Rozkvet gréckej filológie a gramatiky v Rímskej ríši v dobe Marka Aurelia
The flourishing of Greek scholarship and grammar in the Roman Empire in the time of Marcus Aurelius

Summary/Abstract: In the second century A.D., the Roman Empire stretched to the territory of present-day Slovakia, with the Danube forming its border in this region (Limes Romanus). Alongside the river, the Romans constructed a system of fortified points (e.g. Gerulata), and during wars against invading Germanic tribes under the emperor Marcus Aurelius (161 – 180 A.D.) they even penetrated, for a short time, into the areas on the left bank. For Marcus Aurelius, “a philosopher on the throne”, as well as the Roman emperor Hadrian (117 – 138 A.D.), the Greek cultural heritage was an object of admiration and a source of great inspiration. In this favourable atmosphere, various areas of Greek culture flourished, among them scholarship, grammar and linguistics. Especially, works of two grammarians from Alexandria, father and son, became crucial for the following centuries: Apollonius Dyscolus and Aelius Herodianus. They have been considered the last great linguists of antiquity. The article aims at bringing results of research focusing on Greek grammatical texts of this period to Slovak readers.

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