Review of Lambert & Bonnet (2021): Apollonius Dyscole et Priscien: Transmettre, traduire, interpréter. Éléments d’une histoire problématique

What is it about?

Apollonius Dyscolus was a hugely influential Greek grammarian of the second century AD. His works provided the model par excellence for the large work on Latin grammar by Priscian, who taught Latin in Constantinople in the sixth century AD. This book review discusses a volume exploring how the transmission, translation, and interpretation of Apollonius Dyscolus and Priscian bear on our reading of these grammarians today.

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Why is it important?

At a time of renewed interest in Greek and Latin grammatical texts, it is an excellent idea to re-examine Priscian’s use of Apollonius, together the reception of both grammarians in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the modern period.

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