Phaennus Epigrammaticus 3. Jh. v. Chr

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tlg1579
Name:
Phaennus Epigrammaticus 3. Jh. v. Chr
Abbr:
Phaënn
Alt names:
Φάεννος
Phaennos
Phaënnus, Epigrammaticus
Phaënn
Field of activity:
Epigrammatist
Notes:
AP 7.197,437
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition,
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 3, 1867, p. 332: "Phaennus, an epigrammatic poet, who had a place in the Garland of Meleager (v. 29) and two of whose epigrams are contained inthe Greek Anthology..."
Brill's New Pauly: "Phaennus, Epigrammatic poet of the 'Garland' of Meleager [8] (Anth. Pal. 4,1,29f.), probably 3rd cent. BC. Preserved are one funerary epigram for the Spartan Leonidas [1] who fell at Thermopylae (Anth. Pal. 7,437
belongs to the Laconophile school of Hellenistic epigrammatic poetry, cf. Epigram I E ), and another for a cricket buried by its owner (7,197)
..." Albiani, Maria Grazia (Bologna). "Phaennus." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2009. Brill Online. Tufts University Library.
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