DIOMEDES

diomedes, latin grammarian, flourished at the end of the 4th century a.d. he was the author of an extant _ars grammatica_ in three books, dedicated to a certain athanasius. the third book is the most important, as containing extracts from suetonius's _de poetis_. diomedes wrote about the same time as charisius (q.v.) and used the same sources independently. the works of both grammarians are valuable, but whereas much of charisius has been lost, the ars of diomedes has come down to us complete. in book i. he treats of the eight parts of speech; in ii. of the elementary ideas of grammar and of style; in iii. of quantity and metres. the best edition is in h. keil's _grammatici latini_, i.; see also c. von paucker, _kleinere studien_, i. (1883), on the latinity of diomedes.