---
name: Aristophanes of Byzantium
name_greek: Ἀριστοφάνης ὁ Βυζάντιος
eul_aid: klo
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/aristophanes-of-byzantium-klo"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Technical Koine
works_count: 11
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Aristophanes of Byzantium

*Ἀριστοφάνης ὁ Βυζάντιος*

**eul_aid:** `klo` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/aristophanes-of-byzantium-klo)

Aristophanes of Byzantium, head of the Library of Alexandria. Eleven surviving grammatical treatises. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Arguments of Aristophanes' Plays](https://eulogikon.org/works/aristophanes-byzantium-arguments-plays-klo-ae) — *Ὑποθέσεις τῶν Ἀριστοφάνους Δραμάτων* · `klo-ae`
- [Commentary-Callimachus' Pinakes, Fragments](https://eulogikon.org/works/aristophanes-byzantium-callimachus-pinakes-klo-aa) — *Ὑπόμνημα εἰς Καλλιμάχου Πίνακας* · `klo-aa`
- [Epitome of the Histories of Animals](https://eulogikon.org/works/aristophanes-byzantium-epitome-animals-klo-ac) — *Ἐπιτομὴ τῶν περὶ τὰ ζῷα Ἱστοριῶν* · `klo-ac`
- [Names of Ages Fragments](https://eulogikon.org/works/aristophanes-byzantium-ages-fragments-klo-ag) — *Ὀνόματα Ἐποχῶν Ἀποσπάσματα* · `klo-ag`
- [Names of Ages Parisian Fragment](https://eulogikon.org/works/aristophanes-byzantium-names-ages-klo-af) — *Ὀνόματα Ἐποχῶν Παρισινὸν Ἀπόσπασμα* · `klo-af`
- [On Courtesans and Their Names](https://eulogikon.org/works/aristophanes-byzantium-courtesans-names-klo-ak) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `klo-ak`
- [On Human Development and Aging](https://eulogikon.org/works/aristophanes-byzantium-human-development-aging-klo-aj) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `klo-aj`
- [On Suspect Words Among the Ancients](https://eulogikon.org/works/aristophanes-byzantium-suspect-words-klo-ad) — *Περὶ τῶν ὑπόπτων λέξεων παρὰ τοῖς ἀρχαίοις* · `klo-ad`
- [Other Books of Aristophanes, Fragments](https://eulogikon.org/works/aristophanes-byzantium-fragments-klo-ab) — *Ἄλλα Βιβλία Ἀριστοφάνους* · `klo-ab`
- [Proverbs, Fragments](https://eulogikon.org/works/aristophanes-byzantium-proverbs-klo-ah) — *Παροιμίαι* · `klo-ah`
- [Testimonies](https://eulogikon.org/works/aristophanes-byzantium-testimonies-klo-ai) — *Μαρτυρίαι* · `klo-ai`

## License and provenance

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