Theatrum poetarum, or, A compleat collection of the poets especially the most eminent, of all ages, the antients distinguish't from the moderns in their several alphabets : with some observations and reflections upon many of them, particularly those of our own nation : together with a prefatory discourse of the poets and poetry in generall / by Edward Phillips.

Eminent Poets Among the ANCIENTS, (Book ancient)

ABARIS, a Scythian, the Disciple (as saith Jamblichus) of Py∣thagoras, and sent Em∣bassador (as saith Harpocration) from the Scythians to the Athenians; he wrote in verse the Journey of Apollo to the Hyperboreans, the Scythian Oracles, the Nuptials of Hebrus, with other things; whither he liv'd in the time of Phalaris, and wrote that Epistle which bears his name, is disputed by Vossius.

Abbianus, an old Greec Epigramma,

tist, some of whose Epigrams are to be found in Planudes his Florilegium.

Abbo, an ancient Monk of St. Ger∣man a Pratis, who flourish't in the time of Carolus Crassus, he wrote a Poem of the seige of Paris by the Normans, which is yet extant. Barthius calls him Albo, and gives him the Sir-name of Cernuus.

Abronius Silo, a Poet who flourish't in the time of Augustus, and is men∣tion'd by Marcus Seneca to have been a hearer of Porcius Latro; contemporary with, and mention'd by the said Seneca was another Silo, the Son of the fore∣said Abronius.

Accius, a Latin Tragaedian contem∣porary with Pacuvius, but somewhat younger, he was in great favour and esteem with Decius Brutus, who adorn'd Temples and Monuments with his ver∣ses. Of which diverse are cited by Charisius out of his Atreus, Bacchis, Io••, Philocteta, Epinausimache.

Aceratus, an ancient Grammarian and Epigrammatist, who hath a name in the Greek Anthologie.

Achaeus, the Son of Pythodorus and

Pythoris, he flourish't from the Seventy fourth to the Eighty second Olympiad, & wrote very many comoedies, whereof two are remembred by Athenaeus, viz. his Cycnus and his Maerae.

Addaeus of Mitilene, and Addaeus of Macedon, both cited in the Greec An∣thologie.

Admetus, a foolish Poet in the time of the Emperours Trajan, and Adrian, the Epigram he orderd to be inscrib'd upon his Tomb is derided by Demona••c in Lucian.

Adrianus, a Roman Emperour, under whose name there is a witty Epigram in the Greec Anthologie; besides se∣veral Anacreontics and Iambies in La∣tin mention'd by Spartianus.

Aeantides, one of the Seven Greec Poets (the other Six being Homerus Ju∣nior, the Son of Myro a Poetess of By∣zantium, Sositheus, Lycophron, Alexander, Philiscus and Dionysiades,) who accord∣ing to the account of the Scholia's of Hephaestion were called the Pleiades; though Isacius T••etzes reckons but two of the above mention'd in this famous Septemvirate, viz. Lycophron and Ho∣merus

junior, and makes the rest to be Theocritus, Nicander, Callimachus, Apollo∣nius, and Aratus, and the Scholiast of Theocritus in stead of Nicander and Callimachus puts in Philiscus, and Ae••n-a tides.

Aegidius, a Greec Benedictine Monke who flourish't about the year Seven hundred, he wrote a book de Pul∣sibus in verse, and another de urinis, there is also an Epigram of one Aegidius in the Greec Anthologie.

Aelius Julius Crottus, an ancient wri∣ter of Eglogues, and also of Iambics Hendecasyllables, and other sorts of Lyric verse.

Aelius Saturninus a Roman, who for certain libelling verses against Tiberius was condemn'd to death, and thrown down headlong from the Capitol, he is reckon'd among the Poets by Lilius Gi∣raldus. There flourisht also about the same time Caius Germanicus Caesar▪ (the Son of Drusus) whom Ovid in his Fasti celebrates for a Poet, the Epigram up∣on the Thracian Boy, who had his head cut off by ice is thought to have been his▪ Caius Lutorius Priscus a Roman

Knight, famous for his Elegie upon Germanicus poyson'd by Piso; but put to death by the Senate for writing a∣gainst Drusus. Phaedrus a Thracian who turn'd into Jambic verse certain Fables of Aesop, which are mention'd by Avienus in his Praeface to Theod osius Macrobius; Marcus Aemilius Scaurus a Tragic Poet, who for some expressions in his Atreus, which were interpreted by Tiberius as meant of him, was dri∣ven to lay violent hands on himself. Caius Cominius a Roman Knight, who notwithstanding his Libelling verses a∣gainst Tiberius mention'd by Tacitus is scarce allow'd a Poet by Vossius; Lucius Fenestella, whom Vossius imagines to have been a Historian mistaken for a Poet; and lastly, Alphius Avitus whom see in Flavus.

Aemilianus a Greec Epigrammatist, whose name is in the foresaid Antholo∣gie.

Aemilius Mercer, a Latin Poet of Ve∣rona, whom see in Publius Ovidius, he is also mention'd by Servius upon the Fourth book of Virgils Georgics, and the first of his Aeneids also by Charisi∣us

and others, though it is doubted whether that Poem which we have ex∣tant under his name de virtutibus Plan∣tarum be really his.

Aenicus, a writer of Tragedies, whose▪ Antea is by some ascribed to Pollux.

Aeschines, an Athenian, whom Plu∣tarch (writing his life among the Ten famous Oratours) relates to have been first a Tragic Poet, he is also mention'd by Philostratus in the lives of the So∣phisters.

Aeschrion, a Poet of Mitylene in high esteem with Aristotle, as Nicander in his book de disciplina. Aristotelie te∣stifies.

Aesc••ylus an Athenian Tragic Poet, born in the Village of Eleusis, contem∣porary with Pindarus in the Sixty ninth Olympiad, according to the old Scholi∣ast, but as Mr. Stanly in his most accu∣rate Edition of this Authour makes out by diligent computation, and his Col∣lection out of Mr. Seldens Marmora Arundeliana, in the Sixty third. The Son of Euphorion, and Brother of Cy∣negyru•• and Aminias who signaliz'd themselves in the battle of Marathon

and the Sea-fight of Salamis in which our Poet also was present, of Sixty six Drama's, which he wrote (being Victor in 13) and Five Satyrs, we have extant onely Seven Tragedies, his Prometheus Vinctus, his Septem contra Thebas, Aga∣mem••on, Persae, Eumenides, Icetides, and Choephorae. But though he was Victor 13 times, yet it is said he took it so to heart to be vanquisht by Sophocles then a young man, that he left his Co••ntrey and betook himself to Hiero King of Sicily, where he made his Tragedy Aetna so called from the City of that name which Hiero was then building Homo∣nimous to the Mountain, others say it was because he was vanquisht by Simo∣nides in his Elegiac verse upon the slain at Marathon, after he had been resident at Gela Three years, he dyed of a fra∣cture of his skull caus'd by an Eagles letting fall a shell-fish out of his claw upon his bald head, which seems to have been portended by the Oracle, which being consulted upon the manner of his death, answered 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, this hapned in the Sixty ninth year of his age according to the

above mention'd computation; he is mention'd by Horace as the first bringer up of the Tragic pall, and of the splen∣did apparate of Scenes and persons, & by some of the Tr. Buskin; There was also of this name a Poet of Alexandria whose Amphitryo and his Carmina Me∣seniaca are mention'd by Athenaeus.

Aeschylus the Tragedian had two Sons, Euphorion and Bion, who were both Victors by their Poems in the Olympic games.

Agathias a Smyrnaean, who flourisht in the time of the Emperour Justinian, and wrote besides his History of Beli∣sarius and Narses, a Poem Intituled Dionysiaca, and also several Epigrams which are extant in the Greec Antho∣logie; contemporary with whom was Tribonianus Sidetes, who wrote in verse a Comment upon Ptolomi'es Canon, with some other things mention'd by Suidas.

Agathon, a Tragic Poet, who flou∣risht in the first year of the Ninetieth Olympiad, and was Victor by his Lenaei, he is mention'd by Athenaeus and Philo∣stratus. There liv'd also much about the

same time a Comic Poet of the same name, who is cited by Aristotle.

Agathyllus, an Arcadian Elegiogra∣pher mention'd with praise by Dionysius Halicarnassaeus.

Agidius Delphus a Greec Poet, who flourisht in the primitive time of Chri∣stianity, and deserves to be remembred for his version of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans into Greec verse.

Agis Amphiptolemus, several verses of his are cited by Pausanias.

Agis a Poet of Argos, whom Curtius brands for a bad Poet, and yokes with him one Chaerilus both for time and badness of verses. This Chaerilus was in high favour with Alexander the Great, and as ill as his verses were, for they are very much condemned by Horace. l. 11▪ Epist▪ they were received as the Celebrators of his Acts; there were al∣so two others of the same name, ••he one a Samian, who Elegantly set forth the victory of the Athenians over Xerxes, for which he was both highly rewarded and honoured, the other (if it were not the same as Vossius seems to disprove by the interval of time) a companion to

Lisander, and solemnizer of his Victo∣ries.

Alanus a Sicilian, both Poet and Eminent Oratour, who wrote a book de planctu▪ Naturae, partly in verse, part∣ly in Solute Oration.

Albinus see Decius Laberius.

Albius Tibullus, an Elegant Latin Ele∣giac Poet, whose works are commonly printed with Catullus, he was a Roman Knight.

Alcaeus, a Lyric Poet, who accord∣ing to Eusebius flourisht in the Forty fourth Olympiad, and as Diogenes Laer∣tius testifies, was a great Enemie to the Tyrant Pittacus, who was also a Poet, as his Six hundred Elegiac verses menti∣on'd by Suidas testifie, and of the num∣ber of those accounted the Seven Sages of Greece. He is mention'd by Horace in the Ninth Ode of his Fourth book; There was also of the same name a Co∣mic Poet, whose Endymion and Pasiphae are mention'd by Pollux, and several other Comedies of his by 〈◊〉〈◊〉, he contended at Athens with Aristophanes, whose contemporary he was, together with Aristomenes an Athenian, whose

Comedie call'd Admetus is mention'd by the Scholiast of Aristophanes, he is one of those call'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or Se∣cundarii by Suidas, and the anonymous Authour of the History of the Olympi∣ads; Nicophon, whose Adonis is men∣tion'd by the said Scholiast, as his Sire∣nes and other Comedies of his by Sui∣das, by whom he is call'd Nicophron. Nicochares the Son of Philonidas, and a contemporary of Aristophanes; his Amymone, Pelops, Galatea, and several other Comedies are mention'd by Sul∣das, Pollux, Athenaeus and Aristotle; Cal∣listratus an Athenian Comic Poet an Emulatour of Aristophanes; much a∣bout the same time also liv'd Apollo∣phanes, whom Suidas and Aelian men∣tion for Comic poesie, but Fulgentius mentions him (if it be the same) for Epic poesie.

Alcander, an ancient writer conje∣ctur'd a Poet by Vossius, from a passage of Clemens Alexandrinus.

Alcimeenes, a Tragic Poet of Megara mention'd by Suidas, There was also of the same name an Athenian comic Poet, whose Thesaurus and Peccantes

are mention'd by the said Authours.

Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus, an Arch∣bishop of Vienna, who flourisht in the times of the Emperours Zeno and Ana∣statius, and wrote in Hexameter verse, de Origine mundi, and several other Theological discourses; besides some things in prose, there flourisht also in the time of Zeno another Bishop of Vi∣enna, namely Claudianus Mamertus, who wrote a poem, de statu animae, and ano∣ther, contra vanos poetas; also Claudius Marius Victor, a Rhetorician of Marseil∣les, who wrote upon Genesis in Hexa∣meter verse to his Son Aethereus, with some other things which are said to be yet extant.

Alcman a Lyric Poet of Lacedemon, who began to flourish in the Twenty seventh Olympiad, there was also of the same name, a Messenian, who was also a Lyric, and appear'd in the Fourth year of the Thirtieth Olympiad, both mention'd by Suidas, and one of them by Pausanias for his poem of Castor and Pollux.

Aldhelmus, (from the Saxon word Althelm i. e. old Helmet) an ancient

Saxon Poet, who flourisht in the tim of Justinianus Junior, he was the Son of Kentenus, brother to Ina King of the West Saxons, having visited the chief Universities of France and Italy, at his return he was made Abbot of Malmesbury, and afterwards Bishop of Shirburn; Besides his great proficiency in all parts of Divine and humane learning, he was particularly excellent in Oratorie and Poetrie; wrote seve∣ral Odes and other Poems; among which was his Acrostic of Thirty eight verses mention'd by J. Pitseus in his Scriptores Anglici.

Alexander a Grammarian and Tra∣gic poet of Aetolia, whose verses are ci∣ted by Parthenius and Strabo. Of the same name also was he whom Cicero mentions, with such mean approbation of his poetrie, whither the same with Alexander the Ephesian▪ Sirnamed Lychnus, who wrote Geographie in verse, is doubted by Giraldus, also the Roman Emperour of that name sirna∣med Severus, wrote the lives of some of the foregoing Emperours in Greek Verse, as is testifyed by Lam∣pridius.

Alexis, a Thurian Comic Poet, who flourisht in the time of Alexander the Great, very many comedies of his are mention'd by Athenaeus and Pollux, he was Unckle to Menander, about the same time was Philippides the Brother of Morsimus; and, as Plutarch affirms, favour'd by King Lysimachus, he is said by Suidas to have written Forty five Comedies, and by Agellius to have dyed for joy; being unexpectedly proclaimed Victor at the Olympian Games; also Neophon or Neophron a Tragic poet of Sicyon, who wrote One hundred and twenty Tragedies, and is thought to have been the Authour of that Medea, which is commonly attributed to Eu∣ripides, he was put to death with Cal∣listhenes the Philosopher, whose inti∣mate friend he was as Suidas affirms; and lastly, Lycon a Comic Poet menti∣on'd by Plutarch in his life of Alexan∣der.

Alfred, a King of this Island of ever glorious memory, the Fifth from Ec∣bert, in whom began the English Saxon Monarchy, he was equally Renowned,

both for Arms; and Arts, in the first whereof he signalis'd himself by his frequent Victories over the invading Danes, in the last, both by his favour to learned men; and his own Studious addiction to all sorts of Learning, by which he gain'd himself the Character of a great, both Theologist, Philoso∣pher, Jurisconsult, Historian, Mathe∣matician, Musician, and among the rest of Poets also.

Alphenus Varius, see Anser.

Alphius Avitus, the Authour of cer∣tain books inscrib'd Excellentium in di∣meter Jambic verse, being much ancien∣ter▪ than Alcimus, for whom he is by some mistaken.

Amipsi••s, a Contemporary of Aristo∣phanes, his Comedie intituled 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, is mention'd by the Anonymous Au∣thour of the description of the Olym∣piads, and by the Scholiast of the said Aristophanes.

Ammonus and Eusebius Scholasticus, two Authours mention'd by Socrates and Nieephorus; they liv'd in the time of Theodosius Junior, and wrote both o•• them in verse a History of the War against Gaina the Goth.

Amaenus, a writer of an uncertain age, but for certain ancienter than the time of the Emperour Charles the first, he is mentiond in some old Manus∣cripts, as the Authour of that Enchiri∣dion of the old and new Testament in verse, which Sichardus ascribes to Sedu∣lius.

Amphilochius, a Bishop of Iconium, who flourisht in the time of the Em∣perour Julianus, and wrote among other things a Poem in Iambic verse to Seleucus, concerning the Canonical books of the Scripture. To him St. Basil Dedicated his book, de spiritu Sancto; about the same time liv'd Eudaemon of Pelusium, who besides what he wrote in Grammar and Rheto∣ric is said by Suidas to have written several Poems, he was a companion of Libanius the Rhetorician, in Julian's time also liv'd Calistus, who as Socrates and Nicephorus affirm wrote in Heroic verse the Acts of the said Emperour, also Milesius of Smyrna favour'd of Ana∣tolius, and related by Eunapius to have excell'd in all kind of Poetrie, and with him Ionicus, a Poet and Physician of

Sardis. And lastly, Gregorius of Nazi∣anzen, whose Divine Poems both in Hexameter and other sort of verse are yet extant, he is remembred by Hiero∣nimus, whose Master he was.

Amphis an Athenian Comic Poet, the Son of Amphicrates, he was as saith Laertius contemporary with Plato who was sometimes the Subject of his comi∣cal wit.

Anacha••sis, a Scythian mention'd a∣mong the Philosophers, he was Brother to a Scythian King, and liv'd in the time of Craesus King of Lydia, his Mother being a Graecian Woman▪ he wrote the Scythian Laws in verse; besides a Poem of the frailty of humane life consisting of Eight hundred verses.

Anacreon, a Lyric Poet of Teos, seve∣ral of whose Poems are yet extant, he flourisht in the 61 and 62 Olympiad, as Eusebius and Suidas affirm, and as Pau∣sanias in his Attics and Strabo testifie, was in high favour with Polycrates the Tyrant of Samos, whom he often cele∣brates in his verses.

Ananius, an Jambic writer of an un∣certain age mention'd by Athenaeus in

his Dipuosophists, and Isaacius upon Lyeophron.

Anaxandrides, a Comic Poet of Rhodes, or as some say Colophon, who flourisht in the Second year of the One hundred and first Olympiad, as Suidas and the Authour of the Olympiads testifie, he is cited by Aristotle in his Rhetorics and Ethics; of the Sixty five Comedies he wrote (in Ten where∣of he is said to have been Victor) his Odysseus is chieflly commended by Athenaeus: in the same Olympiad ap∣pear'd also Eubulus Cettius a writer as saith Suidas of between the Media and Nova Comedia, he wrote Twenty four Comedies, whereof his Nutrices, Clep∣sydra, and Cercopes are cited by Athe∣naeus, and his Calatophori by Am∣monius, then also flourisht Mnesimachus a Writer of Media Comedia, his Hippo∣trophus, Bustris and Philippus are cited by Athenaeus, this Authour is very much commended by Diogenes La••rtius in his life of Socrates.

Anaxiles, see Plato.

Anaxipolis of Thasus, see in Antipater.

Anaxippus see in Menander.

Anitius Manlius Boethius Severi••us, a most learned and Elegant writer in the time of Zeno and Anastatius, he to∣gether with his Wife Helpis, to omit all other parts of Learning, was parti∣cularly Eminent in poetrie, as his Five books, de Consolatione Philosophiae testi∣fie, he was put to death, together with Symmachus by Theodoric King of the Goths in Italie.

Auna••us Cornutus, a Tragic poet, whose works are totally lost, who liv'd in the time of Claudius and Nero, and was the Master of Persius the Satyrist.

Aunianus, an ingenuous and learned Poet mention'd by Agellius, or Aulus Gellius, as he is generally call'd; he flou∣risht in the times of the Emperours Trajan and Adrian, his Fescennine ver∣ses are mention'd by Ausonius in his Thirteenth Idyl at the end of the Cento Nuptialis.

Anser, Bavius, and Maevius, three ill Poets contemporaries of Virgil, by whom the two last are mention'd, about the same time also flourisht Publius Sy∣rus a Comic writer, Corni••icius, one of Virgils detractors, Cai••s Asinius Pollio,

Alfenus Varius a more famous Juris Consult than Poet, Cornelius Gallus, Cassius Severus one of Caesars Assassi∣nats, and as some think the Authour of that Tragedie of Thyestes, which is as∣cribed to Quintus Varus, also Gracchus, Codrus, whom Virgil mentions with praise in his Seventh Eglogue, there being another of the same name in Domitians time, whose Theseis is derided by Juvenal, Caius Rabirius, who wrote in verse the War between M. Antonius and Octavius in an inflate style, for which he is taken notice of by Ovid, Lucius Julius Calidius mention'd with singular praise by Pomponius Atticus, to which purpose a passage of the said Atticus is cited by Cornelius Nepos in his life.

Antagoras of Rhodes, see in Menan∣der.

Anthippus, a Comic Poet of an uncer∣tain age.

Antigrammaratus, a Poet mention'd by Lilius Giraldus to have liv'd since Charles the Great, though in what par∣ticular age is uncertain; as likewise several others which are likewise men∣tion'd

by him, as Decianus of Emerita a poet and philosopher, Dracontius, who wrote a poem call'd Hexaemeron, or the Six dayes work, Facetus, and Joan∣nes Nantuillensis an Englishman, who wrote a poem call'd Archithenium; though in a rude and disorderly style, Floretus, Gamphredus and Pamphilus a writer of Elegies.

Antilochus, a favourite to Lysander the Lacedaemonian, whom he celebrated in his verses, and was rewarded with a Cap full of Silver, he flourisht in the Ninety fourth Olympiad, in the first year of which the said Lysander took Athens; contemporary with whom was Morsi∣mus the Son of Philocles, and the Sister of Aeschylus, he wrote a Tragedie, which is mention'd with derision by Aristophanes, also Critias one of the Thirty Tyrants of Athens impos'd by Lysander, chiefly noted for his Elegie to Alcibiades and his fragment of Jam∣bic verses extant in Sextus the Philoso∣pher▪ Athenaeus mentions a Poet of the same name the Son of Callaeschrus, but thought to be not the same.

Antimachus, a Colophonian Poet men∣tion'd by Pausanios and Plutarch, the subject of his Poem was the expedition of the Argives against the Thebans.

Antipater of Sidon, a Poet and Histo∣rian, who appear'd in the 179 Olym∣piad, Ptolomaeus Lathyrus then Reigning, he is taken notice of by Cicero in his books de Oratore; in the Reign of the said Lathyrus, liv'd also Anaxipolis of Thasus, and Dionysius sirnamed Scy∣tobrachion, whom Suidas will have to be of Mitylene, (though others say of Miletus,) and that he wrote the expedition of Bacchus and Mi∣nerva, and six books of Argonauts; besides Antipater of Sidon, there was also another of the same name of Thes∣salonica, who liv'd in the Reign of Augustus, of which time he and Bathyl∣lus were the chief Pantomimi, as is te∣stified by Dion, Z••simus, Suidas and others, in the Greec Authologie are several Epigrams both of his and the other Antipater.

Antiphanes Caristius a writer of Me∣dia Comedia, who flourisht in the first year of the Hundred and fourth

Olympiad, very many of his Co∣medies are mention'd by Julius Pollux and Athenaeus and by this last, his saying to Alexander the Great, about one of his plays, which was recited to the said Alexander.

Antipho the Rhamnusian, see Diony∣sius.

Antistius Sosianus, see Euodus.

Aphareus, see Isocrates.

Apollinaris, a Bishop of Laodicea in Syria in the Reigns of Julian, Valenti∣nian and Valens, and the beginning of Theodosius the Great, besides his devine poems, among which some reckon Chri∣stus patiens, which is generally ascrib'd to Gregory of Nazianzene, he is highly eminent among the ancient Ecclesia∣stick writers treated of by Hieronimus for his 30 books against Porphirius, for which Philostorgius prefers him before Eusebius and Methodius, with other things, both in Theologie, History and Poetrie; Particularly we have extant his Metaphrase upon David's Psalms in Greek verse, besides which he is said by Suidas to have turn'd the whole book of the Hebrews into Greek verse, for a

more particular commendation and Character of him see Joannes Sarisbu∣riensis de Nugis Curialium, Vincentius Lirinensis in his Commonitorie, Theo∣philus of Alexandria l. 1. paschali and Vossius l. 2. de Historicis Graecis. There was another Apollinaris celebrated by Martial. l. 8. Epigr. 25. yet scarce al∣low'd by Vossius to pass among the num∣ber of the poets, but him vulgarly call'd Sidonius Apollinaris, see in Caius.

