Christodōros fl. 5th cent
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- urn:cite:perseus:author.362
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- LCCN n 2003056220
- Name:
- Christodōros fl. 5th cent
- Alt names:
- Christodōrus, Coptites
Χριστόδωρος
Christodoro
Christodoros, aus Koptos
Chrestodorus, Coptites
- Field of activity:
- Epigrammatist
Epic Poet
Historian
- Notes:
- Cristodoro, c2000
Enkykl. Papyros, Larous, Britannika, c1994 (hdg.: Christodōros
poet of
Egypt, 5th cent., whose only extant poem is entitled "
Ekphrasis,"
about statues adorning the Baths of Zeuxippus in Istanbul)
Greek and Latin authors, 1980
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 98
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 1,
1867, p. 698: "Christodorus, a Greek poet of Coptus in Egypt, was the son of Paniscus, ...He
is classed by Suidas as an epic poet, there is still extant a poet of 416 Hexamater verses..."
Brill's New Pauly: "Christodorus, from Coptus, Son of Paniscus
lived at
the time of Anastasius I (491-518). Author of Πάτρια (Pátria), i.e. poems about the early
histories of different cities (Thessalonica, Nakle, Miletus, Tralles, Aphrodisias and
Constantinople). As well as Λυδιακά (Lydiaká), C. wrote an epic Ἰσαυρικά (Isauriká) about
Anastasius' Isaurian wars. Extant is his ἔκφρασις ( Ekphrasis) of the 80 statues in the baths
of Zeuxippus in Constantinople..." He wrote two epigrams (Anth. Pal. 7,697 and 698)..." from
Selzer, Christoph (Frankfurt/Main). Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert
Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2009. Brill Online. Tufts University Library. 14 January
2009 .
- Author info:
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- LCNAF
- Smith's Dictionary
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