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Aristophanes of Byzantium

Third-century BC Greek literary scholar and grammarian in Alexandria.

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Statements about Aristophanes of Byzantium

Sex or Gender

Male

Instance Of

Human

Place of Birth

Byzantium

Place of Death

Alexandria

Occupation

Lexicographer
Linguist
Librarian
Grammarian

Date of Birth

257 BC
Instance Of
:
Statement with Gregorian Date Earlier than 1584
260 BC

Date of Death

180 BC
Instance Of
:
Statement with Gregorian Date Earlier than 1584
Sourcing Circumstances
:
Circa

Country of Citizenship

Ptolemaic Kingdom

Student Of

Callimachus
Zenodotus

Position Held

Head of the Library of Alexandria
(200 BC - )
Replaces
:
Eratosthenes
Replaced By
:
Aristarchus of Samothrace
Start Time
: 200 BC

Given Name

Aristophanes

Described by Source

Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q20658127
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q20658132
Encyclopedic Lexicon
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q22259844
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
EB-11 / Aristophanes (Critic)
Russian Translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q30060048
Pauly–Wissowa
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Aristophanes 14 (Pauly-Wissowa)
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th Edition (1885–1890)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q112756671
New International Encyclopedia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
The New International Encyclopædia/Aristophanes of Byzantium

Student

Aristarchus of Samothrace

Time Period

Hellenistic Period

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

Ancient Greek

Writing Language

Ancient Greek

Field of Work

Homeric Scholarship
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