Hesychius of Alexandria
5th/6th century Greek philologist and lexicographer
- Lived
- 450–500
- Country
- Byzantine Empire
Updated September 2026
About Hesychius of Alexandria
Hesychius of Alexandria was a Greek grammarian who, probably in the 5th or 6th century AD, compiled the richest lexicon of unusual and obscure Greek words that has survived, probably by absorbing the works of earlier lexicographers.
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