Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Mario Regali and first published on 29/09/2008. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Ister [1] | Ἴστρος Identity: Perseus | BNP | BNJ | FGrHist IV Place of Origin: Paphos? Date: 3rd c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: The information that we have about Ister’s homeland is contradictory: the Suda1 (ι 706, FGrHist 334 T 1) wavers between Cyrene and Macedonia (Κυρηναῖος ἢ Μακεδών; the entry Ἴστρος in the Suda is in all likelihood the resul…

Versione della scheda: La versione italiana di questa scheda di Mario Regali è stata pubblicata il 14/12/2007. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Nicander [2] | Νίκανδρος Identità: Perseus | BNP | BNJ Luogo di provenienza: Claro (Colofone) Data: 2° sec. a.C.? ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: La cronologia di Nicandro è incerta, perché le testimonianze biografiche oscillano fra i regni di Tolemeo V Epifane (204–181), secondo la prima e la quarta Vita Arati (risp. pp. 8, 25–9, 5 e p. 20, 10–16), e di Attalo III (138–133), secondo la Vita Nicandri (p. 33, 13–15) e la S…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Mario Regali and published on 02/04/2020. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Minucius Pacatus Irenaeus | Μινούκιος Πακᾶτος Εἰρηναῖος Identity: Pauly-Wissowa | BNP Place of Origin: Alexandria Date: 1st c. CE? ↓ To Source List Biography: A student of the metrician Heliodorus1, Irenaeus flourished probably in the mid-1st c. CE. For his dating the citation in the Hippocratean lexicon of Erotianus2 (fr. 60, 1-8; cf. Cohn 1905, 2120…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Mario Regali and published on 14/12/2007. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Nicander [2] | Νίκανδρος Identity: Perseus | Pauly-Wissowa | BNP | BNJ Place of Origin: Claros (Colophon) Date: 2nd c. BCE? ↓ To Source List Biography: The dating of Nicander is uncertain, since the biographical testimonia alternate between the reign of Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204–181 BCE), according to the first and fourth sections of the Vita Arati (pp. 8, 2…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Mario Regali and first published on 29/09/2008. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Ister [2] | Ἴστρος Place of Origin: Callatis Date: ? ↓ To Source List Biography: Only Stephanus of Byzantium1 (p. 349, 2 Meineke, s.v.Κάλλατις) mentions an Ister of Callatis, who was the author of a καλὸν βιβλίον περὶ τραγῳδίας of which we have no other testimony. There was probably originally in the Suda2 a life of our Ister, which was later blen…

Versione della scheda: La versione italiana di questa scheda di Mario Regali è stata pubblicata il 02/04/2020. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Minucius Pacatus Irenaeus | Μινούκιος Πακᾶτος Εἰρηναῖος Identità: Pauly-Wissowa | BNP Luogo di provenienza: Alessandria Data: 1° sec. d.C. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Allievo del metricologo Eliodoro (<=), Ireneo fiorì probabilmente a metà del 1° sec. d.C. Per la sua datazione è dirimente come terminus ante quem la citazione nel lessico ippocrateo di Eroziano (<=) (cfr. Cohn, Eirenaios [n. 7], RE V 2 [190…