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Aristarchus, of Samothrace, approximately 217 B.C.-145 B.C

LC control no.n 84220855
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingAristarchus, of Samothrace, approximately 217 B.C.-145 B.C.
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Variant(s)Aristarchos, of Samothrace, approximately 217 B.C.-145 B.C.
Aristarchus, Grammaticus, approximately 217 B.C.-145 B.C.
Aristarchus, of Samothrace, ca. 217-145 B.C.
'Αρίσταρχος, approximately 217 B.C.-145 B.C.
Birth date-0216~
Death date-0144
Profession or occupationGrammarians
Special noteDo not confuse with Aristarchus of Samos (astronomer and mathematician) [n 82068128]
Non-Latin reference not evaluated
Found inApthorp, 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)
Associated languagegrc