HORAPOLLON, of Phaenebythis in the nome of Panopolis in Egypt, Greek grammarian, flourished in the 4th century A.D. According to Suidas, he wrote commentaries on Sophocles, Alcaeus and Homer, and a work (T Eµeveieh) on consecrated places. Photius (cod. 279) calls him a dramatist as well, and credits him with a history of Alexandria. Under the name of Horapollon two books on Hieroglyphics are extant, which profess to be a trans lation from an Egyptian original into Greek by a certain Philip pus. The translation is evidently late and has been ascribed to the 55th century. All that can be said is that there is evidence of the hieroglyphic tradition being still alive in the days of the author.