Hephaestion (grammarian)
Hephaestion was a grammarian of Alexandria who flourished in the age of the Antonines. He was the author of a manual of Greek metres, which is most valuable as the only complete treatise on the subject that has been preserved. The concluding chapter discusses the various kinds of poetical composition. It is written in a clear and simple style, and was much used as a school-book.
Works
Enchiridion de Metris On Confusions in Poems Poemata Solutions in Tragedy- ''Solutions to Difficulties in Comedy''
Editions
- Thomas Foster Barham: The Enkheiridion of Hehfaistiown concerning Metres and Poems. Translated into English, and illustrated by Notes and a rythmical Notation. Cambridge, 1843 Scriptores metrici graeci edidit R. Westphal. Vol. I. Hephaestionis de metris enchiridion et de poemata libellus cum scholiis et trichae epitomis, adjecta procli chrestomathia grammatica. Leipzig, 1866
- Also editions by T. Gaisford and M. Consbruch ; translation with commentary by J. M. van Ophuijsen ; see also Wilhelm von Christ, Geschichte der griechischen Litteratur ; M. Consbruch, De veterum... ; J. E. Sandys, Hist. Class. Schol. i..