Eutychius Proclus (Latin; Greek Εὐτυχίος Πρόκλος Eutychios Proklos) was a grammarian who flourished in the 2nd century CE. He was born at Sicca in Africa. He was the instructor of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius.^[1] This article is about grammar from a linguistic perspective. ... The 2nd century is the period from 101 - 200 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121[1] – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. ...

It is probably this Proclus who is mentioned by Trebellius Pollio as the most learned grammarian of his age.^[2] He was made consul by Marcus Aurelius.^[3] The Augustan History (Lat. ...

Works

No works by Eutychius Proclus are known for sure to survive, and little is known about him personally. However, it is widely thought that he is to be identified with the author of a Chrestomathy which is our most important source of information on the Epic Cycle.^[4] Chrestomathy (Greek, from the words khrestos, useful, and mathein, to know) is a selection of linguistic writings which can help you to learn a language. ... The Epic Cycle (Greek: Επικός Κύκλος) was a collection of Ancient Greek epic poems that related the story of the Trojan War, which includes the Kypria, the Aithiopis, the Little Iliad, the Iliou persis (The Sack of Troy), the Nostoi (Returns), and the Telegony. ...

If so, Eutychius Proclus is to be identified with the Proklos discussed by the 9th century scholar and patriarch Photius. Photius writes that the Chrestomathy comprised four books, which covered numerous topics to do with ancient Greek literature, and he describes the contents of the first two books as follows:^[5] As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was that century that lasted from 801 to 900. ... For other senses, see Patriarch (disambiguation). ... Photius (b. ... Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek language until the 4th century AD. // This period of Greek literature stretches from Homer until the 4th century and the rise of Alexander the Great. ...

• biographies of the "five greatest" epic poets, Homer, Hesiod, Peisander, Panyasis, and Antimachus
• an account of a long version of the Epic Cycle (including the Titanomachy and Theban Cycle as well as the Trojan War)
• a discussion of the authorship of the Cypria
• discussions of various iambic and lyric poets and prose writers

A famous manuscript of the Iliad known as Venetus A preserves a Life of Homer, and summaries of the Epic Cycle, except that the section on the Cypria is damaged. Several other manuscripts preserve the Life, or the Cypria summary, or both (but none of the rest of the Epic Cycle). Homer (Greek: , ) was an early Greek poet and aoidos (rhapsode) traditionally credited with the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey. ... Roman bronze bust, the so-called Pseudo-Seneca, now identified by some as possibly Hesiod Hesiod (Hesiodos, ) was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BC. Hesiod and Homer, with whom Hesiod is often paired, have been considered the earliest Greek poets whose work has survived... Peisander of Camirus in Rhodes, Greek epic poet, supposed to have flourished about 640 B.C. He was the author of a Heracleia, in which he introduced a new conception of the hero Hercules costume, the lions skin and club taking the place of the older armor of the heroic... Panyasis (more correctly, Panyassis), of Halicarnassus, Greek epic poet, uncle or cousin of Herodotus, flourished about 470 BCE. He was put to death by the tyrant Lygdamis (c. ... Antimachus, of Colophon or Claros, Greek poet and grammarian, flourished about 400 BC. Scarcely anything is known of his life. ... The Epic Cycle (Greek: Επικός Κύκλος) was a collection of Ancient Greek epic poems that related the story of the Trojan War, which includes the Kypria, the Aithiopis, the Little Iliad, the Iliou persis (The Sack of Troy), the Nostoi (Returns), and the Telegony. ... In Greek mythology, the Titanomachy, or War of the Titans (Greek: Τιτανομαχία), was the eleven-year series of battles fought between the two races of deities long before the existence of mankind: the Titans, fighting from Mount Othrys, and the Olympians, who would come to reign on Mount Olympus. ... The Theban Cycle is a collection of four lost epics of ancient Greek literature which related the mythical history of the Boiotian city of Thebes. ... The Cypria is one of the lost sections of the eight volume cycle that told the full story of the Trojan War. ... It has been suggested that Deception of Zeus be merged into this article or section. ... Venetus A is the more common name for the 10th century manuscript catalogued in the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice as codex Marcianus Graecus 454. ...

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1867). The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology is a encyclopedia/biographical dictionary. ... Sir William Smith (1813 - 1893), English lexicographer, was born at Enfield in 1813 of Nonconformist parents. ...