---
name: Aelius Theon the Sophist
name_greek: Αἴλιος Θέων ὁ σοφιστής
eul_aid: nxo
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/aelius-theon-the-sophist-nxo"
period: Roman
dialect: Koine
affiliation: Sophist
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Aelius Theon the Sophist

*Αἴλιος Θέων ὁ σοφιστής*

**eul_aid:** `nxo` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/aelius-theon-the-sophist-nxo)

Aelius Theon was a Greek teacher of rhetoric. Surviving works include his rhetorical exercises. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Preliminary Exercises](https://eulogikon.org/works/aelius-theon-preliminary-exercises-nxo-aa) — *Προγυμνάσματα* · `nxo-aa`

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