Phrynichus Arabius

This article is about the grammarian. For other persons of the same name, see Phrynichus (disambiguation).

Phrynichus Arabius (/ˈfrɪnɪkəs/; Greek: Φρύνιχος Ἀράβιος, lit. 'Phrynichus “the Arab”')[1][2] or Phrynichus of Bithynia (Greek: Φρύνιχος ὁ Βιθυνός) was a grammarian of the Greek language who flourished in 2nd century Bithynia, writing works on proper Attic usage. His name is also transliterated as Phrynichos or Phrynikhos. His ethnic background is disputed, mainly between an Arab and Bithynian Greek descent.[3][4]

  1. ^ Davidson, James (2015-03-03). Courtesans & Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4668-9159-3.
  2. ^ Bloemendal, Jan (2010-05-31). Gerardus Joannes Vossius: Poeticarum institutionum libri tres / Institutes of Poetics in Three Books. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-18409-1.
  3. ^ Regali, Mario (2015-10-01). "Phrynichus Arabius". Lexicon of Greek Grammarians of Antiquity. Photius attributes to Phrynichus the ethnic Ἀράβιος (Bibl. cod. 158, 2, 100a, 33), while the Suda describes him as Βιθυνός (φ 764).
  4. ^ Struck, Peter T. (2020). "Greek & Roman Mythology - Phrynichus". University of Pennsylvania. A Greek Sophist, who lived in the second half of the 3rd century A.D. in Bithynia [...]