Apollodorus Gelous, a Comic poet, con∣temporary with Menander, several of whose Comedies are remembred by Athenaeus Suidas and Pollux, and from whom as Donatus testifies Terence took his phormio and H••cyra. There was also a Tragic poet of Tarsus so nam'd Six Tra∣gedies of whose writing are mention'd by Julius Pollux; another of that name was a Grammarian the Son of s••clepia∣des and Disciple of Aristarchus the Grammarian and panetius the Rhodian philosopher, and this was the Authour of the book of the Genealogie of the Gods yet extant, intituled Bibliotheca, which is vulgarly imputed to Apollodo∣rus Atheniensis; Therewas also as Vossi∣us

observes out of Suidas, a comic poet of the same name, who wrote 47 Co∣medies, and was Five times sole Vi∣ctor at the Olympic games. Athenaeus mentions also Apollodorus Caristius, who whit her he were not the same with Gelous is in some dispute.

Apollonius of Rhodes, see Eratosthenes.

Apollophanes, see Alcaeus.

Aquilius (or as some say Attilius or Cecilius) Severus a Spaniard, who liv'd in the Reigns of Julian and Va∣lentinian, he is made mention of by Hieronimus among the Ecclesiastic wri∣ters for his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or History of his life both in prose and verse.

Aquinius, Cesius and Suffenus, Three ill poets mention'd by Catullus in his verses to Licinius Calvus, and his Epi∣gram to Varus, and also by Cicero in his Tusculan questions.

Araros, a comic poet of the Greecs the Son of Aristophanes as Suidas testi∣fies, who mentions his Hymenaeus one of the Six Comedies he is said to have written, Four Comedies of his are cited by Athenaeus.

Arator, a Latin poet who flourisht in

the time of the Emperour Justinian, and wrote the History of the Acts of the Apostles in two books in verse, which he is said to have dedicated to Abbot Florianus, and to Vigilius Bi∣shop of Rome.

Aratus, a Greec poet of Soli, in Cilicia, as saith Eusebius in his Chroni∣cle, he flourisht in the time of Ptolomae∣us Philadelphus and Antigonus Gonatus, with whom he liv'd in very great fa∣vour and esteem, his poem of the Des∣cription of the Coelestial constellations, and of the prognosticks of the wea∣ther which is yet extant, was highly esteem'd by those of his time, as Ari∣starchus of Samos, the two Aristilli Geo∣metricians, the two Euaeneti, Crates, Numenius the Grammarian, Pyrrhus of Magnesia, Zeno and Thales.

Archedicus a comic poet, who wrote against Demochares; two comedies of his writing, Thesaurus and Diamarta∣non are cited by Athenaeus.

Archestratus a Syracusian, or as some say a Geloan the Disciple of Terpsion, he is said to have written a poem of Belly-chear, or things belonging to the Gullet.

Archias an ancient Greec Epigram∣matist, of whom there are extant 28 Epigrams in the Greec Anthologie, this probably was the Authour of that poem mention'd by Cicero, for the des∣cription therein, of a strange accident that happened to Roscius the Comedian.

Archilochus a Parian, who flourisht in the Second year of the Twenty ninth Olympiad in the Reign of Candaules and Gyges Kings of Lydia; he was of so virulent and invective a style, that by the bitterness of his verses he drove Lycambe to self Murther by the halter; contemporary with him were Simonides sirnamed Melicus (for there were seve∣ral others of the same name, as Simo∣nides Ceus (the Son of Leoprexes) a Lyric poet who flourisht in the time of Xerxes, Themistocles and Hiero of Sy∣racuse, Simonides Magnesius an Epic poet who wrote the Acts of Antiochus the Great, Simonides Eretriensis who wrote in Trimeter Jambic the conven∣••ion of the Greecs at Aulis, and lastly Simonides the Son of Crineus sirnamed Amorginus, who besides several Elegies ••e wrote, is thought by some as Suidas

testifies to have been the first writer of Jambic verse) and also Aristoxenus of Selinum who is celebrated by Epichar∣mus.

Archippus a Comic poet who appear'd in the First year of the Ninety first Olympiad, and was once Victor, his Comedie call'd Ichthys is mention'd with praise by Julius Pollux and Athenaeus, and several Comedies which have been as∣cribed to Aristophanes are thought to be his as Suidas testifies.

Architas an ancient Greec Epigram∣matist who haply may be thought the same with the famous Pythagorean Phi∣losopher of Tarentum.

Arctinus of Miletus, an ancient and elegant Greec Poet mention'd by Eu∣sebius in his Chronicle as the Authour of two Poems, Aethiopis and Ilii Hal••sis; he was the Disciple of Homer, as is de∣livered by Tsetzes, and also by Suidas from the Testimony of Artemon of Clazomenus, and is thought to have flourisht from the first to the Ninth Olympiad.

Arion, a Lyric Poet and Musician of Methymna, the same no doubt whom

the Poets sav'd from drowning by the charity of a Dolphin, he began to flou∣rish in the Thirty eighth Olympiad as Suidas affirms, and is thought by some to have been the Disciple of Alcman, and to have been the first beginner of Dithyrambs, Satyrs, and of the Chorus in Tragedie.

Aristaeus, an ancient Greec Poet of an uncertain age.

Aristarchus, see Cratinus.

Aristeas, a contemporary of Anachar∣sis the Scythian, he wrote the History of the Arimaspi in Hexameter Greec verse; a very strange thing is reported of him (as likewise of Hermotimus of Clazomenus) namely, that at certain times his Soul was wont to pass out of his body and return again.

Aristius Fuscus a contemporary of Horace, who directs to him the Two and twentieth Ode of his first book, but whither a Poet himself is question'd by Vossius.

Aristomenes, a comic Poet of Athens who (as Suidas testifies, and the Au∣thour of the Olympiads) began to flou∣rish in the Eighty eighth Olympiad, and

was one of those call'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or Secundarii.

Ariston, a Tragic Poet of Chios of an uncertain age, who as Plutarch and La∣ertius testifie, was banisht Athens for writing a Tragedie against Menestheus; also Three Epigrams in the Greec An∣thologie go under the name of Ariston.

Aristonymus see Callimachus.

Aristophanes an Athenian, the most Renowned of comic Poets, and con∣temporary with Sophocles the Tragic Poet, and also with Socrates whom he makes an object of his wit in his Co∣medie call'd Nubes, as he doth Cleon and Nicias two Magistrates of Athens in his Equites, and Georgia; he flourisht from the Eighty fifth to the Ninety first Oympiad, and wrote a considerable number of Comedies, whereof many are yet extant, and many lost. At the same time flourisht Teleclides a comic Poet also of Athens, several Comedies of whom are mention'd by Athenaeus, who saith also that the History of the Telchines was ascribed to him; then likewise there began to write M••rychus a Tragic Poet, though ••a foolish one as

he is accounted by Aristophanes ac∣cording to his proverb of him Moricho Stultior. There was also another Aristophanes noted among the Gram∣marians.

Aristophon, an ancient Greec Poet of an uncertain age, whose Philoctetes is mention'd by Plutarch:

Aristoteles, the Philosopher of Sagira, who besides the many other works he wrote, among which is his Art of Poe∣try, is delivered by Ambrosius and Brog∣nolus to have written a Paean to Hermias, and some other things in verse.

Aristoxenus of Selinum, see Archilo∣chus.

Arrianus, or as some write him Rhianus, a contemporary of the Em∣perour Tiberius, who was much deligh∣ted with his Greec verses. Lilius Gi∣raldus his mistake concerning him, see rectified by Vossius in his book de poetis Latinis.

Aruntius Stella a Latin Poet, no less noted for his verses upon his Mistress Violantilla's Dove, than those upon the victory of Domitian (in whose time he liv'd) over the Sarmatians.

Asaph, a great Musician among the Jews, and as some think chief Master of King David's Q'uire, and setter of divers of his Psalms to Musick, or, as others suppose, the Authour of them himself.

Arystilus, a contemporary of Euri∣pides or thereabout, and reckon'd by some among the number of Greec Dra∣matics.

Asclepiades a Tragic Poet, the Dis∣ciple of Isocrates, he is mention'd by Plutarch in his lives of the Ten Rheto∣ricians.

Asius, a Samian, the Son of Am∣phiptolemus, a Poem of his call'd Genea∣logiae, is mention'd by Pausanias in his Messenics, his fable of Metabus and Me∣nalippe by the Scholiast of Homer, sup∣pos'd to be Didymus; besides some few verses of his cited by Athenaeus from Duris the Historian.

Astydamas the Son of Morsimus, he began to write in the Second year of the Ninety fifth Olympiad, as Diodorus and the Authour of the Olympiads testifie, and wrote as saith Suidas 140 Tragedies (in 15 onely whereof he was

Victor) having abandon'd Rhetoric, wherein he was a hearer of Isocrates, he had a Son of the same name, who be∣gan to flourish in the 102 Olympiad, his Tragedies mention'd by Suidas are Nine, namely, Hercules, Satyricus, Epi∣goni, Ajax Furens, Bellerophon, Tyro, Alcmena, Phaenix, Palamedes.

Attilius, see Statius Caecilius.

Augeas a writer of Media Comedia of an uncertain age, of whose writing two Comedies, viz. Rusticus and Poeta are mention'd by Suidas.

Aulus Cornelius Severus, see Publius Ovidius.

Aulus Furius, an ancient Latin Poet of Antium, whom Cicero mentions in his Brutus, he was a contemporary and familiar friend of Quintus Catulus.

Aulus Persius Flaccus an Eminent Satyrist who flourisht under Nero, there are Six Satyrs of his extant, which are commonly set forth in a volume toge∣ther with Juvenal.

Aulus Cornelius Alpinus, see Publius Ovidius.

Auleas, the Third Tragic writer from Theomis, who is delivered by some to

have been the First inventor of Trage∣die.

Aulus Sabinus, see Publius Ovidius.

Aulus Serenus, an ancient Lyric Po∣et among the Latins of an uncertain age, he is remembred by Terentianus, Diomedes, Nonius, Servius, Hieronymus, Fortunatianus and Capella, which two last Authours cite this verse of his.

Perit avipedis animula Leporis.

Aurelius Apollinaris, a Celebratour of the Acts of the Emperour Carus in Iambic verse, as is testified by Vopiscus in his life of that Prince.

Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, a Christian Poet, who flourisht in the time of Theodosius the Great and his Children, he wrote in Latin verse Psy∣chomachia, de Martyrum Coronis, and some other works which are yet extant; but that Enchiridion of the old and new Testament, which is usually Prin∣ted at the end of his works, is said to have been written by Amoenus, or as some say by Sedulius.

Ausonius, see Decius.

Autocrates, an Athenian Comic Po∣et of an uncertain age, whose Timpani∣sta is mention'd by Suidas.

Axionicus, another Comic writer of the Greecs of an uncertain age, his Phileuripides, Chalcidicus, and Tyrrhe∣nus are mention'd by Athenaeus.

B.

BAbrias, by some called Gabrias, a Poet of an uncertain age, who converted Aesops Fables into Greec Iambic verse, as Avienus testifies in his Praeface to Theodosius Ambrosius, those Fables which go under the name of Gabrias, being judg'd to have been ra∣ther the works of Ignatius Diaconus.

Bacchylides of Ceus, see Cratinus.

Bassus an old Epigrammatist, several Epigrams of whose writing are ex∣tant in the Florilegium of Planudes, he is sometimes mention'd with the sir∣name of Lollius added, if at least it be the same Bassus.

Batalus, a writer of Lascivious ver∣ses, upon the extraordinary deformity of whose body the Poet Antiphanes wit∣tily play'd.

Batton, a Comic writer of an uncer∣tain age, whose Androphonos and Euer∣gete are remembred by Athenaeus and Suidas.

Batulus, an Ephesian, whither Poet, Flutinist or Actour is uncertain.

Beda, sirnamed Venarabilis, an ancient English Priest who flourisht from the time of Justinianus the younger to Constantinus Copronymus (which was towards the end of the Saxon Hep∣tarchy) and who being chiefly a Histo∣rian, yet claim'd the title of a Poet by his Hymns, his Poem of Justin's Martyrdom and some other things, some Mentioned, others Extant in the Col∣lection of Epigrams and Poems, set forth by Pithaeus, and Printed at Pa∣ris.

Bias of Priene, see Epimenides.

Bentamin Halachadites, his Omeis is Cited by Joannes the Son of Sera∣pion.

Bion, a Greec Poet of Smyrna, whose Epitaphium Adonidis and other Idyls are Printed with Hesiod and the rest of the Poetae Minores.

Besantinus, an antient Epigrama∣tist,

whose Name is found to some E∣pigrams in the Greek Anthologie.

Blaesus, a Latin Poet of an uncer∣tain age, born, as saith Stephanus, in Ca∣priae an Island of Italy.

Boethius, a Poet of Tarsus, who Ce∣lebrated, in Greek Verse, the Victory of Marcus Antonius, as Strabo affirms. Under the Name also of Boethius (pro∣bably the same) are certain Epigrams in the Greek Anthologie. But there was another of the same Name of lit∣tle Fame and of an uncertain age.

Boiscus, a Poet of Cyzicum, of an un∣uncertain age, whom Vossius l. 2. de re poet: affirms to have been the first Au∣thour of the Tetrameter Octonarie Jam∣bick.

Burchardus Pylades a Brixian, whose Five Books of the Genealogies of the Gods, are set forth with Hesiod in Opo∣rinus his Basil Edition.

Buslidius, a Poet of an uncertain age, of whom what Verses are Ex∣tant are in the Book of Epigrams, of the Schola Christiana, Printed at Ba∣sil.

Butas, an elegiack Poet, of an un∣certain

age, who having written fa∣bulously, de Romanorum rebus in Gr∣verse, is remembred by Plutarch, Arno∣bius, Pithaeus & Heraldus: But by Plu∣tarch reprehended as fabulous.

C.

CAecilius Argivus, a Greek Poet doubtless very antient, remem∣ber'd by a Poem he is said to have written de Piscibus.

Caecilius Cyprianus, an antient Bi∣shop of Carthage, who lived unde•• Philippus Arabs, Decius, Gallus, Volusia∣nus, Valerianus, & Galienus: (the last of whom is himself also receiv'd a Poet by certain Verses of his yet Extant) and at length suffer'd Martyrdom. The Poems that go under his Name are Ge∣nesis, Sodoma, an Invective against an Apostate Senator; and a Hymn for Easter-day, the two first whereof Six∣tus Senensis believes were written by Tertullian, the last some ascribe to Vi∣ctorinus.

Caelius Sedulius, a Scottish Priest, who lived under Theodosius Junior; be∣sides

what he wrote in Prose, viz. A Comment upon St. Paul's Epistles, he also wrote in Verse his Opus Paschale, or, Paschal work: of which Pope Gelasius in his Decrees gives a particu∣lar commendation. This Work being afterwards by himself put into Prose is yet Extant in the Book call'd Bib∣liotheca Patrum Tomo 8°; he wrote be∣sides two Hymns, one upon Christs Na∣tivity, the other upon Epiphany.

Caesius Bassus, a Lyrick Poet, who flourisht in the time of Nero (who was also by the testimony of Seneca and Martial, a very approved Poet him∣self) and is twice hinted at by Juve∣na in his Satyrs: he is by Fabius, who knew him, ranked in the next degree of Lyrics to Horace. There was al∣so another Caesius (in the time of Ca∣tullus) whom see in Aquinius.

Cajus Asinius Pollio, see Anser and Publius Ovidius.

Cajus Cilnius Mecaenas, ibid.

Cajus Cominius, see Aelius Saturni∣nus.

Cajus Cotta, see Publius Ovidius.

Cajus Florus, an antient Latin Poet,

who wrote of the same Subject with Valerius Flaccus in Heroick Verse.

Cajus Germanicus, see Aelius Satur∣ninus.

Cajus Helvius Cinna, the Authour of an old Latin Poem, entitled Smir∣na, which, as Servius testifies, was a Work of no less then ten years.

Cajus Julius Caesar, the Great Ro∣man Captain, who first made himself Master of the Roman Empire, and was also an Elegant writer, besides whose Commentaries which are extant, there are reckon'd up several other Works of his writing which are lost, and among the rest a Tragedy, entitled Oe∣dipus.

Cajus Laelius, see Terentius.

Cajus Lucilius, a Roman Poet of the Equestrian Order, Born in the 158 O∣lympiad.

Cajus Lutorius Priscus, see Aelius Sa∣turninus.

Cajus Pedo Albinovanus, see Publius Ovidius.

Cajus Rabirius, see Anser.

Cajus Sollius Apollinaris, a Sidonian Poet, whose Father was an Officer of

great Authority under the Emperour Honorius, and he himself under Theo∣sius the younger and Valentinian the third, thrice Master of the Militia, and four times Praefect of the Praetorium: he was also in very high Esteem and Authority with Maximus Augustus, Avitus whose Daughter he Married, and Majorianus by whom he was ad∣vanc'd to the Dignity of a Count: un∣der Severus he defended Arvernia a∣gainst the Incursions of the Barbarians. Under Anthemius also he was still ad∣vanc'd, and at length made Bishop of Arverni; after which abandoning Poe∣try he betook himself wholly to the Study of Theologie: he is much more happy in his Verse, as is to be seen in 24 little Poems of his yet extant, than in his Prose, wherein his Style is very harsh and crabbed, and very much discommended by Ludovicus Vives.

Cajus Valerius Catullus, an Epigram∣matist of Verona, of whose witty and elegant Poems we have many yet ex∣tant.

Cajus Valerius Flaccus Setinus Bal∣bus,

a Latin Poet of Padua, who De∣dicated his Argonauticks, or Poem of the Expedition of Jason, for the Golden Fleece to the Emperour Domitian; which Poem being extant, he is said to have written in Imitation of Apol∣lonius Rhodius.

Calfurnius, see Titus.

Callias, an Athenian Tragick Poet, of an uncertain age, the Son of Lysi∣machus, a Rope-maker; his Gramma∣tica is remembred by Athenaeus, his Cy∣clopes by Pollux, his Aegyptius, Atalanta, Pedetae, Ranae & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 by Suidas.

Callimachus, an excellent Greek Poet of Cyrene, in great favour and esteem with Ptolomaeus Philadelphus, in whose time he liv'd, and of his Son Euerge∣tes in honour of whose Queen he wrote his Fiction, call'd Coma Berenices: he also wrote Hymns, Elegies and Epi∣grams, whereof many of his Hymns and Epigrams, as also several fragments of his other works are yet extant. There was also of the same Name a Colophonian Poet, mention'd by Tatia∣nus in his Oration to the Gentiles; and Eusebius in his Evangelical prepara∣tions.

Contemporary with Callimachus of Cyrene were Heraclitus of Halicar∣nassus (whose Epigram upon the death of the said Callimachus is cited by La∣ertius in the Life of Heraclitus. And Timon of Phliasus of the Pyr••honian Sect, who was in great favour with Antigonus Gonatus in whose time he liv'd; he wrote Books of Natural Philosophy in Verse Hexameter, besides 40 Tragedies, 30 Comoedies with Satyrs, and several other works, among which his Books call'd Sylli are particularly treated of by Sotion. There was another Callimachus, a Heroick Poet, Sister's Son to him of Cyrene, as Suidas testifies.

Callinus, an Elegiack Poet, some∣what antienter than Archilochus, as Athenaeus, Clemens Alexandrinus, and Strabo testifie.

Callistratus, see Alcaeus.

Callistus, see Amphilochius.

Calvus, an antient Poet, out of whom Verses are cited by Servius, Charisius, and Gellius.

Camerinus, and Thuscus, see Publius Ovidius.

Caninius Rufus, a writer of the Da∣cian

War in Greek Verse, as Plinius Ju∣nior testifies in one of his Epistles.

Canius, see Curiatius Maternus.

Cantharus, a Comick writer of A∣thens, of an uncertain age whose Co∣medies Medaea, Tereus, Symmachiae, Myrmeces, and Aedones, are all men∣tion'd by Suidas, his Tereus, also by Athenaeus.

Capella, see Publius Ovidius.

Capito, an Alexandrian Poet, of an uncertain age, who besides what he wrote in Prose wrote also a Poem, call'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, or of Love affairs, of wich Athenaeus makes mention.

Capnias, an obscure Poet of an un∣certain age, whose writings are said by Suidas, to have been of so little esteem that they vanisht into smoak, which alludes to his name, their loss not being in the least regarded.

Carcinus, an Athenian Tragick and Lyrick Poet, who began to flourish a∣bout the 100th Olympiad, viz. in the time of Phillip of Macedon, and con∣temporary with Plato, who besides his Philosophical writings, is said to have written several Tragedies, which he

afterwards burnt, as Laertius testifies. The Tragedies of this Carcinus remem∣bred by Athenaeus, are his Achilles and his Semele. There was also another Carcinus of Agrigentum, whose Co∣medy intituled Plutus is mention'd by Athenaeus; he liv'd as appears from Polycritus Mendesius, a little before the other, Contemporary with whom were Eudoxus of Gnidus who wrote Astro∣logy in Hexameter Verse, besides ano∣ther Eudoxus, a Comick Poet of Si∣cilie, as also Anaxilaus, or Anaxilas, who in a Comedy of his call'd Botry∣lion, nips Plato. Two other Comedies of his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 and 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 are ci∣ted by Athenaeus.

Carneades, an Elegiack Poet, of an uncertain age, made mention of by Laertius as a different person from Car∣neades the Philosopher. Suidas men∣tions three Philosophers but no Poet of that name.

Carus, see Publius Ovidius.

Cassius Severus, see Anser.

Cato, by some call'd Batto, a Co∣mick Poet of an uncertain age, but the more eminent was Valerius Cato, whom see in Valerius.

Cephisodorus, see Euripides.

Chaeremon, see Philistion.

Choerophon, ibid.

Charmus, a Syracusian, of an un∣certain age whose Poem intitled 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 argued him a per∣son more given to his belly than Epi∣cure himself.

Chedmon, an old Brittish Poet, who as it were by divine Inspiration, to use Cambden's own words, in the year 680 with his sweet Verses full of Compun∣ction drew men from Vice to Ver∣tue.

Chersias, see Epimenedes.

Chilo, ibid.

Chionides, an Athenian writer of Ve∣tus Comoedia, who according to Sui∣das, began to flourish in the 70th O∣lympiad; of his Comedies there are remember'd his Heroes commended by Pollux and Suidas, his Mendicae com∣mended by Athenaeus, and his Assyrij, or Persae.

Choerilius, an Athenian Tragoedian, who is said to have written 150. Tragedies, and to have overcome in 13.

Choerilus, see Agis.

