Maior of Arabia explained

Maior (grc|Μαΐωρ), better known as Maior of Arabia (Μαΐωρ Ἀράβιος) was a Greek sophist and rhetorician native of Arabia during the mid 3rd century AD.^[1] He was a contemporary of the sophists Apsines and Nicagoras, at the time of Roman emperor Philip the Arab (244–249).^{[2] [3]}

There is little biographical information available about him. Like Nicagoras, Maior might have held an official chair of rhetoric at Athens.^[4] According to the Suda, he wrote thirteen books On Issues (Περὶ στάσεων).^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=maior-bio-1&highlight=arabia%2Cmaior A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Maior
2. Book: An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a General Index to the Whole. .... 1748. T. Osborne; A. Millar; and J. Osborn. en.
3. Book: Schepens. G.. Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker: Continued. Biography and antiquarian literature. Biography. Imperial and Undated Authors. Jacoby. Felix. Radicke. Jan. BRILL. 1998. 978-90-04-11304-6. 227. en.
4. Book: Schepens. G.. Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker: Continued. Biography and antiquarian literature. Biography. Imperial and Undated Authors. Jacoby. Felix. Radicke. Jan. BRILL. 1998. 978-90-04-11304-6. 232. en.
5. Suda Online: Maior