Tryphiodorus

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urn:cite:perseus:author.1428
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tlg0647
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Name:
Tryphiodorus
Abbr:
Tryph.
Alt names:
Τριφιόδωρος
Trifiodoro
Triphiodore
Tryphiodore
Tryfiodoros
Triphiodōros
Tryphiodōros
Triphiodorus
Tryphiodorus, Epicus
Tryph.
Field of activity:
Epic Poet
Notes:
His La prise d&#039
Ilion, 1982: t.p. (Triphiodore) p. 5 (Tryphiodore or Triphiodore
referred to in Byzantine manuscripts as Tryphiodōros, but the spelling Triphiodōros seems preferable)
Lexicon in Triphiodorum, 1985: t.p. (Triphiodorus)
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 397
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 3, 1867, p. 1177-1178: "A Greek grammarian, was born in Egypt. Nothing more is known of his personal history...He is known to us only as a versifier..."
Brill's New Pauly: "Greek epic poet, 2nd half of 3rd cent. AD (only biographical testimony: Suda s. v. T.), Egyptian by name, probably from Panopolis ... Author of works including...the epic Μαραθωνιακά (Marathoniaka, 'Marathonic Histories'..., the mythical epic Hippodámeia and a lipogrammatic (i.e. written with the constraint of the regular omission of selected letters) Odyssey (Ὀδύσσεια λειπογράμματος/Odýsseia leipográmmatos.... T. is identical with the grammarian T., to whom the Suda ascribes a 'Paraphrase of the Homeric similes'. All that survives is the short epic Ilíou hálosis (Ἰλίου ἅλωσις, 'The Capture of Ilium'..." from Fornaro, Sotera (Sassari). "Triphiodorus." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and
Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2010. Brill Online. Tufts University Library. 22 July 2010
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Iliou halōsis