Homeric Epimerisms are word-by-word grammatical analyses of Homeric diction, a Byzantine teaching form that parses each lemma (epimerismos) rather than offering a running literary commentary. Andrew R. Dyck edited the corpus in the Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1983): the epimerisms on Iliad 1 and the related scholia-epimerisms (D-scholia).
The compilation is dated to about the ninth century. The material draws on older Homeric scholia and the grammatical tradition of Herodian and Choeroboscus. Two works make up the entry: the epimerisms proper and the D-scholia epimerisms.
It is read for Homeric school grammar — morphology, accent, and glosses keyed to Iliad 1 — not for an unnamed grammarian’s life. The Dyck edition is the modern edition of record.
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