Callimachus

American  

[kuh-lim-uh-kuhs] / kəˈlɪm ə kəs /

noun

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

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Callimachus British  

/ kəˈlɪməkəs /

noun

1. late 5th century _bc , Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital

2. ?305–?240 _bc , Greek poet of the Alexandrian School; author of hymns and epigrams

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Callimachus

The assignment was a two-page essay, in Greek, on any epigram of Callimachus that we chose.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

In the strict acceptation of the term, scarcely any Greek elegy has descended to us entire, except perhaps a few lines by Callimachus on the death of Heraclitus.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop

Callimachus lived at Alexandria in the reigns of Ptolemy Philadelphus and Ptolemy Euergetes, and was chief librarian of the famous library of Alexandria from about B.C.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore

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

And Callimachus, in his "Hecale," gives a regular catalogue of the different kinds of olive— Γεργέριμος and πίτυρις, and the white olive, which does not Become ripe till autumn, which is to float in wine.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

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