Agallis
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Agallis (; called Anagallis by the Suda) of Corcyra was a female grammarian who wrote about Homer. She, or her father, was a student of Aristophanes of Byzantium.
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It is catalogued under topics including 2nd-century BC Greek women, 2nd-century BC Greek writers and 2nd-century BC women writers.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Corcyra
- Occupation
- hetaera
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Field of work
- ancient Greek philosophy
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- date of birth
- 0200-00-00
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- date of death
- 0200-00-00
- floruit
- 0200-00-00
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
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Agallis (; called Anagallis by the Suda) of Corcyra was a female grammarian who wrote about Homer. She, or her father, was a student of Aristophanes of Byzantium.
According to Athenaeus, she argued that ball games were invented by Nausicaa. Two scholiasts on the Iliad quote an argument that the two cities that Homer describes on the Shield of Achilles represented Athens and Eleusis; one attributes this to "Agallias of Corcyra", the other to "Dalis of Corcyra". Some scholars believe that Agallias was Agallis' father; others that it is an error and Agallis was the source of this argument.
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