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 27/04/2007. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Hermap(p)ias | Ἑρμαπ(π)ίας Place of Origin: ? Date:
ante 2nd c. CE ↓ To Source List Biography: A grammarian named Hermapias or Hermappias is cited many times in the scholia to the
Iliad1, in some cases through Herodianus2, who thus serves as a
terminus ante quem. The fluctuation in the spelling of his name (Ἑρμαππίας in
Sch. Il. 4, 235a1. a2. 21, 331e. 24, 557a; Ἑρμαπίας in
Sch. Il. 11, 326b. 13, 137b. 21, 169c) should perhaps be resolved in favor of the non-reduplicated form (cf. H. Erbse,
Scholia Graeca in Homeri Iliadem (Scholia Vetera), rec. H. Erbse, 1-7, Berlin-New York 1969-1988, 5, p. 203,
adn. ad Sch. Il. 21, 331e); in both versions it betrays a Lycian or at least an Anatolian origin (cf. J. Sundwall,
Die einheimischen namen der Lykier, nebst einem verzeichnisse kleinasiatischer namenstämme, ‘Klio. Beihefte’ 11, Leipzig 1913 (repr. Aalen 1963), p. 74; G. Plaumann,
Hermapion,
RE Suppl. 3 [1918], 1124), a fact that, however, is not able to guarantee the provenance of the person who bears the name (cf. Lambrecht,
L’obé…