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

2. A Greek grammarian of Alexandria, who lived in the time of the emperor Marcian (A. D. 450-457), and wrote some works on grammar, severally entitled, 1. Τέχνη γραμματική; 2. Περὶ ὀνομάτων; and 3. Περὶ ῥήματος καὶ ὀρθογραφίας. He was banished by the emperor Leo I., successor of Marcian. (Suidas, s. v. Λέων ὁ Μακέλλης, Ὑπερέιχιος; Fabr. Bibl. Gr. vol. vi. p. 370.)

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