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The English meaning of orthoepeia is correct pronunciation, or the study of pronunciation. This is the only sense in English acknowledged by the OED and Webster's Dictionary. In this sense, its opposite is barbarism.

However, in ancient Greek, orthoepeia generally had the sense of "correct diction" (cf. LSJ ad loc., or the etymology in the OED); the archaic English term for this subject is orthology, and in this sense its opposite is solecism. The study of orthoepeia by the Greek sophists of the fifth century BC, especially Prodicus (c. 396 BC) and Protagoras, also included proto- logical concepts. Protagoras criticized Homer for making the word for "wrath" feminine (Aristotle, Sophistic Refutations 14) and for praying to the Muse with an imperative (ibid. Poetics 19). Plato depicts Protagoras criticizing the poet Simonides for contradicting himself, and then shows Socrates and Prodicus arguing to the contrary that Protagoras has conflated the senses of the words "be" and "become" ( Protagoras 339a-340c). Euripides and AeschylusThis article is about the ancient Greek playwright. For other uses, see Aeschylus (disambiguation Aeschylus ( 525— 456 BC; Greek: iota;υ&omicron was a playwright of ancient Greece. Born in Eleusis, a district of the Athenian state, he wrote his fi bicker over orthotes epeon in AristophanesAristophanes (c. 448 BC 380 BC) was a Greek comic poet. The place and even the exact date of his birth are unknown, but he was probably educated in Athens. He is famous for writing comedies such as The Birds for the two Athenian festivals: the Dionysia an' comedy The FrogsThis article is about the play by Aristophanes. The Frogs is also a controversial rock band. See The Frogs. The Frogs is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed at the Festival of Dionysus in 405 BC. The play The Fr.