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Iason
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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 Ivan Matijašić and published on 04/04/2019.

Here is the Italian version of this entry.

Grammarian:

Name:

Iason | Ἰάσων

Identity:

Pauly-Wissowa | BNP | BNJ

Place of Origin:

Argos

Date:

1st-2nd c. CE

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Biography:

Biographical information about Iason of Argos is scarce, confused, and contradictory. The starting point is necessarily the lemma of the Suda1 dedicated to him (Sud.ι 53): there he is called a historian2 contemporaneous with, but yo…

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Matijašić, Ivan, “Iason”, in: Lexicon of Greek Grammarians of Antiquity. Consulted online on 04 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2451-9278_Iason>
First published online: 2015



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