Antidorus of Cyme


Antidorus of Cyme or Cumae was a Greek grammarian. He was influenced by Eratosthenes, chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria. He played a role in the development of the science of grammar, which emerged during his time as a noted grammarian between 340–330 BC. Thus he lived in the time of Alexander the Great.

Various definitions of grammar

In Ancient Greece, the term γραμματική had many meanings that evolved over time:
According to a tradition, the first person to have a developed designation of applied to his activities, ergo himself was a pupil of Theophrastus, the philosopher of the peripatetic school of Praxiphanes of Rhodes, active and flourishing about 300 BC, although another tradition suggests that Antidorus might instead have been the first γραμματικός.