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  Priscian Summary
Priscian was quoted by several writers in Britain of the 8th century--Aldhelm, Bede, Alcuin--and was abridged or largely used in the next century by Hrabanus Maurus of Fulda and Servatus Lupus of Ferrières.
Priscian informs us in his preface that he has translated into Latin such precepts of the Greeks Herodian and Apollonius as seemed suitable, and added to them from Latin grammarians.
Priscian avowedly treats Greek writers on (Greek) grammar as his supreme authorities, but does not bear in mind that each has a history of his own and is a law in himself.
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  Priscian
Priscian was quoted by several writers in Britain of the 8th century--Aldhelm, Bede, Alcuin--and was abridged or largely used in the next century by Hrabanus Maurusof Fulda and Servatus Lupus of Ferriêres.
Priscian avowedly treats Greek writers on (Greek) grammar as his supreme authorities; and bears too little in mind that each has a history of its own and is a law toitself.
Priscian’s three short treatises dedicated to Symmachus are on weights and measures, the metres of Terence, and some rhetorical elements (exercises translated from Hermogenes).
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 Priscian
Cassiodor, überschreibt einige Auszüge aus Priscian mit der Feststellung, dass er in Konstantinopel zu seiner (Cassiodors) Zeit gelehrt habe (Keil, Gr.
Priscian informiert in seinem Vorwort darüber, dass er diejenigen Grundregeln der Griechen Aelius Herodianus und Apollonios Dyscolos ins Lateinische übernommen habe, die ihm angemessen erschienen, und sie um die lateinische Grammatik ergänzt habe.
Priscians drei kurze, Symmachus gewidmete Abhandlungen gehen über Maße und Gewichte, die Metriken bei Terenz, und einige rhetorische Elemente (übersetzte Übungen von Hermogenes).
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