Epitomator

Drawing upon royal lists recorded in an epitome by the Hellenized Egyptian priest Manetho (third century BCE), Syncellus arranged rulers of the Nineteenth Dynasty, ending with a pharaoh whom Homer (Odyssey, IV, 126) called Polybus but according to Manetho's epitomator, Julius Africanus, was named "Thuoris." Who was "Thuoris"?

Much uncertainty surrounds the work, and a range of questions has been posed: Who is the epitomator if it is not Ibn al-Muqaffa'?

The epitomator must have cut down the text of 'Loukios of Patrae''s book, the length of which is still a matter of discussion, by leaving out some of the inset tales, which may also have constituted a substantial part of the original, and by only retaining the outlines of the main plot.

Diodorus, a compiler and epitomator, is our main source for Hecataeus of Abdera and other Hellenistic historians, although he himself visited Egypt some time between 60-56 BCE.

7.661), and Adamantius, the epitomator of Polemon, are other sophist-physiognomists known to us.