Stephanus of Byzantium

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Byzantine grammarian Byzantine scholar geographer lexicographer scholar

Stephanus of Byzantium was a 6th-century Byzantine grammarian and scholar best known for his geographical dictionary "Ethnica," which compiled place names and ethnographic information from classical sources.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Stephanus 1
Stephanus of Byzantium's Ethnica 1
Stephanus of Byzantium’s Ethnica 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine grammarian ⓘ
Byzantine scholar ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
lexicographer ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
citationsInclude Apollodorus of Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
Diodorus Siculus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eratosthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hecataeus of Miletus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herodotus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Homer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pausanias NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polybius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Strabo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thucydides NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Byzantine ⓘ
era Late Antiquity ⓘ
EthnicaCompiledFrom classical sources ⓘ
EthnicaLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
EthnicaSubject ethnographic information ⓘ
place names ⓘ
EthnicaType geographical dictionary ⓘ
topographical lexicon ⓘ
fieldOfWork geography ⓘ
grammar ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ
philology ⓘ
floruit 6th century ⓘ
genre encyclopedic lexicon ⓘ
geographical dictionary ⓘ
influenced Byzantine geographical literature ⓘ
Renaissance humanist scholarship ⓘ
influencedBy classical historians ⓘ
earlier Greek geographers ⓘ
knownFor Ethnica NERFINISHED ⓘ
compilation of ethnographic information ⓘ
geographical dictionary of place names ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek ⓘ
nameInGreek Στέφανος Βυζάντιος NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameInLatin Stephanus Byzantinus NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Ethnica NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation geographer ⓘ
grammarian ⓘ
lexicographer ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
workStatusOfEthnica survives in epitomized form ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stagira → mentionedBy → Stephanus of Byzantium ⓘ
Henri Estienne I → latinizedName → Stephanus of Byzantium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stephanus
Batea → mentionedIn → Stephanus of Byzantium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stephanus of Byzantium's Ethnica
Scotussa → mentionedIn → Stephanus of Byzantium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stephanus of Byzantium’s Ethnica
Hyampolis → mentionedBy → Stephanus of Byzantium ⓘ