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This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Lara Pagani and first published on 09/11/2005.

Here is the Italian version of this entry.

Grammarian:

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Biography:

Amerias was a grammarian and lexicographer of the Alexandrine¹ Age, and he is named by Eustathius² (ad Il. 757, 19-22) as one of the γλωσσογράφοι³, the group of scholars before Aristarchus⁴ who are often mentioned in the sources by this term.…