Anthe'mius(Ἀνθέμιος), an eminent
mathematician and architect, born at Tralles, in Lydia, in the sixth century after Christ. His
father's name was Stephanus, who was a physician (Alex. Trall. 4.1, p. 198); one of his
brothers was the celebrated Alexander Trallianus; and Agathias mentions (Hist. v. p. 149), that his three other brothers, Dioscorus, Metrodorus, and Olympius,
were each eminent in their several professions. He was one of the architects employed by the
emperor Justinian in the building of the church of St. Sophia, A. D.
532 (Procop. in Combefis. Manip. Reruns CPol. p. 284; Agath. Hist. v. p. 149, &c.; Du Cange, CPolis Christ. lib.
iii. p. 11; Anselm. Bandur. ad Antiq. CPol. p. 772), and to him Eutocius
dedicated his Commentary on the Conica of Apollonius.
Works
Mathematical Fragment
Editions
A fragment of one of his mathematical works was published at Paris, 4to. by M.
Dupuy, 1777, with the title "Fragment d'un Ouvrage Grec d'Anthemius sur des `Paradoxes de
Mécanique;' revu et corrigé sur quatre Manuscrits, avec une Traduction
Françoise et des Notes."It is also to be found in the forty-second volume of the Hist. de l'Acad. des
Inscr. 1786, pp. 72, 392-451.
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