Antidorus (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίδωρος) of Cyme or Cumae was a Greek grammarian. He was influenced by Eratosthenes,[1] chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria. He played a role in the development of the science of grammar,[2] which emerged during his time as a noted grammarian between 340–330 BC.[3] Thus he lived in the time of Alexander the Great.
In Ancient Greece, the term γραμματική (grammar) had many meanings that evolved over time:
According to a tradition, the first person to have a developed designation of γραμματικός applied to his activities,[2] ergo himself[clarification needed] was a pupil of Theophrastus, the philosopher of the peripatetic school of Praxiphanes of Rhodes, active and flourishing about 300 BC,[4] although another tradition suggests that Antidorus might instead have been the first γραμματικός.[5]
They say that Antidorus of Chyme was the first person to call himself a grammarian; he wrote a treatise about Homer and Hesiod [6]