Herodian

Greek grammarian
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Also known as: Aelius Herodianus, Herodianus Technicus
Quick Facts
In full:
Aelius Herodianus
Byname:
Herodianus Technicus
Flourished:
2nd century ad
Also Known As:
Herodianus Technicus
Aelius Herodianus
Flourished:
c.101 - c.200
Notable Family Members:
father Apollonius Dyscolus
Subjects Of Study:
Greek language
accent
grammar

Herodian (flourished 2nd century ad) was a Greek grammarian of Alexandria who is important primarily for his work on Greek accents.

A son of the grammarian Apollonius Dyscolus, Herodian settled in Rome under the emperor Marcus Aurelius, to whom he dedicated a treatise on accentuation and quantity entitled Katholikē prosōdia (“General Prosody”). Extracts from it survive. His Peri monerous lexeos (“On Anomalous Words”), a discourse in which he disputes his father’s position on analogy, survives complete, and the titles of about 30 other works by him are known, though only a few extracts from them survive. A number of spurious and doubtful works were also attributed to him.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica.