Sotades
Sotades (Greek: Σωτάδης; 3rd century BC) was an Ancient Greek poet.
Sotades was born in Maroneia,[1] either the one in Thrace, or in Crete. He lived in Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–246 BC). The city was at that time a remarkable center of learning, with a great deal of artistic and literary activity, including epic poetry and the Great Library. Only a few genuine fragments of his work have been preserved; those in Stobaeus are generally considered spurious. Ennius translated some poems of this kind, included in his book of satires under the name of Sota. He had a son named Apollonius. He has been credited with the invention of the palindrome.[2]
Sotades was the chief representative of the writers of
Caunus, where he was afterwards captured by the admiral Patroclus
, shut up in a leaden chest, and thrown into the sea.
British
Sotadic zone". He asserted that there exists a geographic zone in which pederasty is prevalent and celebrated among the indigenous inhabitants,[4]
and named it after Sotades.
See also
References
- ^ Suda σ 871
- ^ Fontaine, M. "Before Pussy Riot: Free Speech and Censorship in the Age of Plautus". p.14
- ^ Plutarch, On the Education of Children, 11a; Athenaeus, xiv. 621a. Translation from Graham Shipley, The Greek World After Alexander, 323-30 B.C., page 185. Routledge.
- ^ Waitt, Gordon; Kevin Markwell (2008). "The Lure of the 'Sotadic Zone'". Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide. 15 (2).
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sotades". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
External links
- Sotades from the Wiki Classical Dictionary
- Sotades (2) from Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1867)
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