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Ister [2]
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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 Mario Regali and first published on 29/09/2008.

Here is the Italian version of this entry.

Grammarian:

Name:

Ister [2] | Ἴστρος

Place of Origin:

Callatis

Date:

?

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Biography:

Only Stephanus of Byzantium1 (p. 349, 2 Meineke, s.v.Κάλλατις) mentions an Ister of Callatis, who was the author of a καλὸν βιβλίον περὶ τραγῳδίας of which we have no other testimony. There was probably originally in the Suda2 a life of our Ister, which was later blen…

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Regali, Mario, “Ister [2]”, in: Lexicon of Greek Grammarians of Antiquity. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2451-9278_Ister_2>
First published online: 2015



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