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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 Lara Pagani and published on 02/04/2020. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Eubulus | Εὔβουλος Place of Origin: ? Date: ? ↓ To Source List Biography: A person named Eubulus, perhaps an otherwise unknown grammarian (Erbse 1969–1988, 5, p. 304, test. ad loc.; 6, p. 50, Index 1), is cited in Sch. ex. (?) Il. 22, 162a, for a note on the simile in which the racing Hector and Achilles are compared to horses rushing to victory which gall…

Versione della scheda: La versione italiana di questa scheda di Lara Pagani è stata pubblicata il 01/10/2021. Grammatico: Nome: Ptolemaeus [7] Peripateticus | Πτολεμαῖος ὁ Περιπατητικός Luogo di provenienza: ? Data: 2°-1° sec. a.C.? ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Un Tolemeo qualificato come Peripatetico è citato in un passo di Sesto Empirico (Sext. S. 1, 60-61) e in un parallelo brano degli scolî alla Techne attribuita a Dionisio Trace (LGGA, Dionysius [15] Thrax) ( Sch. Vat. D.T. p. 165, 16-19) nell’ambito della discussione sulle definizioni della γραμματική. Da entrambi i test…

Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Lara Pagani è stata pubblicata il 16/11/2007. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Posidonius [1] | Ποσειδώνιος Identità: BNP Luogo di provenienza: ? Data: 2° sec. a.C. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Noto da pochi frammenti superstiti, il grammatico Posidonio fu ἀναγνώστης di Aristarco, secondo quanto tramandano gli scolî iliadici ed Eustazio, che ad essi si rifà ( Sch. Il. 6, 511a. 17, 75a, cfr. Eustath. ad Il. 659, 15–18. 1096, 12–15). Tale qualifica andrà riferita, con ogni p…

Entry Version: 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 31/10/2005. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Menecrates [3] | Μενεκράτης Place of Origin: Miletus Date: ? ↓ To Source List Biography: The existence of this grammarian is attested in the scholia to the Iliad1, which cite him once with the ethnic ( Sch. Hrd. Il. 4, 94a1) and state his disagreement with Aristarchus2 on the division of a word (Menecrates regarded ἐπιπροέμεν as one word, whereas Aris…

Entry Version: 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 21/12/2007. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Demetrius [12] Pyktes | Δημήτριος ὁ Πύκτης Identity: BNP Place of Origin: ? Date: ante second half of the 1st c. CE ↓ To Source List Biography: Demetrius, a grammarian known from very few references, was called “the Boxer” and definitely lived within the second half of the 1st c. CE, as we can ascertain from the fact that he was known to Apollonius Sophistes1 …

Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Lara Pagani è stata pubblicata il 20/02/2006 – 09/09/2009. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Megaclides | Μεγακλείδης Identità: BNP Luogo di provenienza: Atene? Data: seconda metà del 4° sec. a.C. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Grammatico di ambiente peripatetico, vissuto nella seconda metà del 4° secolo a.C. (Tat. Or. 31, 2; Eus. PE. 10, 11, 3). Dal contenuto di alcuni frammenti discende l’ipotesi della sua origine ateniese (cfr. Dreyer, Megakleides, 1138; e inoltre Hypoth. A ad Hes. S…

Entry Version: 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 29/04/2005. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Hermonax | Ἑρμῶναξ Identity: BNP Place of Origin: ? Date: ante 1st c. CE (?) ↓ To Source List Biography: Hermonax was the author of a collection of Cretan Glosses; Athenaeus1 preserves four certain fragments from this work, and these involve the Cretan names for a variety of figs (3, 76e), quinces (3, 81f), and a category of slaves (6, 267c), as well as a …

Entry Version: 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 30/03/2009. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Asclepiades [6] | Ἀσκληπιάδης Place of Origin: ? Date: ? ↓ To Source List Biography: Two fragments about Thucydides’1 work are attributed to an Asclepiades who is distinguished from the other men bearing the same name: one fragment concerns the division of the historian’s work into ἱστορίαι (Marcel. V. Thuc. 58), and the second one registers a no…

Entry Version: 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 25/05/2007. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Timolaus | Τιμόλαος Identity: BNP Place of Origin: Larissa Date: 4th / 4th-3rd c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: According to the Suda1 (τ 626), Timolaus was a rhetorician and a student of Anaximenes of Lampsacus2; this fact allows us to date his career to the end of the 4th or between the 4th and 3rd c. BCE. His birthplace is named by the Suda as Larissa “ἐκ Μακ…

Entry Version: 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 31/03/2006. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Agallis | Ἀγαλλίς Identity: Place of Origin: Corcyra Date: 3rd c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: Agallis’ gender and the form of her name are known for certain from Athenaeus1 (1, 14d: Ἀγαλλὶς ἡ Κερκυραία), who allows us to recognize the Ἀναγαλλίς of the Suda2 (which is completely dependent on Athenaeus) as a corrupt reading and the Ἀγαλλίας ὁ Κερκυραῖος …

