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Basileides

Βασιλείδης

(Βασιλείδης).

1. A Greek grammarian, who wrote a work on the Dialect of Homer (περὶ λέξεως Ὁμηρικῆς), of which an epitome was made by Cratinus. Both works are lost. (Etymol. Mag. s. v. *)Ari/zhlos.)

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.