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
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 Gore, J. Ellard
Callimachus the grammarian said that a great book was equivalent to a great evil.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
On her father’s death in 1672 she removed to Paris, carrying with her part of an edition of Callimachus, which she afterwards published.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
The first systematic arrangement of his reputed works is ascribed to Dicaearchus and Callimachus in the early part of the 3rd century B.C.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
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