Helladius (grammarian)

Helladius was a Byzantine period grammarian, professor, and a priest of Zeus during the 4th and 5th centuries.

Biography

Helladius was a non-Christian, professor of some distinction in Alexandria, but fled the post once bloody fighting broke out between the pagans and Christians in 391 A.D., which escalated after the destruction of pagan temples was ordered by Theodosius I in 389.[1][2] Helladius moved to Constantinople, and was back to actively teaching grammar by the reign of Theodosius II (408–450 A.D.),[2] Socrates of Constantinople in his youth being one of his pupils.[3] Helladius was granted comitiva ordinis primi by this emperor in 425 A.D., by virtue of which he became ranked among the ex vicarii.[4]

Helladius compiled a Greek lexicon entitled λεξικὸν κατὰ στοιχεῖου[6] or τῶν λέξεων συλλογή[7] according to Photius; elsewhere it is stated the lexicon bore the title λέξεως παντοίας χρῆσις κατα στοῖχειον.[8] Helladius was one of the important sources used by the Suda as well.[2][1][5]

Notes
  1. Davids (1880), p. 891.
  2. Matthaios (2015), p. 268.
  3. Socrates of Constantinople, Historia Ecclesiastica, v. 16.[1]
  4. Codex Theodosianus VI, xxi.[1]
  5. Smith (1870), p. 376.
  6. Photonius, codex 145.[5]
  7. Photonius, Bibl. 158, p. 100a. 38 ed. Bekker, cited by Smith,[5] Davids.[1]
  8. Called this by Suda according to Smith,[5] but this too is given by Photonius, codex 165, according to Davids.[1]

References
  • Matthaios, Stephanos (2015). Greek Scholarship in the Imperial Era and Late Antiquity. Brill's Companion to Ancient Greek Scholarship. BRILL. p. 268.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  •  Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Helladius (1)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 2. p. 376.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Attribution:

  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Davids, T.W. (1880). "Helladius (15)". In Smith, William; Wace, Henry (eds.). A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines Being a Continuation of the Dictionary of the Bible. 2. J. Murray. p. 891.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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