Diomedes Grammaticus

Diomedes Grammaticus (Greek Διομηδης Γραμματικος, Diomedes Grammatikos ) was an East Roman grammarians.

There is no news about his person; the only source of information is his own ars grammatica. A comparison of this grammar with other texts of this genre makes it seem plausible that Diomedes was active in the Greek-speaking east of the empire. His intense evaluation of the grammars of Aelius Donatus and Flavius ​​Sosipater Charisius refer to a period in the second half of the 4th century.

His ars grammatica consists of three books. The first book deals with the parts of speech doctrine. In the second it comes to linguistic units such as letters and syllables to questions of prosody and the complex of language accuracy ( vitia et virtutes orationis ) and stylistics; also fundamental issues of the status and purpose of the grammar are discussed in this book. The third book is dedicated to the area of the metric and poetry.

Modern Edition

Grammatici Latini ed. H. Keil. Vol 1 (Leipzig 1857/ND Hildesheim 1961): Flavii Sosipatri Charisii grammaticae artis artis libri v. Diomedes grammaticae libri iii. Ex Charisii arte grammatica Excerpta.