Aristarkus

This name derives from the Ancient Greek “Arístarkhos (Ἀρίσταρχος),” composed of two elements: “áristos (ἄρῐστος)” (best, better, excellent, first-rate, thorough) plus “arkhḗ (ᾰ̓ρχή) árkhō (ἄρχω)” (beginning, origin, sovereignty, dominion, authority). In turn, the name means “the perfect source, the right origin.” 1) Aristarchus of Samos (~310–230 BC) was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician who presented the first known model that placed the Sun at the center of the known universe with the Earth revolving around it. 2) Aristarchus of Samothrace (~220–143 BC) was a grammarian noted as the most influential of Homeric poetry scholars. He was the librarian of Alexandria’s library and seemed to have succeeded his teacher Aristophanes of Byzantium in that role.