Zoĭlus
(
Ζωΐλος). A grammarian, a native of Amphipolis, who
flourished in the time of Philip of Macedon. He was celebrated for the asperity with which he
assailed Homer (
Ὁμηρομάστιξ), and his name became
proverbial for a captious and malignant critic (
V. H. xi. 10). See Spindler,
De Zoïlo Homeromastige Qui Vocatur, 2 pts. (1888- 89).