Irenaeus (), also known as Minucius Pacatus, was a grammarian from Alexandria who lived in the first century. He was a student of Heliodorus the Metrician. He taught for some time in Rome and wrote many works, several of which are mentioned in the Suda. Unfortunately, his works have been lost, but from the fragments that are referenced, it appears that Irenaeus was "a zealot of the pure Attic style and a forerunner of Aelius Dionysius and Phrynichus."
Works
The main works of Irenaeus are:
- On the Athenian Procession (àõÃÂï ÃÂֈÃÂø÷ýñïÃÂý ÃÂÃÂÿÃÂÿüÃÂïñÃÂ), a lexicographical treatise about the honors given to the inhabitants of ancient Athens.
- On the Dialect of the Alexandrians (àõÃÂï ÃÂֈÃÂûõþñýôÃÂÃÂÃÂý ôùñûÃÂúÃÂÿÃÂ
), that it is from Attica or On Hellenism in seven books, a treatise that lexicographically examines the relationship between the common Alexandrian dialect and Attic Greek.
- Books of Attic Names in three volumes (ÃÂÃÂÃÂùúÃÂý ÿýÿüìÃÂÃÂý òùòûïñ óÃÂ), which contain characteristic expressions or rhetorical styles from the leading Attic writers.
- Books on Attic Usage in Speech and Prosody in three volumes.
- Book of Hellenism Rules, one volume (ÃÂñýÃÂýõàõûû÷ýùÃÂüÿàòùòûïÿý ñÃÂ), an introduction or supplement to the second work, detailing the rules of pure Greek language.
- On Atticism, one volume (àõÃÂï ÃÂÃÂÃÂùúùÃÂüÿàòùòûïÿý ñÃÂ), detailing the rules of the Attic style.
- On the Idioms of the Attic and Doric Dialects (àõÃÂï ùôùÃÂüìÃÂÃÂý ÃÂֈÃÂÃÂÃÂùúîàúñù ÃÂÃÂÃÂïôÿàôùñûÃÂúÃÂÿÃÂ
)
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