Προγυμνάσματα

Nicola'us or Nicolausthe Sophist

17. The SOPHIST, lived under Leo I., and down to the reign of Anastasius, consequently in the latter half of the fifth century, was a pupil of Proclus.

Works

Προγυμνάσματα and Μελέται ῥητορικαί

Suidas (s. v. Νικ.) mentions two works of his Προγυμνάσματα and Μελέται ῥητορικαί.

Editions

Part of the Προγυμνάσματα had been previously published as the work of Libanius, but has more recently appeared as the work of Nicolaus, in Walz's Rhetor. Graec. vol. i. pp. 266-420.

Confusion with similar works by another Sophist

Suidas (s. v.) mentions another sophist, a native of Myrae in Cilicia, and a pupil of Lachares, who taught at Constantinople, and was the author of a Τέχνη ῥητορική and Μελέται.

Further Information

Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. vi. p. 134; Westermann, Geschichte der Griech. Beredtsamkeit, § 104, n. 10.