The Art of Grammar

The Art of Grammar (Ancient Greek: Τέχνη Γραμματική Téchnē Grammatikḗ) is a treatise on Ancient Greek grammar, attributed to Dionysius Thrax, who wrote in the 2nd century BC.

It is the first work on grammar in Greek, and also the first concerning a Western language.^{[citation needed]} It sought mainly to help speakers of Koine Greek understand the language of Homer, and other great poets of the past.^[1] It has become a source for how ancient texts should be acted out based on the experience from commonly read ancient authors.^[2] There are six parts to understanding grammar including trained reading by understanding the dialect from certain poetical figures.^[3] There is a nine-part word classification system, which strayed away from the previous eight-part classification system.^[4] It describes morphological structure as containing no middle diathesis.^[5] There is no morphological analysis and the text uses the Word and Paradigm model.^[6][7]

It was translated into Syriac by Joseph Huzaya of the school of Nisibis in the 6th century.^[8] It was also translated into Armenian.^[9]

•  Greek Wikisource has original text related to this article: Τέχνη Γραμματική
•  English Wikisource has original text related to this article: The grammar of Dionysios Thrax
• Art of Grammar in Greek on Bibliotheca Augustana
• The Grammar of Dionysios Thrax, translation by Thomas Davidson
• The Grammar of Dionysius Thrax, translation by Anthony Alcock

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