Archias Epigr.
- Textgroups:
- tlg0126
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.173
- Tlg id:
- tlg0126
- Name:
- Archias Epigr.
- Abbr:
- Arch.
- Alt names:
- Aρχίας
Archias
Archias, Epigrammaticus
Arch.
- Field of activity:
- epigrammatist
epigrammatiker
- Notes:
- TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, p. 51
"
"Under the lemma Ἀρχίου, the Anthologia Palatina records 37 epigrams (disputed are Anth. Pal.
5,98
6,194
7,165
9,27
64
357
16,154)
sometimes the name is more closely defined as γραμματικοῦ (6,194),
Μακεδόνος (7,140), Βυζαντίου (7,278), Μυτιληναίου (7,696
9,19
111
339), and νεωτέρου (9,91
10,10):
five different poets, all of whom otherwise unknown. All attempts to attribute the material --
predominantly pedantic imitations, especially of Leonidas and of Antipater of Sidon -- to any individual poet
within this group, have met with failure. It seems very likely that some of these poems were written by
Licinius Archias of Antioch, Cicero's famous contemporary (cf. SH 194-199)." in Degani, Enzo (Bologna).
"Archias." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider
. Brill, 2007. Brill Online. Tufts University Library. 19 July 2007
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