Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Marco Ercoles and published on 07/11/2019. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Rufus [3] | Ῥοῦφος Identity: Pauly-Wissowa | BNP | BNJ Place of Origin: ? Date: ante 4th c. CE ↓ To Source List Biography: Almost nothing is known about the grammarian Rufus, the author of learned treatises that were extensively used by Sopater (probably the Neoplatonic philosopher)1 in his Various Extracts (Phot. Bibl. 161, 103a 18–20; 161, 103b 7–41; 161, …

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Eleonora Rocconi and published on 07/11/2019. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Cleonides | Κλεονείδης / Κλεονίδης Identity: Perseus | BNP Place of Origin: ? Date: 2nd c. CE (?) ↓ To Source List Biography: We know nothing of Cleonides, the Greek musical theorist, apart from his name, which is preserved on ten of the 40 manuscripts (dated to the 12th-16th c. CE) which preserve a brief compendium on harmonic science entitled Εἰσαγωγὴ ἁρ…

Entry Version: This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Ambra Tocco and published on 02/04/2020. Here is the Italian version of this entry. Grammarian: Name: Aelianus | Αἰλιανός Identity: BNP Place of Origin: ? Date: 1st-2nd c. CE? ↓ To Source List Biography: This musical theorist is known to us solely through Porphyry1, who cites him several times in his Commentary on the Harmonics of Ptolemy2; Porphyry calls him a “Platonist” and credits him with a commentary on the Timaeus. Both Aelianus’ philosophical-musical…