Amarantus
(
*)Ama/rantos), of Alexandria, wrote a commentary upon one of Theocritus' Idyls (
Etymol. M. p. 273. 40, ed. Sylb.), and a work entitled
περὶ σκηνῆς. Respecting his time, we only know that he lived subsequently to Juba, king of Mauretania. (
Athen. 8.343e., x. p. 414f.)