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Priscianus Caesariensis (fl. AD 500), commonly known as Priscian (/ ˈ p r ɪ ʃ ən / or / ˈ p r ɪ ʃ i ən /), was a Latin grammarian and the author of the Institutes of Grammar, which was the standard textbook for the study of Latin during the Middle Ages.
Priscian (flourished c. 500 ce, Caesarea, Mauretania [now Cherchell, Algeria]) was the best known of all the Latin grammarians, author of the Institutiones grammaticae, which had a profound influence on the teaching of Latin and indeed of grammar generally in Europe.
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Priscian of Lydia (or Priscianus; Greek: Πρισκιανὸς ὁ Λυδός Prīskiānós ho Lȳdós; Latin: Priscianus Lydus; fl. 6th century), was one of the last of the Neoplatonists. Two works of his have survived.
May 17, 2018 · Priscian was a Byzantine grammarian who wrote a Latin grammar textbook and a poem on Roman weights and measures. His works are valuable for historical and linguistic purposes, and influenced medieval grammarians.
Priscian of Lydia is one of the six philosophers listed by Agathias Histories 2.30–1 to have accompanied Damascius on his journey to the Sassanian king Chosroes I (reign 531–79 ce). Agathias suggests they came of their own accord guided by the false impression that Chosroes’ reign resembled a Platonic state; he does not connect their ...
- F. A. J. De Haas
- 2000
Priscian of Lydia was one of the Athenian philosophers who took refuge in 531 AD with King Khosroes I of Persia, after the Christian Emperor Justinian stopped the teaching of the pagan Neoplatonist school in Athens.
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Sep 22, 2016 · Priscian of Lydia was one of the Athenian philosophers who took refuge in 531 AD with King Khosroes I of Persia, after the Christian Emperor Justinian stopped the teaching of the pagan...
