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Iubas [1] II

(19,881 words)

Author(s): Ippolito, Antonella
Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and first published on 22/11/2006. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Iubas [1] II | Ἰόβας / Ἰούβας Identity: Perseus | BNP | BNJ Place of Origin: Mauritania Date: ca. 50 a.C. – 23 d.C. ↓ To Source List Biography: This Mauretanian monarch and prolific writer, the son of King Juba I of Numidia1 and grandson of Hiempsal2, is now generally distinguished from the metrician of the same name3 (cf. W. Kroll, Iuba [3], RE 9, 2 […

Parmeniscus

(4,887 words)

Author(s): Ippolito, Antonella
Versione della scheda: La versione italiana di questa scheda di Antonella Ippolito è stata pubblicata il 01/10/2020. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Parmeniscus | Παρμενίσκος Identità: Pauly-Wissowa | BNP Luogo di provenienza: ? Data: 2°–1° sec. a.C. ca. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Nonostante praticamente nulla sia noto della vita di Parmenisco, la collocazione cronologica di questo grammatico di scuola aristarchea (cfr. Blau 1883, p. 48) può essere fissata, con buona approssimazione, tra il 2° e il 1° secolo a.C. Contro Cratete (Πρὸς Κράτητα) e…

Dionysius [1]

(1,241 words)

Author(s): Ucciardello, Giuseppe
Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Giuseppe Ucciardello and first published on 14/06/2005. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Dionysius [1] | Διονύσιος ὁ Ὀλύνθιος Place of Origin: Olynthus (?) Date: 5th/4th c. BCE (?) ↓ To Source List Biography: Dionysius is an almost unknown grammarian, wholly neglected by reference books and encyclopedic repertories; if the passage of Tatianus1 that names him after Herodotus2 and before Ephorus3 really contains a διαδοχή of th…

Aristeas

(1,543 words)

Author(s): Pagani, Lara
Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Lara Pagani è stata pubblicata il 27/06/2007 - 25/07/2011. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Aristeas | Ἀριστέας Luogo di provenienza: Rodi Data: età alessandrina (1° sec. a.C.?) ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: La provenienza di Aristea da Rodi si può ricavare da un passo di Eroziano in cui sono elencati grammatici che composero opere lessicografiche su Ippocrate (p. 5, 16-18 Nachmanson). Lì sono nominate insieme due figure di cui si precisa l’origine rodia (cfr. Anastassiou-Irmer, Tes…

Dicaearchus [1]

(20,764 words)

Author(s): Bacigalupo, Valeria
Versione della scheda: La versione italiana di questa scheda di Valeria Bacigalupo è stata pubblicata il 01/10/2021. Grammatico: Nome: Dicaearchus [1] | Δικαίαρχος Luogo di provenienza: Messina Data: 4° sec. a.C. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Figlio di un tale Fidia e originario di Messina ( Sud. δ 1062), Dicearco fu, come attestano diverse fonti, allievo di Aristotele nel Peripato ( e.g. Ath. 11, 4, 460f; 15, 2, 666b; Vit. Aristot. Marc. 44; Vit. Aristot. Lat. 47): trascorse dunque parte della sua vita ad Atene, ma sappiamo che soggiornò anche nel Peloponneso (Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3), dov…

Hypsicrates

(2,824 words)

Author(s): Perrone, Serena
Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Serena Perrone and published on 01/11/2018. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Hypsicrates | Ὑψικράτης Identity: Pauly-Wissowa | BNP | BNJ Place of Origin: Amisus Date: 1st c. BCE - 1st c. CE ↓ To Source List Biography: The grammarian1 named Hypiscrates who is cited among others by Varro2 (LL 5, 88) and Stephanus of Byzantium3 (α 124 [Billerbeck], s.v.Αἰθίοψ) can plausibly be identified as the historian4 ( FGrHist 190 [BNJ]) who is m…

Heracleon [1]

(5,690 words)

