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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 26/07/2004.

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Grammarian:

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Biography:

The identification of this grammarian, who was a native of Cyrene according to Athenaeus¹ (7, 296d), with the Alexandrian Nicanor son of Hermias² was maintained in the past by Vossius (Hist. Gr., 1651², p. 263) and Gräfenhan (Klass. Philol., 1…