Aelius Festus Aphthonius

Aelius Festus Aphthonius

Aelius Festus Aphthonius was a Latin grammarian of the 3rd or 4th century, possibly of African origin, and considered to be one of the most important classical rhetoricians.

He wrote a metrical handbook "De Metris", in four books, which was added to the "Ars Grammatica" of Gaius Marius Victorinus sometime before 400, but not by Victorinus himself.

See also

* Aphthonius of Antioch

References

* Keil, "Grammatici Latini", vi
* Schultz, "Quibus Auctoribus Aelius Festus Aphthonius usus sit" (1885)
*1911

External links

* [http://kaali.linguist.jussieu.fr/CGL/index.jsp Corpus Grammaticorum Latinorum: complete texts and full bibliography]


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