Apollonius Dyscolus
Apollonius Dyscolus | |
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| Born | 2nd century |
| Died | 2nd century |
| Occupation | Grammarian |
| Parent | Mnesitheus of Alexandria (father) |
Apollonius Dyscolus (
grammarians
.
Life
Little is known of Apollonius Dyscolus, other than that he was born at
potsherds to write down his thoughts. His monicker ho dúskolos signifying "the difficult" or "crabby/grouchy" may reflect the sour temper of someone reduced to eking out a living in extreme indigence.[1] Various interpretations have been advanced arguing the nickname was expressive of his highly compressed, difficult style, or as illustrating his cantankerously disputatious manner, or as alluding to his habit of citing arcane words in contests with other grammarians, in order to perplex them.[2] He died in poverty in what was formerly the royal quarter of the city of Alexandria.[1]
Works
He was the founder of scientific
conjunctions,[9] and on pronouns.[10] One characteristic which was to influence later generations was Apollonius' deployment of philosophical concepts in grammatical analysis. The earlier Alexandrine grammatical tradition was familiar with distinctions such as that between genos and eidos, but these were not used in refining distinctions between the parts of speech. Apollonius drew on Stoic ontology to analyse the noun and the verb.[11]
Like his son, Aelius Herodianus, he had an enormous influence on all later grammarians.
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c Sandys 2010, p. 312.
- ^ Householder 1981, pp. 4–5.
- ^ Sandys 2010, p. 314.
- ^ Robins 2011, p. 31.
- ^ Mandilarás 1973, p. 7 ?
- ^ Suda α 3422
- ^ Lallot 1997a ?
- ^ Schneider 1878, pp. 119–210.
- ^ Schneider 1878, pp. 213–258.
- ^ Schneider 1878, pp. 3–116.
- ^ Luhtala 2005, p. 152.
Sources
- Householder, Fred Walter (1981). The Syntax of Apollonius Dyscolus. ISBN 978-9-027-24504-5.
- Ildefonse, Frédérique (1997). La Naissance de la Grammaire dans l'Antiquité grecque. Paris: ISBN 2-7116-1311-9.
- Lallot, Jean (1997a). Apollonius Dyscole: De la construction: Introduction, texte et traduction. Vol. 1. Paris: ISBN 978-2-711-61321-2.
- Lallot, Jean (1997b). Apollonius Dyscole: De la construction: Notes et index. Vol. 2. Paris: ISBN 978-2-711-61321-2.
- Luhtala, Anneli (2005). Grammar and Philosophy in Late Antiquity: A Study of Priscian's Sources. ISBN 978-9-027-24598-4.
- Mandilarás, Vassileios (1973). The Verb in the Greek Non-literary Papyri. Athens: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Scienbces.
- ISBN 978-3-110-85722-1.
- ISBN 978-1-108-02706-9.
- Schneider, Richard (1878). Apollonii Scripta minora. Teubner.
Further reading
- Andreas U. Schmidhauser, "Apollonius Dyscolus. De pronomine pars generalis", PhD thesis, University of Geneva, 2007. Comprehensive critical text with English translation.
External links
- Apollonius Dyscolus – a website dedicated to Apollonius.
- Grecae linguae dialecti, in scholae regiae westmonasteriensis usum (...) praefationem & appendicem ex Apollonii Dyscoli fragmento inedito, J. F. Reitzius (ed.), Hgae-comitis, apud Joannem Neaulme, Biblipolam., 1738.
- Historiae commentitiae liber, sive historiae mirabiles, Guilielmus Xyladrus, Joannes Meursius, Ludovicus Henricus Teucherus (ed.), Lipsiae in bibliopolio gleditschiano, 1792.
- De pronomine liber, Immanuel Bekker(ed.), Berolini, in libraria scholae realis, 1813.
- De constructione orationis libri quatuor, Immanuel Bekker(ed.), Berolini impensis Ge. Reimeri, 1817.
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