Orion of Thebes (died ca. 460s) was a 5th century grammarian of Thebes (Egypt), the teacher of Proclus the neo-Platonist, and of Eudocia, the wife of the younger Theodosius. Events and Trends Aspar becomes Magister militum and de facto ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire. The 5th century is the period from 401 to 500 in accordance with the Julian calendar in Anno Domini / Common Era. Grammar is the field of Linguistics that covers the Rules governing the use of any given natural language. Thebes ( Thēbai) was a city in Ancient Egypt located about 800 km south of the Mediterranean on the east bank of the river Nile ( Proclus Lycaeus ( February 8, c 411 &ndash April 17, 485) called "The Successor" or "Diadochos" ( Greek Próklos He taught at Alexandria, Caesarea in Cappadocia and Byzantium. Alexandria ( Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya; Standard Arabic: ar الإسكندرية Al-Iskandariyya; Ἀλεξάνδρεια Caesarea (קיסריה Qesarya قيسارية pronounced Kaysaria) is a town in Israel on the outskirts of Caesarea Maritima, the ancient port This article is about the city See also Byzantine Empire. Byzantium ( Greek: Βυζάντιον Latin: la BYZANTIVM He was the author of a partly extant etymological Lexicon (ed. F. W. Sturz, 1820), largely used by the compilers of the Etymologicum Magnum, the Etymologicum Gudianum and other similar works; a collection of maxims in three books, addressed to Eudocia, also ascribed to him by Suidas, still exists in a Warsaw manuscript. The Etymologicum Magnum ( Ancient Greek: Μέγα Ετυμολογικόν or Etymologicum genuinum was a grammatical encyclopedia edited at Constantinople The Suda or Souda ( also, Suidas) is a massive 10th century Byzantine Greek historical encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland.