John Tzetzes was a Byzantine poet and grammarian who lived at Constantinople in the 12th century. He is known for making significant contributions in preserving much valuable information from ancient
Greek manuscript of Hesiod's Theogony with commentaries added by John Tzetzes, 16th century copy.
Philology is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Phil
John Tzetzes
…John Tzetzes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Τζέτζης, romanized: Iōánnēs Tzétzēs; c. 1110 – c. 1180) was a Byzantine poet and grammarian who lived at Constantinople in the 12th century. He is known for making significant contributions in preserving much valuable information from ancient…
Cover of Indo-European Philology: Historical and Comparative by William Burley Lockwood (1969)