Contents
preface vii
Chapter 1
Outline of Byzantine history: the political context 1
Chapter 2
The Byzantine auvrc. the literary- context 11
Chapter 3
Byzantine grammar: the linguistic context 25
Chapter 4
The Téchnê grammati№. the foundations 41
Chapter 5
Priscian: the Latin grammarian of Constantinople 87
Chapter 6
The Kanónex and their commentators: the morphological data-base 111
Chapter 7
Epimerismoi and schedographia: teaching methods 125
Chapter 8
Michael Syncellus: a typical Byzantine syntax book 149
Chapter 9
Gregory of Corinth: the avoidance of errors 163
Chapter 10
John Glykys: the maintenance of standards 173
Chapter 11
Maximus Planudes: a Byzantine theoretician 201
Chapter 12
I he Byzantine contribution to the study of Greek grammar in the
Renaissance 235
Bibliography
Sources 263
References 267
Index 275
