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Aristarchus of Samothrace

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Greek grammarian and scholar (c.220-c.143 BC)

WritersLived 217 BC to 144 BC · aged 73
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Aristarchus of Samothrace was an ancient Greek grammarian, noted as the most influential of all scholars of Homeric poetry. He was the head librarian of the Library of Alexandria and seems to have succeeded his teacher Aristophanes of Byzantium in that role.

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deceased
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Lived 217 BC to 144 BC · aged 73
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