Christodorus, an Epick Writer, who described in Greek Verse in six Books, the taking of Is••••ria, by the Em∣perour Anastasius, under whom he flou∣risht: besides some other things men∣tion'd by Suidas. About the same time also liv'd Timotheus of Gaza, a Gram∣marian, who wrote a Tragedy intituled Argyripus, and also a History of Ani∣mals in Verse: Quintus Smyrnaus, Sir∣named Calaber, as being found at Hy∣druns, a Town of Calabria, by Cardi∣nal Bessarion; he continued the Descri∣ption of the Trojan▪ War in Heroic Verse, from where Homer left; which Work of his being of the number of those that have happily escap't the gulf of Oblivion, was first publisht at Ve∣nice by Aldus Manutius.

〈◊〉〈◊〉, an Aegyptian of Lycopolis, whose Description of the Rape of He∣lena, in Greek Verse; which is also ex∣tant, and commonly Printee at the end of Homer's Iliads; together with the little Poem of the Destruction of Troy, by Tryphiodorus an Aegyptian like∣wise. The Calidonica and Persica, which

Coluthus and the Odysseia, and Ilia 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, which Tryphiodorus, by the testimony of Suid•••• had written; being all lost. Within the same inter∣val comes in Musaeus, whose little Poem of the Loves of Hero and Leander, in yet extant, which by the good leave of J. Caesar Sealiger, whoever considers the Style may imagin to have been written by a much later Greek Au∣thour (as this Musaeus the Grammarian was) than that Grand Musaeus spoken of by Virgil▪ Under the same Ana••••a∣sius also flourisht Marianus, the Son of Marsus, as is testifid by Suidas, who also writes that he Metaphras'd up∣on Theocritus, Aratus, Ni••ander's The∣riaca, and several of C••lli••••achus his Works.

Chrysippus, a Writer of Georgi••s, but whether in Verse as Giraldus only sur∣miseth, or in Prose, is question'd by Vos∣sius, there was also of the same name reckon'd among the Poets one of Tya∣nea, whose 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 is mentioned by Athenaeus, who liv'd but an age or there∣about after him.

Cynaethon, a Lacedemonian, who be∣gan

to flourish in the fifth Olympiad, and wrote a Poem call'd Telegonia.

Cinaethus, a Chian; who flourisht in the Sixty ninth Olympiad (as saith the Scholiast of Pindarus) and wrote a Farce of Homers Verses.

Cinesias, a Theban Dithyrambic wri∣ter, see Philyrinus.

Citerius Sidonius, a Syracusan, of whom there is extant a Latin Epigram in the Parisian Collection, Entituled Epigramata & Poematia vetera.

Claudianus Mamerius, see Alcimus.

Claudius Clandianus, an Alexandrian (as it is conjectur'd) who flourisht in the time of Theodosius the great and his children, Christian Emperours, though he himself continued an obstinate Gen∣til; however, for his eminency in La∣tin Poetry (whereof his Proserpina's Rape, and several other Poems yet ex∣tant, are a testimony) he had his statue erected by Arcadius and Honorius, about the same time (as some think) liv'd Pontius Paulinus Bishop of Nola, a Dis∣ciple of Ausonius, to whom he wrote several Verses; as also the life of St. Martin, and upon the birth-day of Cel∣sus,

and St. Faelix of Nola, with some o∣ther things which are yet extant; like∣wise an Epitome of Suetonius in Verse, which is lost. 2. Flavius who is deli∣vered by Hieronymus one of his acquain∣tance, to have written the Art of Medi∣cin in verse Hexameter, 3 Licentius of Hippo, whom St. Austin, who was of his acquaintance, celebrates for an eminent Poet, and takes notice of his Poem of Py∣ramus and Thisbe. He also wrote hymns and several other things, and is remem∣bred by Paulinus and Posidonius. 4. Ru∣tilius Claudius Numatianus a Gaul, whose Itinerarium, in verse, where∣in he discovers himself an enemy to Chri∣stian Religion, is extant in Pithaeus his Collection.

Caludius Clemens, a Scotch-man, who flourisht in the year of our Lord 810. He was the Disciple of Beda, and one of the Founders of the University of Paris: many things he wrote in Theo∣logie, and is deliver'd by some, to have been also an excellent Poet. Camb. Rem.

Claudius Marius Victor. See Alci∣mus.

Cleanthes, a Successor, as saith Eu∣sebius,

to Zeno in his School, and a wri∣ter of Physicks in Hexameter and Iam∣bic verse; which work is in H. Stepha∣nus his Collection. It is also affirm'd by Laertius, who wrote his iife, that he wrote a Book de Poeta. About that same time also liv'd Sophron a Comic writer, of whose writing, and not of Sophron's the Syracusian, Vossius thinks the Comoedy Nymphonus to be, which is cited by Pollux; contemporary with whom were Damoxenus an Athenian Comic writer, out of one of whose Comoedies about 70. Verses are extant in Athenaeus, from whom are cited by Suidas, his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, and also Lycophron, one of the foremen∣tioned Seven Pleiades so call'd, a Gram∣marian and Tragic Poet of Chalcis (for there were several others of that name) he wrote an obscure Poem, Intituled A∣lexandra or Cassandra, which is yet ex∣tant; besides other things mention'd by Suidas, which are lost.

Clearchus, a Comic Poet, of an un∣certain time, out of whose Corinthii a Sentenee is cited by Athenaeus. The••••

is also a small fragment of him in the common Edition of the Poetae Mino∣res.

Cleobulus of Lindus, one of the Seven Wise-men of Grecce, many of whose Sen∣tences and wise sayings were written in Verse.

Cleon, an ancient Greec Poet, from whose Poem Entitl'd Argonautica A∣pollonius▪ Rhodius is thought to have ta∣ken the pattern, and much of the mat∣ter of his Poem as the Scholiast of A∣polloninus testifies:

Cleomenes, a Dithyrambic Poet of Rhegium, whose Poem Entitled Melea∣ger, is cited by Athenaeus; whether this be the the same with that Cleomenes ci∣ted by Clemens Alexandrinus is doubted by Vossius.

Cleopbon, an Athenian Tragic Poet of an uncertain time; several of whose Tragedies are mention'd by Suidas.

Clidemus, another Poet, unknown both as to the place and time he liv'd in. Whose At this is cited by Athe∣naeus.

•• Clodius Sabinus, an elegant Poet; as well as writer of Latin and Greec de∣clamations;

he is said also to have written a Poem of the Trojan War.

Clonas, an Epic and Elegiac Poet of Tegea; some say Thebes, who is said to have been the first inventor of certain Moods in Musick.

Cneus Aquilius, see Statius Caecilius.

Cneus Cornelius Gallus, a famous E∣legiac Poet of Forolivium, so high in fa∣vour with Augustus that he was made first Praefect of Aegypt; he translated Euphorion a Greec Author into Latin, and wrote four Books of Elegies upon his beloved Cytheris, Volumuius his free'd woman, whose forsaking him, and run∣ning away with Antonius into Gallia, is the subject of Virgils Tenth Eglogue, in which she is is call'd Lycoris.

Cneus Lentulus Getulicus, a Latin Epigramatist, of whom there are some fragments in Petrus Crinitus. He lov'd Cesennia, whom he very much celebra∣ted in his Verses.

Cneus Matius, the Authour of a Po∣em, Entitled Ilias in Fifteen Books. He is cited by Charisius.

Codrus see Anser.

Coluthu see Christodorus.

Cometas, sirnamed Scholasticus, a Greec Epigramatist, whose name is to an Octostichon in the Fourth Book of the Greec Epigrams. Another Come∣tas, sirnamed Chartularius, hath his name to a Hexastichon in the same book if it were not the same person diff••∣rently sirnamed.

Corinnus, the first Composer in Verse (as some say) of that Trojan story, out of which Homer took his Iliads, and the Disciple of Palamedes, whence though the certain time when he liv'd be un∣known, he is concluded to have been ancienter than Homer; yet Vossius seems to doubt whether there were ever any such person.

Corippus, a Grammarian, who living in the time of Justinus junior, wrote in praise of that Emperor in Heroic Verse; for which he is branded with a very ill character, by Nicolaus Alemanuus, in his Preface to Procopius. Contempora∣ry with whom liv'd Stephanus an Af∣frican Presbyter, who wrote the life of St. German, as it is thought, in Verse; and that at the desire of St. Anacharius, Bishop of Altisiodorum.

Cornelius Licinius Gallus, the same most probably with Cneus Cornelius Gallus.

Cornelius Longinus, an ancient Epi∣grammatist, of whom there is preserv'd an Octostichon in the Sixth book of the Greec Anthologia or collection of Epigrams.

Cornelius Nepos, a Contemporary of Cicero, most noted for his Lives, but for his putting Dares Phrygius his History of the Trojan war into Latin Verse, not to be here omitted.

Cornelius Severus, see Publius Ovidius.

Cornificius, an old Latin Poet, whose Book de natura Deorum, and of Hymns, are mention'd by Macrobius.

Corvinus Clemens, an antient Poet, whom Cuspinian in his Book de Consu∣libus, affirms to have set forth in Verse the Acts of Alexander the Great.

Co••mas, see Joannes Damascenus.

Cr••••tor Solensis, see Philetas Cou••.

Crates, a Tragic Poet, whom some think to be the same with Cr••tes the Theban Cynic Phylosopher, besides whom Laertius reckons Nine more of the same name; the chief whereof were

Crates the Comaedian; whom see in Cratinus, Crates Thriasius and Crates Mallotes, the two last whereof I question whether they were not to be accounted rather Critics than Poets.

Cratinus, an Athenian writer of Vetus Comaedia, who began to flourish in the Second year of the Eghty First Olympi∣ad; he wrote 21 Comedies, in Nine whereof he was Victor, as is testified by Suidas; his Threiciae Horae, and others of his Comedies are mention'd by Pollux, Athenaeus and others. Contemporary with this Cratinus was Plato the Come∣dian, who is affirmed by Suidas to have written Twenty Eight Comedies, of which his Adonis, Europa, Mammacythus, &c. are remembred by Pollux, Athenaeus, Harpocration and Hesychius. Secondly, Aristarchus of Tegea, a Tragic Poet, who of Seventy Tragedies was Victor only twice: He liv'd, as saith Suidas, above a hundred years. Thirdly, Bacchylides, a Lyric Poet of Ceus Simonides his Bro∣thers son; he was in great esteem with the Emperour Julian, as saith Ammia∣nus Marcellinus; he wrote Hymns which are remembred by Menander the Rheto∣rician,

and in the Pythian Games his Poems were prefer'd by Hiero before the Odes of Pindarus. Dionysius Pheraeus reckon'd by Plutarch, among the num∣ber of Poets. And Lastly, Crates the Comedian, mention'd with commenda∣tion by Aristotle in his Poetics; and A∣ristophanes in his Equites, his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 and others of his Come∣dies, are mention'd by Pollux and Athe∣naeus.

Creophylus, an ancient Greec poet, reckon'd by some, Contemporary with Homer.

Cresconius, an African Poet, whom some name Crescentius; he wrote in Verse the Wars of the Emperour Justi∣nian in Africa.

Crinagoras, an old Epigrammatist, of whom there are found about 19 Epi∣grams in the Greec Anthology.

Critias Callae••schrus, an Elegiac Poet mention'd by Athenaeus, and out of whom (if it be the same) Stobaeus quotes several Senarie Jambi••s.

C••riatius Maternus, a Tragic Poet, who liv'd in the time of the Emperour Titus Vespasian (who is deliver'd to have

been himself no contemptible Poet, by Eutropius, Isidorus, Suidas, and Sueto∣nius, by whom mention is made of Tra∣gedies and other Poems of his in Greec) there are remembred of this Curiatius two Tragedies only, Medea and Thiestes; Contemporary with him were first Sal∣l••ius Bassus, who was so well esteem'd by Vespasian, that he bestow'd on him Fifty Sesterces, he hath also from Fabius and Tacitus the Character of an excel∣lent Poet. Secondly, Curtius Montanus, an Oratour, and by the testimony of Ta∣citus, if not a Poet, yet at least a writer of Verses. Thirdly, Domitian the Bro∣ther of Titus, and after him Emperour▪ a very considerable Poet, by the Testi∣mony of Fabius, Martial, and Valerius Flaccus, and by Vossius affirm'd the Au∣thour of the Translation of Aratus. Fourthly and Fifthly, Turnus and Scaeva Memor Brothers, the first a Satyric, the other a Tragic Poet, both mention'd by Martial in one of his Epigrams, by the Old Scholiast of Juvenal, and by Sido∣nius Apollinaris. Fifthly and Sixthly, Canius and Passienus the first, a Gaditan, mention'd by Martial in two of his Epi∣grams

for his facetiousness, as also his wife Theophila being for learning com∣par'd with Sappho for chastity prefer'd; the other an Elegiac and Lyric Poet of Vmbria, mention'd by Pliny in his Sixth Epistle to Romanus; he is said to have been the Grandchild or great Grand∣child to Propertius. Seventhly, Ful∣gentius Plan••iades, of whose writing Scaliger suspects the Tragedy Octavia to be, which is commonly ascrib'd to Se∣neca. Eightly, Paccius who wrote Al∣cithoe. Ninethly, Faustus, whose The∣bae and Tereus are remembred by Juvenal in the beginning of his Seventh Satyr. Tenthly, Rubrenus Lappa, whose Atre∣us is mention'd by the same Authour in the same Satyr, if the Exposition of Bri∣tanni••us and Pulmannus will pass for Barton Holyday, in his Illustration of Ju∣venal, judges Atreus to be not the Title of a Tragedie, but rather the name of a Usurer, to whom this Lappa pawn'd his Dishes and Cloak for want. 11ly. 12ly. 13ly. Mareus Vnicus, Ligurinus and Lu∣stricus Brutianus, all mention'd by Mar∣tial, and the last by Pliny also. 14ly. Theodorus a Jew, whose House and Po∣ems

appear by one of Martial's Epi∣grams to have been burnt. 15. Licini∣anus, Martial's Country-man, and so celebrated in one of his Epigrams. 16. Voconius Victor, celebrated also by the same Martial, l. 7. Epigr. 29. and re∣membred by Pliny, in an Epistle to Pris∣cus. 17. Votienus, not only imagin'd but concluded a Poet from Martial, l. 8. Epigr. 72. 18, and 19. Sabellus and Musaeus (not the Authour of Hero and Leander, he writing in Greec, though later and this in Latin) both obscene Poets, and the first remembred by Mar∣tial, l. 12. Epigr. 43. besides Aruntins Stella, Codrus, and Apollinaris above mention'd.

Cyllenus Petianus, an old Epigrama∣tist, of whom two Epigrams are pre∣serv'd in the first Book of the Greec An∣thology.

Cyliscus, a Tragic Poet, whom Pliny delivers to have been painted by Proto∣genes, in a posture of meditating.

Cynaethus v. Cinaethus.

Cyrus, a Panopolitan Epigrammatist, in gre••t esteem with the Empress Eu∣docia, wife of T••eodosius junior, in whose

time he flourisht, and by whom he was advanc'd to be Bishop of Cotyacum in Phrygia; several of his Epigrams are ex∣tant in the Fourth Book of the Greek Anthologia. Contemporary with him was Synaesius, Bishop of Ptolemais; who besides other Poems, wrote Ten Hymns which are yet extant. And also Non∣nus likewise of Panopolis, the Authour of a well known Greek Poem, Entitled Dionysiaca in 48 Books, and whose Pa∣raphrase upon St. John's Gospel in He∣roic Greek verse, is of sufficient esteem among the learned.

Cyrus Theodorus Prodromus, a Divine Epigrammatist, who living in or some∣what near the time of the antient Fa∣thers, wrote in Greek Verse, partly in Iambic, partly in Heroic Tetrastics, the summary heads of the Pentateuch, or Five Books of Moses, and also of Joshua, Judges and Kings; and in the New Testament, of the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles; also Iambic and Heroic Tetrasticks upon the Three Great Hie∣rarchs, St. Gregory, Basil and Chrysostome, with some other things: his Works were Printed at Basil by Bebelius. An. 1536.

D

DAmasus a Spaniard, who liv'd in the time of Valentinianus, Grati∣anus, Valentinianus junior, and Theodosi∣us Magnus, and was Bishop of Rome; he hath left several Poems and Hymns which are sung in the Church of Rome, and is laureated a Poet by Suidas.

Damochares, a Grammarian, and Wri∣ter of Epigrams, whereof some are to be found in the Greec Anthologie.

Damocrates, a Poet of an uncertain time, who wrote in Verse several me∣dicinal passages extracted out of Galens works.

Dam••xenus, an Athaenian Comedian, whose Syntrophi and Heauton Penthon, are quoted by Athenaeus, he is also men∣tion'd by Suidas, see Cleanthes.

Daphitas, a Poet and Grammarian, who for certain bitter Invectives against Monarchy, was crucified upon Thorax, a mountain of Magnesia.

David, The 2d. King of Israel and Ju∣dah, commonly celebrated with the threefold Title of King, Priest, and Pro∣phet;

to which may be added also that of Poet, if under the name of Vates Pro∣phet and Poet were not included toge∣ther. His Divine gift in Poetry ap∣pears in the composition of those most Coelestial Hymns or Psalms, which take place among those Sacred Books which make up the Old Testament, of which is generally reputed the intire Authour, but was certainly the Authour of most if not all of them.

Decius Junius Juvenalis, see Junius.

Decius Laberius, a Mimic Writer, who began to flourish in the Third year of 181st. Olympiad, and was Contem∣porary with Cicero (who though a much better Oratour than Poet, yet we have extant among his Works something al∣so of his Poetry) his Aquae, Aries, Augur and very many more of his Mimes are reckoned up by Charisius; his Rector, Salinator & Scripturae are remembred by Agellius, much about the same time also flourisht 1. Lucius Cornelius Sylla, a famous though cruel and tyrannical Roman Commander; who as saith A∣thenaeus wrote in his own tongue many facetious Satyrs and Mimes, with which

according to Nieolaus Damafcenus he was much delighted: Plutarch in his life reiateth that he made Verses while he was besieging Athens. 2. Quintus Hortensius, who besides his Fame in Ora∣tory, had so much of a Poet as to make a parcell of wanton Verses, which are remembred by Ovid in his Elegies, and by Agellius. 3. Marcus Valerius Cato, who wrote two Poems Lydia and Dia∣na. 4. Marcus Furius Bibaculus, divers of whose Verses are cited by Macrobius and Agellius, among which there are some that appear to have been imitated even word for word by Virgil, he is said by Suetonius and Tacitus, to have writ∣ten invective Verses against Julius Cae∣sar. 5. Titus Pomponius Atticus, whose Excellence in Poetry is fully set fortth by Cornelius Nepos, in the Description of his Life. 6. Marcus Terentius Varro, who is styled Philosopher and Poet, by Hieronymus in his Chronicle; and out of whose Poems we have several frag∣ments yet extant, especially of the Sa∣tirae Mcnippeae, together with divers E∣pigrams both in the Appendix of Virgil, collected by Scaliger, and in the Col¦lection

of Epigrams set forth by Petrus Pythaeus, but his Books de Re Rustica & lingua Latina are most lookt upon; be∣sides him, there was another Varro, sir∣named Atacinus, not much less ancient, who also wrote Poems, viz. Argonau∣tics, and a Poem of the Sequanic War. 7. Quintus Cicero (Brother of Tullius) whose Verses of the Twelve Signs are yet extant in Pithaeus his Collection. 8. Albinus not Aulus Posthumius, though both indeed wrote the same subject, viz. the History of the Roman Affairs, but Aulus in Greek Prose, the other in La∣tin Verse. 9. Caius Helvius Cinna, who wrote an obscure Poem, Entitled Smyr∣na, which the Grammarian Crassitins undertook to interpret; besides which Isidorus hath a Tetrastic of his, upon the writing of Aratus his Poem in a leaf of Mallows. 10. Caius Licinius Calvus, of whom there is nothing remembred but his Epigram upon Cn. Pompeius. 11. Macer (not Aemilius Macer the Bota∣nic Poet) of whose Poem Entitled Ilia∣ca, see Scaliger upon Eusebius.

Decius Magnus Ansonius, a Physitian and Poet of Burgedala, who flonrisht in

the time of the Emperour Valentinian the Elder, and his two Sons Gratianus and Valentinian the younger, by whom he was prefer'd to great honours, ha∣ving been Praeceptor to the two young Princes, besides those Poetical works of his which are extant; he wrote Fasti, and some other things which are lost.

Demetrius, a Satyric Poet of Tarsus, of an uncertain time, besides whom there were three others of the same name; the one a Comedian, sirnamed Phalere∣us (whether the Grammarian so sirna∣med I find not) out of whose Fable En∣titled Sicilia, Athenaeus cites 4 Verses, the other an Epic, the last an Iam∣bic writer.

Demochares, a Solian, whose Fable Entitled Demetrius is remembred by Plutarch in his Life of Demetrius Polior∣cetes.

Democritus and Demodocus, two an∣tient Epigrammatists, whose Names are preserv••d by several Epigrams yet ex∣tant in the Greek Anthologie.

Demolchus a Syracusian Comic Poet, who flourisht in the 73d. Olympiad, and taught Fourteen Fables in the Doric

tongue; he was the Son of Epicharmus a Physitian.

Demonax, an old Greek Poet quoted by Stobaeus, in his Sermon de Super∣bia.

Dexicrates, an Athenian, whose Fa∣ble Entitled 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 is remembred by Athenaeus and Suidas.

Dicaeogenes, a Tragedian and Dithy∣rambic Poet, remembred by Harpocra∣tion, Suidas and Stobaeus.

Dinolochus, see Euripides.

Diocles, ibidem.

Diodorus, an old Greec Poet of Sinope, out of whom several Iambic verses, are quoted by Stobaeus, in his Sermon de contrahendis Nuptiis and else-where; some think him to be the same with Diodorus a Comic Poet of Syene, whose Tibi••ina, Panegyristae and Epiclerus, are cited by Athenaeus, and who is also men∣tioned by Suidas.

Dionysiades, see Aeantides.

Dionysiodorns, a Trazenian, out of whom a Verse is cited by Plutarch, in the beginning of his Life of Aratus; he is also taken notice of by the Scholiast of Apollonius.

Dionysius, sirnamed Epaites, an Ele∣giac write••r, out of whom Parthenius is said to have borrowed the 15th. Histo∣ry of his Erotica. Of this name there are several others, not to be forgot. The first and most considerable for a Poet, was Dionysius of Alexandria, vulgarly sirnamed Afer, whose Periegesis or de∣scription of the World in Greek Verse, ia now in great esteem among the learn∣ed; there was also a Poem call'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, written either by this or ano∣ther Dionysius; he is thonght by Vossius to have lived about the time of Tiberi∣us or not long after. Dionysius Pherae∣us, whom see in Cratinus; Dionysius Scy∣tobrachion, whom see in Antipater, Dio∣nysius, a Greec Hymnographer, but of what age or sirname is not found (if he be not one of those above mentioned) of whom there are some few Hymns now extant, with the Musical notes to them, lately set forth, with the Edition of Aratus, Printed at the Sheldonian Theater at Oxford. Dionysius the Si∣cilian Tyrant, who is said to have writ∣ten several Comedies and Tragedies, whereof his Adonis and Thesmophoros are

cited by Athenaeus. In his time lived Antipho a Rhamnusian, both Tragic and Comic Poet, mention'd with praise by Aristotle in his Poetics, and one of the Ten Oratours, whose lives are written by Plutarch and Philostratus; some say he was put to death by the Thirty Ty∣rants, others by Dionysius for deriding his Comedies. Also Sthenelus a Tra∣gic Poet, remembred by Aristotle in his Poetics and Harpocration.

