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

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Grammarian:

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Biography:

A grammarian¹, a tragic writer², and a member of the Pleiad, Lycophron was a native of Chalcis, the son of Socles, and the adoptive son of Lycus of Rhegium³. He wrote 64 or 46 tragedies; we know t…