DIONYSIUS of Halicarnassus
Dionusios Alexandrou Alikarnasseus (Διονυσιος Αλεξανδρου Αλικαρνασσευς),
Dionysius, son of Alexander, of Halicarnassus.
Born about 60 BCE in Halicarnassus (Asia).
Died after 8 BCE in Rome.
Wikipedia (English),
Wikipédia (French).
HISTORICAL WORKS
Chronology (Χρονοι, lost).
Mentioned by Clement of Alexandria in Stromateis, I, 21.
Roman Antiquities (Ρωμαικη Αρχαιολογια, circa 8 BCE).
Book I (down to 753 BCE).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book I (Edward Spelman, 1758),
Roman Antiquities, Book I (Earnest Cary, 1937, ed. 1960).
French: Antiquités romaines, Livre I (François Bellanger, 1723, ed. 1799).
Book II (753–673 BCE).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book II (Edward Spelman, 1758),
Roman Antiquities, Book II (Earnest Cary, 1937, ed. 1960).
French: Antiquités romaines, Livre II (François Bellanger, 1723, ed. 1799).
Book III (673–575 BCE).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book III (Edward Spelman, 1758),
Roman Antiquities, Book III (Earnest Cary, 1939, ed. 1961).
French: Antiquités romaines, Livre III (François Bellanger, 1723, ed. 1799).
Book IV (575–509 BCE).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book IV (Edward Spelman, 1758),
Roman Antiquities, Book IV (Earnest Cary, 1939, ed. 1961).
French: Antiquités romaines, Livre IV (François Bellanger, 1723, ed. 1799).
Book V (509–497 BCE).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book V (Edward Spelman, 1758),
Roman Antiquities, Book V (Earnest Cary, 1940, ed. 1961).
French: Antiquités romaines, Livre V (François Bellanger, 1723, ed. 1799).
Book VI (496–493 BCE).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book VI (Edward Spelman, 1758),
Roman Antiquities, Book VI, 1–48 (Earnest Cary, 1940, ed. 1961),
Roman Antiquities, Book VI, 49–96 (Earnest Cary, 1943, ed. 1962).
French: Antiquités romaines, Livre VI (François Bellanger, 1723, ed. 1799).
Book VII (492–490 BCE).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book VII (Edward Spelman, 1758),
Roman Antiquities, Book VII (Earnest Cary, 1943, ed. 1962).
French: Antiquités romaines, Livre VII (François Bellanger, 1723, ed. 1799).
Book VIII (489–482 BCE).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book VIII (Edward Spelman, 1758),
Roman Antiquities, Book VIII (Earnest Cary, 1945, ed. 1962).
French: Antiquités romaines, Livre VIII (François Bellanger, 1723, ed. 1799).
Book IX (481–462 BCE).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book IX (Edward Spelman, 1758),
Roman Antiquities, Book IX, 1–24 (Earnest Cary, 1945, ed. 1962),
Roman Antiquities, Book IX, 25–71 (Earnest Cary, 1947, ed. 1963).
French: Antiquités romaines, Livre IX (François Bellanger, 1723, ed. 1799).
Book X (461–449 BCE).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book X (Edward Spelman, 1758),
Roman Antiquities, Book X (Earnest Cary, 1947, ed. 1963).
French: Antiquités romaines, Livre X (François Bellanger, 1723, ed. 1799).
Book XI (449–443 BCE).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book XI (Edward Spelman, 1758),
Roman Antiquities, Book XI (Earnest Cary, 1950, ed. 1963).
French: Antiquités romaines, Livre XI (François Bellanger, 1723, ed. 1799).
Book XII (442–396 BCE, fragments).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book XII (Earnest Cary, 1950, ed. 1963).
Book XIII (396–390 BCE, fragments).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book XIII (Earnest Cary, 1950, ed. 1963).
Book XIV (390–343 BCE, fragments).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book XIV (Earnest Cary, 1950, ed. 1963).
