(In Resp. 2.40.25–42.10 Kroll) uses elementary constructions within the right triangle with
sides 3,4,5 as well as basic calculations on fractions and is attributed to a certain Paterios,
probably the exegete of Plato’s Phaedo whom Proklos approvingly mentions in explaining
the myth of Er (2.134.10). D uses Paterios’ exegesis of the Phaedo to solve a
difficulty raised by H (In Phaed. p. 137 Westerink, on Phaedo 68c1–3). Paterios
is thus either a middle- or Neo-Platonist who commented on Plato between Harpokratio ̄n
and Proklos.
RE 18.4 (1949) 2562–2563, R. Beutler.
Alain Bernard
Patrokle ̄s of Macedon (ca 312 – 261 BCE)
Macedonian explorer and navigator, general in the armies of Seleukos I Nikato ̄r and
Antiokhos I So ̄te ̄r, author of geographical work(s) now lost, used by E, cen-
sured by H N, and regarded as trustworthy by S. As the
admiral of the fleets of Seleukos and Antiokhos, Patrokle ̄s sailed around the Hyrcanian
and Caspian seas, was appointed governor of these regions and based his work on per-
sonal experience. Memno ̄n of He ̄rakleia (FGrHist 434 F 9.1) reports that Antiokhos
sent Patrokle ̄s with his army to Asia Minor where Patrokle ̄s appointed Hermogene ̄s of
Aspendos to attack He ̄rakleia and the other cities. V (9.8.1) says that Patrokle ̄s
invented the Dovetail or the Axe (Pelikinon) sundial. His work included records of distances,
measurements of countries and regions, outlines of sailing routes and descriptions of
various sites.
FGrHist 712.
Daniela Dueck
Patroklos (50 BCE – 10 CE)
A P., in G CMGen 7.13 (13.1019–1020 K.), describes him as a
freedman of C (A?), and quotes his gout ointment, containing frankincense,
myrrh, white pepper, etc. For the rare name, cf. LGPN 2.363, 3A.356, 3B.339, 4.276.
PIR2 P-163.
PTK
P ⇒ V
Paulos (Music) (ca 610 – ca 640 CE)
Ordered by the emperor H (reigned 610–641) to compile ancient philosophers’
sayings on music. This work is preserved only in an Arabic translation attributed to Ish.a ̄q
ibn-H.unayn (d. 910/911). The unedited collection, more gnomology than scientific treatise,
nevertheless presents ancient traditions on music and harmony attributed to P,
T, and other such figures.
Fr. Rosenthal, “Two Graeco-Arabic Works on Music,” PAPhS 110.4 (1966) 261–268.
Kevin van Bladel
PATROKLE ̄S OF MACEDON