Dioscorides, an antient Greec Epi∣gramatist, whose name is to very many Epigrams in the Greek Anthologie. As like wise

Diotimus. And also

Diotiuchus.

Dioxippus, an Athenian Comedian, of whose writing there are remembred these Comedies, viz. his Philargyrus, Diadicazomenus, Historiographus and Antipornobosci.

Diphilus, see Menander.

Domitius Marsus, see Publius Ovidius.

Dorcatius, a Latin Poet of an uncer∣tain time, out of whom Isidorus, l. 8. Orig. l. 69. cites two Verses.

Doricus, otherwise Dorias, his Octo∣stich

upon Milo of Crotona, is cited by Athenaeus, l. 10.

Dorillus, a Tragic Poet, remembred by Suidas.

Dorotheus, a Sidonian Poet, who wrote Apotelesmata, which M. Manlius is said to have imitated; he is cited by Athe∣naeus.

Dorus, a Greek Comic writer quoted by Stobaeus.

Dosiades, a Rhodian, mentioned by Lucianus and the Scholiast of Simmias; he wrote a Poem called Ara, which was a certain number of Verses in form of an Altar: but that Ara printed at the end of Theocritus is proved by Salmasius who set forth Simmias his Ovunt to have been neither written by Theocritus nor Dosiades.

Draco, the famously cruel Law-giver of the Athenians, he is said to have writ∣ten precepts of life in 3000 Verses.

Dracontius, see Antigrammaratus.

Drepanius Florus, (doubtless not the same as Pacatus Drepanius, the Rhetori∣cian) an eminent French Poet who liv'd in the time of Constantinus Pogonatus and Clodovaeus Secundus, King of France,

his Psalms, Hymns and other divine Poems are extant in the Book called Bi∣bliotheca Patrum.

Dromo, a Comic Poet, whose Psaltria is quoted by Athenaeus.

Dropides, see Epimenides.

Duris, an Epigrammatist of Elea, whose Epigram upon the deluge of E∣phesus, is extant in the Florilegium of Planudes.

E

ECdorus, an old Greek Poet out of whom several Iambic Verses are quoted by Stobaeus in his Sermon de Ig∣nobilitate.

Ecphantides, a Comic Poet, to whom one of the Chaerili (but which of them is uncertain) was amanuensis in the wri∣ting of his Comedies, as is testified by Hesychius.

Egemon, see Hegemon.

Egnatius, a Deacon of Constantinople, who wrote in Verse the lives of two Patriarchs, Tarisius and Nicephorus; Iambics against Thomas Aucartes a grand Conspiratour against the State, with some other things.

Empedocles of Agrigentum, a writer of natural Philosophy in Heroic Verse, following therein Parmenides, whose Disciple he is said by some to have been, though by others the Disciple of Telau∣ges the Son of Pythagoras, in the Colle∣ction of Philosophical poesie, set out by H. Stephanus, are certain fragments both of him and of Parmenides the Dis∣ciple of Xenophanes, besides which there is extant a small Astronomical Tractat Entitled Empedocles his Sphaera; he began to flourish in the 48th. Olympiad, as the Anonymus Authour and Laertius testifie. At the same time with Empe∣docles flourisht Epicharmus a Sicilian al∣so, and Physiological Poet, there being fragments of his among the rest in the above mentioned Collection; besides very many Fables of his which were in much request; many whereof are cited by Pollux and Athenaeus, Likewise at the same time (besides Simonides the Son of the Lyric, to whom Vossius scru∣ples to allow a place among the Poets) Archelaus an Athenaean, some say a Mile∣sian whom Giraldus will have to be a physiological Poet, though Vossius makes a Question.

Endeleichus, otherwise called Seve∣rus Sanctus, a Rhetorician of an uncer∣tain time, whose Eclogue about the death of Oxen, is extant in the Collecti∣set forth by Pithaeus.

Ennodius, by Bernardus Saccus sirna∣med Juvenalis, and by some called Euo∣dius, of whose writing certain Hymns, Panegyrics, Epigrams, &c. are set forth by Andreas Schottus.

Ephippus, see Theopompus.

Ephraem, one that wrote the Histo∣ry of the Constinople Emperours in Iam∣bic Verse; he liv'd about the time of Michael Ducas.

Epicharneus, see Empedocles.

Epibycus, a Chian Poet of an uncer∣tain time, taken notice of by Athenaeus and Suidas.

Epicrates, see Theopompus.

Epigenes, a Comic Poet, of whom four Comedies are cited by Athenae∣us.

Epigonus, an Epigrammatist of Thes∣salonica, whose name is to several Epi∣grams in the Grece Anthologie.

Epilycus, an Athenian Comic Poet, whose Coraliscus and Phoraliscus are ci∣ted by Athenaeus.

Epimenides, a Cretan, who is delive∣red by Suidas, to have written in Verse Argonautics; also certain old heathen Rites called Expiationes, the Genealo∣gie of the Gods, and of the Curetes, and Corybantes, & of the different nature of things, in 9500 Verses; he was also a famous Philosopher, & by Athenaeus ac∣counted the Authour of the Telchinian History. He began to flourish about the 44th. Olympiad, and is by some reckoned among the Seven Wisemen in the place of Periander. About the same time with Epemenides flourisht 1st. Bias of Priene, one of those Seven, accoun∣ted the Wise men of Greece, who is said by Laertius to have written the affairs of Jonia in Verse. 2 Solon, the great Lawgiver of Athens, whose life see in Plutarch and Laertius; he was very considerable in Poetry, and so was his Brother Dropides, though inferiour to him. 3 Chilo, another of the Seven, all that is remembred of him is an Elegy consisting of 200 Verses. 4 Thales of Miletus, another of the Seven, who is said to have written in verse concern∣ing Meteors and other things in natural

Philosophy. 5. Pittacus, Tyrant of Mitylene, whom see in Alcaeus. 6. Pe∣riander, Tyrant of Corinth, another of the Seven, but of whose poetry I find little or nothing remembred. 7. Cher∣sias of Orchomenus, who was a great ene∣my to the Tyrant Periander; certain Verses of his are cited by Pansanias in his Boeotics. 8. Thespis a Tragic Poet, as saith Laertius, though Suidas saith an Actor only, and that he first brought in the use of Vizards, whereas some there be who affirm him to have been the first of Tragaedians, others, that Epigenes of Sicyon was before him: 9. Mimnermus a Colophonian, some say Smyrnaean, whom Pausanias in his Boeotics affirms to have described in Elegiac verse a fight between the Smyrnaeans and Lydians, under Gyges; he is also reckon'd among the Elegiacs by Censorinus; there are extant certain verses of his about the Climacterie year, in Opposition to So∣lon's opinion.

Epinicus, a Comic Poet of an uncer∣tain time, whose 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 is cited by Athenaeus.

Eratosthenes (the Son of Aglaus, some

say Ambrosius) a Cyrenean, not only Philosopher, Astronomer and Geome∣trician (whose Astrismes, Epistle to Ptolomy about the duplication of the Cube, and some other fragments have been lately publisht with Aratus from the Sheldonian Theater at Oxford) but (according to Suidas and Strabo) excellent Poet, contemporary with him (he living in the time of Philadelphus and his Successour) and succedent to him in the custody of Ptolomies Library was Apollonius of Rhodes, who was the Disciple of Callimachus, and whose Ar∣gonauticks we have extant set forth with a learned Scholiast, whom Stepha∣nus calls Tarrhaeus, another contempo∣rary was Euphorion of Chalcis the Disci∣ple of Lacydas, he was Library keeper to Antiochus Magnus, and wrote, as saith Suidas, several things in Heroic Verse; his Works, as saith Suetonius, were in very much esteem with Tiberius, as also those of Rhianus, another of the same age, who is the same with the above∣mention'd Arrianus.

Ericus or Hericus, a Poet of Altissio∣dorum or Auxerre, who liv'd in the

time of the Emperour Charles the 3d. sirnamed Crassus; he wrote a Poem of the life of St. German which is yet ex∣tant.

Eriphus, a Comic writer among the Greecs, Three of whose Fables are quo∣ted by Athenaeus in his Dipnosophist. l. 14.

Erycius, the Author of several Epi∣grams in the Greec Anthologie, and ci∣ted by the Commentatour of Apollo∣nius.

Ethelwolphus Bernicius, sirnamed Lu∣pus an English Poet, who flourisht in the Year of our Lord 750. being in the Reign of the Emperour Constantinus Co∣pronymus, Pipin King of France, and E∣thelwolph of Northumberland; he wrote a Poem of the Original of St. Peters Church in the Western part of Northum∣berland, which Poem he dedicated to Bishop Egbert.

Euages, a Greec Poet of an uncer∣tain time, taken notice of by Diony∣sius in his History of Music; he was a a person of little learning, being as some say bred up a shepherd, but very happy for his fancy and ingenuity.

Euangelus, a Comic Poet of an un∣certain time, whose Fable 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 is cited by Suidas and Athenaeus.

Euanthes, an Epic Poet of an uncer∣tain time, out of whom Athenaeus cites certain passages concerning••Glaucus An∣thedonius and of Ariadne.

Evax, a King of Arabia, who is said to have wrote a Book of precious stones in Verse.

Eubulus Cittius, see Anaxandrides. Eudaemon, see Amphilochius.

Eudemus, a writer of several things in the art of Medicin in Greec verse, and therefore cited by Galen in his Second Book of Antidotes.

Eudoxus of Gnidus, see Carcinus.

Eueclus, the esteemed writer of cer∣tain Verses called Cypria Carmina, by some attributed to Homer, before whom he is said to have been; he is quoted by Tatianus against the Gentiles by the name of Eumiclus, by Eusebius by the name of Euculus, and by Pansanias, by the name of Eucleon.

Euenus, an Elegiac Poet, who began to flourish in the first year of the Nine∣ty first Olympiad, and was the Master

of Philistus the Historian. There are extant of his certain Elegies cited by Stobaeus; Six Epigrams, Two upon Venus of Gnidus, and one upon Myro's Cow, and Three others, besides a Verse cited by Aristotle.

Eugenes, an Epigrammatist, whose name is preserv'd in the Greec Antho∣logie.

Euhemerus see Menander.

Eumelus, a very ancient Greec Poet, contemporary as some think with He∣siod.

Eumolpus, the ancientest of Greec Po∣ets next to the ancient Orpheus, whose Disciple he is delivered by Suidas to have been, & the Son of Musaeus, and to have written 3000 verses, of which his Poem of the mysteries of Ceres chiefly consisted.

Euodus of Rhodes an Epic Poet in the time of Nero; but of his works which were in Latin Verse there was nothing extant in the time of Suidas. There is also the name of Euodus to some Epi∣grams in the Greec Anthologie; Con∣temporary with him was Labeo, who is delivered by the old Commentator

upon Persius, who mention'd him in the first Satyr, to have translated into Latin verse, though with little acuteness or judgement Homers Iliads and Odysseus; also Antistius Sosianus who was banisht for the Libels which he made in verse a∣gainst Nero.

Euphanes, an ancient Poet, out of whose Musae divers Sena••y Iambic ver∣ses are cited by Athenaeus.

Euphantus of Olynthus, see Philetas.

Euphorion, a Poet of Chalcis remem∣bred by several poetical Works, as his Elegies, his Hesiodus, his Mopsopia or 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, his Five Books of Oracles, his Epicedium upon Protogoras the Astrono∣mer, &c. Certain verses out of Euphorion, but whether this of Chalcis, or another the Son of Aeschylus, is uncertain, for both are mention'd by Suidas, are quo∣ted by Stobaeus.

Euphron, a Comic Poet of an uncer∣tain time, whose Musae, Synephebi, The∣ori and Aeschra are remembred by Athe∣naeus, Suidas, and Stobaeus.

Euphronius, a Poet of an uncertain time who is delivered by Strabo to have written of Priapus in Greec verse.

Eupolis a Comic Poet, who flourisht with Aristophanes in the Eighty fifth Olympiad in the Fourth year whereof his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 were acted, as is testified by the Scholiast of Aristophanes.

Euripides, the Prince and Coriphaeus of Greec Tragoedians, who was born in the Seventy fifth Olympiad (as La∣ertius, Suidas and Emanuel Moscopulus testifie) the Son of Mnesarchus and Clito, the Nobility of whose birth Phi∣lochorus vindicates against the common opinion of her being an Herb-Woman; he is said to have been worried to death by the dogs of King Archelaus (to whose Court he betook himself upon the dis∣content of his Second Wife Chaerila's adultery with Ctephisophon) either by chance or set on by Lysimachus Master of the Kings dogs, by the instigation of two envious poets Aribeus a Macedo∣nian, and Crateuas a Thessalonian, in the Seventy fith year of his age, leaving be∣hind him 3 Sons Mnesarchus, Mnesilochus and Euripides; And having flourisht from the 77th. to the 92d. Olymp. e∣qual with that other excellent Tragoe∣dian Sophocles, who as Suidas and o∣thers

affirm, was born in the Seventy third, and is said to have written 33. Tragedies (and to have been Victor Twenty four times) of which 7 only are extant: as of Euripides his Ninety two Tragedies, Eighteen are extant. There was also another Sophocles, the Grand∣child of the former, who is said to have written Fourty Tragedies, and to have been Seven times Victor; much about the same time with Euripides flourisht 1st. Panyasis a Heroic poet, the Uncle or Cosin German of Herodotus; he was one of those Six, as saith the Interpreter of Oppian, who were call'd by way of E∣minence the Poets; the other Five be∣ing Homerus, Eupolis, Hesiodus, Antima∣chus and Nicander. 2d. Menalippides, a Lyric and Dithyrambic Writer, Sisters Son of another Menalippides, whom see in his proper place. 3d. Stesimbrotus, of whom, as also of Panyasis, Antimachus Clarius was a hearer. 4th. Hermippus, a one-ey'd Comedian who is delivered by Suidas to have written Fourty Fa∣bles, several of which are remembred by Athenaeus and Pollux; he was an enemy to Pericles (against whom he wrote A∣napaestics)

and to his Wife Aspasia, who was not only a Mistress of Eloquence and general learning, but eminent also in Poetry. 5. Phrynichus, a writer of Vetus Comoedia, mentioned by Pansanias and Hephaestion; several Comedies of his are mention'd by Athenaeus, Pollux, Harpocration, Suidas, and the Scholiast of Aristophanes. 6, 7. Lycus or Lycis and Amipsias (the last already mention'd) two Insipid Poets derided by Aristopha∣nes. 8, Theodectes, a kind of Tragoe∣dian, since he is said to have written the Arguments and first Delineations to many of, if not all Euripides his Trage∣dies. But there was another of the same name, whom see in Theopompus. 9. Ni∣comachus a Tragoedian also much cele∣brated for his Oedipus, and sometimes Victor over Sophocles and Euripides themselves, as Suidas testifies. 10. The∣ognis, a Comoedian, who from his fri∣gidity or faintness of style, was sirnamed 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. Snow he contended with Ni∣comachus, and was vanquisht by him, together with Euripides. 11. Philocles Comedian, Aeschylus his sisters Son, he was derided for his deformity by Aristo∣phanes

in his Thesmophoriazusai, his Te∣reus is mention'd by the Scholiast of A∣ristophanes, and by Stobaeus; he had two Sons Morsimus and Philippides, of whom elsewhere. 12. Cephisodorus, an Athe∣nian writer of Vetus Tragoedia, his An∣tilais, Amazones, Trophonius and Sus are remembred by Suidas; there are be∣sides two others of the same name, who were also Historians. 13. Socrates, the Philosopher, who by his Hymn to A∣pollo, and his turning Aesops Fables into Verse (a little before his death) for which he is commended by Cebes in Pla∣to, approv'd himself a Poet. 14. Diocles an Athenian writer of Vetus Comoedia, whose Melissae and Thalatta are both mention'd (the first with particular commendation) by Athenaeus and Pollux. 15. Sannyrio, or (as Giraldus calls him.) Samyrion a writer of Vetus Comoedia, mentioned by Athenaeus for his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, by Suidas for his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. He was for his slenderness of voice, nick∣nam'd Canabus by Strattis, 16 Philondes an Athenian Writer of old Comoedie re∣membred by Athenaeus; he, having been formerly a Fuller, scapes not a jeer from

phanes (no more than his son Nicocha∣res) nevertheless his Cothurni is menti∣oned with commendation by Athenaeus and Pollux. 17. Thearus, another Ob∣ject of Aristophanes his laughter. 18. Strattis, a Comedian, of whose writing Cansabon upon Athenaeus reckons 23 Comedies, whereas Suidas mistakes him for a Tragoedian, which gave occasion to Giraldus to mention another Strattis; he was of a biting wit, like Aristophanes. 19. Dinolochus, a Comic Poet of Agri∣gentum, who wrote Fourteen Fables in the Doric Dialect. 20. Philyllius, a∣nother writer of old Comedy, remem∣bred by Athenaeus and Pollux (as also a∣nother of the same name of an uncertain time, who wrote a Poem of Cities in Iambic Verse, and of whom Suidas also and Stephanus take notice) besides Em∣pedocles, Parmenides, Epicharmus, Eupo∣lis, Euenus, Cratinus and several o∣thers.

Euschemus, an ancient Comic writer, out of whose Empolis divers Senary Iambic Verses, are cited by Athenaeus in his 13th. Book.

Euthycles, a Poet of an uncertain

time, who wrote two Poems 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, the first of which is men∣tioned by Suidas.

Euthydemus, an Athenian of an un∣certain time, who set forth some things of his own, under Hesiod's name.

Eutyches, a Comic writer, one of the most copious among the Greecs, of whose many Comedies, the names are to be found in Athenaeus, and Raphael Volater∣ranus.

Ezechiel, a Jew, whose Tragedie of Moses, Entitled 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 is extant with a Latin Translation set forth by Fride∣ricus Morellus.

F

FAbius Dorsenus, or Dossennus an an∣cient Latin Comic Poet, though of what time is not known; he is remem∣bred by Horace. l. 1. Epist. by Pliny. l. 14. c. 13. and by Festus in the word Teme∣tum.

Fabius Planciades Fulgentius, see Cu∣riatius.

Facetus, a Latin Poet, who flourisht since the time of Charles the Great, but in what particular age is unknown to

Giraldus, who makes mention of him.

Fannius, see Publius Ovidius.

Faustus, see Curiatius.

Ferius Hilpericus, see Paulus Dia∣conus.

Flavius, see Claudius Claudianus.

Floretus, one of the uncertain ag'd Poets, mentioned by Giraldus; some have thought him to be the same with St. Bernard, Abbot of Claraeval.

Florus, a Latin Poet, who flourisht in the time of the Emperour Adrian; whether the same with that Florus men∣tioned by Polianus among the Greec E∣pigrammatists is uncertain, but there are besides Three others differenc'd by their Praenomina, viz. Caius Florus already mention'd, Julius and Paulus.

Fontianus, an ancient Latin Poet, whose description of the Roman Pro∣vinces in verse, seems by an Epistle of Beatus Rhenanus to have been in the hands of Philippus Puchaimerus.

Fortunatus, an ancient Bishop of Poi∣ctou, who liv'd in the time of Justinus junior, to whom he dedicated a Book of his Poems, and another to the Em∣press Sophia.

Fulpertus, a Gallic Bishop, who flou∣risht about the Year of our Lord 1010. among other things he wrote divers Hymns in honour of the B. Virgin.

G

GAllienus, see Caecilius Cyprianus. Gallus Milo, see Theodulphus.

Gamphredus, one of the uncertain ag'd Poets, mention'd by Giraldus.

Gannius, a Latin Poet, who liv'd before the time of Charles the Great, but in what age is uncertain. Several of his verses are cited by Festus in the word Adoris.

Geminus, an ancient Epigrammatist, several of whose Epigrams are extant in the Greec Anthology.

Georgius Pisides, Dean of Constantino∣ple, and Keeper of the Emperours pa∣pers and Records, as Suidas and Nice∣phorus testifie; he wrote a Poem of va∣nity, and also of the six days work of Creation, a good part is yet extant, and of that which is lost, some fragments are cited by Suidas, Cedrenus and Nice∣t••s, besides some other things of his wri∣ting,

mentioned by Suidas.

Gerbertus, a French-man, brought up in the Abby of Floriac, and for his great proficiency in the Mathematicks (for which he was by some accounted a Ma∣gitian) and other learning prefer'd to be Bishop of Rhemes, afterwards Arch-Bishop of Ravenna, and lastly Pope of Rome, by the Title of Sylvester the Second. He is noted for an Ele∣gant Writer of Latin Verse, from his Poem in Laudem Boethii, of which there is a fragment in the Parisian Collection, Entitled Epigrammata and Poematia ve∣tera; also several verses of his are selected by Brietius.

Germanicus, see Aelius Saturninus.

Gildas, an ancient British Authour sirnamed Cambrius, to distinguish him from two others; for Joannes Baleus, in his Scriptores Anglici, names three, viz. Cambrius a Native of Cambria, or Wales; Albanius, and Badonicus; but Cambrius (the ancientest of the Three, for he flourisht in the Sixtieth year, from our Saviours Nativity, under the Reign of Arviragus King of Britain, according to Ponticus Virunnius) chiefly for Poe∣try,

his Cambreidos being remembred by the forementioned Baleus, besides E∣grams and other Poems of various argu∣ment; however Badonicus so call'd from Badonia or Bath, the place of his Nati∣vity, Besides his Epistle of the Conquest of Brittain, is said to have written some things in Verse; and there are who think him to have been the Authour of the Comedy Aulularia or Querolus, vul∣garly ascribed to Plautus, which Vossius thinks to have been written by neither of them, but by an unknown Au∣thour.

Gitiadas, a Lacedaemonian, who ha∣ving made the Statue of Pallas Chalci∣oeca, compos'd a Hymn, which was to be sung yearly by the Lacedaemonians at the Anniversary of that Goddess; also se∣veral Odes in the Doric Dialect.

Godebertus, a Presbyter, who flou∣rishing in the Year 500. wrote in Heroic Verse Historical passages from the begin∣ning to the birth of Christ.

Gordianus, one of the Caesars, or ra∣ther the Father of him who was after∣wards Emperour; he wrote, as saith Capitolinus, a Poem Entitled Antonini∣as

or the lives of the two Antoniues Pius and Marcus Emperours.

Gracchus, see Anser.

Gratius, se•• Publius Ovidius.

Gregorius Nazianzenus, one of most eminent of the Greec Fathers, who be∣sides his very many Volumes in Prose, wrote also several things in Verse, as his Poem in Hexameter, containing a Dialogue between Virginity and Mar∣riage. The praise of the Macchabees, and of Maximus the Philosopher, with other things.

H

HEcataeus, an Epigrammatist of Tha∣sus, who makes one among the rest in the Greec Anthologie.

