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Zenodotus

3rd century BC Greek grammarian, literary critic and scholar; first librarian of the Library of Alexandria (c. 280 BCE); pioneer of textual criticism and editorial philology; the Zenodo research repository is named after him.

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Zenodotus was a 3rd century BC Greek grammarian, literary critic and scholar; first librarian of the Library of Alexandria (c. 280 BCE); pioneer of textual criticism and editorial philology; the Zenodo research repository is named after him. Born in 330 BC in Ephesus, Zenodotus died in 260 BC in Alexandria.

Positions held include head of the Library of Alexandria.

With a Wikipedia article in 36 languages, Zenodotus is No. 47,625 in the People and Position Index.

Born
330 BC, Ephesus
Died
260 BC, Alexandria
Known as
Librarian, writer, poet
Field
Literature
Languages
Ancient Greek
Wikipedia editions
36

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70

Lived to 70.

15

One of 15 people in the Index born in Ephesus, with Heraclitus.

36

Has a Wikipedia article in 36 languages.

Computed from the Index and Wikidata.

Career

Positions held

  1. —Head of the Library of Alexandria

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