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Aristophanes of Byzantium (ăr'ĭstŏf`ənēz, bĭzăn`shēəm, –tēəm), c.257–180 B.C., Greek scholar. He was librarian at Alexandria, edited various texts, and reputedly invented the Greek diacritical marks. Aristarchus of Samothrace was his pupil. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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That help came, of course, from the first great cataloger--Callimachus of Cyrene--but it must also have come from the omni-lector Aristophanes of Byzantium and his successors in the form of what we now call reference service. |
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