Callimachus
c310–c240 b.c., Greek poet, grammarian, and critic.
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Pliny mentions two Greek physicians—Mnesitheus and Callimachus,—who wrote on this subject.
Parsons on the Rose | Samuel Browne ParsonsDeorum, i. 28), the other of an erotic character, imitated from Callimachus (Gellius xix.
They imagined that Jupiter was buried in Crete: which Callimachus supposes to have been a forgery of the natives.
Callimachus takes notice of the same mares in his hymn to the Shepherd God Apollo.
By the Celt are meant those of Iberia: οψιγονοι Τιτηνες of Callimachus.
British Dictionary definitions for Callimachus
/ (kəˈlɪməkəs) /
late 5th century bc, Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital
?305–?240 bc, Greek poet of the Alexandrian School; author of hymns and epigrams
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