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Dionysius Thrax (Ancient Greek: Διονύσιος ὁ Θρᾷξ Dionýsios ho Thrâix, 170–90 BC) was a Greek [1] grammarian and a pupil of Aristarchus of Samothrace.He was long considered to be the author of the earliest grammatical text on the Greek language, one that was used as a standard manual for perhaps some 1,500 years, [2] and which was until recently regarded as the groundwork of ...
The Art of Grammar (Greek: Τέχνη Γραμματική - or romanized, Téchnē Grammatikḗ) is a treatise on Greek grammar, attributed to Dionysius Thrax, who wrote in the 2nd century BC. Contents
In about 100 B.C., Dionysius Thrax defined grammar as an "acquired expertise of the general usage of poets and prose writers". He identified six elements to the field: [1] Accurate reading aloud; Explanation of literary devices; Comments on subject matter
Thrax or Thraex (Latin borrowing of Ancient Greek Θρᾷξ "Thracian") may be Historical figures: Dionysius Thrax (c. 170-90 BC), a Hellenistic grammarian; Maximinus Thrax (c. 173–238), Roman emperor from Moesia; Leo I Eastern Roman emperor; Justin I Eastern Roman emperor; Thrax (mythology), a child of Ares; Thrax, neosapien character in ...
Dionysius Chalcus, Athenian elegiac poet (5th century BC) Dionysius of Byzantium, Greek geographer (2nd century CE) Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Greek historian of the Roman period (c. 60 BC – after 7 BC) Dionysius of Miletus, Greek ethnographer and historian (fl. perhaps in the 5th century BC) Dionysius Thrax, Greek grammarian (2nd century BC)
Dionysius Thrax (170 BCE – 90 BCE): Homeric scholar and student of Aristarchus, who did author a Greek grammar, although it did not discuss syntax. Didymus Chalcenterus: (c. 63 BCE – 10 CE): Commentator on lyric and comic poets, who compiled and transmitted the work of his predecessors.
He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon, Panaetius the Stoic, and the grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace, under whom he appears to have studied together with his contemporary Dionysius Thrax. He left (perhaps fled) Alexandria around 146 BC, most likely for Pergamon, and eventually settled in Athens.
Theodosius' main work were the Κανόνες εἰσαγωγικοί περὶ κλίσεως ὀνομάτων καὶ ῤημάτων (Introduction to The Rules of Noun and Verb Declension), essentially an epitome of Dionysius Thrax's Art of Grammar, from where he mechanically copied the verb and noun inflectional paradigms.