Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Ancient Philosophy and Grammar 2 Main Characters 3 Parts of Speech 4 Philosophical Influences 5 Lexical Choices and Other Introductory Remarks 6 Editions List of Abbreviations Not Included in TLG and TLL Part 1 Epistemology Overview of Part 1 1 Grammar as a Stochastic Art 1 Dionysius' Definition: Grammar as a Philological Practice 2 Dionysius and Empiricism 3 The Aristotelian Route 4 Grammar as a Stochastic Art 5 The Later Generations of Grammarians 6 Conclusions2 The Strange Case of Apollonius Dyscolus In Search of a Compromise between Rationalism and Empiricism 1 Law and Order 2 Reason and Experience 3 An Alexandrian Grammarian, after All: Grammar as a Stochastic Art Part 2 Semantics Overview of Part 2 3 The Meaning of Meaning 1 The Intelligibles: The Stoic Route 2 The 3 Thinking and Thoughts in Apollonius 4 The and the Grammatical Tradition 5 Conclusions4 Nouns before Apollonius 1 In the Name of Aristotle 2 Nouns in the Early Alexandrians 3 Stoic Nouns 4 Nouns in the Grammarians after Aristarchus 5 Conclusions5 Pronouns before Apollonius 1 Stoic Pronouns 2 Pronouns in the Grammarians before Apollonius 3 Conclusions6 Chapter 6 Nouns and Pronouns in Apollonius 1 Nouns and Qualities 2 The Inquisitive Model 3 Qualities and Substances 4 Pronouns in Apollonius 5 Pronouns and Nouns 6 Existence 7 Qua Qua Qua: Conclusive Remarks Part 3 Logic Overview of Part 3 7 Grammatical Relativity Relative Terms in Apollonius Dyscolus and the 1 Relativity in the 2 Apollonius' Relativity 3 The Scholiasts' Relativity 4 Philosophical Sources 5 Conclusions8 Apollonius' Analysis of Disjunctions and Conditionals Semantics First 1 The Class of Conjunctions 2 Disjunctions 3 Conditionals 4 Disjunctions and Conditionals in Other Traditions 5 The Relation of Consequence in Apollonius: Some Further Remarks and Issues 6 Against Stoic Formalism 7 Conclusions Conclusions of Part 3 Bibliography.