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Maior (Ancient Greek: Μαΐωρ), better known as Maior of Arabia (Μαΐωρ Ἀράβιος) was a Greek sophist and rhetorician native of Arabia during the mid 3rd century AD. He was a contemporary of the sophists Apsines and Nicagoras, at the time of Roman emperor Philip the Arab (244–249).

There is little biographical information available about him. Like Nicagoras, Maior might have held an official chair of rhetoric at Athens. According to the Suda, he wrote thirteen books On Issues (Περὶ στάσεων).

References

1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Maior
2. An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time: Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a General Index to the Whole. ... T. Osborne; A. Millar; and J. Osborn. 1748.
3. Schepens, G.; Jacoby, Felix; Radicke, Jan (1998). Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker: Continued. Biography and antiquarian literature. Biography. Imperial and Undated Authors. BRILL. p. 227. ISBN 978-90-04-11304-6.
4. Schepens, G.; Jacoby, Felix; Radicke, Jan (1998). Die Fragmente Der Griechischen Historiker: Continued. Biography and antiquarian literature. Biography. Imperial and Undated Authors. BRILL. p. 232. ISBN 978-90-04-11304-6.
5. Suda Online: Maior

• Roman-era Sophists
• 3rd-century Romans
• Roman-era Athenian rhetoricians
• 3rd-century Greek philosophers
• People from Roman Arabia