PHOTIUS, ΑΝΑΛΦΑΒHΤΟΣ AND ATTICIST LEXICA

Abstract Photius’ lexicon contains an entry on the rare adjective ἀναλφάβητος (‘illiterate, ignorant’) that cites Phrynichus Atticista. Based this testimony, whole passage has been edited as fr. 19 of Phrynichus’ Praeparatio sophistica . This article demonstrates in lemma Photius conflates material which comes from and one other source, hypothetically identified with anonymous Antiatticist lexicon, preserves abridged employed compilation his lexicon. The also explores possibility work dealt was not but Eclogue. hypothesis requires challenging some assumptions concerning transmission Atticist lexicography Byzantine era, chiefly assumption Eclogue did circulate at Byzantium before fourteenth century.