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Arcadius

Ἀρκάδιος

(Ἀρκάδιος) of Antioch, a Greek grammarian of uncertain date, but who did not live before 200 A. D.

Works

Grammatical Works

He was the author of several grammatical works, of which Suidas mentions Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας Περὶ συντάξεως τῶν τοῦ λόγου μερῶν, and Ὀνομαστικόν.

On Accents (Περὶ τόνων)

A work of his on the accents (Περὶ τόνων) has come down to us.

Editions

This was first published by Barker from a manuscript at Paris. (Leipzig, 1820.) It is also included in the first volume of Dindorf's Gramat. Graec. Lips. 1823.

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.