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Encyclopedia > Euphorion of Chalcis

Euphorion, Greek poet and grammarian, born at Chalcis in Euboea about 275 BC. A poet is some one who writes poetry. ... This article is about grammar from a linguistic perspective. ... Chalcis or Chalkida, Halkida, Halkis or Chalkis (Greek, Modern: Χαλκίδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -is), the chief town of the island of Euboea in Greece, situated on the strait of the Euripus at its narrowest point. ... Euboea or Negropont (Modern Greek: Εύβοια Evia, Ancient Greek Εúβοια Eúboia; see also List of traditional Greek place names), is the largest island of the Greek archipelago. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC Years: 280 BC 279 BC 278 BC 277 BC 276 BC - 275 BC - 274 BC 273 BC...


He spent much of his life in Athens, where he amassed great wealth. About 221 he was invited by Antiochus the Great to the court of Syria. He assisted in the formation of the royal library at Antioch, of which he held the post of librarian till his death. He wrote mythological epics, amatory elegies, epigrams and a satirical poem (Apat, curses) after the manner of the Ibis of Callimachus. Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína (IPA: )) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world, named after goddess Athena. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC - 220s BC - 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC Years: 226 BC 225 BC 224 BC 223 BC 222 BC - 221 BC - 220 BC 219 BC... Silver coin of Antiochus III Antiochus III the Great, (ruled 223 - 187 BC), younger son of Seleucus II Callinicus, became ruler of the Seleucid kingdom as a youth of about eighteen in 223 BC. (His traditional designation, the Great, stems from a misconception of Megas Basileus (Great king), the traditional... Antioch on the Orontes (Greek: Αντιόχεια η επί Δάφνη, Αντιόχεια ή επί Ορόντου or Αντιόχεια η Μεγάλη; Latin: Antiochia ad Orontem, also Antiochia dei Siri), the Great Antioch or Syrian Antioch was an ancient city located on the eastern side (left bank) of the Orontes River about 30 km from the sea and its port, Seleucia of Pieria (Suedia, now Samanda... An epigram is a short poem with a clever twist at the end or a concise and witty statement. ...


Prose works on antiquities and history are also attributed to him. Like Lycophron, he was fond of using archaic and obsolete expressions, and the erudite character of his allusions rendered his language very obscure. His elegies were highly esteemed by the Romans — they were imitated or translated by Cornelius Gallus and also by the emperor Tiberius. Lycophron was a Greek poet and grammarian. ... Cornelius Gallus (c. ... Tiberius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero (November 16, 42 BC – March 16 AD 37), was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37. ...


Fragments in Meineke, De Euphorionis Chalcidensis vita et scriptis, in his Analecta Alexandrina (1843); for a recently discovered fragment of about 30 lines see Beritner Klassikertexte, v. I (1907). Johann Albrecht Friedrich August Meineke (December 8, 1790 - December 12, German classical scholar, was born at Soest in Westphalia. ...


This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Encyclopædia Britannica, the 11th edition The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is perhaps the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...


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One particular example that might be interesting in its detail concerns the myth that Iphigenia was the child of Helen from a rape by Theseus, and was given as a baby to Clytemnestra.
They say that she [Helen] was pregnant and that after giving birth in Argos and founding the sanctuary of Childbirth she gave her baby daughter to Clytemnestra, who was already the wife of Agamemnon, and that later on she married Menelaus.
Euphorion of Chalcis [3rd century BC, librarian at Antioch] and Alexander of Pleuron [3rd century BC, tragic poet, Alexandria and elsewhere], who wrote poetry on this subject, and even earlier Stesichoros of Himera all agree with the Argives that Iphigenia was the daughter of Theseus.” (Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.22.6)
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