Pigres Halicarnassensis 6./5. Jh. v. Chr
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- urn:cite:perseus:author.1125
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- tlg0258
- Name:
- Pigres Halicarnassensis 6./5. Jh. v. Chr
- Alt names:
- Πίγρης
Pigres, of Halicarnassus
Pigres, von Halikarnassos
Pigrès, d'Halicarnasse
Pigres, Elegiacus
Pigres, Lyricus
Pigres, Karer
Pigrete, di Alicarnasso
Pigres, Carius
- Field of activity:
- Lyric Poet
- Notes:
- TITAN
PAN
Griech. Dichter
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 319
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 3,
1867, p. 366: "Pigres, a native of Halicarnassus, either the brother or the son of the
celebrated, Artemisia, queen of Caria. He is spoken of by Suidas ....as the author of Margites
and the Batrachomyomachia...."
Brill's New Pauly: "Pigres, Poet from Halicarnassus, son (Plut. Mor.
873f) or brother (Suda π 1551) of Artemisia [1], c. 480 BC (provided the person was not
invented
on the Carian name cf. Hdt. 7,98
Syll.3 46,28). Plutarch (if this is not an
interpolation [1]) ascribes the Batrachomyomachía to P.
the Suda adds the Margítes and an
Iliás, in which P. follows each hexameter in Homer with a pentameter...." Bowie, Ewen
(Oxford). "Pigres." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth
Schneider . Brill, 2010. Brill Online. Tufts University Library.
- Author info:
- Wikipedia
- VIAF
- Smith's Dictionary
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