Alexander of Cotiaeum

Alexander (Gr. polytonic|Ἀλέξανδρος) of Cotiaeum was a Greek grammarian, who is mentioned among the instructors of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. [Capitolinus, "M. Ant." 2] [Marcus Aurelius, i. ~ 10] We still possess an epitaph (polytonic|λόγος ἐπιτάφιος) pronounced upon him by the rhetorician Aelius Aristides, [Aelius Aristides, Vol. i. "Orat." xii. p. 142, &c.] cite encyclopedia | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | authorlink = | title = Alexander | editor = William Smith | encyclopedia = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 116 | publisher = Little, Brown and Company | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa&cc=moa&idno=acl3129.0001.001&frm=frameset&view=image&seq=131] who had studied under Alexander. [cite book | last = Wells | first = Louise | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Greek Language of Healing from Homer to New Testament Times | publisher = Walter de Gruyter | date = 1998 | location = | pages = 93 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=6F49qRRWzaMC | doi = | id = | isbn = 31-10-15389-0]

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