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Ammo'nius

*)Ammw/nios) of ALEXANDRIA, the son of Ammonius, was a pupil of Alexander, and one of the chief teachers in the grammatical school founded by Aristarchus. (Suid. s. v. Ἀμμώνιος.) He wrote commentaries upon Homer, Pindar, and Aristophanes, none of which are extant. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. v. p. 712; Matter, Essais historiques sur l'école d'Alexandre, i. pp. 179, 233.)

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