Alexander Numenius ( Gr. ), or (according to the ''

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'') Alexander, son of Numenius, was a

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ian who flourished in the first half of the 2nd century. __NOTOC__ About his life almost nothing is known. We possess two works ascribed to him. The one which certainly is his work bears the title Περὶ τῶν τῆς διανοίας καὶ τῆς λέξεως σχημάτων Julius Rufinianus, in his work on the same subject expressly states that Aquila Romanus, in his

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treatise ''De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis'', took his materials from Alexander's work. Another epitome was made in the 4th century by a

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for use in Christian schools, containing additional examples from

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. The second work traditionally attributed to Alexander Numenius, titled ''On Show-Speeches'' (), is acknowledged by virtually all critics not the work of this Alexander, but of a later grammarian also named Alexander; that is, made up very clumsily from two distinct works, one of which was written by one Alexander, and the other by

Menander Rhetor Menander Rhetor ( el, Μένανδρος Ῥήτωρ), also known as Menander of Laodicea ( el, Μένανδρος ὁ Λαοδικεύς), was a Greek rhetorician and commentator of the 3rd or 4th century AD. Two incomplete treatises on epidei ...

. The

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of these two works is the Aldine edition (''Rhetores Graeci'', Venice, 1508, fol., vol. i. p. 574, &c.). They are also contained in Walz's ''Rhetores Graeci'', vol. viii. The genuine work of Alexander Numenius has also been edited, together with Minucianus and Phoebammon, by L. Normann, with a

translation and useful notes, Upsala, 1690, 8vo.Westermann, ''Gesch. der Griech. Beredisamkeit'', ~ 95, n. 13, ~ 104, n. 7

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* * Ahn Jaewon: Alexandri de figuris sententiarum et verborum. Göttingen 2004 (electronic dissertation) *

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, ''Rhetores graeci'', vol. 3 (Leipzig:

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