Mimnermus of Colophon 7th cent. B.C
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- tlg0255
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- urn:cite:perseus:author.938
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- tlg0255
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- LCCN n 83319399
- Name:
- Mimnermus of Colophon 7th cent. B.C
- Abbr:
- Mimn.
- Alt names:
- Μίμνερμος
Mimnermo, of Colophon
Mimnermos, ho Kolphōnios,
Mimnermus
Mimnerme, de Colophon
Mimnermos, von Smyrna
Mimnermos, von Kolophon
Mimnermo, Colofonio
Mimnermo, de Colofón
Mimnermos
Mimnermus, Colophonius
Mimnermos, Lyriker
Mimnermus, Lyricus
Mimn. - Field of activity:
- Elegist
Epigrammatist - Notes:
- His PoesiÌa, 1983: t.p. (Mimnermo)
Oxford class. dict. (Mimnermus, Elegist and musician of Colophon)
MegaleÌ HelleÌnikeÌ enkykl. (Mimnermos ho KolophoÌnios, fl. 632-650 B.C.)
LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Mimnermus, 7th cent. B.C.)
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 272
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 2, 1867, p. 1088: "Mimnermus, a celebrated elegeaic poet.....He was generally called a Colophonian ... but from a fragment of his poem entitled Nanno, it appears that he was descended from those Colophonians who reconquered Smyrna from the Aeolians..."
Brill's New Pauly: "Mimnermus, of Colophon, or Smyrna, 2nd half of the 7th century BC. One of the earliest writers of Greek elegy. In antiquity, he was viewed, along with Callinus [1] and Archilochus as its possible ‘inventor’. The Suda dates M. to the 37th Olympiad (632-629 BC), but the opinion of scholars is divided:..." from Bowie, Ewen (Oxford). "Mimnermus." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2009. Brill Online. Tufts University Library. 02 December 2009 - Author info:
- Wikipedia
- Smith's Dictionary
- URN:
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0255.tlg002
- Word Count:
- 15 Click here for Work record
- URN:
- urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0255.tlg001
- Word Count:
- 610 Click here for Work record