Greek grammar of Dionysius Thrax (ca.166 B.C .
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Grammar is an experiment al knowledge of the usages of languages as generally current among poets and prose writers. It is divided into six parts: (1) trained reading with due regard to prosody [versification]; (2) exposition, according to poetic figures [rhetoric]; (3) ready statement of dialectical peculiarities and allusion; (4) discovery of etymologies; (5) the accurate account of analogies; (6) criticism of poet ical product ions which is the noblest part of grammatical art.