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Boïdas the Philologist Testimony in Greek

The work titled Testimony, attributed to an author named Boïdas the Philologist, is unattested in standard scholarly sources. The term typically denotes testimony, witness, or evidence, potentially indicating a philosophical, legal, or gnomic text. The epithet "the Philologist" suggests a possible Hellenistic or Roman imperial date, but the work's existence and nature remain unverified. No substantive content or themes from the work are recorded. It is described as a collection of one passage, implying it may be a brief fragment or a single excerpt preserved indirectly, with no manuscript tradition or ancient citations documented. The complete absence of this work and author from the historical record limits its significance. It may represent a lost minor text, a misattribution, or a modern confection.

1 SCHOL. ARISTOPH. vulg. ad Nub. 96 πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ Δίφιλος εἰς Βοΐδαν τὸν φιλόσοφον ὁλόκληρον συνέταξε ποίημα, δι’ οὗ καὶ εἰς δουλείαν ἐρυπαίνετο ὁ φιλόσοφος. οὐ διὰ τοῦτο δὲ ἐχθρὸς ἦν. ἔπειτα Εὔπολις, εἰ καὶ δι’ ὀλίγων ἐμνήσθη Σωκράτους, μᾶλλον ἢ Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν ὅλαις ταῖς Νεφέλαις αὐτοῦ καθήψατο.