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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 Excerpt:...Rhodius, of Naucrates in Eg. (?), a pupil of Callim. a teacher of rhetoric and a citizen of Rhodes, succeeded Eratosthenes in the 1 142 Pt.v. Kpiph. 204-181. Phil. Of Mac. 221-173. librarianship at Alex. 192 B.C. Author of a highly finished poem, 'Aynaunxd, 4 books. Ed. pr. cum scholiis Gr. Florent. 1498. 4toVenet. in ad. Aldi. 1521. 8vo.--c. schol. ed. H. Stephani. 1574. 4to.--cum schol. et not. var. ed. Jo. Shaw. Oxon. 1777. 2 vols. 4to e scr. 8 vett. libbr. nunc primum emendate ed. R. Fr. Ph. Brunck. Argent. 1780. 4to. and 8vo.-cum schol. Gr. comm. indie. ed. Chr. D. Beck. Lips. 1797. (atfirst one vol.)--e rec. et c. not. Br. acc. schol. Gr. e cod. bibl. Paris. nunc primum evulg. Lips. 1810--12. 8vo.--rec. int. lect. var. adj. scholia aucta ef emend.add. A. Wellauer. Lips. 1828.2 vols.8vo. Weic/tert fiber das Leben tend Gedicht d. Ap. v. RA. Meissen. 1821. 8vo-Fabric. B. Gr. t. iv. p. 262. Nachtrage zu Sulz. vi. p. 179. (ce) Euphorion, of Chalcis, librarian to King Antiochus the Great of Syria, a learned and consequently an obscure poet, wrote xthi«fixf in 5 books, on mythological subjects, also Ivtog(k« vrrtfetiftxTx (Athen. iv. p. 154. C.) De Euph. Chalc. vita et scriptis disser. et fragm. coll. et ill. A. Meineke. Gedani 1823. 8vo. Fabric. B. Gr. t. i. p. 594. ii. p. 304. (cf) Aristophanes, of Byzantium, a pupil of Callim. and Eratosth., curator of the Alexandrian library under Ptol. Philometor, (not Philadelphus, as stated in Fabric.) He exercised his critical powers upon Homer, and is said to have introduced the Greek accents. (Villoison anecd. Gr. t. ii. p. 31, sq.) Fabric. B. Gr. t. i. p. 364. iv. p. 359. (eg) Agatharchides, of Cnidos, had charge of the young king Ptol. Alexander (107--88); history of Alexander and his successors, T« 'Ar...