Callimachus
Americannoun
noun
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late 5th century bc , Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital
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?305–?240 bc , Greek poet of the Alexandrian School; author of hymns and epigrams
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The assignment was a two-page essay, in Greek, on any epigram of Callimachus that we chose.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
It was originally formed by the poet Callimachus in the third century B.C., but was not generally accepted until reformed by Hevelius.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore
Callimachus and Euphorion are mentioned as the models followed by Gallus, Propertius, and Tibullus71.
From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by W. Y. Sellar
Hortalus, to whom it is addressed, had requested him to translate from Callimachus the poem De Coma Berenices.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
I cannot resist quoting these touching lines, which are translated from the Greek of Callimachus, librarian of Alexandria, 260 B.C., on his friend Heraclitus of Halicarnassus.
From A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' by Mrs. Alfred Gatty
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