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.
It sought mainly to help speakers of Koine Greek understand the language of Homer, and other great poets of the past.[1]
Translation
It was translated into Syriac by Joseph Huzaya of the school of Nisibis in the 6th century.[2]
It was also translated into Armenian.
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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References
- ^ "The Art of Grammar", Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 15 July 2010.
- ^ Margherita Farina (2008), "Diathesis and Middle Voice in the Syriac Ancient Grammatical Tradition: The Translations and Adaptations of the Téchne Grammatiké and the Arabic Model", Aramaic Studies, 6 (2): 175–193.