LC control no. | nr 97044893 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | PA4399.P15 |
Personal name heading | Posidippus, of Pella, approximately 310 B.C.-approximately 240 B.C. |
Variant(s) | Poseidippos, approximately 310 B.C.-approximately 240 B.C. Posidippo, approximately 310 B.C.-approximately 240 B.C. Posidippus, of Pella, b. ca. 310 B.C. |
Located | Samos (Greece) Alexandria (Egypt) |
Birth date | -0309~ |
Death date | -0240~ |
Place of birth | Pella (Greece) |
Profession or occupation | Poets |
Found in | His Epigrammi, 1993: t.p. (Posidippo) spine (Poseidippos) p. xiii (b. ca. 310 B.C. in Pella in Macedonia) Oxford class. dict. (Posidippus, of Pella; fl. 264 B.C.; poet; surviving works are 120 epigrams and an elegy) Wikipedia, viewed July 5, 2016: cf. Posidippus (Posidippus of Pella (Ancient Greek: ... Poseidippos; c. 310 - c. 240 BC) was an Ancient Greek epigrammatic poet. Posidippus was born in the city of Pella, capital of the kingdom of Macedon. He lived for some time in Samos before moving permanently to the court of Ptolemy I Soter and later Ptolemy II Philadelphus in Alexandria, Egypt. An inscription from Thermon in Aetolia records that he was honoured by the Aetolian League in about 264/3 BC.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posidippus> |