Gaius Iulius Nicanor
Gaius Iulius Nicanor was the son of the philosopher Areios and brother of Dionysius . Like his brother, he was friends with Augustus .
He is probably not identical with Iulius Nikanor, who is referred to on an Attic inscription as the "new Homer and new Themistocles" and can be identified with the Nikanor named by Dion of Prusa , who bought the island of Salamis back from the Athenians (hence the "new Themistocles") ) and was probably also an epic poet ("new Homer").
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- Inscriptiones Graecae III 642-644
- Suetonius , Augustus 89.1
- Strabo 9,394
Remarks
- ↑ Inscriptiones Graecae II², 3788 : "The Areopagus , the Bule and the people of the Athenians (honor) Iulius Nikanor, the new Homer and the new Themistocles".
- ^ Dion of Prusa 31:116.
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| SURNAME | Iulius Nicanor, Gaius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nicanor, Gaius Iulius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman grammarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century |