Theognostus the Grammarian (Greek: Θεόγνωστος ὁ Γραμματικός; Latin: Theognostus Grammaticus) was a Byzantine grammarian of the 9th century and the author of Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας (On Orthography), also known as the Κανόνες (Canons), a handbook on spelling.[1] The work, which is based on the works of the earlier grammarians Cyril and Herodian, consists of a series of rules designed to help Byzantine writers use the correct ancient spellings of words whose pronunciation had changed in mediaeval Greek.[2] It is dedicated to the emperor Leo V.[3] Theognostus also wrote a lost work on the rebellion of Euphemius in Sicily in 826–827.[4]

References

  1. ^ Edited by John Anthony Cramer, Anecdota Graeca e codd. ms. bibliothecarum Oxoniensium, Vol. 2, Oxford, 1835, pp. 1–165.
  2. ^ Dickey, Eleanor (2007). Ancient Greek Scholarship. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-19-804266-2.
  3. ^ Kazhdan, Alexander (1991). "Theognostos". Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 2055.
  4. ^ Damschen, Gregor (2006). "Theognostus". Brill's New Pauly. Leiden: Brill. doi:10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e120896.


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