Aelius Festus Aphthonius

Aelius Festus Aphthonius was a Latin grammarian of the 4th century, possibly of African origin,[1] and considered to be one of the most important classical rhetoricians.

He wrote a metrical handbook De Metris, in four books, which was added to the Ars Grammatica of Gaius Marius Victorinus[1] sometime before 400, but not by Victorinus himself.

References

  1. 1 2 Wikisource Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aphthonius, Aelius Festus". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 168. This cites:
    • Keil, Grammatici Latini, vi
    • Schultz, Quibus Auctoribus Aelius Festus Aphthonius usus sit (1885).
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