Maior of Arabia

Maior (Ancient Greek: Μαΐωρ), better known as Maior of Arabia (Μαΐωρ Ἀράβιος) was a Greek sophist and rhetorician native of Arabia during the mid 3rd century AD.[1] He was a contemporary of the sophists Apsines and Nicagoras, at the time of Roman emperor Philip the Arab (244–249).[2][3]

There is little biographical information available about him. Like Nicagoras, Maior might have held an official chair of rhetoric at Athens.[4] According to the Suda, he wrote thirteen books On Issues (Περὶ στάσεων).[5]

References

1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Maior
2. An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a General Index to the Whole. ... T. Osborne; A. Millar; and J. Osborn. 1748.
3. Schepens, G.; Jacoby, Felix; Radicke, Jan (1998). Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker: Continued. Biography and antiquarian literature. Biography. Imperial and Undated Authors. BRILL. p. 227. ISBN 978-90-04-11304-6.
4. Schepens, G.; Jacoby, Felix; Radicke, Jan (1998). Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker: Continued. Biography and antiquarian literature. Biography. Imperial and Undated Authors. BRILL. p. 232. ISBN 978-90-04-11304-6.
5. Suda Online: Maior