Author(s): Ippolito, Antonella
Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and first published on 11/05/2005. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Heracleon [1] | Ἡρακλέων Identity: BNP Place of Origin: Tilotis in Egypt Date: age of Augustus ↓ To Source List Biography: Heracleon was the son of Glaucus or Glaucon, as we learn from Stephanus of Byzantium1 ( s.vv. Ἀγυιά, Ἀρέθουσα, Κροκύλειον), and a native of Tilotis, an Egyptian village near Heracleopolis; he worked as a teacher at Rome (cf. Su…

Glaucus [2]

(3,321 words)

Author(s): Ucciardello, Giuseppe
Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Giuseppe Ucciardello and first published on 15/02/2006. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Glaucus [2] | Γλαῦκος Identity: BNP Place of Origin: Samos Date: 3rd c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: Glaucus was a grammarian of the Alexandrian1 age who may have lived before Aristophanes of Byzantium2; some consider him a Peripatetic3 of the early 3rd c. BCE. He is mentioned explicitly in a long passage on the doctrine of accentuation4 with…

Dionysius [2]

(7,135 words)

Author(s): Meliadò, Claudio
Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Claudio Meliadò and published on 01/11/2018. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Dionysius [2] | Διονύσιος Identity: BNP Place of Origin: Sidon Date: second half of the 2nd c. BCE? ↓ To Source List Biography: Dionysius was a grammarian1 who probably lived in the second half of the 2nd c. BCE and whom Sengebusch (1855, p. 30) included among Aristarchus' pupils2. He worked chiefly on the text of Homer3, dealing with textual, prosodic4, an…

Isigonus

(4,003 words)

Author(s): Corradi, Michele
Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Michele Corradi and first published on 28/07/2016. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Isigonus | Ἰσίγονος Identity: Place of Origin: Nicaea Date: 1st c. BCE? ↓ To Source List Biography: A native of Nicaea, according to Pliny1 (nat. 7, 2, 12), Gellius2 (9, 4, 3–4), and Stephanus of Byzantium3 ( ν 52 Billerbeck, s.v .Νίκαια, where we should accept Holst’s conjecture of Ἰσίγονος for the preserved ἀρήγονος; cf. Billerbeck 2014, p. 38…

Aristocles

(4,087 words)

Author(s): Corradi, Michele
Versione della scheda: La versione italiana di questa scheda di Michele Corradi è stata pubblicata il 04/04/2019. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Aristocles | Ἀριστοκλῆς Identità: BNP Luogo di provenienza: Rodi Data: seconda metà del 1° sec. a.C. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Il grammatico Aristocle è inserito in una panoramica di personalità rodie degne di fama da Strabone (14, 2, 13), che lo cita come suo contemporaneo (ὁ γραμματικὸς καὶ Ἀριστοκλῆς ὁ καθ’ ἡμᾶς). Con questo Aristocle deve essere probabilmente identificato l’Aristocle ric…

Amphilochus

(2,706 words)

Author(s): Meliadò, Claudio
Versione della scheda: La versione italiana di questa scheda di Claudio Meliadò è stata pubblicata il 01/10/2021. Grammatico: Nome: Amphilochus | Ἀμφίλοχος Identità: Pauly-Wissowa Luogo di provenienza: ? Data: ante 4° sec. a.C.? ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Di Anfiloco non conosciamo né la provenienza né la cronologia. L’unico frammento di sicura attribuzione deriva dallo Sch. Eur. Phoen. 670, nel quale a proposito del nome dato agli Spartoi vengono offerte delle esegesi razionalistiche, secondo cui per Androzione sarebbero stati chiamati così perché, dopo a…

Ion

(1,894 words)

Author(s): Bacigalupo, Valeria
Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Valeria Bacigalupo and published on 02/04/2020. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Ion | Ἴων Identity: Pauly-Wissowa Place of Origin: ? Date: ante 1st c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: The grammarian Ion is mentioned only once in the Classical tradition, namely in a fragment of Varro1 (fr. 46 Goetz-Schoell), who identifies him as the source of his knowledge of the existence of a letter of the alphabet named agma, which was used to i…

Menecrates [1]

(1,669 words)

