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2. NaulAaXrca. Some passages extracted from torein Leonem Sapientem quens ordinem sabseant
the Tactica, and given by Fabricius, led to the throni Ecclesiarum Patriarchlae Constantinopolitano
supposition that they are quotations from,and con- subjectarum, Greek and Latin, by J. Leunclavius,
sequently fragments of, a separate work of Leo on in Jus Graeco-Romanum; by Jac. Goar, ad calcem
naval warfare. Codini, Paris, 1648, fol.
3. XVII. Oracula, written in Greek iambic 10. Els ra Movopypiov, In Spectaculum Unius
verses, and accompanied by marginal drawings, on Dei, an epigram of little value, with notes by Brothe fate of the future emperors and patriarchs of daeus and Opsopaeus, in Epigram. Libri VII., ed.
Constantinople, showing the superstition of Leo if Wechel, Frankfort, 1600. Among other produclie believed in his divination, and that of the people tions ascribed to Leo, and of which the reader will
if they had faith in the absurd predictions. The find an account in the sources cited below, we
17th Oracle, on the Restoration of Constantinople, mention only two books on falconry, extant in
was published in Greek and Latin by Joan. Leun- MS. in a Munich MS., which seems to be different
clavius ad Calcem Const. Manassae, Basel, 1573, from a Turin MS. entitled'OpvcrroqP'TrlKoV, since
8vo. Janus Rutgersius edited the other sixteen, the first treats on falconry exclusively, and the
with a Latin version by Georg. Dousa, Leyden, latter on various birds, though on falcons more than
1618, 4to. Other editions: "Espositione'delli others: the first may be an extract of the second.
Oracoli di Leone imperatore," by T. Patricius, (Zonar. vol. ii p. 174, &c.; Cedren.. p. 591, &c.;
Brixen, 1596; by Petrus Lambecius, with a re- Joel, p. 179; Manass. p. 108,&c.; Glycas, p. 296,
vised text from an Amsterdam Codex, with notes &c.; Genes. p. 61, &c.; Codin. p. 63, &c.; Fabric,
and a new translation, Paris, 1655, fol. ad Calcem Bibl. Graec. vol. vii. p. 693, &c.; Hamberger.
Codini. A German translation by John and Theo- ANachriclten eon Gelehrten Miinnern; Cave, Hist.
dore de Bry appeared in' Vita, &c. Muhammedis," Lit.; Hankius, Script. Byzant.; Oudin, Comquoted above; and a Latin one by the same trans- ment. de SS. Eccl., vol. ii. p. 394, &c.) [W. P.]
lators, Frankfort, 1597, 4to.; the same year in LEO, or LEON (Afwv), Greek writers. 1.
which the German version was published. It is ACADEMICUS, called by Justin the historian and
doubtful whether Leo is or not the author of the Suidas LEONIDES (Aewvli8S), was apparently a
Oracles. Fabricius gives a learned disquisition on native of Heracleia in Pontus, and a disciple of
the subject. Plato. He was one ofthe conspirators who, with their
4. Otrationes XXXIII., mostly on theological leader, Chion, in the reign of Ochus, king of Persia,
subjects. One of them appeared in a Latin version B. c. 353, or, according to Orelli, B. c. 351, assassiby F. Metius, in Baronius, Annales; nine others nated Clearchus, tyrant of Heracleia. [CHioN,
by Gretserus, in the 14th vol. of his Opera, Ingol- CLEARCHUS.] The greater part of the conspirators
stadt,' 1600, 4to.; three others, together with seven were killed on the spot by the tyrant's guards;
of those published by Gretserus, by Combefis, in others were afterwards taken and put to a cruel
the first vol. of his Biblioth. PP. Graeco-Lat. death; but which fate befel Leo is not mentioned.
Auctar. Nov., Paris, 1648, fol.; Oratio de Sto. Nicias of Nicaea(apudAthen.xi. p. 506, ed.CasauNicolo, Greek and Latin, by Petrus Possinus, Tou- bon), and Favorinus (Diog. Laert. iii. 37) ascribed to
louse, 1654, 4to.; Oratio de Sto. Chrysostonzo, a certain Leo the Academic the dialogue Aleyon
restored from the life of that father by Georgius ('AAiucvv), which was, in the time of Athenaeus, by
Alexandrinus, in the 8th vol. of the Savilian ed. some ascribed to Plato; and has in modern times
of St. Chrysostomus, Antwerp, 1614, fol.; some been printed among the works of Lucian, by whom
others in Combdfis, Biblioth. Concionatoria, in the it was certainly not written; and from the general
Biblioth. Patrum Lugdun., and dispersed in other character of whose writings the subject (the power
works; Leonis Imp. Homilia nune psinmum vulgata of God displayed in his works) is altogether alien.
Graece et Latine, ejusdenque qua Photiana est, Con- Fabricius identifies the author of the Dialogue
fiutatio, a Scipione Maffei, Padua, 1751, 8vo. with the accomplice of Chion; but we know not
5. Epistolaz ad Omarum Saracenum de Fidei on what ground. (Memnon, apud Phot. Bibl. cod.
Christianae Veritate et Saracenorem Erroribus, in 224, sub init.; Justin. xvi. 5; Suidas, s. v.' KAELatin, Lyon, 1509, by Champerius, who translated apXos; Athen.. c.; Diog. Laert. 1. c.; Lucian,
a Chaldaean version of the Greek original, which Opera, vol. i. p. 128, ed. Bipont; Fabric. Bibl.
seems to be lost; the same in the different Biblioth. Gr. vol. iii. pp. 108, 173, 178.)
Patrum, and separately by Professor Schwarz, in 2. Of ACHeRIS ('Axpls), or ACHRIDIA (now
the Program of the University of Leipzig, of the Okhrida in Albania), was so called because he held
year 1786. the dignity of archbishop of the Greek church among
6. Canticum Compunctionis ex Meditatione ea the Bulgarians; and the seat of the archbishopric
tremi Judicii, Greek and Latin, by Jac. Pontanus, was commonly fixed at Achris. He joined about
Ingolstadt, 1603, 4to.; and in the various Bibli- A.D. 1053 with Michael Cerularius, patriarch of
oth. Patr. Constantinople, in writing a very bitter letter
7. Carmen iambicum de misero Graeciae Statu, against the pope, which they sent to Joannes,
with a Latin version by F. Lucidus, edited by archbishop of Trani in Apulia, to be distributed
Leo Allatlus in his " De Consensu utriusque Ec- among the members of the Latin church, prelates,
clesiae." monks, and laity. A translation of this letter is
8. XXII. Versus Retrograde (Kapv&Koi), pub- given by Baronius. (Annal. Eccles. ad Ann. 1053,
lished by Leo Allatius in' Excerpt. Graec. Rhetor., xxii. &c.) The pope, Leo IX., replied in a long
Rome, 1641, 8vo. Different hymns of Leo are letter, which is given in the Concilia, vol. ix. col.
extant in MS. in various libraries. 949,&c.,ed. Labbe; vol. vi. col. 927, ed. Hardouin;
9.'H yeyovusa =asa'rwos rrapa roD 70 o C;AeA vol. xix. col. 635, ed. Mansi;'and the following
Aco'vTos To0 1OqOVi, 9hrwTs eXoUo'rdnEWs O Sgpdvot'year both Cerularius and Leo of Achris were ex-'rcv'EKKArlncTcv,'rT;v VroKce'V(Y wv HrnarpcdpXp communicated by cardinal Humbert, the papal:Kov'arvTrovro'Aews Dispositio facta per Impera- legate. (Baronius, ad Ann. 1054, xxv.) Leo
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