Book XV (343–304 BCE, fragments).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book XV (Earnest Cary, 1950, ed. 1963).
Book XVI (304–294 BCE, fragments).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book XVI (Earnest Cary, 1950, ed. 1963).
Books XVII and XVIII (294–290 BCE, fragments).
English: Roman Antiquities, Books XVII and XVIII (Earnest Cary, 1950, ed. 1963).
Book XIX (290–279 BCE, fragments).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book XIX (Earnest Cary, 1950, ed. 1963).
Book XX (279–266 BCE, fragments).
English: Roman Antiquities, Book XX (Earnest Cary, 1950, ed. 1963).
Summary of the Roman Antiquities (Συνοψις, lost).
Epitome in five books mentioned by Photius in Bibliotheca, 84. Possibly written by another author.
TREATISES
First Letter to Ammaeus (Προς Αμμαιον επιστολη α’).
English: First Letter to Ammaeus (Stephen Usher, 1985).
French: Première lettre à Ammæus (Étienne Gros, 1826).
On the Arrangement of Words (Περι συνθεσεως ονοματων).
English: On Literary Composition (Stephen Usher, 1985).
French: Traité de l’arrangement des mots (Charles Batteux, 1788, ed. 1800).
On the Ancient Orators (Περι των αρχαιων ρητορων).
Introduction.
English: The Ancient Orators (Stephen Usher, 1974).
French: Sur les anciens orateurs (Étienne Gros, 1826).
1. Lysias.
English: Lysias (Stephen Usher, 1974).
French: Lysias (Étienne Gros, 1826).
2. Isocrates.
English: Isocrates (Stephen Usher, 1974).
French: Isocrate (Étienne Gros, 1826).
3. Isaeus.
English: Isaeus (Stephen Usher, 1974).
French: Isée (Étienne Gros, 1826).
4. Demosthenes (incomplete).
English: On the Style of Demosthenes (Stephen Usher, 1974).
French: Sur l’excellence de l’élocution de Démosthène (Étienne Gros, 1827).
5. Hyperides (lost).
6. Aeschines (lost).
Letter to Pompeius Geminus (Προς Πομπηιον Γεμινον επιστολη).
English: Letter to Gnaeus Pompeius (Stephen Usher, 1985).
French: Lettre à Cn. Pompée (Étienne Gros, 1826).
On Imitation (Περι μιμησεως).
1. On the Nature of Imitation (fragments).
Six short passages quoted by Syrianus in Hermogenes.
2. Authors to be imitated (fragment and epitome).
A large passage quoted by Dionysius in his Letter to Pompeius, and an epitome.
French: Jugement sur les écrivains anciens (Étienne Gros, 1827).
3. Technique of Imitation (lost).
On Thucydides (Περι Θουκυδιδου).
English: On Thucydides (Stephen Usher, 1974).
French: Sur Thucydide et sur ses principales qualités (Étienne Gros, 1826).
On Dinarchus (Περι Δειναρχου).
English: Dinarchus (Stephen Usher, 1985).
French: Dinarque (Étienne Gros, 1826).
Second Letter to Ammaeus (Προς Αμμαιον επιστολη β’).
On the style of Thucydides.
English: Second Letter to Ammaeus (Stephen Usher, 1985).
French: Deuxième lettre à Ammæus (Étienne Gros, 1826).
On the Choice of Words (Περι εκλογης ονοματων, lost).
Announced by Dionysius, but possibly not composed.
In Defense of Political Philosophy (Υπερ της πολιτικης φιλοσοφιας, lost).
On Figures (Περι σχηματισμων, lost).
The Art of Rhetoric (Τεχνη ρητορικη).
Disparate collection of treatises mistakenly ascribed to Dionysus in the past. About the rejection of the attribution to Dionysus, see the essay in French by Alfred Sadous, De la Rhéthorique attribuée à Denys d’Halicarnasse (1847).
