enim praesto est, quoniam mors ibidem est, aeternum nihil sentiendi receptaculum. Theodorus Lysimacho mortem minitanti magnum vero inquit effecisti, si cantharidis vim consecutus es, Paulus Persi deprecanti, ne in…
M. Tullius Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes
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…Nam cum concisus ei Thrasymachus minutis numeris videretur et Gorgias, qui tamen primi traduntur arte quadam verba iunxisse, Theodorus autem praefractior nec satis, ut ita dicam, rotundus, primus instituit dilatare verbis et mollioribus numeris explere sententias…
M. Tullius Cicero, Orator
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…inmanitate efferatas, ut apud eas nulla suspicio deorum sit. Quid Diagoras, Atheos qui dictus est, posteaque Theodorus nonne aperte deorum naturam sustulerunt nam Abderites quidem Protagoras, cuius a te modo mentio facta est, sophistes temporibus…
M. Tullius Cicero, de Natura Deorum
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…ad iudiciorum certamen, sed ad voluptatem aurium scripserat. haec tractasse Thrasymachum Calchedonium primum et Leontinum ferunt Gorgiam, Theodorum inde Byzantium multosque alios, quos λογοδαιδάλους appellat in Phaedro Socrates ; quorum satis arguta multa, sed ut modo…
M. Tullius Cicero, Orator
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…superstitione, quod gloriari soletis, facile est liberare, cum sustuleris omnem vim deorum. Nisi forte Diagoram aut Theodorum, qui omnino deos esse negabant, censes superstitiosos esse potuisse ; ego ne Protagoram quidem, cui neutrum licuerit…
M. Tullius Cicero, de Natura Deorum
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…Telamo Terentius Afer, P. Eun. Heaut. .. Phormio Terina Terinaeus Terra Teucer Thebanus Themistocles Theodectes Theodorus Cyrenaicus. Theombrotus rectius Cleombrotus Theophrastus in Callisthene de vita beata. Theramenes Thermopylae Theseus. Thyestes. Timaeus v…
M. Tullius Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes
(Θεόδωρος). (1) Of Byzantium, a rhetorician, and a contemporary of Plato.
(2) A philosopher of the Cyrenaic School, usually designated by ancient writers “the Atheist.” He resided for some time at Athens; and being banished thence, went to Alexandria, where he entered the service of Ptolemy, son of Lagus.
(3) An eminent rhetorician of the age of Augustus, was a native of Gadara. He settled at Rhodes, where Tiberius, afterwards emperor, during his retirement (B.C. 6- A.D. 2) to that island, was one of his hearers (Sueton. Tib. 57). He also taught at Rome. Theodorus was the founder of a school of rhetoricians called “Theodorei.”
(4) Of Samos, son of Rhoecus. In conjunction with his father, he erected the labyrinth of Lemnos (Pliny H. N. xxxvi. 90), and advised the laying down of a layer of charcoal as part of the foundation of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (Diog. Laert. ii. 103). He is said to have lived for a long time in Egypt, where he and his brother Telecles learned the Egyptian canon of proportion for the human figure. He was considered by the Greeks as one of the inventors of the art of casting in bronze (Pausan. viii. 14, 8). He wrote a work on the Temple of Heré at Samos, which was begun by his father (Vitruv. vii. pref. 12).
(5) Son of Telecles, and nephew of the preceding. He flourished in the time of Croesus and Polycrates, whose ring he made (Herod. i. 51; iii. 41).
- his work at Delphi: Hdt. 1.51
- for Polycrates: Hdt. 3.41
- a Samian, son of Telecles, makes emerald signet for Polycrates: Paus. 8.14.8
- discovers how to smelt iron and mould images out of it: Paus. 3.12.10
- along with another Samian, Rhoecus, son of Philaeus, invents the fusing and casting of bronze: Paus. 8.14.8, Paus. 9.41.1, Paus. 10.38.6
- father of SibylHerophile: Paus. 10.12.7
- Olympic victor: Paus. 6.16.8
- tomb of: Paus. 1.37.3