Hedylogus a Samian, or as some say Athenian Poet, of whose writing seve∣ral Epigrams are cited by Athenaeus, he was the Son of Hedyle a Samian Po∣etess.

Hedylus, a noted Epigrammatist, ci∣ted by Athenaeus in several places, and it is probably the same Hedylus whose name is to several Epigrams in the Greec Anthologie

Hegemon, an Alexandrian Epic Poet, whose Description of the Battel of Leu∣ctra is cited by Stephanus, and out of whose Dardanics (if it were the same Hegemon that wrote them) Aelian cites several passages: there was also another of the same name a Thasian sirnamed 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. a Lentil; he wrote a Poem Entitle Gigantomachia, a Comedie call'd Philinna, as also several Inscriptions and Impresa's in Verse: he is mention'd by Aristotle.

Hegesianax, or as some call him, Age∣sianax, a writer of Mythologie in verse, as Hyginus testifies, certain of whose verses are cited by Plutarch in his dis∣course of the apparition in the Moon.

Hegesilaus, a Comic Poet, whose Fa∣bles are mentioned by Tatianus, in his Book against the Greecs.

Hegesinus, a famous Greec Poet, out of whom divers Verses are cited by Pau∣sanias in his Baeotics.

Hegesippus, a Comic Poet of Taren∣tum, whose Adelphi, Opsartica and Phi∣leteri, are cited by Athenaeus; Suidas sirnames him Crobylus, and ascribes to him the Seventh Philippic Oration, com∣monly

ascrib'd to Demosthenes, as others do the Oration for Halonesus. There are also several Epigrams of his in the Greec Anthologie.

Hegias, a Poet of an uncertain time made mention of by Pausanias.

Heliodorus, a Medicinal Writer in Verse, out of whom several verses are cited by Galen, whether the same Heli∣odorus, out of whose Poem de Spectaculis Italicis, Stobaeus cites several Verses in his Sermon de morbis, may be quae∣ried.

Hemitheon, a Obscene Poet of Syba∣ris, who liv'd in the time of Augustus; he is mention'd by Philo Lucian. Ovid. l. 11. de tristibus and Martial.

Heniochus, a writer of Media Comoe∣dia, whose Fables are reckoned up by Suidas; he is also mentioned by Athe∣naeus and Theophilus.

Heraclides, sirnamed Poeticus, to di∣stinguish him from Heraclides Ponticus the Grammarian (who also is said to have written several Tragedies which go under the name of Thespis) a writer of Sentences and Precepts in Verse, be∣sides whom there was also an Epigram∣matist

of the same name remembred by Laertius.

Heraclitus, a Lyric Poet, whose Po∣em of the Twelve Gods is mention'd by Laertius. Of those of the same name, that famous Philosopher of Ephesus, is also reckon'd among the Poets, besides him of Halicarnassns; whom see in Calli∣machus.

Hermesianax, an Elegiac Poet of Co∣lephon, whose Poem of the Description of his own Country, is remembred by Pausanias, besides whom there was also another of the same name who wrote a Poem of the Persian Affairs.

Hermippus, see Euripides.

Hermocreon, the Authour of several Epigrams which are extant in the Greec Anthologie.

Hermodorus, or Hermeodorus another Epigrammatist of the same society.

Hermodotus, see Menander.

Herodes, an Iambic writer quoted by Stobaeus.

Herodicus, a Babylonian, of whose Verses against the Grammarians, divers are repeated by Athenaeus at the end of the Fifth Book of his Deipnosophists.

Hesiodus so nam'd, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 from the chastity of his Poetry, an anci∣ent Greec Poet sirnamed Ascraeus from Ascra, a Town in Baeotia, the place not of his birth (as hath been generally sup∣pos'd) but of his Education according to Herodotus, Strabo, Stephanus and Va∣lerius Probus; for he was born at Cuma in Aeolia; the Son of Dius and Pycimede; he is affirmed by Philostratus, Velleius Paterculus, and M. Varro contrary to the Opinion of Porphyrius and Solinus (the First of whom sets him 100. the other 130 years after) Contemporary with Homer, which opinion is confir∣med by an Epigram of Dion, and the Discourse in the 5th. Book of Plutarch's Symposiaca, which makes out that Homer and He contended at the Exequies of Oelycus the Thessalian, and Amphida∣mas of Chalcis: some say Stesichorus the Poet was his Son by Ctemene the Daughter of Physigaeus, others that Cte∣mene was not his Wife, but deflowr'd by him, for which he was slain at Oenone by her Brothers Ampiphanes and Gane∣tor; however it were, it is agreed by all, though differently related by Pausanias,

Thucydides and Plutarch; his several Works are reckoned up in all Fourteen, as well extant as not extant, in a Cata∣logue, which is inserted in Daniel Hein∣sius his Edition of this Poet. his Ex∣tant works are a Poem Entitled 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 (which containeth certain rules and precepts of husbandry) another call'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or the Generation of the Gods, a third 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or the shield of Hercules, Besides some fr••g∣ments of another Poem which is not intirely extant, Entituled 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, but neither 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 nor 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 are judg'd by Scaliger to have been written by He∣siod, but some other ancient poet, whose name is unknown

Hetruscus Messenius, an old Epigram∣matist, whose name lives only in the Greek Anthologie.

Hiero Ferreus, an Athenian, whose Poems were extant in Plutarchs time, as he testifies in his Nicias.

Hilarius, a Bishop of Poriton, who flourisht in the time of Constantius the son of Constantine, he is celebrated by I∣sidorus for the Hymns he wrote among which three that bear his name are yet

extant; about the same time Marius Victorius taught Rhetoric at Rome, and was St. Jerome's Master in that Art; he wrote a Poem in Heroic verse concern∣ing the Seven Maccabaean Brethren mar∣tyr'd with their Mother by Antiochus Epiphanes. See more of him in Hiero∣nymus de viris Illustribus.

Hilasius, a Poetical writer of an un∣certain age, but not very ancient; of whose Verses upon Virgil and some o∣ther subjects, some Remains are extant in Brietius, and the Parisian Collection, Entitled Epigrammata & Poematia Ve∣tera: he is one of the Twelve, sirnamed the Grammatic or Scholastic Poets.

Hildephonsus, otherwise call'd Ille∣phonsus or Alphonsus, a Bishop of Toledo who flourisht in the time of Heraclius and his children, as also of Pope Hono∣rius (to whom are attributed Twelve Distichs concerning Christs ascention and the Apostles looking on; Extant in the Book call'd Bibliotheca Patrum) he wrote several Hymns, Epitaphs and Epigrams, and is thought to have been the first Institutour of the B. Virgins conception; he died Anno 667.

Hincmarus, sirnamed Senior, (to di∣stinguish him from his Grand-child Hincmarus Bishop of Laudunum) an Arch-Bishop of Rhemes created in the Year of our Lord 845. whose Vein in Latin Po∣etry what it was, appears by a fragment thereof collected by Jacobus Sirmon∣dus.

Hipparchus, a Greec writer of Vetus Comedia, mention'd by Suidas, and whose Ilias Aegyptia, Thais and Anasozomenos (if it be the same Hipparchus as proba∣bly it is) are quoted by Athenaeus; also four Senary Iambics are repeated by Sto∣baeus in his Sermon pro Artibus out of his Zographus.

Hippicus the same with Ibycus.

Hipponax, see Xenophanes.

Hipposthenes, an Iambic Poet, quoted by Stobaeus.

Hippothoon, another whose Senary Iambics upon envie, are alleag'd by the same Authour, in his Sermon upon the same Subject.

Hippothoos, an old Greec Poet of lit∣tle fame, but for the same Stobaeus, who sometimes quotes his verses.

Hipys, see Xenophanes.

Homerus, the Apposititious, rather then true name (which was Melesigenes) of the most renowned of Greec Heroic Po∣ets, and as is most generally alleag'd, the ancientest of those of whose works we have any intirely extant, as we have his 2. Heroic Poems, Ilias and Odysseus, the first describing the Trojan War for the first nine years; the other, the wandring life of Vlisses after the taking of Troy; not to mention his Hymns, his Batra∣chom yomachia and other small poems be∣sides which he wrote many other things which are not extant. See Melesigenes.

Homerus junior, see Aeantides.

Homerus Sellius, a writer of Argu∣ments in verse, upon the Comedies of Menander.

Hostilius, a Latin Poet who wrote the Roman Annales in Verse, out of whom one Verse is cited by Priscian in his sixth Book, there was also of the same name a Mimographer, remembred by Tertullian, in the 15th. Chapter of his Apologetics.

Hostius, a writer of the Istrian War in Latin verse; which work some im∣pute to Hostilius probably upon a mi∣stake

of one for the other.

Hugobaldus, see Theodulphus.

Hyperochus, a Poet of Cuma, whose History of his own Country in Verse is remembred by Athenaeus and Pausa∣nias.

I

IBycus, a Poet of Rhegium of an un∣certain age. See also in Xenopha∣nes.

Idaeus, sirnamed Rhodius from his Country, the son of Issus an Epic Poet, who doubled all Homcrs works by inserting his own Verses line for line, yet keeping the sense; he also wrote the Affairs of Rhodes in 3000 verses, as Suidas te∣stifies.

Joannes Babucalus, an Epigramma∣tic Poet, whose Epigram upon the bur∣ning of Beritus and several others, are extant in the Greec Florilegium.

Joannes Damascenus, a writer in the time of Leo Isaurus and Constantinus Copronyinus, who besides several things which he wrote in Prose which are yet extant, wrote also a Dramatic Poem o••

Susanna remembred by Eustathius upon Dionysius Afer, but not now extant; a∣bout the same time liv'd Cosmas of Je∣rusalem sirnamed Hagiopolites, Bishop of Maiuma; he wrote Thirteen Hymns which translated into Latin are extant in the Bibliotheca Patrum heretofore mentioned.

Joannes Geometra, a Constantinopoli∣tan Poet, whose Paradise or Garden of moral Tetrastich Epigrams, and his five Hymns upon th Blessed Virgin, were set forth by Federic Morellus at Paris, Ann. 1595.

Joannes Nantuillensis, an English-man who wrote a Poem called Archithemi∣um, remembred by Giraldus.

Joannes Psellus, wrote in Greec verse upon the three antient Greec Fathers St. Chrysostome, St. Gregory, St. Basil, and also upon the seven last Synods.

Jon, a Tragic Poet of Chios, who wrote many Tragedies (some say 12. some 30. some more) he is mentioned by Athenaeus, and his Epigram of Phe∣recides, cited by Laertius in the life of that Philosopher; he is by Aristophanes in his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 sirnamed 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or Early.

Jonicus, see Amphilochius.

Jophon, an ancient Greec Poet men∣tioned by Suidas.

Isaacus, a Priest of Antioch, who liv'd in the year of our Lord 458. L••o being Emperour in the East, Majoranus in the West, he is said by Gennadius in his Book De viris Illustribus, to have wrote besides several things in Prose, the ruine of Antioch in Elegiac Verse. About the same time lived Petrus Edis∣senus a Priest also, who according to the said Gennadius, wrote several Psalms, besides other things in Prose. In Zeno's Reign also flourisht Pelagius Patricius, who compos'd a Poem of the History of the life of Christ out of a Cento of of Homers Verses, which some (though without ground) have ascribed to the Empress Eudocia; moreover there were reckoned among the Poets of that time Pampr••pius of Panopolis and Marcinus of Neapolis, both the Disciples of Proclus according to Suidas, the first, if not both persisting to the last in Genti∣lisme.

Isagoras, a Tragic Poet of Byzanti∣um the Disciple of Chrestus, he flourisht

in the time of the Emperour M. Anto∣ninus sirnamed the Philosopher, and is remembred by Philostratus.

Isocrates, a Tragic Poet, whom Giral∣dus thinks to have been the same with Isocrates the Oratour, though Suidas more probably judgeth him to have been another person the Disciple of the Ora∣tour; he was of Appollonia, or as some say of Heraclea. His Son in Law Apha∣reus was the Authour of Thirty seven Tragedies, as saith Plutarch, in the lives of the ten Rhetoricians.

Juba, a King of Manritania, in the time of the Emperour Augustus, who be∣ing a lover of Learning in general, was also particularly addicted to Poetry; his verses upon Leontius the Argive, are cited by Athenaeus out of Amarantbus de Scaena.

Julianus, one of the Twelve uncer∣tain ag'd Poets, of whom there are seve∣ral Certamina or contests upon some one Subject in the like number of verses, to be seen in the Parisian Collection, Enti∣tled Epigrammata & Poematia Vetera, & few in Brietius his Acute dicta Vet. Poet. Lat. The rest of the Twelve are Hila∣rius

already mentioned, Maximianus, Vitalis, Basilius, Asmenus, Vomanus, Eu∣phorbus, Palladius, Asclepiadeus, Eusthe∣nius, Pompeianus; though there are who think Julianus and some other of these Names to be but fictitious, and set to some of the Verses to fill up the number and make the Certamen the more pom∣pous.

Julius Curiatius Maternus, a Latin Tragoedian, whose Medea, Thiestes and Cato are mentioned by Cornelius Tacitus in his Dialogue de Oratoribus. See Curiatius

Julius Diocles, an Epigrammatic Po∣et, of whom yet there is nothing pre∣served but an Epigram or two in the Greec Anthologie.

Julius Caesar, see Caius.

Julius Florus, see Florus,

Julius Montanus, see Publius Ovidius.

Julius Paulus, an antient Latin Po∣et mentioned with particular commen∣dation by Agellius; he flourisht in the time of the Emperours Adrian and An∣toninus Pius.

Julius Pomponius Secundus, a Tragic Poet, mentioned by Quintilian, besides

whom there was another Pomponius Se∣cundus a Comic writer heretofore men∣tioned.

Junius Juvenalis, a most elegant La∣tin Satyrist (as appears by his Sixteen extant Satyrs) of Aquinum, a Town of the Volsci; he flourisht in the time of the Emperour Domitian.

Juvencus, see Rhemnius Fanni••••

Juventius, an ancient Comic 〈◊〉〈◊〉 but of an uncertain age, mentioned by Varro and Agellius.

L

LAbeo, a Latin Poet, of whom Ful∣gentius in his Mythologie makes mention.

Lactantius Firmianus, see Rhemnius.

Laelius (otherwise Laevius being pro∣bably judged the same person) a Poet of an uncertain time, though sufficiently ancient; he wrote a Poem called Ero∣topaegnia or amorous Sports; and if he were the same with Laevius, as is not to be doubted) another Entitled Centa••ri.

Lamprocles, a Dithyrambic writer, cited by Athenaeus.

Lamynthius, a Milesian•• Elegiac Poet, whose Poem upon his Lyde, in various kind of Verse, is mentioned by Athenaeus.

Largus, a Latin Poet Contemporary with Ovid, who makes mention of him, with reference to something he wrote of Antenor.

Lasus Hermioneus, see Onomacritus.

Latronianus, a Spaniard, very much commended by St. Jerome for his excel∣lent Genius in Poetry; he was put to death as the same Authour testifieth, at Triers, by Maximus the Emperour, up∣on pretence of Haeresie, together with Priscilianus, who was his Colleague, Foe∣licissimus and others.

Laureas Tullius, the Freed-man of Marcus Tullius; there are said be ex∣tant of his composing several Greec E∣pigrams; that upon the Fountains of Cicero's Accademy is cited by Pliny in his natural History.

Lentulus, a Mimic writer mention'd with commendation by Tertullian, and associated with Hostilius.

Leonides, see Peritus.

Leontius, a Tragic Poet of Argos, of an uncertain time but among the Anci••

Lesches, or Leschides a Lesbian, whose Poem Entitled Ilias parva is mention'd by Eusebius; out of this Poem Pinda∣rus is observed by his own Interpreters to have borrow'd: contemprorary with him was Alemaeon, whom some think to be the same with Alcman the Lyric. Suidas mentions among the Poets one Leschides who fought under King Eu∣menes.

Leuceas, an ancient Poet of Argos whom Pausanias testifies to have writ∣ten of the manners and customes of Na∣tions in Verse.

Leucon, a Comic Writer, whose Fable Phrateres is mentioned by Athenae••s.

Liberius and Belisarius, Two, but very indifferent Poets according to the account of Brietius, however mentioned for their Achrostichs upon Sedulius, and thought by Labbeus to have written in the Year of our Lord 462.

Licentius, an African Poet born at Hippo, see Claudius Claudianus.

Licinianus, see Curiatius Maternus.

Licinius Imbrex, see Publius Licinius Tegula.

Licymnius a Chian, remembred by

Athenaeus, and by Parthenius in his E∣rotics, styled Melopoios.

Lygurinus, see Curiatius Maternus.

Linus, a Poet and Philosopher so an∣cient, that according to the Poetical My∣thology; he is said to have been the Son of Apollo and Psammata the daugh∣ter of Crotopus, King of the Argives, & to have taught Hercules Musick, Poetry, and other Arts, and to have been the inventour of Lyric Poesie. Of this Li∣nus, or which is most probable, a young∣er Linus a Theban, for such a one Sui∣das mentions, Ten Verses are cited by Stobaeus, in his Sermon de prudentia, and a Distich, in his Sermon De Spe.

Livius Andronicus, a Roman Come∣dian, who flourisht immediately after the first Punic War, being about the beginning of the 135th. Olympiad, he is said to have been the first Authour of Latin Fable or Comedie, the next after whom was Cnaeus Naeuius, who also wrote a History of the first Punie War, wherein he himself had been present.

Lucius Accius, see Accius, and also Statius Caecilius.

Lucius Affranius, a Latin Comic

Poet, of whose writing there are quoted Fourteen Comedies his Aequales, Brun∣dusini, Cinerarius, Consobrini, Dedi••••o; Emancipatus, Materierae, Pantaleo, Pom∣pa, Repudiatus, Sorores, Talio, Temerarius, Vopiscus.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a Corduban, both Philosopher and Poet, and Uncle of Lucan; there are several Tragedies which go under his name, whereof Me∣dea, and some others are generally be∣lieved not to be his, if the rest or part of the rest be.

Lucius Coelius Lactantius Firmianus, see Rhemnius.

Lucius Cornelius Sylla, see Sylla.

Lucius Domitius Nero, see Nere.

Lucius Julius Calidius, a Roman Po∣et, made mention of by Cornelius Nepos in his life of Pomponius Atticus, as the next for elegancy after Lucretius and Catullus.

Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella, a Gaditan, who flourisht under the Ro∣man Emperour Claudius, and wrote his Tenth Book de Re Rustica (which whole work is commonly put forth with Cato, Varro and other Latin Authours of that

subject) inscribed Hortus in no unele∣gant Verse, considering the nature of the Work.

Lucius Luscius, see Statius Coecilius.

Lucius Fenestella, an ancient writer reckoned in the number of Poets by some, though with little ground in the opinion of Vossius.

Lucius Paulus Passienus, see Curiatius Maternus.

Lucius Plotius, a favourite of C. Marius, whose Acts he celebrated in Verse.

Lucius Pomponius, perhaps the same with Pomponius Secundus.

Lucius Varius, see Publius Ovidius.

Lucullus, a Satyrist of Arunca, who is said to have writ 30 Books of Satyrs, and to have been the first of the Latins in that kind of Poetry.

Lyceon, an ancient Poet, but of an uncertain time, who according to Pau∣sanias, wrote the Lycian Mysteries in Verse.

Lycon, a Jasensian, whose Poem up∣on Pythagoras is cited by Athenaeus. See also in Alexis.

Lycophron, see Cleanthes.

Lycus or Lycis, see Euripides.

Lydius Cattus, a Poet of Ravenna, but of what age is uncertain, some Po∣ems of his are said to have been Printed at Rome.

Lysimacbus, a Comedian of Boeotia, remembred by Lucian.

Lysippus, a Tragic Poet remembred by Athenaeus and Suidas for his Bacchae and Thyrsocomos.

Lysis, a Tarentin, both Philosopher and Poet; he was of the Sect of Pytha∣goras, and had the education of that fa∣mous Theban Captain Epaminondas; his also Laertius affirms those golden Verses to be, which go under the name of Pythagoras.

M

MAcedonius Hypatus, an Epigram∣matist, of whom there are divers Epigrams to be found in the Greec An∣thologie.

Machon, a Sicyonian, or as some say a Corint bian, remembred by Athenaeus.

Maecius, or Maecius, see Quintus.

Magnus, an Athenian writer of anti∣qua

Comoedia; he is remembred by Ari∣stophanes in his Equites, and by Julius Pollux, Suidas, and Athenaeus, who quotes two of his Comedies which are haply those two of the Nine which he wrote in which Raphael Volaterranus men∣tions him to have been Victor in the O∣lympic Games.

Magnetius Rabanus Maurus, see The••∣dulphus

Majoranus Salentinus his Epitaphs upon Bessarion and Argyropolus are to be read in the Icones of Paulus Jovius. Manethos, a Mendesian or of Diospolis, testified by Suidas to have written cer∣tain things of natural Philosophy and Astronomy in Verse.

Marcus Manilius, see Publius Ovi∣dius.

Marachus, otherwise called Malachus an ancient Poet (but of an uncertain time) of Syracuse mentioned by Ari∣stotle.

Marcellus, sirnamed Sidites from Si∣da a City of Pamphylia; a Poet who flourisht in the time of the Emperour M. Antoninus, as Suidas testifies, and wrote the whole Art of Medicin in

Heroic Verse in 42. Books, of which work we have extant a small remnant of his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or Book of the Medicinal use of Fishes. There is also mentiond flourishing in the time of Theodosius Senior, Marcellus, who is said to have writ in Verse de Medicina, and therefore haply by those that consider not the distance of time, may be mista∣ken for the other.

Marcus Accius Plautus, see Statius Coecilius.

Marcus Accuticus, see Statius Coeci∣lius.

Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, the Au∣thour of a Tragedy Entitled Atreus, for which he was put to death by the Em∣perour Tiberius.

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus a Corduban Poet, and the Nephew of Seneca, his Poem Entitled Pharfalia, wherein he is said to have been assisted by his Wife Polla Argentaria, is extant and in suffici∣ent esteem.

Marcus Argentarius, an ancient Epi∣grammatist, whose name is subscribed to divers Epigrams in the Greec Antho∣logy.

Marcus Attilius, a Tragic writer stil'd by Cicero, Poeta durissimus; by Lici∣nius Scriptor ferreus, he Translated into Latin Sophocles his Electra.

Marcus Aurelius Olympius Nemesia∣nus, a Carthaginian, whose Cynege∣tics or Poem of Hunting, together with 4. Eglogues of his, are mentioned by Flavius Vopiscus, beside a fragment of his which was by Sanazarius shewed to Giraldus; he lived in the time of the Emperour Carus, & had Eglogues writ∣ten to him from Calphurnius Sicu∣lus.

Marcus Bavius, a Poet mentioned by Virgil in his Eglogues.

Marcus a Benedictin Monk in the time of Justinus Thrax, who wrote in Verse Hexameter the life of St. Benedict, whose Disciple he was.

