Carytius of Pergamum ( el, Καρύστιος) was an

ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...

grammarian who lived at the end of the 2nd century BCE, all of whose works are now lost. Among his works were ''Historical Notes'' (Ἱστορικα ὑπομνήματα), ''On the Dramatic Poets'' (Περι διδασκαλιῶν), and ''On

Sotades Sotades ( el, Σωτάδης; 3rd century BC) was an Ancient Greek literature#Hellenistic poetry, Ancient Greek poet. Biography Sotades was born in Maroneia, either the one in Thrace, or in Crete. He lived in History of Alexandria#Ptolemaic era, ...

'' (Περι Σωτάδου). The first of these was used by

Athenaeus Athenaeus of Naucratis (; grc, Ἀθήναιος ὁ Nαυκρατίτης or Nαυκράτιος, ''Athēnaios Naukratitēs'' or ''Naukratios''; la, Athenaeus Naucratita) was a Greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourishing about the end of th ...

in composing the ''

Deipnosophistae The ''Deipnosophistae'' is an early 3rd-century AD Greek work ( grc, Δειπνοσοφισταί, ''Deipnosophistaí'', lit. "The Dinner Sophists/Philosophers/Experts") by the Greek author Athenaeus of Naucratis. It is a long work of liter ...

'', in which many of its passages are preserved.

External links

Entry in Smith, ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography of Mythology''
{{authority control Ancient Greek grammarians People from Pergamon 2nd-century BC Greek people 2nd-century BC writers