Cercidas
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- tlg1250
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.345
- Tlg id:
- tlg1250
- Alt id:
- LCCN n 86091597
- Name:
- Cercidas
- Abbr:
- Cerc.
- Alt names:
- Kerkidas
Cercida, di Megalopoli
Κερκιδᾶς
Cercidas, Iambographus
Cerc.
- Field of activity:
- Poet
Cynic
Iambographer
- Notes:
- Studi Cercidei, 1986: t.p. (Cercidei)
Oxford class. dict. (Cercidas, ca 290-ca. 220 B.C.
outside politics,
he attained fame as a cynic philosopher and poet)
Papyros-Larous. (Kerkidas)
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg 94
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 1,
1867, p. 671: "A poet, philosopher, and legislator for his native city, Megalopolis. He was
a disciple of Diogenes...He is mentioned by Athenaeus
Brill's New Pauly: "Cercidas, poet, of Megalopolis, famous as the
author of the Meliambi, lived from about 290 BC to the last quarter of the 3rd cent...."
Furley, William D. (Heidelberg). "Cercidas." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by:
Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2009. Brill Online.
- Author info:
- Wikipedia
- Smith's Dictionary
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