Kallistratos (grammarian)

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Kallistratos was an Alexandrian grammarian of antiquity. He lived around the middle of the 2nd century BC. And was a pupil of Aristophanes of Byzantium , which is why he was also called Aristophaneios .

Kallistratos was mainly concerned with the criticism and explanation of Homer and the dramatic poets. However, his writings are only known from numerous quotations that can be found in later scholia .

literature

  • Heinz-Lothar Barth: The fragments from the writings of the grammarian Kallistratos on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey (edition with commentary) . Dissertation University of Bonn, 1984.
personal data
SURNAME Kallistratos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Callistratus Aristophaneus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek grammarian
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.