Theaetetus Scholasticus (;

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6th century AD) was a

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epigrammatist. Theaetetus was of the time of

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, as is clearly proved by the references in his epigrams to Domninus, who was prefect of the city under

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, and to Julianus Antecessor.

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confounded him with an earlier epigrammatist of the

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. The Medicean Library contains a manuscript tract περὶ ἀττικῶν ὀνομάτων under the name of Theaetetus Scholasticus; and the

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mentions a work on Proverbs (περὶ παροιμιῶν) by a certain Theaetetus.Brunck, ''Anal.'' vol. ii. p. 514; Jacobs, ''Anth. Graec.'' vol. iii. p.214, vol. xiii. p. 957; Fabricius, ''Bibl. Graec.'' vol. iv. p. 496.

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