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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 Giuseppe Ucciardello and first published on 13/10/2008. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Dionysius [11] Iambus | Διονύσιος ὁ Ἴαμβος Identity: BNP Place of Origin: Alexandria Date: 3rd c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: We know very little about Dionysius ὁ Ἴαμβος: according to the Suda1 he was the teacher of Aristophanes of Byzantium2, along with Euphronius3 and Machon4; this favors a date in the mid-3rd c. BCE during the reign of Pto…

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 04/04/2019. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Socrates [1] | Σωκράτης Identity: Pauly-Wissowa Place of Origin: Cos Date: before 1st c. BCE? ↓ To Source List Biography: Socrates is a grammarian1 of unknown date who has been wrongly identified by Gudeman (1927) as Socrates of Argos2. A chronological detail that could be relevant is Demetrius of Magnesia3, a grammarian of the 1st c. BCE, whose work Περὶ …

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Marco Comunetti and published on 07/11/2019. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Aristoteles [3] | Ἀριστοτέλης [3] Identity: Pauly-Wissowa Place of Origin: ? Date: ante 3rd c. CE ↓ To Source List Biography: The existence of an Aristotle who studied the Iliad is documented by Diogenes Laertius1 (5, 35), who mentions him third in a list of eight men named Aristotle. Cohn (1895) seems to suggest the possibility that…

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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 Margarethe Billerbeck and Didier Clerc and published on 04/04/2019. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Stephanus | Στέφανος Identity: Perseus | Pauly-Wissowa | BNP Place of Origin: Byzantium Date: 6th c. CE ↓ To Source List Biography: Life and Works We have no detailed information about the life and activity of Stephanus of Byzantium, whom the Suda…