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These are the ancient testimonies on Horapollo, a grammarian of late antiquity from Phenebythis in the Panopolite district of Egypt. According to the Suda, he taught at Alexandria and then at Constantinople under Theodosius, and wrote a work on sanctuaries (Temenika) and commentaries on Sophocles, Alcaeus and Homer. Stephanus of Byzantium names his home town, and Photius mentions his verse history of Alexandria. None of these writings survives.
The testimonies document the scholarly culture of late antique Egypt, where Greek learning and native traditions met. The Suda also tells of a Horapollo seized and tortured under the emperor Zeno. The grammarian is often discussed in connection with the Hieroglyphica, although it is uncertain whether he is the same person named as its author.
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