Third-century BC Greek literary scholar and grammarian in Alexandria
For other uses, see Aristophanes (disambiguation).
Aristophanes of Byzantium
Born
c. 257BC
Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died
c. 185/180BC
Alexandria (modern-day Egypt)
Aristophanes of Byzantium (Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης ὁ ΒυζάντιοςAristophánēs ho Buzántios; c. 257 – c. 185/180BC) was a Hellenistic Greek scholar, critic and grammarian, particularly renowned for his work in Homeric scholarship, but also for work on other classical authors such as Pindar and Hesiod. Born in Byzantium c. 257BC, he soon moved to Alexandria and studied under Zenodotus, Callimachus, and Dionysius Iambus. He succeeded Eratosthenes as head librarian of the Library of Alexandria at the age of sixty. He died in Alexandria c. 185–180BC. His students included Callistratus, Aristarchus of Samothrace, and perhaps Agallis. He would be succeeded by Apollonius "The Classifier"; not to be confused with Apollonius of Rhodes, a previous head librarian of Alexandria.[1] Aristophanes' pupil, Aristarchus of Samothrace, would be the sixth head librarian at the Library of Alexandria.[2]
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