Suda

First page of an early printed edition of the Suda

The Suda or Souda (/ˈsdə/; Medieval Greek: Σοῦδα, romanizedSoûda; Latin: Suidae Lexicon)[1] is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas (Σουίδας). It is an encyclopedic lexicon, written in Greek, with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often derived from medieval Christian compilers.

  1. ^ Gaisford Thomas, ed., (1834), Suidae Lexicon, 3 vols.