---
name: Hephaestion of Alexandria
name_greek: Ἡφαιστίων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς
eul_aid: oqa
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/hephaestion-of-alexandria-oqa"
period: Roman
dialect: Technical Koine
works_count: 5
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Hephaestion of Alexandria

*Ἡφαιστίων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς*

**eul_aid:** `oqa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/hephaestion-of-alexandria-oqa)

Hephaestion of Alexandria, 2nd century CE Greek grammarian. Five works on meter and grammar. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Handbook-Meters](https://eulogikon.org/works/hephaestion-alexandria-handbook-meters-oqa-ac) — *Ἐγχειρίδιον περὶ Μέτρων* · `oqa-ac`
- [Hephaestion Fragments](https://eulogikon.org/works/hephaestion-alexandria-fragments-oqa-aa) — *Ἡφαιστίωνος Ἀποσπάσματα* · `oqa-aa`
- [Metric Introduction](https://eulogikon.org/works/hephaestion-alexandria-metric-introduction-oqa-ab) — *Μετρικὴ εἰσαγωγή* · `oqa-ab`
- [On Poems](https://eulogikon.org/works/hephaestion-alexandria-on-poems-oqa-ad) — *Περὶ ποιημάτων* · `oqa-ad`
- [On Signs](https://eulogikon.org/works/hephaestion-alexandria-signs-oqa-ae) — *Περὶ Σημείων* · `oqa-ae`

## License and provenance

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