Aristarchus of Samothrace ca. 217-145 B.C
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- tlg1767
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.189
- Tlg id:
- tlg1767
- Alt id:
- LCCN n 85196283
LCCN n 85127277
- Name:
- Aristarchus of Samothrace ca. 217-145 B.C
- Abbr:
- Aristarch.
- Alt names:
- 'Αρίσταρχος, Σαμοθράκη
Aristarchus, Grammaticus
Aristarchus, Alexandrinus
Aristarchus, Philologus
Aristarchus, Samothracenus
Aristarc, de Samotràcia
Aristarque, de Samothrace
Aristarchos, von Samothrake
Aristarch, von Samothrake
Aristarco, di Samotracia
Aristarco, Bibliotecario
Arystarch, z Samotraki
Aristarh, din Samotrace
Аристарх, Самофракийский
Aristarco, de Samotracia
Aristarchos, från Samothrake
Aristarchus, Grammaticus
Aristarch.
- Field of activity:
- Grammarian
Librarian
Commentator
Philologist
- Notes:
- Do not confuse with Aristarchus of Samos (astronomer and mathematician) [n 82068128]
Non-Latin reference not evaluated
Apthorp, M.J. The ms. evidence of interpolation in Homer, 1980: p. xiv, etc. (Aristarchus
Homeric scholar)
Encyc. Brit., c1983 (Aristarchus of Samothrace
Greek critic & grammarian
b. ca. 217 and d. 145 B.C.)
Oxford Class. dict., c1970 (Aristarchus of Samothrace, ca. 217 to 145 B.C.)
Brit. Lib. gen. cat. to 1975 (Aristarchus, Grammaticus)
Kleine Pauly, 1964 (Aristarchos aus Samothrake, ca. 217-145 B.C.)
Wikipedia, Sept 14, 2010 (Aristarchus of Samothrace
'Αρίσταρχος = Aristarchos
220?-143 BC?
a grammarian noted as the most influential of all scholars of Homeric poetry
the librarian of the library of Alexandria)
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 57
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 1, 1867, p. 290:
"Aristarchus, the most celebrated grammarian and critic of all antiquity..."
Brill's New Pauly: "Aristarchus of Samothrace Alexandrian grammarian, 216?-144 BC, A. was born in 216? on Samothrace, lived and worked
in Alexandria and died in 144 BC. There he was a student of Aristophanes.. of Byzantium and a successor of Apollonius.. Eidographus
in heading the library (fifth head after Zenodotus).....ristophanes of Byzantium and A. represent the apex of Alexandrian philology and played
a major role in the transmission of classical texts and classical culture. A. is also important because he wrote a large number of
continuing commentaries (ὑπομνήματα
hypomnḗmata) and monographs (συγγράμματα
syngrámmata) on specialized subjects (occasionally with
polemical intentions
many dealt with Homeric problems) and in this context he assigned first rank to the textual interpretation...."
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