Semonides of Amorgos
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- tlg0260
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.1267
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- tlg0260
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- LCCN n 50038257
- Name:
- Semonides of Amorgos
- Abbr:
- Semon.
- Alt names:
- Σημωνίδης, Ἀμοργῖνος
Simonides, of Amorgos
Simonides, of Samos
Sēmonidēs,, ho Amorginos
Semonide, di Samo
Semonide, di Amorgo
Semónides, de Amorgos
Semónide
Semònides, d'Amorgós
Sémonide, d'Amorgos
Semonides, Amorginus
Simonides, Samius
Semonides, Iambographus
Semon.
- Field of activity:
- Iambic Poet
Iambographer
- Notes:
- TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 358
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 3,
1867, p. 831-: "Simonides, literary, of Samos, or as, he is more usually designated, of
Amorgos, was the second, both in time and in reputation, of the three principal iambic poets
of the early part of Greek literature, namely, Archilochus,Simonides and Hipponax..."
Brill's New Pauly: "(Σημωνίδης/Sēmōnídēs: Choiroboskos in Etym. M.
713,17
most citations spell Σιμωνίδης/Simōnídēs). One of the earliest known composers of
iambic poetry (Iambographers) of the 7th cent. The dating of Cyrillus (Contra Iulianum 1,14)
to 664-611 BC is to be preferred (cf. Archilochus) to that of the Suda σ 446 to 490 years
after the Trojan War, i.e. 693 BC (cf. the information wrongly transmitted under Simmias σ
431)....." from Bowie, Ewen (Oxford). "Semonides of Amorgos." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity
volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and
Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2010. Brill Online. Tufts
University Library. 18
Marg, W. Der charakter in der sprache der fruÌhgriechischen
dichtung (Semonides, Homer, Pindar), 1938
His Semonide, 1990: t.p. (Semonide, Semonides) p. v (Semonide di Samo,
detto l'Amorgino)
- Author info:
- Wikipedia
- Worldcat Identities
- Smith's Dictionary
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