Alexander Aetolus
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)Alexander Aetolus (
Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Αἰτωλός, Ἀléxandros ὁ Aἰtōlós) was a Greek poet and grammarian, the only known representative of Aetolian poetry.[1]
Life
Alexander was the son of Satyrus (Σάτυρος) and Stratocleia (Στρατόκλεια), and was a native of
Alexander flourished about 280 BC, in the reign of
Notwithstanding the distinction Alexander enjoyed as a tragic poet, he appears to have had greater merit as a writer of epic poems,
epic poems, we possess the titles and some fragments of three pieces: the Fisherman,[8] Kirka or Krika,[9] which, however, is designated by Athenaeus as doubtful, and Helena,[10] Of his elegies, some beautiful fragments are still extant.[11][12][13][14][15] His Cynaedi, or Ionic poems (Ἰωνικὰ ποιήματα), are mentioned by Strabo[16] and Athenaeus.[17] Some anapaestic verses in praise of Euripides are preserved in Gellius.[18]
References
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alexander". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 111. Archived from the original on 2009-03-30.
- ^ Suda, s. v.
- ^ Eudoc. p. 62
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece ii. 22. § 7
- xvi. 233
- ^ a b Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Aratus, Phaenomena et Diosem. ii. pp. 431, 443, &c. 446, ed. Buhle
- ^ ἁλιεὺς, Athenaeus, vii. p. 296
- ^ Athenaeus, vii. p. 283
- ^ August Immanuel Bekker, Anecdota Graeca p. 96
- ^ Athenaeus, iv. p. 170, xi. p. 496, xv. p. 899
- ^ Strabo, xii. p. 556, xiv. p. 681
- ^ Parthen. Erot. 4
- ^ John Tzetzes, ad. Lycophron 266.
- Scholiast and Eustathius, ad Il.iii. 314
- ^ Strabo, xiv. p. 648
- ^ Athenaeus, xiv. p. 620
- ^ Aulus Gellius, xv. 20
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Alexander Aetolus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 565.
- New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Alexander". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 111.
Further reading
- J U Powell (ed), Collectanea Alexandrina: reliquiae minores poetarum graecorum aetatis ptolemaicae, 323–146 A.C. (1972)
- Enrico Magnelli (ed), Alexandri Aetoli Testimonia et Fragmenta. Studi e Testi 15. (1999)
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