The Art of Grammar (Greek: Τέχνη Γραμματική - or romanized, Téchnē Grammatikḗ) is a treatise on Greek grammar, attributed to Dionysius Thrax, who wrote in the 2nd century BC.
It is the first work on grammar in Greek, and also the first concerning a Western language.[citation needed] It sought mainly to help speakers of Koine Greek understand the language of Homer, and other great poets of the past.[1] It has become a source for how ancient texts should be acted out based on the experience from commonly read ancient authors.[2] There are six parts to understanding grammar including trained reading by understanding the dialect from certain poetical figures.[3] There is a nine-part word classification system, which strayed away from the previous eight-part classification system.[4] It describes morphological structure as containing no middle diathesis.[5] There is no morphological analysis and the text uses the Word and Paradigm model.[6][7]
It was translated into SyriacbyJoseph Huzaya of the school of Nisibis in the 6th century.[8] It was also translated into Armenian.[9]
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