Book 22
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From there came Aristarchus,The celebrated critic, born in Samothrace; he lived under Ptolemy Philometor (181-146 B.C.). eminent in thorny problems of grammatical lore, and Herodian,Also a grammarian. a most accurate investigator in science and Saccas Ammonius, the teacher of Plotinus, and numerous other writers in many famous branches of literature. Among these Didymus ChalcenterusThis scholar (65 B.C.—circ. A.D. 10) was surnamed χαλκέντερος, of the brazen guts, because of his tireless industry; see also Index. was conspicuous for the abundance of his diversified knowledge, although in those six books in which he sometimes unsuccessfully criticises Cicero, imitating the scurrilous writers of Silli,Satirical poems; cf. Gell. iii. 17, 4 f. he makes the same impression on learned ears as a puppy-dog barking from a distance with quavering voice around a lion roaring awfully.
