[B-Greek] TOU AUTOU in Cramer's Catena Acta
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Thu Mar 18 13:57:08 EDT 2010
On Mar 18, 2010, at 12:26 PM, Carl Conrad wrote:
> On Mar 18, 2010, at 12:09 PM, jlitteral5 at roadrunner.com wrote:
>> In Cramer's Catena on Acts it appears that one of the cited expositors of many of the extracts in the catena is referred to as TOU AUTOU. Does anyone know who that is suppose to be or is it reference to an anonymous writer? I first assumed it was Chrysostom but he is listed beside his quotes separately. Or is it from Apollinaris, who is supposedly the one who complied the catena. Thanks! Here is the link to the catena http://books.google.com/books?
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> Well, inasmuch as it means "of the same (man/person/author)," it ought to indicate that the person thereby indicated is the same as the one previously named in the genitive.
Upon checking the text of the Catena, I can confirm what I conjectured above. On page 1 the title reads ῾Ερμηνεία τῶν Πράξεων τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου καὶ ἑτέρων διαφορῶν
[hERMHNEIA TWN PRAXEWN TOU CRUSOSTOMOU KAI hETERWN DIAFORWN] "Commentary on Acts of Chrysostom and various others." There follow then the text of verse 1 of Acts 1 and a note on tverse 1 labeled τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου [TOU CRUSOSTOMOU] "of Chrysostom." Then follows the text of verse 2 and a note on that with the same label. Then verse 3 is cited and the note is marked τοῦ αῦτοῦ [TOU AUTOU} "of the same" -- clearly meaning "of Chrysostom."But after verse 4 the first note is labeled ᾿Εξ ἀνεπιγράφου [EX ANEPIGRAFOU] meaning, I take it, "from a scholiast" -- i.e. someone who has left a marginal note in the MS. Following that is yet another note that is labeled τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου [TOU CRUSOSTOMOU] "of Chrysostom."
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>> Also, does anyone know of any translations of that Greek Catena?
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> That's doubtful, I think. People wanting to consult it would be able to read the Greek.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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