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Dionysius Thrax

ancient Greek grammarian
Person human Q344124

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
170 BC
Date of death
89 BC, 90 BC[4][9]
Place of birth
Alexandria, Byzantium[1][8]
Place of death
Rhodes
Occupation
grammarian, writer, grammarian
Notable work
Art of Grammar[12]
Student of
Aristarchus of Samothrace, Apollonius Aristarcheus[16][17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Ancient Greek
Ancestral home
Thrace[14]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Described by source
Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa[18][19][20][21][22][23]
Given name
Dionysios[15]
Student
Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus, Tyrannion of Amisus[10][11]
Writing language
Ancient Greek
🏷️ Also known as
en Dionysius the Thracian en Dionysius Thrax cs Διονύσιος ὁ Θρᾷξ cs Dionýsios Thrax de Dionysios Thrax el Διονύσιος ο Θραξ el Διονύσιος ὁ Θρᾷξ es Dionisio el Tracio es Dionisio de Tracia fa دیونوسیوس fi Dionysios Thrax fi Dionysios Traakialainen fi Dionysius Thrax fr Denys le Grammairien fr Denys le Thrace he דיוניסיוס התרקי hu Dionüsziosz Thrax id Dionisios Traks it Dionisio di Tracia it Dionisio il Trace
🔖 Identifiers · 93
ISNI
0000000000267099
VIAF cluster ID
310.5M (217.5M–1703159474200.6B, n=7)
Library of Congress authority ID
n87807248
GND ID
118525891
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Дыянісій фракійскі.jpg ↗
Academy of Athens authority ID
84733
BIBSYS ID
90638905
Benezit ID
B00051776
Bibale ID
104129
BiblioNet author ID
118034
Biblioteche della Custodia di Terra Santa a Gerusalemme ID
22343
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
130917207
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Biblissima authority ID
Cochrane
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
dionysios-thrax
CANTIC ID
981058520276106706
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01359880
CIRIS author ID
730
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11945780
CiNii Research ID
1140845216606929408
DDB person (GND) ID
118525891
De Agostini ID
Dionìsio+Trace
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118525891
EBAF authority ID
30185
Edition humboldt digital ID
H0012307
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
114508
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Dionysius-Thrax
FAST ID
193605
FGrHist ID
512
Freebase ID
/m/02gdv
Goodreads author ID
13787433
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Dionysios_Thrax
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1957399
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/575263249213
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
15303
IdRef ID
028066073
IxTheo authority ID
079327109
KBR person ID
14502692
Krugosvet article (archived)
gumanitarnye_nauki/lingvistika/DIONISI_FRAKISKI.html
LAGL author ID
urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0063
Lex ID
Dionysios_Thrax
Libraries Australia ID
35979211
Libris-URI
31fhhfwm2gsbr1d
Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries person ID
41977022
Mirabile author ID
221298
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA05585207
NBM authority ID
34387
NE.se ID
dionysios-thrax
NLA Trove people ID
1171635
NLP ID
a0000003666510
NSK (VIAF) ID
000115013
NSK ID
981005767337209366
NUKAT ID
n99031570
National Library of Greece ID
137753
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007272242205171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810627746805606
National Library of Russia ID
7792898
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX957930
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069915997
Notable Names Database ID
743/000104431
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3892866
Open Library ID
OL74548A
OpenMLOL author ID
127659
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
2224
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrttE4IzTq2xH
PUG authority ID
74932
Parsifal cluster ID
607k (138k–607k, n=3)
Perseus author ID
1635
Pinakes author ID
943
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
7626
Prabook ID
2389313
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
17880
Quora topic ID
Dionysius-Thrax
RERO ID (legacy)
A000051748
RedBA Granada authority ID
76159
SBN author ID
CFIV081768
SEARCH on line catalogue ID
16620
SELIBR ID
183859
SHARE Catalogue author ID
619k (191k–663k, n=3)
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID
2510
Syriac Biographical Dictionary ID
453
TLG author ID
0063
ToposText person ID
13104
Treccani ID
dionisio-trace
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
dionisio-trace
Trismegistos author ID
252
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
4975
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058520276106706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1270734
Unz Review author ID
ThraxDionysius
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV11893683
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/47614
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjtbPFtwV4fkf8MKgTbt83
Yale LUX ID
person/512be386-dc2a-40f7-931d-cd94f5e17d8d

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Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa
Occupation 2
writer, grammarian
Place of birth 2
Alexandria, Byzantium
Student 2
Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus, Tyrannion of Amisus
Students 2
Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus, Tyrannion of Amisus
Ancestral home 1
Thrace
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Ancient Greek
Notable work 1
Art of Grammar
Place of death 1
Rhodes
Sex or gender 1
male
Student of 1
Aristarchus of Samothrace
Teachers 1
Aristarchus of Samothrace
Works by author 1
Art of Grammar
Writing language 1
Ancient Greek
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Summary

Born in Alexandria[1], he… he was born in 170 BC[2]. He died in Rhodes[3]. He died in 89 BC[4]. He worked as a grammarian[5], writer[6], and grammarian[7].

Body

Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Alexandria[1], a port city[24], in Egypt[25], founded in -0331[26] and Byzantium[8], an ancient city[27], in Classical Athens[28], founded in -0667[29].

Education

Studied under Aristarchus of Samothrace[16], a writer[30], -0217–-0144[31], of Alexandria[32] and Apollonius Aristarcheus[17], a philosopher[33].

Career and Affiliations

Notable students include Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus[10], a writer[34], -0154–-0074[35], of Ancient Rome[36] and Tyrannion of Amisus[11], a linguist[37].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include Art of Grammar[38], a written work[39], founded in -0150[40].

FAQs

Where was Dionysius Thrax born?

Born in Alexandria[1].

Where did Dionysius Thrax die?

Dionysius Thrax passed away in Rhodes[3].

What did Dionysius Thrax do for work?

Dionysius Thrax worked as grammarian[5], writer[6], and grammarian[7].

Related Entities

Alexandria Aristarchus of Samothrace

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Dionysios 134 (Pauly-Wissowa). wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . Vatican Library. wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Vatican Library. wikidata.org.
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  14. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Treccani's Enciclopedia on line. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 28d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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