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ZENODOTUS , Greek grammarian and critic, pupil of Philetas (q.v.) of Cos, was a native of Ephesus. He lived during the reigns of the first two Ptolemies, and was at the height of his reputation about 28o B.C. He was the first superintendent of the library at Alexandria and the first critical editor (&opdiarrls) of Homer . His colleagues in the librarianship were Alexander of Aetolia and Lycophron of Chalcis, to whom were allotted the tragic and comic writers respectively, Homer and other epic poets being assigned to Zenodotus. Although he ,has been reproached with arbitrariness and an insufficient know-ledge of Greek, in his recension he undoubtedly laid a sound foundation for future criticism. Having collated the different MSS. in the library, he expunged or obelized doubtful verses, transposed or altered lines, and introduced new readings. He divided the Homeric poems into books (with capitals for the Iliad, and small letters for the Odyssey), and possibly was the author of the calculation of the days of the Iliad in the Tabula Iliaca. He does not appear to have written any regular commentary on Homer, but his Homeric y7iavo-at (lists of unusual words) probably formed the source of the explanations of Homer attributed by the grammarians to Zenodotus. He also lectured upon Hesiod
Anacreon
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There appear to have been at least two other grammarians of the same name: (I) Zenodotus of Alexandria, surnamed 2 Whether Shapur or his son Hormuzdi is not certain; Shapur's death is variously placed in 269 and 272. d v dare; (2) Zenodotus of Mallus, the disciple of Crates, who like his master attacked Aristarchus
See F. A. Wolf
Munich
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