Apollonios Dyskolos
Apollonios Dyskolos ( Latinized Apollonius Dyscolus ) lived in Alexandria in the 2nd century and is regarded as one of the greatest Greek grammarians . He was the first to write a work on syntax that supplemented the Techne grammatike of Dionysius Thrax .
Apollonios was the son of Mnesitheus and lived his entire life in Alexandria ; nothing more is known about his life. He was nicknamed Dyskolos , which means "hardly to be satisfied", because of his irascible and highly analytical personality, and wrote extensively about talking. Of the twenty books mentioned in the Suda , four have survived: those on syntax , adverbs , conjunctions and pronouns . He had a great influence on subsequent generations of grammarians, including his son Ailios Herodianos .
In his work he deals with the parts of speech and their combination in the sentence, i.e. H. the syntactic connection. Among other things, the infinitive and the personal pronouns are examined in it.
literature
- Eleanor Dickey: Ancient Greek Scholarship. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-531292-8 , pp. 73-75
- Leopold Cohn : Apollonios (81) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 136-139 (outdated).
Web links
- Literature by and about Apollonios Dyskolos in the catalog of the German National Library
- A website about Apollonios Dyskolos
Remarks
- ↑ Suda , keyword Apollonios ( Ἀπολλώνιος ), Adler number: alpha 3422 , Suda-Online
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Apollonios Dyskolos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Apollonius Dyscolus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek grammarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century or 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century |