Helladius (

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: Έλλάδιος) was a

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grammarian, professor, and a priest of

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during the 4th and 5th centuries. Helladius was a professor of some distinction in

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. In 391, he was involved in a violent revolt centred at the Serapeum, where the pagan rebels tortured and killed captured Christians, with Helladius reportedly personally killing nine Christians.Socrates Scholasticus, ''Hist. Eccl. '' 5.16. After the suppression of the revolt and the destruction of the temple, Helladius fled to

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, By the reign of

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(408–450 A.D.), he was back to actively teaching grammar. Socrates of Constantinople in his youth was one of his pupils. Helladius was granted comitiva ordinis primi by this emperor in 425 A.D., by virtue of which he became ranked among the ''ex vicarii''. Helladius compiled a Greek lexicon entitled λεξικὸν κατὰ στοιχεῖου or τῶν λέξεων συλλογή according to

Photius Photius I of Constantinople (, ''Phōtios''; 815 – 6 February 893), also spelled ''Photius''Fr. Justin Taylor, essay "Canon Law in the Age of the Fathers" (published in Jordan Hite, T.O.R., and Daniel J. Ward, O.S.B., "Readings, Cases, Mate ...

; elsewhere it is stated the lexicon bore the title λέξεως παντοίας χρῆσις κατα στοῖχειον. Helladius was one of the important sources used by the ''Suda'' as well.

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