Agallis

Agallis (Ancient Greek : Ἀγαλλίς; called Anagallis Ancient Greek : Ἀναγαλλίς by the Suda ) of Corcyra was a female grammarian who wrote about Homer. She, or her father, was a student of Aristophanes of Byzantium.^{[1] [2]}

According to Athenaeus, she argued that ball games were invented by Nausicaa.^[1] Two scholiasts on the Iliad quote an argument that the two cities that Homer describes on the Shield of Achilles represented Athens and Eleusis; one attributes this to "Agallias of Corcyra", the other to "Dalis of Corcyra". Some scholars believe that Agallias was Agallis' father; others that it is an error and Agallis was the source of this argument.^[3]

Agallis is sometimes incorrectly described as a philosopher. This derives from the misconception that Ptolemy's Life of Aristotle was dedicated to her; it is now known to have been dedicated to a man named Gallus.^[1]

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Agallis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology .