Servius the Grammarian

He earned a contemporary reputation as the most learned man of his generation in Italy; he authored a set of commentaries on the works of Virgil.

[1] The name Servius also appears as Seruius owing to the unity of the Latin letters V and U from antiquity until as late as the 18th century.

[4] "The added matter is undoubtedly ancient, dating from a time but little removed from that of Servius, and is founded to a large extent on historical and antiquarian literature which is now lost.

A third class of manuscripts, written for the most part in Italy, includes the core text with interpolated scholia, which demonstrate the continued usefulness of the Virgilii Opera Expositio.

[citation needed] Besides the Virgilian commentary, other works of Servius are extant: a collection of notes on the grammar (Ars grammatica) of Aelius Donatus; a treatise on metrical endings in verse (De finalibus); and a tract on the different poetic meters (De centum metris).

Servius commenting Virgil (France, 15th century).
16th century edition of Virgil with Servius' commentary printed to the left of the text.