Epaphroditus, Josephus, and Epictetus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9289442 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P R C Weaver (University of Tasmania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 468-479 |
| Publication date | 1994-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800043925 |
| OpenAlex | W1997857463 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 5 |
‘Epaphroditus’ (= ‘lovely’, ‘charming’) is perhaps the commonest of Roman slave names apart from ‘Felix’, which it sometimes renders as a Greek equivalent. It is also used very extensively under the early empire by those with tria nomina , whether freedmen or freeborn, whether descendants of freedmen or not, whether citizens or Junian Latins. It is also found among decurions and even equestrians, but not senators. It thus has a non-elite resonance in the western half of the empire, but, like almost all personal cognomina , not exclusively so
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Elite · Empire · Josephus · Judaism · Political science · Politics · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |