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This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Lara Pagani and first published on 28/08/2006.

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Grammarian:

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Biography:

According to Athenaeus¹ (11, 493c-494b), the grammarian² Sosibius lived at the court of Ptolemy II Philadelphus³ (285-246 BCE) and was a skilled solver of Homeric⁴ προβλήματα (hence his nickname ὁ λυτικός).

The hypothesis that he should be identif…