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 04/12/2007. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Nicander [1] | Νίκανδρος Identity: BNP | BNJ Place of Origin: Colophon Date: 3rd-2nd c. BCE (?) ↓ To Source List Biography: A native of Colophon and the son of certain Anaxagoras, Nicander received the honor of proxenia at Delphi, probably between 225 and 210 BCE (cf. Dittenberger, Syll. Inscr. Gr., 19153, 452; cf. Flacelière, Proxénie, 1928, pp. 83–…