Aristophanes of Byzantium
Aristophanes of Byzantium (* 257 BC ; † 180 BC ) was an important Greek philologist and head of the library of Alexandria .
His works, preserved only in fragments , deal with textual criticism , grammar, linguistics , literature and stress studies. In his grammatical works he introduced the theory of accents and punctuation and developed the Greek declension through analogies . The accents in the Greek alphabet obviously caught on through his work. His most famous student was Aristarchus of Samothrace , who succeeded him as director of the Alexandrian library.
Text output
- William J. Slater (Ed.): Aristophanis Byzantii fragmenta. De Gruyter, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-11-006555-X
literature
- Eleanor Dickey: Ancient Greek Scholarship. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-531292-8 , pp. 92-94
- Richard Goulet: Aristophane de Byzance. In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Volume 1, CNRS, Paris 1989, ISBN 2-222-04042-6 , pp. 406-408
Web links
Wikisource: Aristophănes von Byzantium - Article of the 4th edition of Meyers Konversations-Lexikon
- Literature by and about Aristophanes of Byzantium in the catalog of the German National Library
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SURNAME | Aristophanes of Byzantium |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek philologist and head of the Alexandria library |
DATE OF BIRTH | 257 BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | 180 BC Chr. |