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Scythinus of Teos (Ancient Greek: Σκυθίνος; fl. 5th or 4th century BCE)[1][2] was an iambic poet from Teos who turned the work of the philosopher Heraclitus into verse.[3] A considerable fragment, apparently from this work, is preserved by Stobaeus.[4] Two of his epigrams are also preserved in the Greek Anthology.[5]
Plutarch also quotes from him twice some verses respecting the lyre,[6] and Athenaeus quotes from him once.[7] Scythinus is also mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium.[8]
Notes
[edit]- ^ West 1974.
- ^ Sironi 2019.
- ^
Laërtius, Diogenes. . Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. Vol. 2:9. Translated by Hicks, Robert Drew (Two volume ed.). Loeb Classical Library. § 16. - ^ Eclog. Phys. 1.9.43, p. 264
- ^ Anth. Pal. XII.22, XII.232
- ^ Moralia pp. 402, 705
- ^ Deipnosophistae Book XI p. 461
- ^ Ethnica, Τές
References
[edit]- West, Martin Litchfield (1974). "Scythinus". Studies in Greek Elegy and Iambus. de Gruyter. pp. 176–177. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
- Sironi, Francesco (2019). "Heraclitus in Verse: The Poetic Fragments of Scythinus of Teos". Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies. 59: 551–567. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Scythinus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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