Scythinus Teius fl.4. Jh. v. Chr

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Name:
Scythinus Teius fl.4. Jh. v. Chr
Abbr:
Scyth.
Alt names:
Σκυθῖνος
Skythinos, von Teos
Scythinus, Poeta
Scitino, di Teo
Escití
Szküthinosz
Skythinos, Grammatiker
Skythinos, Dichter
Scythinus, Epigrammaticus
Scythinus, Philosophus
Scyth.
Field of activity:
Iambic poet
Iambographer
Epigrammatist
Notes:
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 357
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 3, 1867, p. 763: "Scythinus, of Teos, an iambic poet mentiond by Stephanus of Byzantium...He turned into great verse the work of the philosopher Heracleitus (Diog. Laert. ix. 16)...."
Brill's New Pauly: "Iambic poet from Teos (Steph. Byz. s. v. Τέως), perhaps 5th or 4th century B.C. S. composed a poem expounding Heraclitus' [1] philosophy (cited in Diog. Laert. 9,16 = fr. 46 Wehrli), perhaps entitled On Nature (περὶ φύσεως), as in the lemma of Stob. 1,8,43 citing fr. 2 W. on 'time', either in prose or in corrupted trochaic tetrameters [1], the metre of S.' two lines about Apollo's lyre cited Plut. de Pyth. or. 16,402a. Ath. 11,461e cites an account of Herakles' conquests from an apparently prose ‘historía’ (FGrH 13 F 1)....." from Bowie, Ewen (Oxford). "Scythinus." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and
Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2010. Brill Online. Tufts University Library. 18 August 2010
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