Talk:Aelius Festus Aphthonius

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I think this is the same person as Aphthonius of Antioch, the sophist; if so, the article on Aphthonius has more references and should probably be retained and the article on Aelius Festus Aphthonius deleted.--FeanorStar7 11:33, 12 June 2014 (UTC) Done Klbrain (talk) 08:03, 9 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

@FeanorStar7:: I'm not trying to be combative, but do you have a citation to back up the claim that they are the same person? I say that because I can find no evidence online, but I'd be happy to be pointed to any published 20th-21st century scholarship. I came across this merge because the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica identified two separate people, Aphthonius the Greek grammarian, and Aphthonius, Aelius Festus, the Latin grammarian. Granted, they flourished at the same time, and it's remotely possible that the second is conflated with the 3rd century Sextus Pompeius Festus. But EB1911 does provide 19th-century citations to both articles. And back then, would it be likely that the same person is notable as both Greek and Latin grammarian (again, I have no idea)?

If there's no contrary evidence, I'm inclined to separate them out again based on EB1911, with a {{distinguish}} note. Also pinging Klbrain. David Brooks (talk) 16:24, 27 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for point out those EB1911 articles, DavidBrooks; given this, I'd support separating them again unless there is some further evidence that they are the same person. Klbrain (talk) 16:37, 27 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

Hi: no problem. I don't have a lot of time to do the research and I may have misinterpreted the information in the articles. If one was Greek and the other Roman and there were separate 19th century citations for each, then yes, they should be distinguished. thanks for following up. FeanorStar7 23:53, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

Done David Brooks (talk) 21:32, 28 September 2017 (UTC)Reply

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