Marcus Foelix Ennodius, a Native of Arles, some say Milan; he flourisht un∣der Theodoricus King of Italy (by whom he was made Bishop of Ticinum) and Anastasius the Emperour, to whom he was sent Embassadour, and died in the year of our Lord 521. He was ac∣counted for those times a very Ingeni∣ous

Poet, and of his Poetry some small fragments are to be seen in Brietius his Acute Dicta.

Marcus Furius Bibaculus, one of the Catalogue of Suetonius his famous Grammarians, but placed by Crinitus and Giraldus among the Poets.

Marcus Marullus, a Mimic writer in the time of the Emperour M. Antonius, he is mentioned by Capitolinus.

Marcus, a Bishop of Hydruns, who wrote an Acrostic Hymn upon the Sab∣bath, the Latin Version whereof is ex∣tant in the Bihliotheca Patrum.

Marcus Junior, alias Pompeius, an an∣tient Epigrammatist, of whom there is extant an Hexastich, in the first Book of the Greec Anthologie.

Marcus Pacuvius, see Statius Coeci∣lius.

Marcus Popilius, see Publius Teren∣tius.

Marcus Terentius Varro, a no less learned than elegant ancient Latin wri∣ter, famously known by his Books, de Re Rustica, which are publisht together with Cato and the other ancient Wri∣ters of that Subject, besides which and

his Book de Lingua Latina, and also his Satyrae Minippeae, he wrote also several other works in Prose which are lost, and something in Verse, whereof some small fragments are seen in the Parisian Col∣lection Entitled Epigrammata & Poema∣tia Vetera, & Brietius his Acute Dicta. He is highly extoll'd by Cicero in his Tuscu∣lan Questions, also by Terentianus Mau∣rus, Lactantius Firmianus, and Dionysius Halicarnassaeus. See also Decius Laberius.

Marcus Tullius Cicero, the most elo∣quent of Latin Oratours, and more∣over the Authour of several Poetical works, as his three Books of his Consul∣ship in Heroic Verse; his Poem or 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 to Coesar, besides his Translation of Ara∣tus his Phaenomena, and Diosemeia into Latin Verse.

Marcus Valerius Martialis, see Statius.

Marcus Valerius Phocas, an Illustrious Grammarian, as Aulus Gellius stiles him, of Berytus in Phoenicia, who from a Cen∣turions Office in the Roman service be∣took himself to Letters, as Suetonius te∣stifies, from whom and from Eusebius his Chronicle he appears to have flou∣risht in the time of Nero. Of his life

of Virgil, which he wrote in Latin Verse, some fragments are extant in the above mentioned Parisian Collection, and in Brietius.

Marcus Vnicus, see Curiatius Ma∣ternus.

Marianus, see Christodorus.

Marinus, a Neapolitan Philosopher, and Rhetorician, the Disciple and suc∣cessour of Proclus, whose life he wrote in Verse.

Marius, see Publius Ovidius.

Marius Victorinus, see Hilarius.

Marsus, an old Latin Poet, cited by Pliny in his 33d. and 34th. Book of his natural History.

Martianus Mineus Foelix Capella, an African, who is judged by Schaenerus and others to have liv••d about the time of the Emperour Mauritius; he wrote (besides his Book of the Nuptials of Mercury and the Arts, which is extant) Satyrica, a work mixt of Prose and Verse together; he is mentioned by Severi∣nus Boethius, and divers learned men of the Moderns.

Matro, one of the uncertain ag'd Po∣ets; a little Poem of whose not altoge∣ther

unelegant, is to be seen in Athe∣naeus.

Maximianus, a Roman Emperour, some of whose Poetry is cited in the fragments of the Gregorian Codex.

Melanopus, an ancient Poet of Cuma remembred by Pausanias in his Eliaca.

Melanthius and Melitus, see Oenoma∣us,

Meleager, a Gadaren, whose Charites is cited by Athenaeus, whether the same with that Meleager, of whom there are several Epigrams in Planudes his Flori∣legium, is uncertain.

Melesigenes, that most renowned of Greec Heroic Poets, commonly known by the name of Homerus from his blind∣ness; not that he was born blind, but fell blind by an accident while he resi∣ded at Smyrna, in the Dialect of which Country at that time blind people were stiled 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, or else 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 i. e. to follow, because when the strangers were warned out of that City, he fol∣lowed among the rest. He was called Melesigenes, as born upon the banks of the River Meles of Critheis (the daugh∣ter of Menalopus) who is generally a∣greed

on to have been his mother; but who his father was, is more controver∣ted; since Critheis is said to have been charg'd by her Guardian Cleo••tax of not coming fairly by her great belly: but this imputation of his spurious birth is remov'd by those that affirm Critheis married to Maeon, from whom (whe∣ther he were her fathers brother, to whose charge she was committed, as saith Aristotle, or a King of Lydia, to whom she was presented by Pyrates, as saith Plutarch,) he was called Maeonides; he flourisht as Suidas testifies before the first Olympiad 57 years, but as Porphy∣rius 130. Cicero in his Tusculan questi∣ons will have him contemporary with Lyeurgus; besides his two grand Poems Iias and Odysseus, and other works al∣ready mentioned. Very many of his Verses upon several accidents and occa∣sions are to be found in Herodotus his life of this famous Poet,

Menalippides, a Dithyrambic Poet of Melos, the Son of Crito, he flourisht as saith Suidas about the 65th. Olympiad, and wrote several things in Heroic verse besides Elegies and Epigrams, he is by

some confounded with another Mena∣lippides, a Milesian, of whom already in Euripides.

Me••ander an Athenian, the Son of Diopithes, and Disciple of Theophrastus, he was the Prince and first Author of Nova Comoedia, and is said to have written 108 Fables, and in 8 of them to have been Victor; very many of his Comedies are remembred by Athenaeus, Pollux, Pliny, Stobaeus, Sidonius A∣pol••inaris, and others; he began to flou∣rish about the 114th Olymyiad, Ptolo∣maeus Lagides then reigning. Of those 27 Comedies of his, said by Michael Neander, to have been extant in some Library at Constantinople, I find no cer∣tain proof; contemporary with him, and a Writer also as some say, of Nova Comoedia, was Phileman the Son of Damon; he is said, in contest with Menander, to have had several times the better; his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 is thought to have been imitated by Plautus in his Mercator. Some other Comedies of his are also mention'd by Athenaeus and Pollux: He wrote also 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, but probably not in Verse. Stobaeus also

quotes divers Senary Iambics out of Philemon, but 'tis uncertain whether this Philemon or his Son of the same name, of whose writing Suidas saith there were 54 Fables. Of the same time also was 2. Euhemerus, who wrote (but whether in Verse is doubted) a History of the Ethnic Gods which En∣nius translated; he is reckoned among the Elegiacs by Censorinus. 3. Simmias the Rhodian, who besides his Ovum al∣ready mentioned, wrote a little Poem Entitled 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or the hatchet. 3. Po∣sidippus Cassandrius, the Son of Cyniscus, who succeeded Menander in Nova Comoe∣dia; his Fables as saith Suidas, were Thirty, among which was his Pomobos∣cus. Some fragments of him are to be found in the common Edition of the Poetae Minores; there was besides him another of the same name an Epigram∣matist. 4. Diphilus of Sinope, out of whose Synapothnescontes Plautus is thought to have borrowed. Of 100. Comedies he is said to have written 33. are named by Athenaeus; he is also quo∣ted by Pollux, Stobaeus and Clemens A∣lexandrinus, by whom as also by Eusebi∣us,

he is called 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. 5. Rhinton of Tarentum a Potters Son, who wrote Thirty eight Tragi-Comedies, whereof his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 was one. 6. Sophilus a Co∣mic Poet, some say of Sicyon, some of Thebes, out of his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 an Iambic verse is cited by Laertius in Stilpo. 7. Stepha∣nus the Son of Alexis, who is said to have been the Uncle of Menander; he was a writer of Media Comoedia. 8. Ze∣nodotus the Disciple of Philetas, whom he succeeded in the tuition of Lagides his Sons. 9. Theocritus of Syracuse the Son of Protagoras aud Philine, whose 33 Idyls or Bucolic Elogues, with seve∣ral Greec Epigrams and the Altar (if that be his) are handsomely set forth by Stephanus, with the ancient Scho∣liasts. 10. Antagoras of Rhodes, who was in great favour with King Antigo∣nus, as appears from Pausanias, Plutarch, Athenaeus, he wrote a Poem Entitled Thebais, but there is nothing of his ex∣tant, saving one Epigram and a few Verses cited by Diogenes Laertius. 11. Hermodotus, another favourite of Antigonus, as appears from Plutarch in

his Apophthegms, and his Book of Isis & Osiris. 12. Anaxippus, a writer of Media Comoedia, whose Citharaedus and other Comedies are cited by Athenaeus. Of the above named Philemon the Elder, Theophrastus was a familiar acquaintance, who, as Laertius saith, wrote a discourse of Comedy, but whether he compos'd any thing in verse is doubted.

Menecrates, a Comic Poet of Syra∣cuse, whose Manestor and Hermoncus are cited by Athenaeus, Suidas and Volater∣ranus.

Menelaus, a Heroic Poet of Aegos whose Thebais is mentioned by Suidas and Volaterranus.

Menippus, a Comic writer, whose Cercopes and other things are cited by Athenaeus and Volaterranus.

Merboldus, otherwise called Marbo∣daeus, a writer of Gems and precious stones in Hexameter Verse, who comes near the Verge of the Moderns; for he flourisht about the year 1050.

Meroboudes, a learned Spaniard sirna∣med Scholasticus, of whose not unele∣gant Verses de Christo some fragments are to be seen in Brietius and other Col∣lections,

according to Labbous his Chro∣nology, he flourisht about the Year 400.

Meropius Pontius Paulinus, see Ponti∣us Paulinus in Claudius Claudianus.

Mesomedes, a Lyric Poet of Crete, who living in the time of Adrian cele∣brated his Minion Antinous,

Metagenes, an Athenian Comic Poet, whose 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 is cited by Athenaeus and Suidas.

Methodius, a Christian Greec Poet, Bishop of Tyre, who suffer'd martyrdom under the Emperours Decins & Valerius.

Metrodorus, an old Epigrammatist, whose Decastich upon human life, and others are extant in the Greec Florile∣gium.

Michael, sirnamed Grammaticus, an Epigrammatist, of whom there is ex∣tant a Hexastich in the Fourth Book of the Greec Anthologie.

Milesius see Eudemon.

Mimnermus, see Epimenides.

Mirteus, an old Epigrammatist, of whom divers Epigrams are to be found in Paulus Jovius his Icones.

Mnasalees, a Sicyonian, certain of

whose Epigrams are to be found in A∣thenaeus.

Mnesarchius, an old Epigrammatist, of whom there is extant a Tetrastich in the Greec Anthology.

Mnesimachus, see Anaxandrides.

Monius, an old Jambic Poet, and one of the Dipnosophists in Athenaeus.

Morsimus, see Antilochus.

Morychus, see Aristophanes.

M••schion, another Iambic Poet, quo∣ted by Stobaeus in several places.

Moschus, a Sicilian contemporary with Aristarchus and Cratinus; he wrote Bucolics, whereof some few are extant and printed for the most part to∣gether with Theocritus.

Moses, the first great Prophet and Law-giver among the Jews, and whose Divine gift in Poetry appears not only in those Hymns or Songs he made upon the children of Israels deliverance from the Aegyptian Pharao and others of their enemies, but also the Book of Job, which is no other than a kind of Tragic Poem, (and so many learned men judge) is supposed to be his.

Musaeus, some very ancient Writer, whosoever he was, whose name hath been ever illustrious among the Greecs and Latins both, for his antiquity and eminence in Poetry, if at least there were not more of the same name, as there are reckon'd Four; namely, First, Musae∣us, the Son of Thamyras, a Theban; he is said to have been a Melic Poet, and to have wrote Hymns and Odes. Se∣condly, Musaeus, the Son of Eumolpus an Athenian, who wrote in Greek verse the Generation of the gods. Thirdly, Musaeus of Eleusis, the Son of Antipho∣nus, and Disciple of Orpheus, who is said to have wrote Precepts of the life in 400. Verses to his son Eumolpus. Fourth∣ly and Lastly, Musaeus an Ephesian Poet, who was living in the time of Eumenes & Attalus, King of Pergamus; now which of these was that grand Musaeus spoken of by Virgil, is hard to determin; but probable it is, that it was the ancientest of them (if there be more then one) and the same with Moses the Jewish Law-giver, of whom the Greecs, having but an ob∣scure tradition, might possibly frame an Original according their Poetical fancy,

and possibly divided into two or three; and this seems the more probable from the agreement of the name, for Moses at this day is pronounced by the Greecs 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉; however it were, the little Greec Poem Entitled Hero and Lean∣der, which goes under the name of Musae∣us, & is by some particularly ascribed to Musaeus the Son of Eumolpus, is doutless the work of some much more modern Author (as Vossius and other learned men judge) whether Musaeus the Gramma∣rian or some other that takes that name. See Curiatius Maternus.

Myrtilus, see Philetas.

N

NAevius, an old Latin Comic Poet, who also wrote Epigrams, and a Tragedy Entitled Hesione, which to∣gether with his Comedies Ariolus and Leome are mention'd by Aulus Gellius, some things also of his writings, are cited by Fulgentius in his Mythologie.

Naucrates, see Theopompus.

Nausicrates, a Comic Poet, whose

Nauclerus and Persis are mentioned by Athenaeus and Suidas.

Naumachius, a Christian Poet, of what time is uncertain; he is remembred by Giraldus and Erasmus, and several Ver∣ses of his are cited with high commen∣dation by Arsenius Bishop of Monembu∣sia, and in divers places of Stobaeus,

Nausicrates, a Comic Poet of an un∣certain time, the Authour of Persis and Now 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, mentioned by Suidas and se∣veral times by Athenaeus.

Neophon or Neophron, see Alexis.

Neop••olemus, a Epigrammatist, quo∣ted by Stoboeus in his Book De Laude Martis.

Nero, the Fifth Roman Emperour from Julius Caesar, whose vein in Poe∣try is not altogether past by in silence by learned men, and whose glory it was no less to be accounted an excellent Tragic writer, then it was his delight to be an Actour of the most Tragical and funest deeds.

Nestor Larendensis, the Authour of a Poem Entitled 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, he liv'd in the time of the Emperour Alexander severus.

Nicander, a Colophonian (some say Aetolian) of whom two Poems, his Theriaca and Alexipharmica are yet ex∣tant; he flourisht (as saith an Anony∣mous Writer of his life) in the time of Attalus the last King of Pergamus▪ and wrote several other things which are lost, among which was his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 a Poem of the same nature as Ovid's Me∣tamorphoses. Contemporary with him was Sositheus, a Syracusian, some say, A∣thenian, others, Alexandrine Tragic Po∣et, and one of the Pleiadcs heretofore mentioned.

Nicarchus, a Greec Epigrammatist, of whom there are several Epigrams to be found in Planudes his Florileginm.

Nicenaetus, an ancient, but uncertain ag'd Epic Poet of Samos (some say Ab∣dera) remembred by Athenaeus, Parthe∣nius, and of the Moderns, Lilius Giral∣dus; he also wrote divers Epigrams, whereof 2. Testratichs are to be found in the Greec Anthology.

Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopulus, a Constantinopolitan writer of Greec Epi∣grams consisting of loose Senarie Iam∣bics, that is loose in quantity though not in measure.

Niceratus, an Epigrammatist, whose name is preserv'd in the Greec Antho∣logy.

Nicias, another Epigrammatist, of whom only five Epigrams are extant in the Greec Anthology.

Nicodemus, an Epigrammatic Poet of Heraclea, of whom there is extant an Antistroph of 14 Verses in the sixth Book of the Greec Anthology.

Nicolaus Damascenus, a very learned man who living in the time of Augustus Caesar, was highly honoured and lov'd by that Emperour (who was himself also adicted to Poetry, and a Composer of Greec Verses, as is testified by Sue∣tonius, Pliny and Macrobius) he wrote several Comedies and Tragedies (as saith Suidas) of which his Tragedy of Susanna is remembred by Eustathius up∣on Dionysius.

Nichomachus, see Euripides.

Nicostratus, see Theopompus.

Nonnus, see Cyrus Panopolitanus.

Nothippus, a Tragic Poet of an uncer∣tain time, sirnamed 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 mentio∣ned by Athenaeus.

Numa, see Quintus Horatius.

Numorianus, one of the Roman Em∣perours, who by the Testimony of Fla∣vius Vospiscus excelled all the Poets of his time; he is said to have contested with Nemesianus, and to have out gone Aurelius Apollinaris.

O

OCtavius, see Publius Ovidius.

Octavius Augustus, see Nicolaus Damaseenus.

Octavius Ruffus, a learned Latin Po∣et, of whose Verses there are many cited by Pliny, and also by Cuspinian in his Con∣sules.

Oen••maus, otherwise called Diogenes, an Athenian Tragic Poet, who wrote Eight Tragedies which are mention'd by Suidas and Athenaeus. Contempo∣rary with him were Melitus, an Oratour and Tragic Poet, though none of the best, one of the accusers of Socrates. 2. Melanthius, an Elegiac Poet, mentioned by Athenaeus, and out of whom Plutarch cites a Distich in his Cymon. There was also of the same name a Tragic Po∣et,

if it were not the same as some think. 3. Timotheus a Milesian, who wrote Eighteen Dithyrambics, Twenty one Hymns, Thirty six Preludes, Eight De∣scriptions, besides several Dramatic sto∣ries, and a Tragedy called the birth of Semele; how excellent he was in Mu∣sic, and how great an improver of that science, may be seen in Suidas and Cle∣mens Alexandrinus. 4. Philoxenus, of Cithera, by whom Dithyrambics are said by the Scholiast of Pindarus to have been first invented, though Herodotus thinks rather by Arion the Lesbian. 5. Telestes of Selinus a Comic and Di∣thyrambic Poet, whose Dithyrambs are said to have been sent by Harpalus to Alexander the Great; also Suidas mentions out of Athenaeus two Come∣dies of his, Argo and Aesculapius. 6. Po∣lyeidus a person celebrated by Diodo∣rus: Siculus, as well for Music and Pain∣ting as for Poetry.

Olen, a writer of Hymns, mentio∣ned by Pausanias in his Attica and Corin∣thiaca.

Olympius a Lydian, both Musitian and Elegiac Poet, mentioned by Suidas

to have flourisht before the time of the Trojan War.

Onestas, sirnamed Corinthius, hath his name in Planudes to several Epi∣grams there collected.

Onomacritus an Athenian, who liv'd about the time of the Tyrant Pisistra∣tus, and is judged by many to have been the Authour of those Argonautics and other Poems which go under the name of Orpheus (who lived before the Tro∣jan War, and of whom nothing is ex∣tant, nor any thing remembred but his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 mentioned by Philostratus) he also wrote certain an∣swers of Oracles in Verse which were ascribed to the Old Musaeus, About the same time lived Lasus Hermioneus, the Son of Chabrinus, whose Ode inscri∣bed Centaurus is mention'd by Athenaeus; he hath been reckoned by some in the number of the Seven sirnamed Wise, in the place of Periander, and his great ad∣diction to Music is particularly taken notice of by Theo of Smyrna; he is also said to have been the first that contend∣ed in Dithyrambic Poetry.

Ophelion, a Comic Poet, metioned by Athenaeus and Suidas.

Opilius Macrinus, one of the Roman Emperours, whom Julius Capitolinus reporteth to have made Epigrams and several other Verses.

Oppianus a Cilician, who living in the time of the Emperours Severus and Caracalla, dedicated to the latter his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or Poem of Fishing, and his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or Poem of Hunting, both yet extant.

Oroebantius, an ancienter Greec Poet, as the Traezenians affirm, then Homer himself, whose Ilias Phrygia, for that is said to have been the Title of his Poem, was reserv'd to Aelian's time, as that Authour himself testifies.

Orentius, an ancient Bishop of Ara∣gon, who lived in the time of Anastatius, and is reported by Sigebertus Gemblacen∣sis to have turned the Commonitory into Hexameser Verse.

Orpheus, a Poet of Crotona, who flou∣rishing in the time of Pisistratus the Ty∣rant, wrote Argonautica a Poem de Gem∣mis and Hymns, all which are extant; but Orpheus the great Thracian Poet and

Musitian celebrated by Virgil, must needs have been of a far higher antiqui∣ty (and some suppose him to have liv'd about the time of the Hebrew Judges) in so much that the Greecs probably ignorant of his true Original, thought good to find out for him a Poetical ex∣traction, as the Poets had ever at hand some God or Goddess for any ancient Hero, as well in Arts as Arms, that wan∣ted a mortal Father or Mother; and so Orpheus must be suppos'd to have been the Son of Apollo and Calliope, be∣sides that in other respects he was the Subject of Poetical Fable; though ra∣ther as a Musitian than Poet, for he is said, by the charming power of his Harp, to have tam'd the wildest beasts of the Forrest, and made the Woods and Rocks to follow him, and to have recover'd his Wife Euridice from the shades be∣neath, had not her own folly caus'd her to be snatcht back again; for grief whereof abandoning the company of all women, he was, as the story goes, torn in pieces by the Thracian women that sacrific'd to Bacchus, amidst their raving O••gies. Certain Verses out of Orpheus

are quoted by Stobaeus and other anci∣ent Authours; but whether of this Son of Apollo may be questioned; for as there are mentioned several Musoeus's, so Suidas reckons up divers Orpheus's.

Osidius, or Hosidius Geta, an ancient Roman Poet, but of uncertain time, who as is testified by Tertullian, out of a Cento of Virgils Verses, compos'd a Tragedy of Medea.

P

PAccius, see Curiatius Maternus.

Pacuvius, see Statins Caecilius.

Palaephatus an Athenian Poet, who by the Testimony of Suidas and Vola∣terranus, wrote a Poem de Situ Orbis, another of the Contention between Minerva and Neptune, consisting of a Thousand Verses; a Colloquie between Venus and Cupid, consisting of 5000 Verses, Latona's hair, and some other things.

Palamedes, an Epic Poet of Argos, whose works Homer, for envy, is said to have supprest.

Palladas, an Epigrammatist, mentio∣ned

by Isaacius Tzetzes with commen∣dation; several Epigrams of his are ex∣tant in the Greec Anthology.

Palladius, sirnamed Grammati••us, an Epigrammatist, of whom there are se∣veral Epigrams in Brietius, the Parisian, and other Collections; he is one of the Twelve Scholastici already mentioned. See Julianus.

Pamphilus, an Elegiac Poet mentio∣ned by Giraldus.

Pamphus, an Athenian Poet, who wrote Hymns which were publickly sung by the Athenians, as is testified by Pausanias, l. 7.

Pamprepius, see Isaacus.

Pancrates, an Arcadian Poet, who wrote of Sea Affairs, out of whom some things are cited by Athenaeus.

Panolbius, an ancient Poet, who be∣sides some other things, wrote an Epi∣taph upon Hypatia the Daughter of E∣rythraeus.

Panyasis, see Euripides.

Parmenides, Ibid.

Parmeno, a Byzantin Poet, cited by Athenaeus.

Parthenius Nicaeus, an Erotic or wri∣ter of amorous Affairs in Verse; he was taken in the Mithridatic War, as is te∣stified by Maerobius, and is thought to have been Virgils Master in the Greec tongue.

