Aelius Herodianus

Herodiānus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

Aelius. A celebrated grammarian, son of Apollonius Dyscolus, and a native of Alexandria, from which place he went to Rome, where he secured the favour of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, to whom he dedicated his work on prosody (Καθολικὴ Προσῳδία), in twentyone books. His reputation in antiquity was very great, so that Priscian styles him maximus aucto...

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Aelius Herodianus in Wikipedia

Aelius Herodianus (Latin; Greek Αἴλιος Ἡρωδιανός) or Herodian, ca. 180-250, was one of the most celebrated grammarians of Greco-Roman antiquity. He is usually known as Herodian except when there is a danger of confusion with the historian also named Herodian. He was the son of Apollonius Dyscolus and was born in Alexandria. From there he seems to ...

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