Julius Pollux

Julius Pollux (Greek: Ἰούλιος Πολυδεύκης, Ioulios Polydeukes; fl. 2nd century) was a Greek scholar and rhetorician from Naucratis, Ancient Egypt.[1][2][3] Emperor Commodus appointed him a professor-chair of rhetoric in Athens at the Academy — on account of his melodious voice, according to Philostratus' Lives of the Sophists.

  1. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ^ John Hazel, Who's who in the Greek world, p.197, Routledge, 1999
  3. ^ Andrew Dalby, Food in the Ancient World: From A to Z, p.265, Routledge, 2003

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