WRITER

Aristophanes of Byzantium

257 BC - 180 BC

Photo of Aristophanes of Byzantium

Icon of person Aristophanes of Byzantium

Aristophanes of Byzantium (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης ὁ Βυζάντιος Aristophánēs ho Buzántios; Byzantium c. 257 – 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aristophanes of Byzantium has received more than 140,175 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Aristophanes of Byzantium is the 1,199th most popular writer (up from 1,206th in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 437th in 2019) and the 25th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aristophanes of Byzantium ranks 1,199 out of 7,302. Before him are Juan Rulfo, Elizabeth Gaskell, Radegund, Subramania Bharati, Max Nordau, and Pierre de Marivaux. After him are Dan Simmons, Alexander Kielland, Reinaldo Arenas, Ibn Khallikan, Roger Caillois, and Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 257 BC, Aristophanes of Byzantium ranks 2. Before him is Xiao He.  Among people deceased in 180 BC, Aristophanes of Byzantium ranks 4. Before him are Ptolemy V Epiphanes, Empress Lü, and Emperor Houshao of Han. After him are Diocles, Brihadratha Maurya, Demetrius I of Bactria, and Lucius Valerius Flaccus.

Others Born in 257 BC

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 180 BC

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Aristophanes of Byzantium ranks 367 out of 1,347. Before him are Theophanes the Greek (1340), Stephanus of Byzantium (501), Ertuğrul Osman (1912), Philetaerus (-340), Maria of Antioch (1145), and John IV of Trebizond (1403). After him are Soghomon Tehlirian (1896), Türkan Şoray (1945), George Pachymeres (1242), Emine Hatun (1398), Zoe Karbonopsina (900), and Devlet Hatun (1361).

Others born in Türkiye

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Aristophanes of Byzantium ranks 25. Before him are Theodoret (393), Bar Hebraeus (1226), Mimnermus (-670), John Malalas (491), Zenodotus (-330), and Alcman (-611). After him are Publilius Syrus (-100), Symeon the New Theologian (949), Bâkî (1526), Kassia (810), Yeghishe Charents (1897), and John Tzetzes (1110).

Turkish born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous