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NICANOR , See also:

Greek grammarian, son of Hermeias of See also:Alexandria (or See also:Hierapolis), lived during the reign of See also:Hadrian. He chiefly devoted himself to the study of See also:punctuation and the difference of meaning caused by it. Hence he was nicknamed " the Punctuator " (3 vreyµartas). He is known to have written on the punctuation of See also:Homer and See also:Callimachus. He was possibly the author of a See also:work Hepl Me-rovoµaviwv (On the See also:Change of Names of Places), of which some fragments are preserved in C. W. See also:Muller, Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum, iii. 632. Edition of the Iliad and Odyssey fragments by L. Friedlander (1850) and O. Carnuth (1875) respectively.

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