The Art of Grammar
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
It is the first work on grammar in Greek, and also the first concerning a Western language.[citation needed] It sought mainly to help speakers of Koine Greek understand the language of Homer, and other great poets of the past.[1] It has become a source for how ancient texts should be acted out based on the experience from commonly read ancient authors.[2] There are six parts to understanding grammar including trained reading by understanding the dialect from certain poetical figures.[3] There is a nine-part word classification system, which strayed away from the previous eight-part classification system.[4] It describes morphological structure as containing no middle diathesis.[5] There is no morphological analysis and the text uses the Word and Paradigm model.[6][7]
Translation
It was translated into Syriac by Joseph Huzaya of the school of Nisibis in the 6th century.[8] It was also translated into Armenian.[9]
References
- ^ "The Art of Grammar", Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 15 July 2010.
- S2CID 170141521.
- ISBN 9783110855135, retrieved 2021-12-08
- JSTOR 40266622.
- ^ Farina, Margherita. "Diathesis and Middle Voice in the Syriac Ancient Grammatical Tradition: The Translations and Adaptations of the Téchne Grammatiké and the Arabic Model." Aramaic Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2008, pp. 175-193.
- ISBN 978-90-272-4541-0.
- ^ Wolanin, Hubert. "Ancient Greeks on compounds: Aristotle, Dionysius Thrax, Apollonius Dyscolus." (2017).
- S2CID 161176275.
- ^ "Armenian Early Printed Books (armbook)". greenstone.flib.sci.am. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
External links
Greek Wikisource has original text related to this article: Τέχνη Γραμματική- English Wikisource has original text related to this article: The grammar of Dionysios Thrax
- Art of Grammar in Greek on Bibliotheca Augustana
- The Grammar of Dionysios Thrax, translation by Thomas Davidson
- The Grammar of Dionysius Thrax, translation by Anthony Alcock
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