A Greek poet of Colophon

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• Colophon (city) — Colophon is located center right. Colophon (Greek Κολοφών) was a city in the region of Lydia in antiquity dating from about the turn of the first millennium BC. It was likely one the oldest of the twelve Ionian League cities, between Lebedos (120 …   Wikipedia

• Greek literature — Introduction       body of writings in the Greek language, with a continuous history extending from the 1st millennium BC to the present day. From the beginning its writers were Greeks living not only in Greece proper but also in Asia Minor, the… …   Universalium

• Colophon — • A titular see of Asia Minor Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Colophon     Colophon     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Greek mythology — Bust of Zeus, Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio Clementino, Vatican) Topics in Greek mythology Gods …   Wikipedia

• Antimachus of Colophon — ▪ Greek poet and scholar flourished c. 410 BC, Colophon, Ionia [in modern Turkey]       Greek poet and scholar, author of an epic in 24 books entitled Thebais, about the expedition of the Seven Against Thebes. This work enjoyed little popular… …   Universalium

• colophon — colophonic, adj. /kol euh fon , feuhn/, n. 1. a publisher s or printer s distinctive emblem, used as an identifying device on its books and other works. 2. an inscription at the end of a book or manuscript, used esp. in the 15th and 16th… …   Universalium

• Colophon — /kol euh fon /, n. an ancient city in Asia Minor: one of the 12 Ionian cities banded together in the 8th century B.C.: largely depopulated in 286 B.C. * * * Ancient Ionian Greek city, western Anatolia. Located 15 mi (25 km) northwest of the… …   Universalium

• Greek religion — Beliefs, rituals, and mythology of the ancient Greeks. Though the worship of the sky god Zeus began as early as the 2nd millennium BC, Greek religion in the established sense began с 750 BC and lasted for over a thousand years, extending its… …   Universalium

• List of Ancient Greek poets — This Assortment of Ancient Greek poets covers poets writing in the Ancient Greek language, regardless of location or nationality of the poet. For a list of modern day Greek poets, see List of Greek poets. Contents: Top · 0–9 A B C D E F G H… …   Wikipedia

• Xenophanes of Colophon — born с 560, Colophon, Ionia died с 478 BC Greek poet, religious thinker, and reputed precursor of philosophy of the Eleatics. Though some critics consider Parmenides the founder of the Eleatic school, Xenophanes philosophy, which found expression …   Universalium

• ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …   Universalium