XXXVIII. SIBYRTIUS
1. Sud. s. v.: Σιβύρτιος, Θεοδέκτου τοῦ Φασηλίτου ἀναγνώστης καὶ οἰκέτης, ὃς ἐρρητόρευσεν οἰκετῶν πρῶτος. ἔγραψε τέχνας ῥητορικάς.
Utrum patris an filii, non liquet.
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XXXVIII. Sibyrtius
1. Suda s.v.: Sibyrtius, reader[1] and servant of Theodectes of Phaselis [2], the first slave ever to be a rhetorician. He wrote rhetorical treatises.
[1] In wealthy households there was often a slave whose specific task was to read books out aloud for his or her master.
[2] Whether father or son is unclear.
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