Entry Version:

This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Flavia Cecchi and published on 06/09/2018.

Here is the Italian version of this entry.

Grammarian:

↓ To Source List

Biography:

Alexander is known only from two citations preserved by Eustathius¹ and derived from the collection of aitia and paradoxa of Ptolemy Chennos². Because of the doubts raised by critics about the reliability of Ptolemy in mentioning his auctoritates, the figure of Alex…