Tryphon

Greek scholar

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In classical scholarship: Grammar and language study
Under Augustus, Tryphon studied the language of prose and made the first study of syntax, the first vocabulary of the written language, and a classification of the so-called figures of speech. About the same time Didymus, known as Chalkenteros (“Brazen-Gutted”), incorporated into huge variorum editions much of…
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