Aristarchus of Samothrace

Aristarchus
Aristarchus
Ἀρίσταρχος
	Aristarchus of Samothrace, detail from: Apotheosis of Homer (1827) by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Born	c. 220 BC
Died	c. 143 BC (aged c. 77); Egypt

Aristarchus of Samothrace (Greek: Ἀρίσταρχος ὁ Σαμόθραξ Aristarchos o Samothrax; c. 220 – c. 143 BC) was an ancient Greek grammarian, noted as the most influential of all scholars of Homeric poetry.^[1] He was the head librarian of the Library of Alexandria and seems to have succeeded his teacher Aristophanes of Byzantium in that role.^[2]

^ Schironi, Francesca (2018). The Best of the Grammarians: Aristarchus of Samothrace on the Iliad. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472130764.
^ Probert, Philomen (2006). "Evidence for the Greek Accent". Ancient Greek Accentuation: Synchronic Patterns, Frequency Effects, and Prehistory. Oxford University Press. pp. 15–52. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199279609.003.0002. ISBN 0199279608.

[1] Schironi, Francesca (2018). The Best of the Grammarians: Aristarchus of Samothrace on the Iliad. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472130764.

[2] Probert, Philomen (2006). "Evidence for the Greek Accent". Ancient Greek Accentuation: Synchronic Patterns, Frequency Effects, and Prehistory. Oxford University Press. pp. 15–52. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199279609.003.0002. ISBN 0199279608.

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