Phocas 5th cent
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- stoa0228a
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- urn:cite:perseus:author.1114
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- stoa0228a
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- no2004087483
- Name:
- Phocas 5th cent
- Alt names:
- Φωκᾶς
Focas, Grammaticus
Foca - Field of activity:
- Grammarian
Poet - Notes:
- Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. Manuscript. Vat. Lat. 1491 [MI] between
1951 and 1959: fol. 49v (Focas Grammaticus)
Oxford classical dict., 1996 (Phocas, 5th cent. grammarian)
Brill's New Pauly: "Phocas (Focas), oman grammarian probably of the early 5th cent. AD. His Ars de nomine et verbo (Regula) represents the type of rule-based grammar that came increasingly into use in the later 4th cent., and that makes the learning of correct Latin easier by means of numerous paradigms of declensions and conjugations,....The metric Life of Vergil (in hexameters, introduction in Sapphic strophes)in a Spanish anthology (Parisinus Latinus 8093, 9th cent.) which breaks off towards the end has been passed down under P.' name. It goes back directly to the Suetonian Vita De viris illustribus .....Schmidt, Peter L. (Constance). "Phocas (Focas)." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and
Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2011. Brill Online. Tufts University Library. - Author info:
- VIAF
- Worldcat Identities
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- urn:cts:latinLit:stoa0228a.stoa003 Click here for Work record