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Aristophanes of Byzantium

257 BC - 180 BC

Aristophanes of Byzantium

Aristophanes of Byzantium (Greek: Ἀριστοφάνης ὁ Βυζάντιος Aristophánēs ho Buzántios; c. 257 – 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. Born in Byzantium c. 257 BC, 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. He died in Alexandria c. 185–180 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aristophanes of Byzantium has received more than 128,529 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Aristophanes of Byzantium is the 1,209th most popular writer (down from 1,113th in 2019), the 439th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 388th in 2019) and the 30th 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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130k
Page Views (PV)
59.43
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
29
Languages Editions (L)
7.84
Effective Languages (L*)
2.32
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Among writers, Aristophanes of Byzantium ranks 1,209 out of 5,755. Before him are Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Alexander Ostrovsky, Timaeus of Locri, Pierre de Marivaux, Achilles Tatius, and Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy. After him are James Anderson, Shi Nai'an, Aelius Aristides, Vivant Denon, Chernorizets Hrabar, and Giovanni Papini.

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HPI: 59.43
Rank: 1,209
James Anderson
1680 - 1739
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 1,210
Shi Nai'an
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Chernorizets Hrabar
890 - 950
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 1,214
Giovanni Papini
1881 - 1956
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 1,215

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 3. Before him are Ptolemy V Epiphanes and Empress Lü. After him are Emperor Houshao of Han, Brihadratha Maurya, Diocles, Demetrius I of Bactria, and Lucius Valerius Flaccus.