Heliodorus (metrist)

Heliodorus (metrist)

Heliodorus was a metrist in the 1st century AD who did work on the comedies of Aristophanes. He was the principal authority used by Juba of Mauretania.


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  • Heliodorus — Several persons named Heliodorus are known to us from ancient times, the best known of which is *Heliodorus of Emesa, author of the novel Aethiopica .*Heliodorus a minister of Seleucus IV Philopator ca. 175 BC *Heliodorus a Greek ambassador who… …   Wikipedia

  • Juba of Mauretania — Juba of Mauritania was a metrist who lived in Mauretania in the 2nd century. He wrote a now lost treatise on metric, based on Heliodorus and used by later grammarians …   Wikipedia

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