The Art of Grammar explained

The Art of Grammar (el|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] 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. There is a nine-part word classification system, which strayed away from the previous eight-part classification system.^[3] It describes morphological structure as containing no middle diathesis.^[4] There is no morphological analysis and the text uses the Word and Paradigm model.^{[5] [6]}

Translation

It was translated into Syriac by Joseph Huzaya of the school of Nisibis in the 6th century.^[7] It was also translated into Armenian.^[8]

External links

• • • 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

Notes and References

1. "The Art of Grammar", Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 15 July 2010.
2. Mitchell. Jack. 2015. Literary Performance in the Imperial Schoolroom as Historical Reënactment: The Evidence of the Colloquia, Scholia to Canonical Works, and Scholia to the Techne of Dionysius Thrax. American Journal of Philology. 136. 3. 469–502. 10.1353/ajp.2015.0012. 170141521 . 1086-3168.
3. Schenkeveld. Dirk M.. 1983. Linguistic Theories in the Rhetorical Works of Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Glotta. 61. 1/2. 67–94. 40266622 . 0017-1298.
4. 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.
5. Book: Niederehe . Hans-Josef . History and Historiography of Linguistics: Papers from the Fourth International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences (ICHoLS IV), Trier, 24-28 August, 1987 . Koerner . E. F. K. . 1990 . John Benjamins Publishing . 978-90-272-4541-0 . en.
6. Wolanin, Hubert. "Ancient Greeks on compounds: Aristotle, Dionysius Thrax, Apollonius Dyscolus." (2017).
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8. Web site: Armenian Early Printed Books (armbook) . 2023-12-14 . greenstone.flib.sci.am.