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 12/09/2005. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Theaetetus | Θεαίτητος Place of Origin: ? Date: 2nd c./6th c. CE (?) ↓ To Source List Biography: A grammarian named Theaetetus is cited four times in the scholia to the first Idyll1 of Theocritus2 for remarks that involved problems of prosody3 (παίδιον as proparoxytone, Sch. Theocr. 1, 50b; the Doric4 accentuation of accusatives like πτώκας, Sch. 1, 11…

Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Lara Pagani è stata pubblicata il 12/09/2005. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Theaetetus | Θεαίτητος Luogo di provenienza: ? Data: 2° sec. / 6° sec. d.C. (?) ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Un grammatico di nome Teeteto è citato quattro volte negli scolî al primo Idillio di Teocrito, per interventi che riguardano problemi prosodici (παίδιον proparossitono, Sch. Theocr. 1, 50b; accentazione dorica degli accusativi come πτώκας, Sch. 1, 110a. c), etimologici (derivazione del no…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Fausto Montana and published on 01/11/2018. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Amarantus | Ἀμάραντος Identity: BNP Place of Origin: Alexandria Date: 2nd c. CE ↓ To Source List Biography: Athenaeus1 (10, 414f) identifies Amarantus as ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς, but we do not know if this is simply a reference to his homeland or rather (also) to the geographical and cultural realm of his activity. The terminus post quem for his date is drawn fro…