Entry Version:

This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Emanuele Dettori and first published on 10/05/2016.

Here is the Italian version of this entry.

Grammarian:

↓ To Source List

Biography:

It is commonly asserted that Silenus mentions (Ath. 11, 482f) Nicander¹ and that hence his date would be tied to Nicander’s or to the Nicanders’, which is, however, uncertain: a) the second half of the 3^rd c. BCE-beginning of the 2^nd c. BCE, b) the last third of the 2^nd c…