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EncyclopediaAristophanes of ByzantiumAristophanes of Byzantium (ăr"istof'unēz, bizăn'shēum, –tēum) [key], 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. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Aristophanes of Byzantium from Infoplease:
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