Suda
Proper noun
Meaning
the Suda
A massive tenth-century Byzantine encyclopaedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, written in Greek.
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According to the Suda he wrote 245 comedies, of which only fragments including some 130 titles survive.
As the Suda seems to suggest, it is very likely that with his knowledge of geometry, he became the first Greek to accurately determine the equinoxes.
Gnomon The Suda relates that Anaximander explained some basic notions of geometry.
“He already had the tall and handsome thing going on,” Dr. Suda said.
Furthermore, this list is incomplete since the Suda ends it with ἄλλα τινά main, thus implying "other works".
Routledge, 2004 226–7 believes that "On Theriac to Piso" is genuine, that the Arabic sources are correct, and that the Suda has erroneously interpreted the 70 years of Galen's career in the Arabic tradition as referring to his whole lifespan.