Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Emanuele Dettori and first published on 10/05/2016. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Silenus | Σιληνός Place of Origin: ? Date: 3rd/2nd c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: It is commonly asserted that Silenus mentions (Ath . 11, 482f) Nicander1 and that hence his date would be tied to Nicander’s or to the Nicanders’, which is, however, uncertain: a) the second half of the 3rd c. BCE-beginning of the 2nd c. BCE, b) the last third of the 2nd c…

Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Emanuele Dettori è stata pubblicata il 10/05/2016. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Silenus | Σιληνός Luogo di provenienza: ? Data: 3°/2° sec. a.C. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Si afferma regolarmente che Sileno menziona (Ath . 11, 482f) Nicandro (=> Nicander 2) e che quindi la sua cronologia sarebbe collegata a quella di Nicandro o dei Nicandri, che è comunque incerta: a) seconda metà 3° sec. a.C.-inizio 2° sec. a.C., b) ultimo terzo del 2° …

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 25/06/2007. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Anicetus | Ἀνίκητος Place of Origin: ? Date: Before 2nd-3rd c. BCE. ↓ To Source List Biography: Athenaeus1 (11.783c) cites someone named Anicetus for an explanation of the adjective ἀμφικύπελλος that draws an analogy between the nouns κύπελλον and φιάλη on one side and the adjectives ἀμφικύπελλος and ὑπερφίαλος on the other: he argues that ἀμφικύπελλο…