Charisius
Flavius Sosipater Charisius (4th century AD) was a Latin grammarian. He was probably an African by birth, summoned to Constantinople to take the place of Euanthius, a learned commentator on Terence.
Also recorded as Flavius Sosipater Charisius
Charisius
- Born
- 400. · Africa.
- Died
- 400.
- Nationality
- Ancient Rome.
- Occupation
- grammarian, writer and politician.
- Languages
- Latin.
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Flavius Sosipater Charisius (4th century AD) was a Latin grammarian. He was probably an African by birth, summoned to Constantinople to take the place of Euanthius, a learned commentator on Terence.
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Ars Grammatica
Ars Grammatica
The Ars Grammatica, in five books, is addressed to his son (not a Roman, as the preface shows). The surviving text is incomplete: the beginning of the first, part of the fourth, and the greater part of the fifth book are lost. The work, which is a compendium, is valuable as it contains excerpts from the earlier writers on grammar, who are in many cases mentioned by name: Remmius Palaemon, Julius Romanus (Gaius Iulius Romanus), Comminianus. The edition of Heinrich Keil, in Grammatici Latini, i. (1857), has been superseded by that of Karl Barwick (1925).
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400
Charisius born at Africa.
400
Charisius died.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1031640371, Charisius, Hanno.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500707040, Charisius, Jonas.
General reference · The Getty Research Institute
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1001949: Charisius
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- “Charisius”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Charisius, The Fragmentary Latin Poets, 1993
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1993
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Charisius, The Fragmentary Latin Poets, 1993
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Charisius, The Fragmentary Latin Poets, 1993Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1031640371, Charisius, Hanno.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500707040, Charisius, Jonas.The Getty Research Institute
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