Σοῦδα

aka Suidae Lexicon

Suda

Author

Unknown

Language

Medieval Greek

Year

10th century

Country

Byzantine Empire

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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The Suda or Souda is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas (Σουίδας). It is an encyclopedic lexicon, written in Greek, with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often derived from medieval Christian compilers.