The New International Encyclopædia/Aristophanes of Byzantium

ARISTOPHANES of Byzantium. A learned Greek grammarian of the Second Century B.C. He was a pupil of Zenodotus at Alexandria, where he was subsequently instructor of the famous critic Aristarchus of Samothrace, and director of the great library. He was the first to attempt a critical edition of the Homeric poems, and made extensive study of Plato, Aristotle, Alcseus, Pindar, and the comic and tragic poets. He is said to have introduced into the Greek language the use of accents.