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Chaeris
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Entry Version:

This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Fausto Montana and first published on 20/12/2015.

Here is the Italian version of this entry.

Grammarian:

Name:

Chaeris | Χαῖρις

Identity:

BNP

Place of Origin:

?

Date:

2nd/1st c. BCE?

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Biography:

We have no certain information about the life of Chaeris. We know from his fragments that he lived after Aristarchus1, with whom he shares or disputes some philological opinions about the Iliad2, and before Didymus3, who used his writings (Sch. A Il. 6, …

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Montana, Fausto, “Chaeris”, in: Lexicon of Greek Grammarians of Antiquity. Consulted online on 30 November 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2451-9278_Chaeris>
First published online: 2015



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