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Aristophanes of Byzantium

257 BC - 180 BC

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Aristophanes of Byzantium (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης ὁ Βυζάντιος Aristophánēs ho Buzántios; Byzantium c. 257 BC – Alexandria c. 185–180 BC) was a Hellenistic Greek scholar, critic and grammarian, particularly renowned for his work in Homeric scholarship, but also for work on other classical authors such as Pindar and Hesiod. He soon moved to Alexandria and studied under Zenodotus, Callimachus, and Dionysius Iambus. He succeeded Eratosthenes as head librarian of the Library of Alexandria at the age of sixty. His students included Callistratus, Aristarchus of Samothrace, and perhaps Agallis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aristophanes of Byzantium is the 926th most popular writer (up from 1,198th in 2019), the 379th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 444th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Turkish Writer.

Aristophanes of Byzantium is most famous for his work on the Greek alphabet, which he improved by adding five letters to the original twenty-four.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aristophanes of Byzantium ranks 926 out of 7,302. Before him are Rubén Darío, Artemidorus, John Jacob Astor IV, Kurt Eisner, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, and Emanuel Schikaneder. After him are Ľudovít Štúr, Marie d'Agoult, Hans Sachs, Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Katherine Mansfield, and Johann Kaspar Lavater.

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Among people born in 257 BC, Aristophanes of Byzantium ranks 1. After him is Xiao He. Among people deceased in 180 BC, Aristophanes of Byzantium ranks 3. Before him are Ptolemy V Epiphanes, and Empress Lü. After him are Emperor Houshao of Han, Diocles, Demetrius I of Bactria, Brihadratha Maurya, and Lucius Valerius Flaccus.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Aristophanes of Byzantium ranks 379 out of 1,347. Before him are Nicephorus Gregoras (1295), Mursili III (-1400), Seleucus III Ceraunus (-243), Maria of Alania (1053), Cornelius Castoriadis (1922), and Artemidorus (200). After him are Telipinu (-1600), Midhat Pasha (1822), Walter Sydney Adams (1876), Laskarina Bouboulina (1771), Gyges of Lydia (-790), and Ahmet Davutoğlu (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Aristophanes of Byzantium ranks 24. Before him are Ibn Hawqal (943), Dio Chrysostom (40), Bar Hebraeus (1226), Theodoret (393), Zenodotus (-330), and Artemidorus (200). After him are George of Pisidia (580), Aziz Nesin (1915), John Malalas (491), Mimnermus (-670), Publilius Syrus (-100), and Ahmad Khani (1650).

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