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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 Antonella Ippolito and first published on 29/04/2008. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Tryphon [1] | Τρύφων Identity: Perseus | BNP Place of Origin: Alexandria Date: second half of the 1st c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: Tryphon was a native of Alexandria and the son of a certain Ammonius; according to the Suda1 (τ 1115: γεγονὼς κατὰ τοὺς Αὐγούστου χρόνους καὶ πρότερον) , he was active during the reign of Augustus2, but he was bor…

Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Antonella Ippolito è stata pubblicata il 22/12/2005. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Herminus | Ἑρμῖνος Identità: BNP Luogo di provenienza: Pergamo? Data: 2° sec. d.C. (120–180/190 d.C.?) ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Le notizie sulla vita di Ermino, esegeta di opere aristoteliche e ricordato tra i maestri di Alessandro di Afrodisia (=> Alexander [2]), sono piuttosto scarse. Zeller (E. Zeller, Die Philosophie der Griechen in ihrer geschichtlichen Entwicklung dargestellt, 1–6…

Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Antonella Ippolito è stata pubblicata il 22/11/2006. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Iubas [1] II | Ἰόβας / Ἰούβας Identità: Perseus | BNP | BNJ Luogo di provenienza: Mauritania Data: ca. 50 a.C. – 23 d.C. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: La figura di questo monarca e poligrafo mauritano, figlio di Giuba I re di Numidia e nipote di Iempsale, viene oggi generalmente distinta da quella dell’omonimo metricologo (=> Iubas [2] artigraphus; cfr. W. Kroll, Iuba [3], RE 9, 2 [1916], 2395–2397; …

Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Antonella Ippolito è stata pubblicata il 18/10/2005. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Tryphon [2] | Τρύφων Identità: BNP Luogo di provenienza: ? Data: ? ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: A un autore con questo nome, figlio di un Arpocrazione, viene attribuita dagli Etimologici ( EGen. A, s.v. δάνειον; EGud. 334, 14–17 [Stef.]; EM. 247, 52–248, 1, cfr. Zon. p. 470) una spiegazione del termine δάνειον, secondo cui esso avrebbe avuto originariamente il significato di ἀναφαίρετον δῶρον, anz…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and first published on 7/02/2007. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Palaephatus | Παλαίφατος Identity: BNP Place of Origin: Parion or Abydus? Date: 4th c. BCE? ↓ To Source List Biography: The Suda1 lexicon lists four people under the name of Palaephatus. After the legendary Athenian epic poet2 who was the author of mythological poems (cf. Sud.π 69), there are three other authors behind whom lies only on…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and first published on 02/02/2005. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Dorotheus | Δωρόθεος Identity: BNP Place of Origin: Ascalon Date: early Imperial age ↓ To Source List Biography: Dorotheus is mentioned as the author of a lexicon of Attic words entitled Λέξεων συναγωγὴ, Ἀττικὴ λέξις, or λέξεις Ἀττικαί; he reportedly dedicated a specific discussion to the Homeric1 use of the term κλίσιον (Porph. ad Od. 24, 208; S…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and first published on 16/04/2007. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Hegesander [1] | Ἡγήσανδρος Identity: Perseus | BNP Place of Origin: Delphi Date: 2nd c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: Hegesander, the author of a miscellany entitled Ὑπομνήματα, was a native of Delphi; the testimony of Athenaeus1 in this regard can be considered trustworthy despite the doubts aired by Pomtow ( Delphoi, RE 4, 2 [1901], 2523…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and first published on 02/09/2005. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Artemidorus [2] Capito | Ἀρτεμίδωρος ὁ Καπίτων Identity: BNP Place of Origin: ? Date: 2nd c. CE ↓ To Source List Biography: Artemidorus, surnamed Capito, worked as a doctor1 during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian2 and dedicated himself in particular to the textual study of the Hippocratic3 works; he prepared an edition of these that di…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and first published on 30/06/2006. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Pamphila | Παμφίλη Identity: Perseus | BNP Place of Origin: Epidaurus Date: Neronian age ↓ To Source List Biography: The essential biographical information about Pamphila is found in the Suda1 (π 139) and in cod. 175 of Photius’2 Library3 which concerns her historiographical work. She was probably the daughter of the grammarian Soteridas4, a…

Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Antonella Ippolito è stata pubblicata il 26/04/2007. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Philippus [1] | Φίλιππος Identità: BNP | FGrHist IV Luogo di provenienza: Opunte Data: 4° sec. a.C. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Pochissimo si conosce della vita di Filippo di Opunte (per un tentativo di ricostruzione cfr. Oldfather, Lokrika, p. 462). Le notizie essenziali sono tramandate da Diogene Laerzio (3, 37. 3, 46) e dal lessico Suda (φ 418, s.v. φιλόσοφος), che le attinge al repertorio …

