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THE T R A N S F O R M A T I O N OF THE CLASSICAL HERITAGE Peter Brown, General Editor I Art and Ceremony in Late Antiquity by Sabine G. MacCormack II Synesius of Cyrene: Philosopher-Bishop by Jay Bregman III Theodosian Empresses: Women and Imperial Dominion in Late Antiquity by Kenneth G. Holum IV John Chrysostom and the Jews: Rhetoric and Reality in the Late Fourth Century by Robert L Wilken V Biography in Late Antiquity: A Quest for the Holy Man by Patricia Cox VI Pachomius: The Making of a Community in Fourth-Century Egypt by Philip Rousseau VII Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries by A. P. Kazhdan and Ann Wharton Epstein VIII Leadership and Community in Late Antique Gaul by Raymond Van Dam IX Homer the Theologian: Neoplatonist Allegorical Reading and the Growth of the Epic Tradition by Robert fomberton X Procopius and the Sixth Century by Averil Cameron XI Guardians of Language: The Grammarian and Society in Late Antiquity by Robert A. Kaster XII Civic Coins and Civic Politics in the Roman East, 180-275 A.D. by Kenneth W. Harl XIII Holy Women of the Syrian Orient Introduced and Translated by Sebastian P. Brock and Susan Ashbrook Harvey XIV Gregory the Great: Perfection in Imperfection by Carole Straw XV Apex Omnium: Religion in the Res gestae of Ammianus by R. L Rike XVI Dioscorus of Aphrodito: His Work and His World by Leslie S. B. MacCoull GUARDIANS OF LANGUAGE: THE GRAMMARIAN AND SOCIETY IN LATE ANTIQUITY ROBERT A. RASTER Guardians of Language: The Grammarian and Society in Late Antiquity UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley · Los Angeles · London The publication of this book was made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England First paperback printing 1997 © 1988 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kaster, Robert A. Guardians of language. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Classical languages — Grammar — Study and teaching—Rome—History. 2. Education, Ancient 3. Education—Rome—History. 4. Language teachers— Rome. 5. Sociolinguistics—Rome. I. Title. II. Series. PA53.K37 1986 870'.07 85-8593 ISBN 0-520-21225-8 (pbk: alk. paper) Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI 239.48-1984. © PARENTIBVS OPTIMIS CONIVGIQVE CARISSIMAE CONTENTS Preface ix Abbreviations xv PART I Prologue: Anazarbus 3 Letters in the World 9 Chapter 1: The Guardian and His Burden 15 Chapter 2: Professio Litterarum 32 Snmp Variable Definitions 35 Independence and Constraint 50 Polished Speech, the Common Good, and Christianity 70 Mediocrity 97 Chapter 3: The Social Status of the Gramarians 9 Bordeaux Ί00 Beyond 106 A Place to Stand 13 Chapter 4: Pompeius 139 Chapter 5: Servius 169 Gentlemen and Scholars 19 Chapter 6: The Social Relations of the Gramarians 201 vii
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