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Aristarchus

noun

An ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC).

A bright crater on the Moon.

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"Aristarchus" Quotes from Famous Books

... Aristarchus had seen the truth, though he could not establish it, in the third century B.C. But Greek science had been forgotten in an age which knew no Greek; and it was not till after Erasmus' death that an obscure canon in a small Prussian ...

— The Age of Erasmus - Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London • P. S. Allen

... indicated (about whom an entire chapter has been written by an observing English traveler!) came forward leisurely; a Brummell in attire; an Aristarchus for taste! Since his period—or reign—there have been many imitators; but he was the first; indeed, created the office, and is deserving of a permanent place in American annals. "His formality just bordered on stiffness," wrote the interested Briton, as though he were studying ...

— The Strollers • Frederic S. Isham

Words linked to "Aristarchus" : grammarian, lunar crater, syntactician