Zoilus

Zoilus in Wikipedia

Zoilus or Zoilos (Greek: Ζωΐλος; c. 400 BC-320 BC) was a Greek grammarian, Cynic philosopher, and literary critic from Amphipolis in East Macedonia, then known as Thrace. Took the name Homeromastix (Ὁμηρομάστιξ "Homer whipper"; gen.: Ὁμηρομάστιγος) later in life. According to Vitruvius (vii., preface) he lived during the age of Ptolemy Philadelphu...

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Zoĭlus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

(Ζωΐλος). A grammarian, a native of Amphipolis, who flourished in the time of Philip of Macedon. He was celebrated for the asperity with which he assailed Homer (Ὁμηρομάστιξ), and his name became proverbial for a captious and malignant critic (V. H. xi. 10). See Spindler, De Zoïlo Homeromastige Qui Vocatur, 2 pts. (1888- 89)....

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