query: place_of_birth pamphilus of alexandria
supports: Alexandria (or ; Arabic: '; '; "") is the second largest city and a major economic centre in Egypt, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country. Its low elevation on the Nile delta makes it highly vulnerable to rising sea levels. Alexandria is Egypt's largest seaport, serving approximately 80% of Egypt's imports and exports. It is an important industrial center because of its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez. Alexandria is also an important tourist destination. Homer (, "Hómros") is the name ascribed by the Ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary author of the two epic poems, the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey", the central works of Greek literature. Many accounts of Homer's life circulated in classical antiquity, the most widespread being that he was a blind bard from Ionia, a region of central coastal Anatolia in present-day Turkey. The modern scholarly consensus is that these traditions do not have any historical value. Pamphilus ( Greek :  ; fl . 1st century AD ) was a Greek grammarian , of the school of Aristarchus of Samothrace . He was the author of a comprehensive lexicon , in 95 books , of foreign or obscure words , the idea of which was credited to another grammarian , Zopyrion , himself the compiler of the first four books . The work itself is lost , but an epitome by Diogenianus ( 2nd century ) formed the basis of the lexicon of Hesychius . A similar compilation , called `` meadow '' ( cf. the Praia of Suetonius ) from its varied contents , dealing chiefly with mythological marvels , was probably a supplement to the lexicon , although some scholars identify them . Pamphilus was one of the chief authorities used by Athenaeus in the Deipnosophists . The Suda assigns to another Pamphilus , simply described as `` a philosopher , '' a number of works , some of which were probably by Pamphilus the grammarian . See G Thilo in Ersch and Gruber 's Allgemeine Encyclopedic , M Schmidt , appendix to his edition of Hesychius , ( 1862 ) vol. iv. ; A Westermann in Pauly 's Realencyclopädie ( 1848 ) . Aristarchus of Samothrace (c. 220  c. 143 BC) was a grammarian noted as the most influential of all scholars of Homeric poetry. He was the librarian of the library of Alexandria and seems to have succeeded his teacher Aristophanes of Byzantium in that role.
candidates: alexandria anatolia central centre delta egypt homer most of
answer: alexandria