Erodiano, ›Sui dichrona‹

In the ancient Greek alphabet, three of the seven letters representing vowels were called dichrona, “of two quantities”: unlike ε, η, ο, ω, which distinguished a quantity, α, ι, and υ could indicate both a short and a long quantity. Among the surviving ancient grammatical treatises on dichrona, the one attributed to Aelius Herodianus (2nd century CE) is the most famous. This volume offers a new critical edition of the treatise on dichrona attributed to Herodianus, the first to be based on its en