Ancient Greek grammarians

Theophrastus (; ; c. 371 – c. 287 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and naturalist. A native of Eresos in Lesbos, he was Aristotle's close colleague and successor as head of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy in Athens. Theophrastus wrote numerous treatises across all areas of philosophy, working to support, improve, expand, and develop the Aristotelian system. He made significant contributions to various fields, including ethics, metaphysics, botany, and natural history. Often considered the "father of botany" for his groundbreaking works "Enquiry into Plants" () and "On the

Athenaeus of Naucratis (; or Nαυκράτιος, Athēnaios Naukratitēs or Naukratios; ) was an ancient Greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourishing about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century AD. The Suda says only that he lived in the times of Marcus Aurelius, but the contempt with which he speaks of Commodus, who died in 192, implies that he survived that emperor. He was a contemporary of Adrantus.

ancient Greek grammarian and historian

thumb|The Choice of Hercules, by Annibale Carracci, depicting the fable recounted by Prodicus Prodicus of Ceos (; , Pródikos ho Keios; c. 465 BC – c. 395 BC) was a Greek philosopher, and part of the first generation of Sophists. He came to Athens as ambassador from Ceos, and became known as a speaker and a teacher. Plato treats him with greater respect than the other sophists, and in several of the Platonic dialogues Socrates appears as the friend of Prodicus. One writer claims Socrates used his method of instruction. Prodicus made linguistics and ethics prominent in his curriculum. The conten

ancient Greek grammarian

Greek grammarian and scholar (c.220–c.143 BC)

Zenodotus () was a Greek grammarian, literary critic, Homeric scholar, and the first librarian of the Library of Alexandria. A native of Ephesus and a pupil of Philitas of Cos, he lived during the reigns of the first two Ptolemies, and was at the height of his reputation about 280 BC.

Lycophron ( ; ; born about 330–325 BC) was a Hellenistic Greek tragic poet, grammarian, and commentator on comedy, to whom the poem Alexandra is attributed (perhaps falsely).

5th/6th century Greek philologist and lexicographer

third-century BC Greek literary scholar and grammarian in Alexandria

thumb|200px|Nicander, Theriaca, 10th century, Constantinople Nicander of Colophon (; fl. 2nd century BC) was a Greek poet, physician, and grammarian.

ancient Greek philosopher

Zoilus ( Zoilos; c. 400320 BC) was a Greek grammarian and literary critic from Amphipolis in Eastern Macedonia, then known as Thrace. He took the name Homeromastix (Ὁμηρομάστιξ "Homer whipper"; gen.: Ὁμηρομάστιγος) later in life.

Greek scholar and grammarian (c.63 BC–c.AD 10)

ancient Greek poet

Apion (; fl. 1st century CE), also called Apion Pleistoneices (, Apíōn Pleistoníkēs) and Apion Mochthos (μόχθος) was a grammarian and sophist in first century Egypt. Apion wrote several works, none of which has survived.

Greek author (c. 64 – 141)

thumb|Herm of Antimachus from Colophon Antimachus of Colophon (), or of Claros, was a Greek poet and grammarian, who flourished about 400 BC.

3rd-century BC Greek biographer and philosopher

2nd-century Greek grammarian

2nd century Greek grammarian and sophist

Greek grammarian, rhetorician, and historian

Rhianus (Greek: Ῥιανὸς ὁ Κρής) was a Greek poet and grammarian, a native of Crete, friend and contemporary of Eratosthenes (275–195 BC).

ancient Greek mythographer

Alexandrian Jewish historian

Hellenistic grammarian and tragic poet of the 3rd century BCE

ancient Greek grammarian

__NOTOC__ Valerius Harpocration ( or , gen. Ἁρποκρατίωνος) was a Greek grammarian of Alexandria, probably working in the 2nd century AD. He is possibly the Harpocration mentioned by Julius Capitolinus (Life of Verus, 2) as the Greek tutor of Lucius Verus (2nd century AD); some authorities place him much later, on the ground that he borrowed from Athenaeus.

Greek literary critic

2nd-century Roman-Egyptian grammarian and writer

Classical Greek poet

Classical Greek grammarian

ancient Greek grammarian

1st century BC Greek Peripatetic philosopher and grammarian

ancient Greek poet and grammarian

ancient Greek historian and scholar

Erotianus (, also Herodianus, ; 1st century AD) was the author of an extant Greek work titled Collection of Hippocratic words (). It is uncertain whether he was himself a physician or merely a grammarian, but he appears to have written (or at least to have intended to write) some other works on Hippocrates besides that which we now possess.

2nd-century Greek grammarian

ancient Greek philologist

Diogenianus () was a Greek grammarian from Heraclea in Pontus (or in Caria) who flourished during the reign of Hadrian (117–138). He was the author of an alphabetical lexicon, chiefly of poetical words, abridged from the great lexicon () of Pamphilus of Alexandria (AD 50) and other similar works. It was also known by the title (“Manual for those without means”). It formed the basis of the lexicon, or rather glossary, of Hesychius of Alexandria, which is described in the preface as a new edition of the work of Diogenianus. A collection of 776 proverbs under his name is still extant bearing the

Greek compilator

Praxiphanes () a Peripatetic philosopher, was a native of Mytilene, who lived a long time in Rhodes. He lived in the time of Demetrius Poliorcetes and Ptolemy I Soter, and was a pupil of Theophrastus, about 322 BC. He subsequently opened a school himself, in which Epicurus is said to have been one of his pupils. Praxiphanes paid special attention to grammatical studies, and is hence named along with Aristotle as the founder and creator of the science of grammar.

1st century AD Greek grammarian

ancient Greek grammarian

4th century Egyptian priest and tutor

ancient Greek rhetorician

ancient Greek grammarian

6th century Greek author of a book on animals

Dionysiades () of Tarsus was an ancient Greek tragic poet who lived in the time of Alexander the Great (second half of the 4th century BC). According to Strabo, he was the best of the tragic poets included in the so-called Alexandrian Pleiad. It is not certain whether he is identical with Dionysiades of Mallus in Cilicia, also a tragic poet, who wrote a work entitled Styles or Lovers of Comedy (), "in which he describes (ἀπαγγέλλει) the styles of [comic] poets". This work was perhaps the first attempt to distinguish and define the styles of Attic comic poets. The Suda mentions that Dionysiades

ancient Greek grammarian

ancient writer

Egyptian grammarian

Ancient Macedonian scholar and officer

ancient Greek grammarian

Amerias (Greek: Ἀμερίας, 3rd century BC) was an ancient Macedonian lexicographer, known for his compilation of a glossary titled Glossai ('', terms or words). Αnother of his works was called Rhizotomikos (''), an etymological treatise.

1st-century AD Greek grammarian and rhetorician

ancient Greek atticist grammarian

ancient Greek tragic poet

Egyptian grammarian

ancient Greek grammarian