Didymi Chalcenteri Grammatici Alexandrini: Fragmenta Quae Supersunt Omnia (cambridge Library Collection - Classics) (ancient Greek Edition)

Moritz Wilhelm Constantin Schmidt (1823-1888) published this work in 1854. It is a collection of the fragmentary Greek texts of Didymus Chalcenterus (63 BCE-10 CE), a grammarian and compiler who lived and taught in Alexandria and Rome. Didymus was perhaps the most prolific writer of antiquity: it is suggested by other ancient sources that he wrote between 3,500 and 4,000 books. Because he borrowed heavily from other authors, he is an important source for the lost work of writers such as Aristophanes and Aristarchus. Most of Didymus' own work has perished, but what remains is collected here by Schmidt. The fragments cover topics including lexicography; grammar and orthography; the style and language of authors such as Homer, Pindar, and Demosthenes; and ancient historical writing. The final group of fragments includes a number of texts of which the attribution to Didymus is uncertain. Cover......Page 1 Frontmatter......Page 8 PRAEFATIO......Page 12 Introduction......Page 18 I - [GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA]I[GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA][GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON][GREEK CAPITAL LETTER MU][GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMICRON][GREEK CAPITAL LETTER UPSILON] [GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA][GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON][GREEK CAPITAL LETTER XI][GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON][GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA][GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA]......Page 32 II - COMMENTARII ET RECENSIONES......Page 129 III - OPUSCULA GRAMMATICA......Page 352 IV - OPUSCULA AD HISTORIAM FABULAREM ANTIQUITATES HISTORIAM LITERARUM PERTINENTIA......Page 373 V - DUBIAE SEDIS FRAGMENTA......Page 418 INDEX FONTIUM......Page 423 INDEX RERUM ET VERBORUM......Page 429 INDEX SCRIPTORUM A DIDYMO LAUDATORUM......Page 437