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For the son of Periander, see Lycophron of Corinth. Periander (Περίανδρος was the second Tyrant of Corinth Greece in the 7th century BC In Greek history Lycophron of Corinth was a son of the Corinthian Tyrant Periander.
For the Sophist, see Lycophron (Sophist). Lycophron was a Sophist of Ancient Greece. He is known for his statement (reproduced by Aristotle, in the latter's Politics, 1280b10 that "

Lycophron was a Greek poet and grammarian (although the Oxford Classical Dictionary regards these as two different men). Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" Grammar is the field of Linguistics that covers the Rules governing the use of any given natural language. The Oxford Classical Dictionary ( OCD) is the standard one-volume Encyclopedia in English of topics relating to Ancient Greece and

He was born at Chalcis in Euboea, and flourished at Alexandria in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus (285-247 BC). Chalcis or Chalkida, Halkida, Halkis or Chalkis ( Greek, Modern Χαλκίδα xal'ciða Ancient/ Katharevousa: -ίς For the mythological figure see Euboea (mythology Euboea ( Modern Greek, Εύβοια - Évia &mdash Alexandria ( Egyptian Arabic: اسكندريه Eskendereyya; Standard Arabic: ar الإسكندرية Al-Iskandariyya; Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ptolemy II Philadelphus ( Greek:, Ptolemaĩos Philádelphos, 309 BC&ndash246 BC was the king of Ptolemaic Egypt from 283 BC to 246 BC According to Suda, the massive tenth century Byzantine Greek historical encyclopædia, he was the son of Socles, but was adopted by Lycus of Rhegium. The Suda or Souda ( also, Suidas) is a massive 10th century Byzantine Greek historical encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean He was entrusted by Ptolemy with the task of arranging the comedies in the Library of Alexandria; as the result of his labours he composed a treatise On Comedy. The Royal Library of Alexandria or Ancient Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was once the largest library in the ancient world Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and

His own compositions, however, chiefly consisted of tragedies (The Suda gives the titles of twenty, of which a very few fragments have been preserved), which secured him a place in the Pleiad of Alexandrian tragedians. The Alexandrian Pleiad is the name given to a group of seven Alexandrian Poets and Tragedians in the 3rd century B One poem traditionally attributed to him, Alexandra or Cassandra[1], containing 1474 iambic lines, has been preserved in its complete form. An iamb or iambus is a Metrical foot used in various types of Poetry. It consists of a prophecy uttered by Cassandra, and relates the later fortunes of Troy and of the Greek and Trojan heroes. Troy ( Greek: grc Τροία Troia, also, Ilion; Latin: Trōia, Īlium, Hittite: Wilusa or References to events of mythical and later times are introduced, and the poem ends with a reference to Alexander the Great, who was to unite Asia and Europe in his world-wide empire. Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ'

The style obtained for Lycophron, even among the ancients, the title of "obscure" . The poem is evidently intended to display the writer's knowledge of obscure names and uncommon myths; it is full of unusual words of doubtful meaning gathered from the older poets, and long-winded compounds coined by the author. It was probably written as a show-piece for the Alexandrian school, rather than as straight poetry. It was very popular in the Byzantine period, and was read and commented on very frequently; the collection of scholia by Isaac and John Tzetzes is very valuable, and the manuscripts of the Cassandra are numerous. A scholium, plural scholia (σχόλιον "comment" "lecture" is a grammatical, critical or explanatory comment either original or extracted John (Johannes Tzetzes (Ιωάννης Τζέτζης (c 1110 &ndash 1180 was a Byzantine Poet and Grammarian known to have lived at Constantinople A few well-turned lines which have been preserved from Lycophron's tragedies show a much better style; they are said to have been much admired by Menedemus of Eretria, although the poet had ridiculed him in a satyric drama. Menedemus, (Μενέδημος ca 350 - 278 BC to 275 BC a Greek Philosopher and founder of the Eretrian School of Philosophy, was born at Eretria Lycophron is also said to have been a skilful writer of anagrams. An anagram ( Greek anagramma 'letters written anew' passive participle of ana- 'again' + gramma 'letter' is a type of Word play

Editions

The most complete edition is by C. von Holzinger (with translation, introduction and notes, 1895). There are translations by F. Dehèque (1853) and Viscount Royston (1806; a work of great merit). Earl of Hardwicke is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. See also

Tzetzes' commentaries on Lycophron (much used by, among others, Robert Graves in his Greek Myths) had before Scheer also been edited by Otfried Müller (1811). John (Johannes Tzetzes (Ιωάννης Τζέτζης (c 1110 &ndash 1180 was a Byzantine Poet and Grammarian known to have lived at Constantinople Robert Graves (24 July 1895 &ndash 7 December 1985 was an English Poet, Translator and Novelist. The Greek Myths (1955 is a Mythography, a Compendium of Greek mythology, by the Poet and Writer Robert Graves Karl Otfried Müller ( August 28, 1797 &ndash August 1, 1840) was a German scholar and Philodorian, or admirer of ancient

References

  1. ^ Cassandra is merely the Latin form of Alexandra.

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