Zenodotus of Ephesus

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Hellenistic scholar ancient Greek grammarian classical philologist librarian

Zenodotus of Ephesus was an ancient Greek grammarian and scholar, best known as the first librarian of the Library of Alexandria and an early editor of Homeric poetry.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Zenodotus of Ephesus canonical	4
Zenodotus	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic scholar ⓘ ancient Greek grammarian ⓘ classical philologist ⓘ librarian ⓘ
activeIn	Alexandria ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
approximateDate	born before the mid-3rd century BCE ⓘ died after the mid-3rd century BCE ⓘ
birthPlace	Asia Minor ⓘ Ephesus ⓘ Ionia ⓘ
culture	Hellenistic Greek culture ⓘ
employer	Library of Alexandria ⓘ
era	Hellenistic period ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
floruit	3rd century BCE ⓘ
givenName	Zenodotus of Ephesus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Zenodotus
influenced	Aristarchus of Samothrace ⓘ Hellenistic philology ⓘ later Alexandrian grammarians ⓘ
knownFor	being the first librarian of the Library of Alexandria ⓘ early Homeric scholarship ⓘ editing the text of Homeric poems ⓘ textual criticism of the Iliad ⓘ textual criticism of the Odyssey ⓘ
languageOfWork	Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy	considered one of the earliest systematic editors of Greek literature ⓘ helped establish the scholarly reputation of the Library of Alexandria ⓘ
method	use of critical signs in Homeric manuscripts ⓘ
name	Zenodotus of Ephesus self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
notableWork	critical edition of the Iliad ⓘ critical edition of the Odyssey ⓘ
occupation	grammatian ⓘ librarian ⓘ scholar of Homer ⓘ textual critic ⓘ
patron	House of Ptolemy ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
positionHeld	director of the Library of Alexandria ⓘ first head librarian of the Library of Alexandria ⓘ
studied	Homer ⓘ Homeric epics ⓘ
workField	Homeric studies ⓘ grammar ⓘ philology ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ

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Subject: Zenodotus of Ephesus
Description of subject: Zenodotus of Ephesus was an ancient Greek grammarian and scholar, best known as the first librarian of the Library of Alexandria and an early editor of Homeric poetry.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Library of Alexandria → notableScholar → Zenodotus of Ephesus ⓘ

Iliad scholia → associatedWith → Zenodotus of Ephesus ⓘ

Zenodotus of Ephesus → name → Zenodotus of Ephesus self-link ⓘ

Zenodotus of Ephesus → givenName → Zenodotus of Ephesus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zenodotus

Mouseion → notableScholar → Zenodotus of Ephesus ⓘ

subject surface form: Mouseion of Alexandria