Patrocles, an Iambic Poet, out of whom certain Verses are cited by Sto∣baeus; he may happily be the same with Patrocles Thurius, a Tragic Poet, men∣tioned by Clemens Alexandrinus.

Paulinus, alias Pontius Paulinus, a Native of Burdegala, and Bishop of Nola, whom see in Claudus Claudianus.

Paulus Cyrus Florus, Silentiary of Constantinople in the time of the Empe∣rour Justinian, whose Acts he wrote in Verse, as is testified by Cuspinian; also Paulus Silentiarius (whom some make to be a distinct person from Paulus Florus) his Description of the Temple of Con∣stantinople in Verse, and other Poems, are mentioned with high commendation by Agathias, he hath also very many E∣pigrams in the Greec Anthology.

Paulus Diaconus, an Aquileian, taken by Charles the Great, in the Lombard War, together with Desiderius; besides

what he wrote of History which is ex∣tant, and other things in Prose; he also wrote several Hymns, some where∣of are sung at this day in the Roman Church. Contemporary with him were Ferius Hilpericus, who wrote in Verse the meeting of Charls with Leo, rather than Alcuin, to whom some have a∣scribed that work, and also Petrus A∣pollonius Collatius, who wrote the de∣struction of Jerusalem in Heroic Verse.

Paulus Passienus, see Curiatius Ma∣ternus.

Pedo Albinovanus, see Publius Ovi∣dius.

Pelagius Patricius, see Isaacus.

Pentadius, an uncertain ag'd Poet, though not very ancient, of whom se∣veral acute and pretty conceited Epi∣grams are to be found in Pithaeus, and the Parisian Collection, as his Epigram of Fortune, Narcissus, the Tomb of He∣ctor, Lupus the Statuary, the approach of the Spring, and several other things, and some fragments in Brietius his Acute Dicta.

Periander, see Epimenides.

Peritus, a lias Leonidas, an Epigram∣matist, scarce remembred, but by what he hath in the Greec Anthology.

Perisaulus Faustinus, an uncertain ag'd Poet, whose Poem de Appetitu, Encomium Stulstitiae and other things are said to be extant at Rome.

Perses, the Brother of Hesiod, who wrote to him his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉; he is reported to have written something in Epic Poetry. He was also an Epi∣grammatist, if it were the same Perses who hath three Tetrastichs in the Greec Anthology.

Petreius, otherwise called Petridius, and the same, as 'tis thought, whom Pliny calls Petrius, mentioning his Poem Entitled Ophiaca•• or Remedies a∣gainst the biting of Serpents.

Petronius Arbiter, an Elegant writer in the time of Nero; he is call'd by Ta∣citus alluding to his name Arbiter Elo∣quentiae, his Satyrica mixt of Prose and Verse together, with several fragments, is yet extant, though very much maimed and defective in many places. Con∣temporary with him was Silius Italicus a Spaniard, thrice advanc'd to the Con∣sulship

of Rome, and in great favour with the Emperour Domitian, •• his Po∣em of the Punic War, is yet extant.

Petrus Collatius Apollononius, a Pres∣byter of Novara, whom Margaritus Bi∣nius judges to have flourisht about the year of our Lord, 690. in the Reign of the Emperour Charles the Great; and with Binius, Brietius, inclines to a∣gree against Barthius and Vossius, who would have him Contemporary with Angelus Politianus; his Latin Poem, in four Books, of the taking Jerusalem by Titus, was set forth by Gagnaeus a Pari∣sian Theologist, and afterwards more correct by Hadrianus Vanderbruchius.

Petrus Edissenus, see Isaacus.

Phacellus, an Epigrammatic Poet, remembred but by one Tetrastich in the Greec Anthology.

Phoedimns, an ancient Elegiac Poet, of Bysanthe in Macedon, as Stephanus observes.

Phaennus, the Author of two Te∣trastichs in the Greec Anthology.

Phanocles, the Authour of a Poem Entitled, The Rape of Ganimed, and another of the death of Orph••us, out

of which certain Verses are cited by Stobaeus.

Phanias, an Epigrammatic Poet, re∣membred but by one Octostich in the Greec Anthology.

Pherecrates, a Comic writer, Con∣temporary with Aristophanes and Plato the Comedian. Nineteen Comedies of his are cited by Athenaeus, Eretianus and Pollux; he is also mentioned by Suidas and Stobaeus.

Pherenicus, an Epic Poet of Heraclea, whose writings are cited by Athenae∣us.

Phidamus, an Epicurean Poet and writer of Lascivious Verses.

Philacus, an Epigrammatist cited by Athenaeus.

Phileas, an ancient Epigrammma∣tist cited by Stobaeus in his Perigorica.

Philemon, see Menander.

Philetaetus, the Son of Aristophanes (the Comedian as 'tis thought) him∣self also a Comic writer, of the Twenty Comedies which he is said to have writ∣ten, his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 and Seven more are quoted by Athenaeus, and others of them by Suidas.

Philetas, an Elegiac Poet and Fpi∣grammatist of Cous, who flourisht in the time of Philip of Macedon and Alexan∣der the Great; and had the Education of Ptolomaeus Philadelphus. He was ce∣lebrated by Ovid and Propertius. Much about the same time flourisht Sosicles a Tragic Poet of Syracuse; he is said to have written Seventy three Trage∣dies, and to have vanquisht seven times and hath been reckoned by some one of the Pleiades aforementioned; also Myr∣tilus and Herniippus two writers of Ve∣tus Comoedia, the first an Athenian, whose Tetanopanes and Amores, are cited by Suidas; the last of them see in Euripi∣des; likewise Euphantus of Olynthus, whom besides the History of his own time, Laertius affirms to have written very many Tragedies, and to have been the Master of King Antigonus, and the Disciple of Eubulus. Lastly, Crantor of Soli, a hearer of Xenocrates; he is reported by Laertius who writes his life, to have written certain Poems which he left sealed up in the Temple of Minerva.

Philicus, see Aeantides.

Philippides, see Alexis.

Philippus, see Theopompus.

Philiscus, a Comic writer, whose Adonis, Birth of Jove, and other Come∣dies are mentioned by Suidas. This was not that Philiscus the Thasian, who wrote of Bees. There was also a Tra∣gic Poet of the same name, mentioned by Suidas to have written Fourty two Tragedies; who by some is other wise called Philistus.

Philistion, a Comic writer of Prusa, or some say of Sardis, among whose Comedies his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 are chiefly remembred, his name was famous in Rome, he being taken notice of by Martial, Sidonius Apollinaris and Ammianus Marcellinus. He flou∣risht towards the Ninty Second Olym∣piad. viz. before the death of Euripides and Sophocles, and with him were Con∣temporary Cherophon an Athenian Tra∣gic Poet, familiarly acquainted with Socrates and Demosthenes, as Vlpian affirmeth; the only Tragedy of his re∣membred is his Expedition of the He∣raclidoe; also Chaeremon a Comedian, the Disciple of Socrates, as Giraldus affirm∣eth;

his Pentheus is remembred by A∣ristotle; his Hippocentaurus, Vreus and Alphesibaea by Athenaeus, besides many more mentioned by Suidas; about the same time liv'd Theophilus a Comic Po∣et and Physitian of Epidaurus; he is said to have written Euripides his E∣pitaph which some ascribe to Thucydi∣des; his Pancratiasta is cited by Athe∣naeus, besides other Comedies of his, mentioned by Suidas.

Philistus, a Tragic Poet of Cercyra, who lived in the time of Ptolomaeus Phi∣ladelphus, see also Philiscus.

Philo, a Comic Poet, out of whom some things are cited by the Scholiast of Aratus.

Philocalus, a Trojan, of whom there is said to have been extant a Book of E∣pigrams, printed in Italy.

Philocles, see Euripides.

Philodemus, a Gadaraean Poet, men∣tioned by Cicero, in his Oration against Piso. He flourisht in the time of Ptolo∣meus Auletes, being contemporary with Alexander and Parthenius aforementio∣ned, and Theophanes the Lesbian, who besides th•• History of Pompey's Acts,

being his Companion in the Wars, he wrote, compos'd also the History of the Mithridatic War in Verse; and the same Theophanes, as is suppos'd, was the Authour of two Epigrams which are yet extant in the Greec Anthology.

Philolaus, the Authour, as Joannes Pi∣cus is of opinion, of those Verses that go under the Title of Pythagoras his golden Verses.

Philonides, see Euripides.

Philostratus, an Athenian, who, besides the lives of Pelopidas and Epaminondas, is said by Laertius, to have written a Poem Entitled Theseis. He hath also, if it be the same Philostratus, a Tetrastich in the Greec Anthology.

Philoxenus, see Oenomaus.

Philyllius, see Euripides.

Philyrinus Cinesias, a Dithyrambic Poet, mentioned by Suidas.

Phlegides, an ancient Poet remem∣bred by Aristotle, in his Book de Somno & Vigilia, and also by Themistius.

Phocylides, see Xenophanes.

Phocinorides, a Comic Poet of ob∣scure note, as being little mentioned by Authentic writers.

Phoenicides, an ancient Comedian, whose 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 are remem∣bred by Athenaeus and Suidas.

Phormus, a Syracusian Comic Poet, whose Atalanta is quoted by Athe∣naeus.

Phrynichus, an Athenian Tragedian, whose Pleuronia and Eight other Tra∣gedies are remembred by Suidas. He was the Disciple of Thespis, and the Son of Polyphradmon, and had himself a Son so named, a Tragic Poet also. There was also another Phrynichus a Comic Poet, whom see in Euripides.

Pigres of Halicarnassus, the Brother of Artimisia, whom, by the name of Ti∣gretus, see in Theopompus,

Pindarus, a Theban Lyric Poet, of the Village of Cynocephali, the Son of Sco∣pelinus, or (as others with more proba∣bility affirm) of Daiphantus; there be also, who affirm him the Son of Pagoni∣des and Myrtis, which being a mistake, is thought to have risen from his be∣ing a Disciple of the said Myrtis, or at least of Scopelinus, who being the Hus∣band of this Myrtis, taught him to play on the Flute; which skill having

attained, he betook himself to Lasus Hermioneus to learn on the Harp; he was in great esteem among the Gree••s, as the Favourite of Apollo and Pan, which last was reported to have delight∣ed to hear him sing in the mountains, and to have danc'd at the singing of one of his Peans. He was contemporary with Aeschylus, who began to flourish about the Seventy sixth Olympiad; his Odes are yet extant, amply set forth with Scholiasts, besides which he is said to have written Tragedies, Hymns, Paeans, Dithyrambs, Threnes, Epic Poems, E∣pigrams and other Poems, in all Seven∣teen distinct Works. He dyed about the 66^th. or as some say, the 80^th. year of his age, in the 86^th. Olympiad.

Pisander Camyraeus, a very ancient Poet, some say ancienter than Hesiod, and contemporary with Eumolpus, but the most agree that he flourisht in the 33^d Olympiad, in the Reign of Xerxes; his Poem, Entitled Heracleis, or the la∣bours of Hercules, is remembred by Pan∣sanias; he is also mentioned by Hygi∣nus, the Scholiast of Aristophanes, Cen∣sorinus and Fulgentius; there was also

another Pisander, a Larendensian, in the time of Alexander Severus; he wrote a Poem Entitled 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or the Nuptials of Jupiter and Juno.

Plato, a Comic Poet (not the Philo∣sopher) of whom, see more in Cratinus whose contemporary he was, as also of Anaxilas whose Fourteen Comedies are mentioned by Athenaeus.

Pittacus, see Alcaeus.

Plautius, see Statius Caecilius.

Plotius Crispinus, and Plotius Tueca, two Contemporaries of Horace and Vir∣gil, both mentioned for Poets by Horace, but the first with contempt, the other with honour.

Polyeritus, a writer of the Sicilian Affairs in Verse; for which he is men∣tioned by the Authour de admir••ndis additionibus generally reputed to be Aristotle.

Polyeidus, see Oenomaus.

Polyeuctus, a Comic Writer, whose Heniochus is mentioned with commen∣dation by Athenaeus and Suidas.

Polyides, an uncertain ag'd Poet out of whom Stobaeus quotes several Verses, which by some are attributed to Euri∣pides,

he may be probably conjectur'd to be the same with Polyidus.

Polymnestus, a Colophonian, the Son of Miletus; he is remembred by Aristopha∣nes, Cratinus, Alcman, Pindarus, Pausa∣nias, Plutarchus, Athenaeus and Sui∣das.

Polyochus, remembred by Athenaeus, who out of his Corynthiasta cites several Senary Iambics.

Polyphradmon, see Phrynichus.

Polystratus, one of the Society of E∣pigrammatists, in the Greec Antho∣logie.

Polyzelus, an antient Poet, though of an uncertain time; he wrote a Poem called Niptra, the birth of the Muses, the birth of Dionysius and Venus, with other Poems.

Pompeianus, see Julianus.

Pomponius Secundus, an ancient La∣tin Comic writer, whose Auctoratus, Ca∣pella, Lena, Machomalites, Synephebi are quoted by Charisius: of his life Caius Plinius wrote two Books, he was also favoured by Germanicus.

Pontianus, an old Epigrammatist, who hath a name in the Greec Antho∣logy.

Pontius Paulinus, see Claudius Clau∣dianus,

Ponticus, see Quintus Horatius.

Porcius Licinius, of the noble Fami∣ly of the Licinij, an ancient Latin Po∣et, out of whom Agellius cites some few Verses. He is generally supposed to have been contemporary with Cato.

Posidippus, see Menander.

Pratinas, a Tragic Poet of Phliasus, who contended, as saith Suidas, with Aeschylus and Chaerilus; he is also said by the same Authour to have been the first writer 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tyrs, moreover he is cited by Athenaeus.

Priscianus, a Grammarian of Cesa∣rea, who flourisht under the Emperour Julianus, and wrote a Book of the Art of Grammar to Julianus, and a Book of Natural questions to Chosroes King of Persia, besides which, he wrote in Latin Verse a Version of Dionysius Afer's Periegesis or Poem, de situ Or∣bis.

Priscus, see Publius Ovidius.

Proclus, see Cyrus.

Proculus, see Publius Ovidius.

Prodicus, an eminent poet of Phocis,

out of whose fabulous Poem Entitled Mynias the Painter; Polygnotus is said by Pausanias to have drawn several de∣signs.

Promithidas, a Mimic Iambic Poet of Heraclea, cited by Athenaeus.

Prosper, a Poet of Aquitain, there∣fore sirnamed Aquitanicus, who flou∣risht in the latter end of the Reign of of Valentinian the Third, and after∣wards under Maximus, Avitus, Majora∣nus and Severus; besides several things in prose, the chief whereof is his Chro∣nicle to the year 155. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 or the next is said to have been the last year of his life; he wrote also Epigrams, and also (if it were not as some say writ by Claudianus Mamertus) a Poem de pro∣videntia Dei. He was, as saith Licosthe∣nes, Bishop of Rheginum, others of Orle∣ans, though Labbaeus with whom Bri∣etius agrees, learnedly proves him to have been neither.

Ptolomaeus, sirnamed Chemnus, an A∣lexandrian, who flourisht under the Emperours Trajan & Adrian, he wrote, besides what in History, a Historical Drama, Entitled Sphinx, and another

Poem Entitled 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 as consisting of an equal number of Books, with Ho∣mers Ilias. There was also another Ptolomaeus an Epic poet of Cythera, who wrote of the vertues of the herb Psala∣cantha, as saith Suidas; besides several Epigrams of his (if it were the same Ptolomy) in the Greec Anthology.

Publius Licinius Tegula, an ancient Latin Poet who as Livie the Historian testifieth, compos'd a Song) in like manner as Livius Andronicus had done before him) to be sung through the City of Rome by Twenty seven Virgins: whether this Licinius were the same with Licinius Imbrex, the ancient Co∣mic Writer, cited by Agellius is dispu∣ted.

Publius, or Publilius Optatianus Por∣phyri••s, a Poetical writer, in the time of Constantine the Great, for his Panegy∣ric to whom, and the favour of that Emperour upon it, in recalling him from banishment, he is rather to be taken no∣tice of, than for the goodness of his po∣etry, which is very crabbed and obscure; nevertheless this work of his being pre∣served in the Augustane Library of

Velserus, was set forth by Pithaeus in the year

Publius Ovidius Naso, the most fluent of Latin Poets, whose Metamorphos••s, Epistles, Fasti, Tristia, Amores, &c. are in most public credit and familiar use. He flourisht together with Virgil (whose most excellent Poems, viz. his Eglogues, Georgics, and Aeneis, have their deser∣ved esteem ameng all learned men) and Horace (whose Odes, Satyrs, Sermones, Epistles, and Art poetic have the like) in the time of Augustus by whom Ovid was banisht for his familiarity with Ju∣lia, the said Emperours daughter. Con∣temporary with these three renow∣ned Poets, were First, Caius Asini∣us Pollio, a Tragedian, Historian, and eminent Captain in War; he is menti∣oned with honour, both by Horace and Virgil. •• Gaius Cilnius Mecaenas, a favou∣rite of Augustus, and not only a favou∣rer and patron of Poets, especially of Virgil and Horace, but also a Composer of Verses himself, whereof some are col∣lected by Giraldus, others are to be seen in the Collection of old Epigrams. 3. Lucius Varius, who hath a very ho∣nourable

mention from Horace in seve∣ral places; he is said to have written several Tragedies, among which that of Thyestes is disputed whether his or no. 4. Sextus Propertius, an Elegiac Poet of Vmbria, whose Elegies we have extant, besides whom there seems to have been an••••her Propertius, cited by Fulgentius Planciades; he was a great Emulator of Philetas and Callimachus. 5. Aulus Cornelius Alpinus, a Turgid Poet, if it were the same whom Horace menti∣ons. l. 1. of his Sermones, Sat. 10. To him some have ascribed a Poem Enti∣tled Memnonia, or the History of Mem∣non. 6. Sextilius Ena, a Poet of Cor∣duba; the beginning of whose Poem, concerning Cicero's Proscription, is mentioned by Marcus Seneca. 7. Gra∣tius, a Faliscan, whose Cynegetics or Po∣em of Hunting, is not forgotten by O∣vid. This Poem was first brought out of France, and publisht by Sanazarius. 8. Caius Pedo of Albinova, the Authour of a Poem Entitled Theseis, which is taken notice of by Ovid, in his Pontic Elegies; of the Tenth whereof in l. 4. the said Authour is wholly the Subject;

one whom Horace takes notice of twice, though little to his praise, yet his poems had the fortune to be laid up in the Temple of Apollo, and the Muses, toge∣ther with his Picture. 14. Titus Val∣gius, whom Tibullus ranks next to Homer, and Horace compares with Vir∣gil and Varius. 15. Octavius, a p••••nci∣pal, both Poet and Historian in the e∣steem of Horace; The manner of his death is signified by a Verse in the Vir∣gilian Appendix. 16. Ponticus, an in∣timate Friend both of Propertius and O∣vid, by the last of whom he is mentio∣ned, and by the first compared with Homer. 17. Cajus Melissus, a freed∣man of Mecaenas, and preferred to be Keeper of Augustus his Library in the Octavian Portico; he is reckon'd by Ovid among the Comedians. 18. Caius A∣sinius Gallus, the Son of Asinius Pollio; he is reckoned among the Poets by Gi∣raldus, from the commendation of Pli∣ny; and Tranquillus cites an Epigram of his against Pomponius Marcellus. Besides these, there were several others; as, Tu∣••anius, a Tragic Poet; Lupulus Siculus, a Comedian, and Actor of his own Co-and

also of an ••legy upon the death of Mecaenas. 9. Aulus Sabinus, another of the same order remembred several times by the said Ovid, and said to be the Authour of some of those Epistles which are ascribed to Ovid; as of Paris to Helena, and four or five others; he left some things unfinisht, as appears from l. 4. Eleg. 16. of the Pontics. 10. Titus Septimius, a Lyric and Tra∣gic Poet, mentioned by Horace in his Epistles. 11. Aulus Cornelius Severus, the Authour of a Poem Entitled Aetna, which hath been heretofore attributed to Virgil; also certain Verses are cited by Marcus Seneca concerning the death of Cieero, as is suppos'd out of a Poem of the Sicilian War, which by Fabius the Historian, he is delivered to have written: to him belongs one Elegie in the fourth Book of Ovids Pontics. 12. Domitius Marsus, the Authour of a Po∣em Entitled Amazonis, mentioned by Martial in one of his Epigrams; he makes one in Ovids Catalogue, and is also taken notice of by Petronius Arbi∣ter. There is extant of his, an Epi∣gram against Tibullus. 13. Fannius,

medies; Carus Numa Marius (whether the famous Rhetor••cian of that name and time is uncertain) the two Pris∣cus's, Proculus an imitator of Callima∣chus, Fontanus, Capella, Cajus Cotta, Ju∣lius Montanus, Camerinus and Thuscus, Aemilius Macer of Verona, with others already mentioned, all celebrated by O∣vid, with an account for the most part of the subject of their Poems, only Marcus Manilius or Manlius, whose Astrono∣mical Poem we have yet extant: of all the Poets that we hear of, of that time, (for to think as Guevartius, that he was the same with Manlius Theodorus, in the time of Theodocius the elder; his dedi∣cating his Poem to Augustus, renders it absurd) is omitted by him.

Publius Porcius, the Authour of a Poem, Entitled, de pugna poreorum, of which every Verse begins with the let∣ter P.

Publius Statius Papinius, see Sta∣••ius.

Publius Syrus, a Mimic writer, who after the death of Decius Laberius, kept up the reputation of the Scene at Rome.

Publius Volumnius, a Latin Poet, out of whom several Verses are cited by Plutarch, in his life of Marcus Brutus.

Publius Terentius Afer, see Statius C••∣cilius.

Publius Virgilius Maro, the Prince of Latin Heroic Poets; his Aeneis, howe∣ver not uncensured by some, being e∣qualled by none of the ancient Latins that are extant; and so particularly e∣steemed by Augustus Caesar, that after Virgils death, who had left in charge with some friends to have that Poem burnt, he committed it to the custody and strict care of Lucius Varius, and Plo∣tius Tucca, with command, that no∣thing should be altered. He was the Son of Maro, a mean person; some say a Potter, and Maia (whose dream of her bringing forth a Laurel branch, boa∣ded very significantly) born in the 177^th. Olympiad, in the Ides of October, at Andes, a Village not far from Man∣tua, whence he is stiled the Mantuan Swan, also see Publius Ovidius.

Pythagoras, a Samian, one of the most fam'd of ancient Greec: p••ilosophers, and the reputed Authour of those 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉

or golden Verses, which are commonly publisht under his name, in the common Edition of the poetae mino∣••es, though by some ascribed to Philo∣laus.

Pythangelus, a Tragic Poet, and Grammarian, not less notorious for his lewdness, than for his poetry.

Pythostratus, an Athenian, who is said to have written a Poem Entitled The∣seis; he is remembred by Laertius in the life of Xenophon, together with a Bro∣ther named also Xenophon.

Q

QVintus Cicero, see Decius Labe∣rius.

Quintus Cornificius, an old Latin E∣pigrammatist, contemporary with Sa∣lust; having a command in the Wars, he was slain by his Souldiers, for calling them Helmetted Hares.

