Zenodotus
3rd century BC Greek grammarian / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the grammarian. For the Neoplatonist philosopher, see Zenodotus (philosopher). For the Stoic philosopher, see Zenodotus (Stoic).
Zenodotus (Greek: Ζηνόδοτος) was a Greek grammarian, literary critic, Homeric scholar, and the first librarian of the Library of Alexandria.[lower-alpha 1] A native of Ephesus and a pupil of Philitas of Cos, he lived during the reigns of the first two Ptolemies, and was at the height of his reputation about 280 BC.