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.

For works in Latin by this title, see Ars grammatica.

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.[3]

There is a nine-part word classification system, which strayed away from the previous eight-part classification system.[4]

Translation

It was translated into Syriac by Joseph Huzaya of the school of Nisibis in the 6th century.[5]

It was also translated into Armenian.

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. doi:10.1353/ajp.2015.0012. ISSN 1086-3168.
  3. "Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Dionysios Thrax", Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Dionysios Thrax. Die Fragmente der Grammatiker Tyrannion und Diokles. Apions Glossai Homerikai, Berlin, New York: DE GRUYTER, pp. 1–78, retrieved 2021-12-08
  4. Schenkeveld, Dirk M. (1983). "Linguistic Theories in the Rhetorical Works of Dionysius of Halicarnassus". Glotta. 61 (1/2): 67–94. ISSN 0017-1298.
  5. 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.


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