Onasander

Onasander
Ὀνήσανδρος
Start of Sagundino's translation of Onasander's Strategikos from a manuscript copied at Naples in 1494–1495
Bornc. 1st century AD
Notable workStrategikos
EraAncient philosophy
RegionAncient Roman philosophy
SchoolMiddle Platonism
LanguageKoine Greek
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Onasander or Onosander (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ὀνήσανδρος Onesandros or Ὀνόσανδρος Onosandros; fl. 1st century AD) was a Greek philosopher. He was the author of a commentary on the Republic of Plato, which is lost; as well as of the Strategikos (Ancient Greek: Στρατηγικός) - a short but comprehensive work on the duties of a general, which was dedicated to Quintus Veranius. The Strategikos was the main source used for the military writings of emperors Maurice and Leo VI, as well as of Maurice of Saxony, who consulted it in a French translation and expressed a high opinion of it.[1]

  1. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Onosander". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 113.