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DONATUS, AELIUS , Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric, flourished in the middle of the 4th century A.D. The only fact known regarding his life
original
preface and introduction, and life
Diomedes
Minor , which only treats of the parts of speech, and an Ars Major, which deals with grammar in general at greater length.Aelius Donatus is to be distinguished from Tiberius Claudius
The best text of the Ars and the commentaries upon it by Servius and others is in H. Keil, Grammatici Latini
series ), with bibliography and full account of MSS. See generally E. A. Grafenhan, Geschichte der klassischen Philologie im Allertum, iv. (185o); P. Rosenstock, De Donato, Terenti . . explicatore (1886); H. T. Karsten , De comm. Don. ad Terenti fabulas origine et corrtpositione (Leiden, 1907). For the commentary of Tiberius Donatus see 0. Ribbeck, Prolegomena to Virgil, Grafenhan (as above), and V. Burkas, De Tiberii Claudii Donali in Aeneidem commentario (1889). The text will be found in G. Fabricius's edition of Virgil (1561), ed. by H. George, i. (1905 foil.).End of Article: DONATUS, AELIUS If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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