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{{Short description|2nd century Greek grammarian and sophist}} '''Julius Pollux''' ({{langx|el|Ἰούλιος Πολυδεύκης}}, ''Ioulios Polydeukes''; fl. 2nd century) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] scholar and rhetorician from [[Naucratis]], [[Ancient Egypt]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9060658/Julius-Pollux Encyclopædia Britannica ]</ref><ref>John Hazel, ''Who's who in the Greek world'', p.197, Routledge, 1999</ref><ref>Andrew Dalby, ''Food in the Ancient World: From A to Z'', p.265, Routledge, 2003</ref> Emperor [[Commodus]] appointed him a professor-chair of rhetoric in [[Athens]] at the [[Academy]] — on account of his melodious voice, according to [[Philostratus]]' ''Lives of the Sophists.''
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