Lysi'machus
5. Of Alexandria, a distinguished grammarian, frequently cited by the scholiasts and other writers.
Respecting the time of Lysimachus the Alexandrian, we only know that he was younger than Mnaseas, who flourished about B. C. 140.
Works
The scholiasts and other writers mention his
Νόστοι and his
συναγωγὴ Θηβαϊκῶν παραδόξων. (Ath. iv. p. 158c. d.;
Schol. ad. Apoll. Rhod. 1.558, 3.1179, ad Soph. Oed. Col. 91,
ad Eurip. Andr. 880,
Hec. 892,
Phoen. 26,
Hipp. 545,
ad Pind. Pyth. 5.108,
Isth. 4.104,
ad Lycoph. 874;
Apost. Prov. 17.25; Plut.
de Fluv. 18; Hesych.
s. n. Σκῦρος.)
He is perhaps also the author of the
Αἰγυπτιακα cited by Josephus (
c. Ap. 1.34, 2.2, 14, 33), and perhaps may even be identified with Lysimachus of Cyrene, who wrote
περὶ ποιηΤῶν. (
Paroleg. ad Hes. Opp. p. 30; Tzetz.
Chil. 6.920.)
A writer of the same name is mentioned by Porphyry as the author of two books,
περὶ τῆς Ἐφόρου κλοπῆς. (Euseb.
Praep. Exang. 10.3.)
Further Information
Vossius,
de Hist. Graec. p. 464, ed. Westermann; Fabric.
Bibl. Graec. vol. i. p. 384, vol. ii. p. 129.
