Hesychius (1 Viewer)

Taphrospilus

Well-known member

• Jan 2, 2020

• #1

By researching POGONOTRICCUS I asked myself which Hesychius was...

τρικκος trikkos small wren-like bird, otherwise unidentified, mentioned by Hesychius

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...in the Key.

Apart from that I came accross this interesting book Birds in the Ancient World From A to Z.

I understood it it is Hesychius of Alexandria.

Take it for what's worth.

 

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James Jobling

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• Jan 2, 2020

• #2

The Key; through a glass, darkly. As well as a good Greek lexicon and a good Latin dictionary, the natural history etymologist should also acquire, amongst many others: D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, 1895 (and later eds.), A Glossary of Greek Birds; Filippo Capponi, 1979, Ornithologia Latina; W. Geoffrey Arnott, 2007, Birds in the Ancient World from A to Z; Kenneth F. Kitchell Jr., 2014, Animals in the Ancient World from A to Z. These titles contain numerous references to the classical and older authors.

 

mb1848

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• Jan 3, 2020

• #3

A Glossary of Greek Birds
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45498#page/11/mode/1up .

 

Gonçalo Elias

avesdeportugal.info

• Dec 7, 2023

• #4

Several names are mentioned in the Key with a reference to Hesychius.

I would like to know if there is a specific work by Hesychius where these names can be found.

 

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James Jobling

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• Dec 7, 2023

• #5

Hesychius of Alexandria prepared a Lexicon (c.400AD). Various editions have since been issued (search Google), but I use the "simplest" edition by M. Schmidt (1867, Jena): "Hesychii Alexandrini Lexicon." However, much information on his work can be found in the relevant titles in #2 above.

 

Last edited: Dec 8, 2023

Gonçalo Elias

avesdeportugal.info

• Dec 7, 2023

• #6

Thanks James.

What would be the best way to refer to his work then? "Mentioned by Hesychius in his Lexicon" would be appropriate?

 

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James Jobling

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• Dec 8, 2023

• #7

Hesychius' lexicon, although based on an earlier but lost lexicon, is his only surviving work, so just reference to Hesychius is more than enough.

 

Gonçalo Elias

avesdeportugal.info

• Dec 8, 2023

• #8

Thanks again James.