Author(s): Pagani, Lara
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 [1] | Μενεκράτης Identity: Perseus | BNP Place of Origin: Ephesus Date: 4th-3rd c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: Menecrates was a poet and a grammarian, native of Ephesus. Since he taught Aratus of Soli1 ( Sud.α 3745), he probably lived between the 4th and 3rd c. BCE. He was the author of a poem on agriculture and apiculture (prov…

Ion

(1,655 words)

Author(s): Bacigalupo, Valeria
Versione della scheda: La versione italiana di questa scheda di Valeria Bacigalupo è stata pubblicata il 02/04/2020. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Ion | Ἴων Identità: Pauly-Wissowa Luogo di provenienza: ? Data: ante 1° sec. a.C. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Del grammatico Ione ci è giunta una sola menzione, grazie ad un frammento di Varrone (fr. 46 Goetz-Schoell, ap. Prisc. gramm. 1, 39 Hertz) che lo indica come fonte della notizia sull’esistenza di una lettera dell’alfabeto chiamata agma, utilizzata per notare la nasale velare ([ŋ]). Sull’identit…

Menecrates [1]

(1,640 words)

Author(s): Pagani, Lara
Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Lara Pagani è stata pubblicata il 31/10/2005. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Menecrates [1] | Μενεκράτης Identità: Perseus | BNP Luogo di provenienza: Efeso Data: 4°–3° sec. a.C. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Poeta e grammatico originario di Efeso, Menecrate fu maestro di Arato di Soli ( Sud. α 3745) e dovette perciò vivere tra il 4° e il 3° sec. a.C. Fu autore di un’opera in versi su agricoltura e apicoltura (a meno che i frammenti relativi a quest’ulti…

Aristodemus [3]

(3,112 words)

Author(s): Ascheri, Paola
Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Paola Ascheri and published on 06/09/2018. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Aristodemus [3] | Ἀριστόδημος Identity: Perseus | BNP | BNJ Place of Origin: Nysa (Caria) Date: 1st c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: Aristodemus was a grammarian1 and rhetorician2 of the 1st c. BCE and a cousin of Aristodemus, a lesser known grammarian of the 2nd-1st c. BCE3; he was the son of the Aristarchean Menecrates4 and was also a student of Aristarchus5…

Didymus [2] Claudius

(4,740 words)

Author(s): Montana, Fausto
Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Fausto Montana and first published on 20/12/2015. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Didymus [2] Claudius | Δίδυμος ὁ Κλαύδιος Identity: BNP Place of Origin: ? Date: 1st c. CE? ↓ To Source List Biography: The identity and even the very existence of a grammarian named Didymus Claudius are controversial. The sole attestation of the Greek name accompanied by the Latin cognomen appears in the pertinent entry of the Suda1 (δ 874), which al…

Eratosthenes

(24,340 words)

Author(s): Dettori, Emanuele
Versione della scheda: La versione italiana di questa scheda di Emanuele Dettori è stata pubblicata il 10/10/2023. Grammatico: Nome: Eratosthenes | Ἐρατοσθένης Luogo di provenienza: Cirene Data: 276-194 ca. a.C. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Eratostene, figlio di Aglao (Dionys. Cyz. AP. 7, 78, 5; [Luc.] Macr. 27; Sud. ε 2898 Adler), nato a Cirene (vd. p. es. Dionys. Cyz. AP. 7, 78, 5; Strab. 17, 3, 22; Sud. ε 2898 Adler). La nascita è posta nell’Olimpiade 126, cioè agli anni 276-273 a.C. ( Sud. ε 2898 Adler), con una preferenza per il primo anno di questa Olimpiade. Questa dat…

Parmeniscus

(5,135 words)

Author(s): Ippolito, Antonella
Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and published on 01/10/2020. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Parmeniscus | Παρμενίσκος Identity: Pauly-Wissowa | BNP Place of Origin: ? Date: ca. 2nd-1st c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: Despite the fact that practically nothing is known about the life of Parmeniscus, this grammarian of the Aristarchan1 school (cf. Blau 1883, p. 48) can be dated approximately to between the 2nd and 1st c. BCE. Against Crates (Π…
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