Ancient Greek Grammarians - Dionysius Thrax, Ammonius Grammaticus, Prodicus, Didymus Chalcenterus, Hesychius of Alexandria, Antimachus, Pamphilus (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Dionysius Thrax, Ammonius Grammaticus, Prodicus, Didymus Chalcenterus, Hesychius of Alexandria, Antimachus, Pamphilus of Alexandria, Apion, Diogenianus, Artapanus of Alexandria, Lycophron, Crates of Mallus, Parthenius of Nicaea, Antoninus Liberalis, Aristophanes of Byzantium, Apollodorus, Zenodotus, Philo of Byblos, Apollonius Dyscolus, Nicander, Agallis, Castor of Rhodes, Euphorion of Chalcis, Alexandrine grammarians, Zoilus, Amerias, Alexarchus of Macedon, Aristarchus of Samothrace, Aristonicus of Alexandria, Theon, Eutychius Proclus, Tyrannion of Amisus, Harpocration, Agresphon, Metrodorus, Simmias of Rhodes, Horapollon, Rhianus, Ptolemaeus Chennus, Heraclitus, Nicanor Stigmatias, Apollonius the Sophist, Tryphon, Abron, Alexander of Cotiaeum, Marcus Mettius Epaphroditus, Xenarchus of Seleucia, Theagenes of Rhegium, Praxiphanes, Archemachus of Euboea, Arcadius of Antioch, Demetrius of Scepsis, Homerus of Byzantium, Demetrius of Magnesia, Callistratus, Hermippus of Berytus, Erotianus, Ammonianus, Aeschylus of Alexandria, Nicanor of Cyrene, Boios, Seleucus of Alexandria, Attalus of Rhodes, Hephaestion, Carystius, Soteridas of Epidaurus, Timachidas of Rhodes, Heliodorus. Excerpt: Prodicus of Ceos (Greek: , Prodikos; 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. Prodicus made linguistics and ethics prominent in his curriculum. The content of one of his speeches is still known, and concerns a fable in which Heracles has to make a choice between Virtue and Vice. He also interpreted religion through the framework of naturalism. Prodicus...