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This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Margarethe Billerbeck and Didier Clerc and published on 04/04/2019.

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Life and Works

We have no detailed information about the life and activity of Stephanus of Byzantium, whom the Suda¹ mentions only in the entry Ἑρμόλαος (ε 3048 = T 8). Our knowledge of the lexicographer² is based, therefore, on his work and on the occasional testimonia of other parties, though these are not beyond dispute. From the entry Ἀνακτόριον (α 305 = T 1) it is clear that he was active in the imperial school of Consta…