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Headword:
Grammatistês
Adler number: gamma,422
Translated headword: grammarian
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] he who teaches the first elements.[1]
But 'grammar' is the science of reading and writing.[2]
"[Paulos] attended a grammarian's classes among [the] Antiochenes."[3]
And elsewhere: "having learned thoroughly not even the first elements from the grammarians."[4]
And elsewhere: "by attending the grammarian's classes he learned nothing else except for letters, and to write those badly."[5]
Greek Original:Grammatistês: ho ta prôta stoicheia didaskôn. Grammatikê de estin epistêmê tou anaginôskein kai graphein. ho de es grammatistou ephoitêse para Antiocheusi. kai authis: oude ta prôta para tois grammatistais ekmemathêkôs stoicheia. kai authis: ou gar allo ouden es grammatistou phoitôn emathen, hoti mê grammata kai tauta kakôs grapsai.
Notes:
[1] Very similarly in
Phrynichus,
Paraeparatio sophistica. (
Hesychius and
Photius gloss differently.)
[2] Alexander of
Aphrodisias,
Commentaries on Aristotle's Topica 462.5.
[3]
Procopius,
History of the Wars of Justinian 2.6.23 (web address 1, here with the words rearranged). In 540 CE Paulos (cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. Paulus(9)) serves as an interpreter to the citizens of
Hierapolis (present-day Manbij, in north-central
Syria; cf.
alpha 465 note) for Chosroes (cf.
chi 418) as the attacking Persian king demands a ransom from the city; cf. Kaldellis (86). See additional context at
alpha 2363,
alpha 2461,
alpha 3035,
alpha 3485,
alpha 4346, and
delta 326. On
Antioch, see
alpha 2692.
[4] Part of John of
Antioch fr.173 FHG (4.604), now 259 Roberto.
[5] From
alpha 2407 (or
iota 469).
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIb, (Cambridge, 1992)
A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; daily life; definition; ethics; geography; historiography; history; military affairs; philosophy
Translated by: William Hutton on 5 July 2003@10:18:40.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added notes; augmented keywords; cosmetics) on 6 July 2003@08:38:02.
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 11 June 2012@04:51:15.
Catharine Roth (tweak, coding) on 24 September 2012@01:24:33.
David Whitehead (updated a ref) on 29 January 2015@09:20:32.
David Whitehead (another note; coding and other cosmetics) on 29 September 2015@07:38:37.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-references, added keywords, added link) on 11 January 2024@12:29:01.
Ronald Allen (corrective tweak n.3, added cross-reference) on 14 January 2024@11:46:33.
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