What is "tryphon"

Tryphon or Trypho (, gen.: Τρύφωνος) (ca. 60 BC-10 BC) was a Greek grammarian who lived and worked in Alexandria. He was a contemporary of Didymus Chalcenterus.

He wrote several specialized works on aspects of language and grammar, from which only a handful of fragments now survive. These included treatises on word-types, dialects, accentuation, pronunciation, and orthography, as well as a grammar (Τέχνη Γραμματική, Tékhne grammatiké) and a dictionary. The two extant works that bear his name, On Meters and On Tropes, may or may not be by him. He had a pupil named Abron.

Tryphon was a Greek grammarian.

Tryphon or similar names may refer to:

• Saint Tryphon, several saints
• Diodotus Tryphon, a Seleucid ruler
• Salvius, a rebel slave who assumed the name Tryphon
• The Jewish philosopher Trypho in a dialog with Justin Martyr, who may be identical with the eminent Rabbi Tarfon
• Metropolitan Trifon, a clergyman
• Professor Tryphon Tournesol, fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin (Cuthbert Calculus in English translations)
• Saint-Triphon, Swiss village