[I 1] Author of a commentary on Aristophanes, 1st half of the 2nd cent.
No later than the first half of the 2nd cent. AD (citation in Herodian. 2,945-946 Lentz); author of a commentary on Aristophanes [3], frequently used in Late Antiquity and Byzantine scholia literature (subscriptio Schol. Aristoph. Av.; Nub.; Pax). It remains unclear whether S. also commented on comedies which do not survive [2. 1138 f.]. Of the 41 (factual) explanations attributed to…
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Simons, Roswitha (Düsseldorf),
Lehnardt, Andreas,
Groß-Albenhausen, Kirsten (Frankfurt/Main),
Zelzer, Michaela (Vienna) and
Leppin, Hartmut (Hannover),
“Symmachus”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
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