Heliodorus (metrist)
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Heliodorus was a metrist in the 1st century AD who worked upon the comedies of Aristophanes
. He was the principal authority used by Juba of Mauretania
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Aristophanes
Aristophanes , son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaus, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete...
. He was the principal authority used by Juba of Mauretania
Juba of Mauretania
Juba of Mauritania was a metrist who lived in Mauretania in the 2nd century. He wrote a now-lost treatise on metric, based on Heliodorus and used by later grammarians....
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