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Συναγωγὴ πασῶν λέξεων κατὰ στοιχεῖον
Known · Attestedin Alexandria?Conjectured · Our reconstructionour placement
I · The entry, in his form
In the table of Miscellaneous writings
Conjectured · Our reconstructionour placementHesychius of Alexandria
Lexicon
Συναγωγὴ πασῶν λέξεων κατὰ στοιχεῖον
Opening words not preserved.
Length: not counted
Above, his entry form, filled from what we know. Below, ours.
II · Does it survive? Where to read it
Survives whole
About 51,000 entries, surviving in a single 15th-century manuscript in Venice.
Was it in Alexandria?
Known · AttestedWritten in Alexandria.
On the table: written in Alexandria; no evidence it was in the Library.
Read it today
- Schmidt's edition (1867), Greek · the original · link checked 31 Oct 2026
III · In the show
The show has not yet spoken of this work.
IV · Sources and the living entry
Ancient references
- Hesychius, Letter to Eulogius (preface)
Modern scholarship (2)
- K. Latte (ed.), Hesychii Alexandrini Lexicon, vols 1-2 (Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1953-1966).
- E. Dickey, Ancient Greek Scholarship (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007)
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