Ammonius
Ἀμμώνιος
(Ἀμμώνιος) GRAMMATICUS, professor of grammar at Alexandria, with Helladius, at the close of the 4th century. He was also priest of the Egyptian Ape. On the vigorous overthrow of idolatry in Egypt by the bishop Theophilus A. D. 389-391, Ammonius and Helladius fled to Constantinople and there resumed their profession. (Socr. Hist. Eccl. 5.16.)
The historian Socrates was a pupil of Ammonius. (Hist. Eccl. 5.16.)
Works
On the Differences of Words of like Signification (περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων)
Ammonius wrote, in Greek, On the Differences of Words of like Signification (περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων), which is appended to many lexicons, e. g. to that of Scapula.
Editions
It was edited by Valckneaer, 4to., Lugd. Bat. 1739, and with further notes by Chr. Frid. Ammoin, 8vo., Erlang. 1787.
περὶ ἀκυρολογίας
There is another work by this Ammonius, περὶ ἀκυρολογίας, which has not yet been printed.
Further Information
Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. v. p. 715.
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.