1. ARTABASDA (Ἁρταβάσδης),
of Smyrna, of uncertain but late age, is called in a Vatican manuscript Ἀρταβάσδης, ἀριθμητικος καὶ γεωμέτρης ὁ Ῥαβδᾶ.
Works
On the Art of Counting
He was the author of a work on the art of counting with the fingers (Ἔκφρασις τοῦ δακτυλικοῦ μέτρου).
Editions
This has been published by F. Morel, Paris, 1614; Possin. Catena Graec. Patrum in Marcum, p. 449, Rome, 1673, J. A.
Fabric. Observ. in varia Loca Novi Testtam., p. 159, Hamb.
1712; and J. G. Schneider, Eclogae physicae, p.
477.
Further Information
Schöll, Geschichte der Griechischen Litteratur, vol. iii. pp.
345-347.