See also:

• DIDYMUS (?3o9-?394)

DIDYMUS CHALCENTERUS (c. 63 R.C.—A.D. 10)  , See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and grammarian, flourished in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• CICERO

Cicero and See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus . His surname (Gr . XaXaiveepos, brazen-bowelled) came from his indefatigable See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry; he was said to have written so many books (more than 3500) that he was unable to recollect their names (3i(3MoX6.0as) . He lived and taught in See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria and See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where he became the friend of See also:

• VARRO, MARCUS TERENTIUS (116—27 B.C.)
• VARRO, PUBLIUS TERENTIUS

Varro . He is chiefly important as having introduced Alexandrian learning to the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans . He was' a follower of the school of See also:

• ARISTARCHUS

Aristarchus, upon whose recension of See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer he wrote a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise, fragments of which have been preserved in the Venetian Scholia . He also wrote commentaries on many other Greek poets and See also:

• PROSE

prose authors . In his See also:

• WORK

work on the lyric poets he treated of the various classes of See also:

• POETRY

poetry and their See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief representatives,. and his lists of words and phrases (used in tragedy and See also:

• COMEDY

comedy and by orators and historians), of words of doubtful meaning, and of corrupt expressions, furnished the later grammarians with valuable material . His activity extended to all kinds of subjects: See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar (See also:

• ORTHOGRAPHY (from Gr. Opeoc, correct, right or straight, and yp&cbecv, to write)

orthography, inflexions), See also:

• PROVERBS, BOOK OF (Heb. Mishle Slzelomoh, " Proverbs of Solomon," abridged by the later Jews to Mishle; Septuagint, irapotpiai or II. EaX.; Lat. Vulg. Parabolae sal. and Liber proverbiorum)

proverbs, wonderful stories, the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law-tablets (moves) of See also:

• SOLON (7th and 6th century n.c.)

Solon, stones, and different kinds of See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood . His polemic against Cicero's De republics (See also:

• AMMIANUS, MARCELLINUS

Ammianus See also:

• MARCELLINUS, ST

Marcellinus xxii . 16) provoked a reply from Suetonius . In spite of his stupendous industry, See also:

• DIDYMUS (?3o9-?394)

Didymus was little more than a compiler, of little See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment and doubtful accuracy, but he deserves recognition for having incorporated in his numerous writings the See also:

• WORKS

works of earlier critics and commentators .

See M . W . See also:

• SCHMIDT, H
• SCHMIDT, HEINRICH JULIAN (1818-1886)
• SCHMIDT, KARL VON (1817-1875)
• SCHMIDT, WILHELM ADOLF (1812-1887)

Schmidt, De Didymo Chalcentero (1853) and See also:

• DIDYMI, or DIDYMA (mod. Hieronta)

Didymi Chalcenteri fragmenta (1854); also F . Susemihl, Geschichte der griech . Literatur in der Alexandrinerzeit, ii . (1891) ; J . E . See also:

• SANDYS, FREDERICK (1832-1904)
• SANDYS, GEORGE (1578-1644)
• SANDYS, SIR EDWIN (1561-1629)

Sandys, See also:

• HISTORY

History of Classical Scholarship, i . (1906) .