Callimachus

[ kuh-lim-uh-kuhs ]

noun

1. c310–c240 b.c., Greek poet, grammarian, and critic.

Callimachus

/ kəˈlɪməkəs /

noun

1. Callimachus5th century bc5th century bcMGreekARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor late 5th century bc , Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital
2. Callimachus?305 bc?240 bcMGreekWRITING: poet ?305–?240 bc , Greek poet of the Alexandrian School; author of hymns and epigrams

Example Sentences

Pliny mentions two Greek physicians—Mnesitheus and Callimachus,—who wrote on this subject.

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Deorum, i. 28), the other of an erotic character, imitated from Callimachus (Gellius xix.

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They imagined that Jupiter was buried in Crete: which Callimachus supposes to have been a forgery of the natives.

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Callimachus takes notice of the same mares in his hymn to the Shepherd God Apollo.

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By the Celt are meant those of Iberia: οψιγονοι Τιτηνες of Callimachus.

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