Arcadius of

Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...

( grc-gre, Ἀρκάδιος ὁ Ἀντιοχεύς) was a Greek grammarian who flourished in the 2nd century CE. According to the '' Suda,Suda α 3948'' he wrote treatises on

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and syntax, and an onomasticon (vocabulary), described as "a wonderful production." Endnote: Text by Barker, 1823; Schmidt, 1860; see also Galland, ''De Arcadii qui fertur libro de accentibus'' (1882). grc, Περὶ τόνων (''Peri tonon''), an epitome of the major work of

Herodian Herodian or Herodianus ( el, Ἡρωδιανός) of Syria, sometimes referred to as "Herodian of Antioch" (c. 170 – c. 240), was a minor Roman civil servant who wrote a colourful history in Greek titled ''History of the Empire from the Death o ...

on general prosody in twenty books, was wrongly attributed to Arcadius; it is probably the work of

Theodosius Theodosius ( Latinized from the Greek "Θεοδόσιος", Theodosios, "given by god") is a given name. It may take the form Teodósio, Teodosie, Teodosije etc. Theodosia is a feminine version of the name. Emperors of ancient Rome and Byzantium ...

or a grammarian named Aristodemus. Though meager and carelessly assembled, it preserves the order of the original and so affords a foundation for its reconstruction.

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''Peri tonon''
Edmund Henry Barker (ed.),

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, 1820; Greek text with Latin commentary at the

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