3. A Greek MONK, and a disciple of Simeon Stylites, lived about
He wrote a life of his master Simeon, with whom he had lived on intimate terms.
It was written in Greek, and L. Allatius (Diatr. de Script. Sim. p.
8) attests, that he saw a Greek MS. of it; but Act. Sanctor. i. p.
264.Script. Eccles. Hist. Lit. ii. p. 145.) Vossius
(De Hist. Lat. p. 231), who knew only the Latin translation, was
doubtful whether he should consider Antonius as a Latin or a Greek historian.