Tryphon
Τρύφων
(Τρύφων), literary.
1. Of Alexandria, the son of Ammonius, a grammarian and poet, lived before and during the reign of Augustus (Suid. s. v.).
Works
A long list of his works, in almost every department of grammar, is given by Suidas, and an account of several of them, which exist in MS., will be found in Fabricius.
Further Information
Bibl. Graec. vol. vi. p. 351, comp. pp. 165, 192, 319, 321, 381, and vol. i. p. 526.
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.