Michaél Psellos Grammatikája
The Grammar of Michael Psellos

Summary/Abstract: Psellus’ didactic poem on grammar (poem. 6 Westerink) has rather few readers. Its significance in the history of science is also small, as it is mostly a collection of commonplaces written in fifteen-syllable verses. However, the way Psellus edited his writing to form a coherent text is worThexamining. Besides the structure further interesting points are the meaning of the word koine as the Byzantine dialektos in Psellus’ usage and his advice concerning Theocritus’ poetry (vs 30). The appendix is the transcription of a manuscript fragment, the notes to which prove that the content and language of the didactic poem presented a major challenge even to a Byzantine copyist.

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