Aristarchus of Samothrace
220 BC - Born from the Greek island of Samothrace.
160-145 BC - A pupil of Aristophanes of Byzantium, he was a librarian of the Library of Alexandria.
- He established a critic edition of the Homeric poems and divided the Iliad and Odyssey into twenty-four books each.
145 BC - Died in Alexandria.
160-145 BC - A pupil of Aristophanes of Byzantium, he was a librarian of the Library of Alexandria.
- He established a critic edition of the Homeric poems and divided the Iliad and Odyssey into twenty-four books each.
145 BC - Died in Alexandria.
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