A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Διοσκορίδης).

1. A Byzantine grammarian, a brother of Hipparchus and Nicolaus, and a disciple of Lachares at Athens. He lived in the reign of the emperors Marcianus and Leo. (Suid. s. v. Νικόλαος; Eudoc. p. 309.)