Encyclopedia

Suidas

Suidas (syOO'idus) [key], title of a Greek lexicon-encyclopedia. The name is also applied to its compiler, who seems to have lived in the 10th cent. A.D. Included in the lexicon are texts from classical Greek works and the commentaries. Though mostly derived from late and corrupt sources, the Suidas preserves much information about Greek literature that would otherwise be lost.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

More on Suidas from Fact Monster:

  • swine: Classification - Classification Swine are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, ...
  • swine - swine swine, name for any of the cloven-hoofed mammals of the family Suidae, native to the Old ...
  • Corinnus - Corinnus A Greek poet before the time of Homer. He wrote in heroic verse the Siege of Troy, and it ...
  • Solecism - Solecism (3 syl.). Misapplication of words; an expression opposed to the laws of syntax; so called ...
  • Encyclopedia: Classical Literature - Encyclopeadia articles concerning Classical Literature.

See more Encyclopedia articles on: Classical Literature
© 2000–2008 Pearson Education, publishing as Fact Monster