Entry Version: 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 18/06/2007 - 23/09/2009. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Crates [1] | Κράτης Identity: Perseus | BNP | FGrHist V Place of Origin: Mallus Date: 2nd c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: According to the Suda1 (κ 2342 = T 1 Broggiato), Crates was a native of Mallus (Cilicia) and “was a contemporary of Aristarchus (of Samothrace)2 in the time of Ptolemy (VI) Philometor3”, who ruled in Egypt from 180 to…

Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Lara Pagani è stata pubblicata il 30/03/2009. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Asclepiades [6] | Ἀσκληπιάδης Luogo di provenienza: ? Data: ? ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: A un Asclepiade distinto dagli altri omonimi vengono ricondotti due frammenti relativi all’opera tucididea: uno riguarda la suddivisione in ἱστορίαι del lavoro dello storico (Marcel. V. Thuc. 58) e un secondo registra una nota sulla superfluità del prefisso ἐπί nella parola ἐπιδημιουργοί ( Sch. Thuc. 1, 56, 2)…

Entry Version: 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 31/10/2005. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Menecrates [2] | Μενεκράτης Identity: BNP | BNJ Place of Origin: Nysa Date: 2nd c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: Strabo1 (14, 1, 48) mentions that a Menecrates from Nysa was a student of Aristarchus2 and the father of Aristodemus3 whom the young Strabo heard when he was an elderly man: from this information we can date Menecrates to the 2nd c. BCE. Some note…

Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Lara Pagani è stata pubblicata il 04/04/2013 - 17/07/2013. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Antyllus | Ἄντυλλος Identità: BNP Luogo di provenienza: ? Data: ? ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Personaggio di epoca non determinabile e qualificato come retore dalla Suda (α 2770, s.v. Ἄντυλλος), Antillo ci è noto per essersi occupato di Tucidide. Egli è infatti citato quattro volte negli scolî a Tucidide e tre nella Vita di Tucidide di Marcellino Quest’ultimo ne parla come una fonte d…

Entry Version: 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 24/06/2013. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Dionysius [7] | Διονύσιος Place of Origin: ? Date: ? ↓ To Source List Biography: This Dionysius is known from only a single citation in Diogenes Laertius1 (9, 15), who mentions him among those who “have interpreted” the treatise of Heraclitus of Ephesus2. The other commentators on Heraclitus who are named together with this Dionysius are …

Entry Version: 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 29/05/2007. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Leogoras (Leagoras) | Λεωγόρας (Λεαγόρας) Identity: BNP Place of Origin: Syracuse Date: 2nd c. BCE? ↓ To Source List Biography: A native son of Syracuse, the grammarian Leogoras is known thanks to two Latin testimonia related to the use of the diple diacritical sign in the text of Homer1. His name varies in the sources between the forms Leogora…

Entry Version: 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 (10/02/2004) – 04/07/2014. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Parthenius | Παρθένιος Identity: BNP Place of Origin: ? Date: 1°/2° sec. d.C. ↓ To Source List Biography: The grammarian Parthenius was first distinguished from the poet Parthenius of Nicaea1 by A. Meineke ( Analecta Alexandrina sive commentationes de Euphorione Chalcidensi, Rhiano Cretensi, Alexandro Aetolo, Parthenio Nicaeno, B…

Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Lara Pagani è stata pubblicata il 17/03/2008. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Tauriscus | Ταυρίσκος Identità: BNP Luogo di provenienza: ? Data: 2° sec. a.C. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Allievo diretto di Cratete di Mallo, Taurisco è noto per una sola attestazione in Sesto Empirico ( adv. math. 1, 248–249), stando alla quale egli sosteneva la suddivisione del lavoro filologico (ἡ κριτική) in tre parti: 1) λογικόν, la grammatica in senso stretto, che studia l’elocuzione (λέξις) e le…

Entry Version: 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 20/02/2006 - 28/06/2008. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Dionysius [15] Thrax | Διονύσιος ὁ Θρᾷξ Identity: Perseus | BNP | BNJ Place of Origin: Alexandria? Date: ca. 170-90 BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: Sources have given us scant and sometimes contradictory information about the life of Dionysius Thrax. Regarding his place of origin the Scholia Vaticana on the Techne (pp. 160, 24-161, 6 Hil…

Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Lara Pagani è stata pubblicata il 17/03/2008 – 12/03/2010. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Hermias | Ἑρμείας Luogo di provenienza: ? Data: 2°–1° sec. a.C.? ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Il grammatico Ermia è conosciuto per una sola citazione, in uno scolio di Erodiano a Il. 16, 207, dove si attesta la sua adesione alla corrente cratetea (Κρατήτ⟨ε⟩ιος). Tale dato può suggerirne una collocazione cronologica tra 2° e 1° secolo. La sua lettura di Il. 16, 207 (ταῦτά μ’ ἀγειρόμενοι θάμ’ ἐβάζετ…