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and first published on 22/11/2006. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Iubas [1] II | Ἰόβας / Ἰούβας Identity: Perseus | BNP | BNJ Place of Origin: Mauritania Date: ca. 50 a.C. – 23 d.C. ↓ To Source List Biography: This Mauretanian monarch and prolific writer, the son of King Juba I of Numidia1 and grandson of Hiempsal2, is now generally distinguished from the metrician of the same name3 (cf. W. Kroll, Iuba [3], RE 9, 2 […

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and published on 04/04/2019. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Apollonius [10] Idographus | Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ εἰδογράφος Identity: Pauly-Wissowa | BNP Place of Origin: Alexandria Date: 3rd-2nd c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: We find some information about the dating of Apollonius and his city of origin in POxy. 10.1241. A chrestomathy of history1 and mythology2, this document furnishes us with a list of grammaria…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and first published on 25/07/2006. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Pantaenus | Πάνταινος Identity: BNP Place of Origin: Sicilia? Date: 2° sec. d.C. ↓ To Source List Biography: The essential biographical information about Pantaenus, who was active in the reign of Marcus Aurelius1 and traditionally considered the first representative of the Alexandrian school2 of catechesis, is preserved by Eusebius3 ( HE. …

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and first published on 08/02/2006. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Aspasius | Ἀσπάσιος Identity: Perseus | BNP Place of Origin: ? Date: 2° sec. d.C.? ↓ To Source List Biography: We have no precise information about when Aspasius lived: his dating to the 2nd c. CE is based solely on the information in his works, like the citation from the Neoplatonist1 Eudorus2 (second half of the 1st c. CE) with regard to some …

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and first published on 26/04/2007. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Philippus [1] | Φίλιππος Identity: BNP | FGrHist IV Place of Origin: Opus Date: 4th c. BCE ↓ To Source List Biography: Very little is known about the life of Philip of Opus (for an attempt to reconstruct it cf. Oldfather, Lokrika, p. 462). The essential information has been preserved by Diogenes Laertius1 (3, 37. 3, 46) and by the Suda lexicon2 (φ 418…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and first published on 03/05/2005. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Heracleon [2] | Ἡρακλέων Identity: BNP Place of Origin: Ephesus Date: ? ↓ To Source List Biography: In the work of Athenaeus1 we find seven citations from a lexicographer named Heracleon of Ephesus, who at one point is mentioned along with Nicander ὁ Θυατειρηνὸς2, and in another instance with a certain Polemarchus (regarding this cf. also Heroti…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Antonella Ippolito and first published on 12/12/2006. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Iubas [2] | Ἰόβας / Ἰούβας Identity: BNP Place of Origin: ? Date: end of the 2nd c. CE ↓ To Source List Biography: Juba is a metrician1 known from citations by late Latin grammarians, and in the past he was identified with the prolific scholar King Juba II of Mauretania2 (so B. ten Brink, Iubae Maurusii de re metrica scriptoris Latini reliquiae, Ultra…

Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Antonella Ippolito è stata pubblicata il 29/05/2005. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Porphyrius | Πορφύριος Identità: Perseus | BNP | BNJ Luogo di provenienza: Tiro Data: 234 d.C.–304 d.C. ca. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Nato intorno al 232/4 d.C. a Tiro ( Sud. π 2098. 2099) o a Batanea, nell’attuale Siria, Porfirio fu chiamato alla nascita Malco – dalla radice semitica che significa “re” –, in onore del padre. Il nome con cui divenne più tardi noto…

Versione della scheda: La versione italiana di questa scheda di Antonella Ippolito è stata pubblicata il 04/04/2019. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Apollonius [11] Molo | Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Μόλων Identità: Pauly-Wissowa | BNP | BNJ Luogo di provenienza: Alabanda Data: 2°-1° sec. a.C. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Il soprannome con cui Apollonio era noto ai suoi contemporanei compare nelle fonti sia come ὁ Μόλων che come ὁ τοῦ Μόλωνος; questo fatto, discusso da Riese 1879 costituisce in realtà un problema soltanto apparente. È infatti evid…

Versione della scheda: La prima versione italiana di questa scheda di Antonella Ippolito è stata pubblicata il 16/12/2005. Qui si trova la versione inglese della scheda. Grammatico: Nome: Gaianus | Γαϊανός Luogo di provenienza: Arabia Data: 1° metà del 3° sec. d.C. ↓ Elenco delle fonti Biografia: Le uniche notizie su questo erudito provengono dalla Suda: originario dell’Arabia e allievo di Apsine di Gadara, Gaiano sarebbe stato attivo all’epoca di Massimino e Gordiano e avrebbe esercitato a Berito la professione di grammatico e retore. Tra le sue opere sono ricordati cinque libri Περὶ …