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Philoxenus of Alexandria
Philoxenus of Alexandria
c. 85 BCE–c. 25 BCE · Alexandria
Philoxenus of Alexandria (active 1st century BCE) was a Greek grammarian who worked in Rome, known for studies of the Greek language, including investigations into word origins and dialects. His writings survive only in fragments quoted by later grammarians.
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About Alexandria
Alexandria (al-Iskandariyya) is the great Mediterranean port-city of northern Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE and a leading centre of learning in antiquity. After the Muslim conquest of Egypt (642) it remained a major commercial and scholarly hub; the Shadhili Sufi Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari (d. 1309) took his nisba from the city, and the modernist reformer Muhammad Abduh (d. 1905) was active in Egypt's intellectual life there and in Cairo.
In Alexandria at the same time
Tryphon I Grammaticus, Aenesidemus, Didymus Alexandrinus, Strabo, Aristonicus of Alexandria
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Tryphon I Grammaticus, Aenesidemus, Didymus Alexandrinus, Strabo, Aristonicus of Alexandria
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