Quintus Ennius, the ancientest of Latin Poets that we hear of next after Livius Andronicus, and Cnaeus Naevius; he wrote besides his Annals in Verse, Satyrs, Comedies and Tragedies; of

all which we have nothing now remain∣ing, excepting some few fragments.

Quintus Fabius Labeo, see Statius Ce∣cilius.

Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a most il∣lustrious Lyric Poet of Venusium in A∣pulia; not for the Nobility of his birth, for he is reported the son but of a mean person, some say a Salter; but for that delicacy of wit, purity of style, and weight of judgement, both in his Lyrics & other Writings, w^ch gain'd him the e∣steem of the noblest of Favorites, Mecaenas, and by his means, of the greatest Prince upon earth, Augustus, by whom he was ad∣vanced to such a Fortune,* 1.1 as being returned back a∣gain, at his death, which was in the Fifty sixth year of his age, made Posterity take notice, that Horace made Augustus his Heir. He is certain∣ly not equalled in that kind of Poetry he undertook, to any of the ancient Greecs and Latins that are extant, Pin∣darus himself only, and that scarcely too, excepted.

Quintus Hortensius, a Noble Roman Oratour, if not Poet also, as some repre∣sent

him, though we have nothing of his extant.

Quintus Lutatius Catulus, an ancient Latin Epigrammatist of a witty and voluptuous strain, sutable to his Con∣versation, very much in favour with Cornelius Cotta and Lucius Crassus.

Quintus Maecius, sometimes simply Maecius, subscrib'd to Eight Epigrams in the Greec Anthology.

Quintus Nonius, an old Latin writer of those Comedies calld Attellanae.

Quintus Rhemnius Palaemon a Con∣temporary of Claudian. He is report∣ed to have been very fluent in making Verses ex tempore; for which he is vili∣fied by Martial. Some confound him with Rhemnius Fannius, but erronious∣ly.

Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullia∣nus, see Tertullianus.

Quintus Serenus Sammonicus, a sufficiently esteem'd Latin Poet, in the time of the Emp••rour Severus; of the many things he is said to have written in Verse, we have only some∣thing of his left de Medicina. He was slain by Antonius Caracalla, as saith

Spartianus, in the life of that Emperour, and as Capitolinus affirms, left his Son a most noble Library, consisting of 62000 Volumes, of which he made so good use, that he became Preceptor to the Empe∣rour Gordianus ju••ior.

Quintus Smyrnaeus, see Christodo∣rus.

Quintus Trabeas, the Eighth in place among the ancient Latin Comic wri∣ters, according to the opinion of Volca∣tius, Sedigitus.

Quintus Valerius Saranus, a very an∣cient Versifier, honoured by Cicero, with the Title Doctissimus Togatorum.

R

RAbanus Maurus, see Theodulphus. Regianus, a writer of an uncer∣tain age, whose Poem of the waters of Baiae is commended by Brietius, both for the ingenuity of the Matter, and as written in no bad Verse.

Rhemnius Fannius, an elegant, both Grammarian and Poet, who flourisht in the time of Constantine the Great; he was the Disciple of Ar••obius; and so

was Lactantius Firmianus, who had the education of Crispus Caesar, and wrote a Poem Entitled Odoeporicon, being a de∣scription of his journy from Africa to Nicomedia, besides certain divine Poems which have been attributed to him, though Venantianus Fortunatus is by some thought rather to be the Author of them: to Lactantius, Fannius dedi∣cated a Book which he wrote of Medi∣cinal Ingredients in Hexameter Verse; moreover a Treatise of Weights and Measures is most probably judged to be his, though some have attributed it to Priscian. About the same time also flourisht Tiberianus, one or two of whose Verses is cited by Giraldus; Pub∣lius Optatianus Porphyrius, who wrote a Panegyric in Verse to Constanti••e the Great, for which he was recalled from banishment; he is remembred by Hie∣ronymus, Fulgentius, Beda, and Rabanus Maurus. Likewise Juvencus, a Noble∣man, and Priest of Spain, whose Evan∣gelical History in Hexameter Verse is yet extant; besides which, he wrote a discourse of the Sacraments in Verse, which is mentioned by Hieronymus in his Viri Illustres.

Rhianus, a Cretan, Native of Bene, an ancient City of that Island; though some say he was of Ithaca, others of Mycene; he was contemporary with Eratosthenes, and though at first but a poor servant or keeper of a Palaestra, obtained by his own industry the repu∣tation of an eminent Grammarian; and at last wrote a Poem Entitled Heracli∣as, in four Books, as Suidas testifies; but Pausanias saith, he described in Verse the war of the Lacedemonians with the Messenians. Probably distinct from this Rhianus, of whom there is also extant a fragment de Imprudentia in the com∣mon Edition of the minor Poets, is he whose Epigrams are cited by Athenaeus and Stobaeus.

Rhinton of Tarentum, see Menander.

Romulus, the first King and Builder of Rome, who is said to have written to his Son Tybertinus certain Fables Ent••∣tled Aesopic, from their imitation of Ae∣sop.

Rubrenus Lappa, see Curiatius Mater∣nus.

Rufinus, an Epigrammatic Poet of whom there are about 28 Epigrams pre∣serv'd

in the Greec Anthology.

Rufus of Ephesus; see Serapio.

Rufus Festus Avenius, (or as some say, Anienus) a contemporary of, Ma∣crobius, who lived under Gratianus and Theodosius; he translated Aratus and Dionysius into Latin Verse, and wrote a Tractate of the Sea coasts in Iambic Verse; something of both which works is to be seen in Rithaeus his Collection together with an Epigram of his about the Syrens, with several other Poems. Moreover, he Translated Aesops Fables into Elegiac, and all Livie into Iambic Verse.

Rusticus Helpidius, see Theodolus.

Rutilius Claudius Numatianus, see Claudius Claudianus.

Rutilius Geminus, an ancient Roman Authour, who besides his Books Enti∣tled Pontificals, wrote also a Tragedy called Astyanax.

S

SAbellus, see Curiatius Maternus,

Sabinus, an ancient Epigramma∣tist, of whom there is extant a Tetra∣stich, in the Sixth Book of the Greec Anthology.

Sacadas or Sacas, an ancient Tragic Poet of Argos, who is said to have been first Authour of the Stroph, and the first Institutor of the Doric Chorus: he is taken notice of by Pindarus, and also by Pausanias and Plutarch. Moreover, Suidas makes mention of Sacas a Tragic Poet, which probably may be the same person.

Salleius Bassus, see Curiatius Mater∣nus.

Salomon, the III. King of Israel and Judah, no less glorious in peace than his Father David had been in War, and fa∣mous throughout the earth for Riches and Wisdome, the Excellency whereof appeared not only in the Justice and Prudence of his Government, while the vigour of his age lasted, but also in his many Writings, were they all exant; in

he shews himself an Excellent both Philosopher, Theologist and Poet; name∣ly his natural History of Plants (the loss of which so useful a Subject is much to be lamented, his Gnomonica or Pro∣verbs much like in Divinity what the Writings of Phocylides and Theognis are in Morality, his Ecclesiastes, or the Preacher, and his Song of Songs, a sort of Lyric Poem including, under an a∣morous argument, relating as some think to the Loves between him and the Queen of Sheba, a divine Allegory.

Sanctus Severus, see Endeleichus.

Sanga, a Roman Poet, mentioned by Paulus Jovius, in his Book de Pisci∣bus.

Sannyrio, see Euripides.

Scoeva Memor, see Curiatius Mater∣nus.

Scyras, a Comic Poet of Tarentum, whose Meleager is quoted by Athe∣naeus.

Scynthinus, an Iambic Poet of T••••s, mentioned by Laertius in Heraelitus, and Licinius Calvu••.

Secaeus, an Epigrammatic Poet, of whom there is extant a Tetrastich in

the Greec Anthology.

Secundus, another of the same So∣ciety.

Sentius Augur, a Roman Epigram∣matist said to be an imitator of Catullus, likewise Stobaeus and Stephanus.

Septimus Severus Afer, Twenty second Roman Emperour from Julius Caesar; he is said to have been the Authour of a certain Poem de laudibus Jani, in which he endeavours to imitate Callima∣chus.

Serapio an Athenian, both Poet and Physician, very well esteemed by Plu∣tarch, who mentions him in his Book of the Delphic Oracle.

Seuleucus, a Halieueic or Piscatory writer in Verse, of Tarsus, mentioned by Athenaeus.

Sextilius Ena, see Publius Ovidius.

Sextus Aurelius Propertius, an Elegiac Poet of Menavia in Vmbria, of whose Poetry, what is extant, is commonly publisht with the Poems of Catullus and Tibullus; he was in great favour with Cornelius Gallus and Mecaenas.

Sextus Turpilius, a Comic writer, contemporary with Terence, of whom

was a familiar friend; he is allotted by Sedigitus the Seventh place among the Latin Comaedians.

Silanio, an ancient Poet, mentioned by Plutarch in his Book, Entitled, How young men ought to be hearers of the Poets.

Silius Italicus, see Petronius Ar∣biter.

Simmias of Rhodes, see Menander.

Simonides, see Archilochus.

Simulus, a writer of the Roman Af∣fairs in Verse; out of whom certain Verses are cited by Plutarch in his life of Romulus.

Simylus, an Iambic writer, out of whom Stobaeus cites Twelve Senaries, in his Sermon pro Artibus.

Socrates, see Euripides.

Solon, see Epimenides.

Sopater, a Parian, sirnamed 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, or 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, several Co∣medies, of whose writing are remem∣bred by Suidas; besides him, both Athe∣naeus and Suidas speak of another Come∣dian of the same name, a Phacian, whose Bacchis the first of whom cites.

Sophilus, of Sicyon, see Menander.

Sophocles, a noble Athenian Tragic Poet; of whom see more in Euripides.

Sophron, see Cleanthes.

Sosicles of Syracuse, see Philetas.

Sosiphanes, an Iambic writer, out of whom divers Senaries are cited by Sto∣baeus.

Sositheus, see Menander.

So••ades Maronides, a writer of such lascivious Iambics, as from him were called Versus Sotadei. There was also of the same name an Athenian Comic, some say Tragic, Poet, whose Encleiome∣nae and Paralytromenos are mentioned by Athenaeus, though some will have them to be one and the same person.

Soterichus Oasites, a Heroic Poet who besides his Encomium of Dioclesian, in whose time he lived; wrote also a Po∣em Entitled Bassarica, with the life of Apollonius Tyaneus, and some other things, as Suidas witnesseth.

Spintharus, a Tragic Poet of Hera∣clea, made mention of by Laertius, his Tragedies were Semele Fulminata, and Hercules Ardens.

Stasimus, or Stasinus, the Authour of a Poem concerning the Affairs of Cy∣prus,

out of which, two Hexameters are cited by Stobaeus, in his Sermon de Verecundia.

Statius Caecilius, an ancient Latin Comedian of Insubria or Gallia Cisalpi∣na, which at this day is called the Dutchy of Milain; of many Comedies which he wrote (among which was his Asotus) divers fragments are collected by Robertus Stephanus; about the same time flourisht Marcus Pacuvius, a Trage∣dian of Brundusium, Ennius his Sisters son; of the many Tragedies which he wrote, his Orestes is particularly re∣membred by Festus, Nonnius and Cicero in his Dialogue of friendship; and to Pacuvius not inferiour Lucius Accius, of whom Agellus out of Sempronius A∣sellio gives a most advantagious Chara∣cter; of his Tragedies, his Nuptiae is re∣membred by Athenaeus, and his Mercator by Varro, in imitation perhaps of Diphi∣lus, by whom two with the same Title were written; also Attilius, whose E∣lectra translated from Sophocles, is men∣tioned by Suetonius. He is also styl'd by Licinius Poeta Fercus and by Cicero P. durissimus, from the Crabbednes of

his style. Also Marcus Accius Plautus, that witty Comedian of Sarsi••ae in Vmbria, whom in a great measure we yet injoy, viz. in Twenty Comedies. Also Cneus Aquilius, to whom the Co∣medie Boeotia hath by some been attri∣buted, which Varro rather adjudgeth to Plautus, as is testified by Agellius; ano∣ther Comedian Marcus Acuticus, to whom Varro attributed many Comedies wich had been judg'd to have been writ∣ten by Plautus; also the Comedian Plau∣tius, who as Agellius observes, is by some mistaken for Plautus, by reason of the nearness of the name; also Caius Lucilius, great Uncle to Pompey; he served under Scipio Africanus, in the Nu∣mantine War, and is said to have been the first that brought Satyre in use a∣mong the Latines, and to have written a Comedy, Entitled Nummularia and certain Epodes. Then Publius Teren∣tius Afer, six of whose Elegant Come∣dies remain preserved from Oblivion; he was a great imitator of Menander, whom he professes to have followed in many of his Comedies almost word for word, and was assisted in some of them

(as he himself confesseth) by Caius Lae∣lius, sirnamed the wise, and P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus, between whom and Terence, there was a very intimate friend∣ship and familiarity. Nor do Valgius and Memmius stick to affirm that some Comedies which go under the name of Terence were intirely Scipio's. Quintus Fabius Labeo, and Marcus Popilius, both men of Consular authority, & both Po∣ets, and such whom Terence acknow∣ledged for his Assistants, as Suetonius in his life observeth. Also Lucius Luscius, whom Volcatius Sedigitus rec∣kons in the Ninth rank of Comedians; of whose Comedies that Entitled Thesau∣rus, is only remembred. Lastly, Turpilius, who in his Thrasyleon, imitates a Come∣dy of Menanders, so Entitled.

Statius Papinius, or as many write him Publius Papinius Statius, a Neapo∣litan, who flourisht under Domitian, though by some confounded with Sati∣us Surculus the great Rhetorician of Tholouse, in the time of Nero; there are of his writing extant, his Thebais, Achil∣leis and Sylvae: the two first being com∣mented upon by Placidus Lactantius,

with him were contemporary Caius Va∣lerius Flaccus: of whose writing we have Eight Books of Argonautics, but left imperfect, which loss Quintilian be∣wails. Also Marcus Valerius▪ Marti∣alis, a Native of Bilbilis, now called Bilbao in that part of Celtiberia or Can∣tabria, now called Biscaia. He was by Domitian, with whom he was in great honour, advanced to the Tribunate and Equestrian dignity, and to whom he directed many of his Epigrams, Four∣teen Books of which are happily pre∣served to us; he mentions the foresaid Flaccus, in one of his Epigrams, with great testimonies of friendship and kindness. Also Decius Junius Juve∣nalis, whose Satyrs are likewise extant, two of which are thought to have been written when he was made Prefect in a Cohort in Aegypt at 80. years of age. About the same time Terentianus Mau∣••us is thought to have lived, at least if it were the same Terentianus whom Martial speaks of l. 1. Epigr. 87. as is pro∣bable he was, and in like manner the same to whom Longinus dedicates his Book de sublilimate. There is extant

an elegant Poem of his de Arte Me∣trica.

Statylius Flaccus, an Epigrammatic Poet, of whom there are extant one or two Epigrams in the Greec Antho∣logy.

Stephanus, sirnamed Sabbaita, or the follower of St. Sabba (a Saint in the Greec Calender) who is thought to be the Author of a Greec Tragedie, which is extant, of Christs death. The Co∣mic Poet of the same name, see in Me∣nander.

Stesichorus, a Lyric Poet, who flou∣risht about the 42^d. Oiympiad, as ap∣pears from Suidas, Eusebius and the A∣nonymous Authour. His Palinody up∣on the praise of Helena, is mentioned by Philostratus, in his life of Appollonius Ty∣sneus. There is also mentioned by some a son of Hestod, nam'd Stesichorus.

Stesimbrotus, see Euripides.

Sthenelus, see Dionysius.

Strabus of Fulda, see Theodulphus.

Strato, a writer of Media Comedia, whose Phoenix is made mention of by Suidas. There was besides him another Strato, an Epigrammatist, of whom

there are several Epigrams in the Greec Anthology.

Strattis, see Euripides.

Succius, a Comic Poet, remembred by Suidas. There is chiefly noted a Comedy of his, Entitled Piscatoria: Some think him the same with Sutrius, out of whom several things are quoted by Fulgentius, in his Mythology.

Suevus, an Epic Poet, out of whose Idyl, Entitled Moretum, Macrobius in his Saturnalia cites 8 Verses.

Suffenus, see Aquinius.

Sulpitius Lupercus Servastus junior, a Poetical writer of an uncertain time, but certainly not very ancient: his E∣legy de cupiditate, & Ode, de qualitate Temporis, want not the commendation of a happy vein and purity of Latin style.

Sutrius, see Succius.

Syagrus, a Greec Poet, reputed of very great antiquity, even next after the ancient Orpheus and Musaeus, by the testimony of Aelian in his various History, by whom also he is said to have have writ a Poem of the Trojan war.

Sylla, see Decius Laberius.

Symposius, an Authour not unelegant in the esteem of Vossius, though slighted by Giraldus. There are set forth of his writing, with the Notes of Jos••phus Ca∣stalio, 100 Aenigmatical questions or Riddles in Greec Hexameter Verse.

Syn••sius, see Cyrus of Panopolis.

T

TEleclides, see Aristophanes.

Telestes, see Oenomaus.

Terentianus Maurus, see Statius Ce∣cilius.

Terentius Libo, a Poet of Fregella, re∣membred by Donatus from Metius.

Terentius Varro Atracinus, a Contem∣porary with Cicero and Hortensius; he wrote Argonautics in imitation of A∣pollonius Rhodius, also Epigrams and an Elegy upon his beloved Leucadia. There flourisht also about the same time Cajus Laelius, who is reckoned among the Latin Poets.

Terpander, a most eminent and anci∣cient Greec Poet and Musician, whom Eusebius delivers to have flourisht about the 33^d. Olympiad, though Glaucus

thinks him to have been much ancienter than Archilochus.

Tertullianus, the Divine Oratour for the Christians; besides what he wrote in Prose, he wrote also five Books in Verse against the Heretic Marcion, to∣gether with a little Poem of Sodom, and another of Jonas and Nineve.

Thales Milesius, see Epimenides.

Thamyras, a Thracian Poet, who wrote three Thousand Verses of a Theologi∣cal subject.

Theocritus, a Sicilian Poet of Syra∣cuse, whom see in Menander; besides whom there was another Theocritus of Chios, as the Syracusian himself testifies in a Tetrastich Epigram upon himself.

Theodectes, see beneath in Theopompus, and also in Euripides.

Theodolus, a Latin Poet, who flou∣risht in the time of Zeno and Anastatius. He wrote a History of all the Miracles in the Old Testament in Verse, which is yet extant. Contemporary with him were Godelbertus, whose History from the Creation, to the Birth of our Lord, in Verse, is also extant. And Rusticus Helpidius, a Nobleman, and Physician

to Theodoric the Gothish King of Italy. His History of the Old and New Testa∣ment in Verse, with his Poem de Benefi∣ciis Christi, are set forth by Georgius Fa∣britius; but that de Cosolatione doloris, is lost.

Theodonis, a Poet who living in the time of Ptolemaeus Dionysius, is remem∣bred by Suidas; among other things he is said to have wrirten Verses upon Cle∣opatra.

Theodoridas, a Syracusian Poet, men∣tioned by Athenaeus and Stephanus.

Theodorus, a Colophonian, whom Pol∣lux mentions to have made Verses to be sung for each season of the year. Of the same name there was a Tragic Poet, mentioned by Laertius; as also another who lived under Domitian, whom see in Curiatius Maternus.

Theodosius, a Poet of Tripolis (not the same with him whose Books of the Sphere are set forth by Pena) he wrote, as saith Suidas, Verses of the Spring, with some other things in Verse Hexa∣meter.

Theodu hus, an Abbot of Floriacum, and afterwards B••shop of Orle••nce, in the

time of Ludovicus Pius; he composed a Hymn which was used to be sung on Palm Sunday, which with some things is to be seen in the Bibliotheca Patrum here∣tofore mentioned. Contemporary with him was Magnetius Rabanus Maurus, Abbot of Fulda, and afterwards Bishop of Mentz, whom Vicentius of Bellovacum accounts a Poet, second to none of his time; that which is most memorable of his Writings, is, his Isogrammatic Po∣em, in praise of the Cross, which he ad∣drest to Pope Gregory the Fourth: the Disciple of this Rabanus was one Stra∣bus, a Monk of Fulda, who besides his Gloss upon the whole Scripture, is said to have written something in Poetry; about the same time lived Hugubaldus, who dedicated to the Emperour Charls the bald, a Poem which he wrote in the praise of bald men, whereof every word began with C. To whom also Gallus Milo, Abbot of Saint Amand dedicated a Poem which he wrote de Sobrie∣tate.

Theogenes, a Megarensian, who flou∣rishing in the 59^th: Olympiad, wrote Elegies and other Poems.

Theognetus, a Greec Comic Wri∣ter, cited by Athenaeus.

Theognis, a Megarensian Poet, whose Sentences in Greec Verse, are extant, and commonly printed with H••siod, Theocritus and the rest of the Poetae mino∣res. He was born, as saith Eusebius, about the 58^•h. or 59^th. Olympiad, and lived untill the Persian War, being contemporary with Simonides Ceus, and Onomacritus, of both whom he makes mention; the Tragic Poet of the same name, see in Euripides.

Theolytus, a Lesbian of Mitylene, whose Poem Entitled Bacchiea, is cited by Athenaeus, he is also taken notice of by the Scholiast of Apollonius.

Theophanes, a Lesbian, who flourisht in the time of Ptolomeus Auletes; besides his History of the Acts of Pompey (whom out of fr••endship and kindness, he ac∣companied in the Wars) he is said to have written the Mithridatic war in Verse, as Janus Douza is of Opinion; there are moreover, two Epigrams of his in the Greec Anthology. Of the same name was likewise a Bishop of Nice, whose divine Hymns are mentioned by

Theodorus Prodromus. The Latin Ver∣sion of one whereof viz. that upon the Aununciation of the Sacred Virgin, be∣ing an Acrostich, is to be found in the Bibliotheca patrum heretofore mentio∣ned.

Theophilus, see Philistion.

Theopompus (not the same with that Noble Oratour and Historian the Dis∣ciple of Isocrates) a writer of Vetus Co∣maedia, contemporary with Plato, at whom he had a fling in some of his Co∣medies (if it were the same) his 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, and several others of his Come∣dies are cited by Athenaeus, and some by Pollux. Of the same name was an Epic Poet of Colophon celebrated by Athe∣naeus. Contemporary with him were Naucrates, Isocrates, and Theodectes, who all three contended with him at the so∣lemnity of Mausolus his Funeral, insti∣tuted by Artemisia, at which as Suidas saith, Theopompus; as the nameless de∣scriber of the Olympiads, Theodectes o∣vercame: this last was of Phaselus in Lycia, the Disciple of Plato and Isocr••∣tes, and as some say of Aristotle; he is said to have written the Art of Rheto∣ric

in Verse, and Fifty Tragedies, where∣of one was Entitled Mausolus. Besides these were Nicostratus, not he of Olyn∣thus who was a Historian, a Comic Poet sirnamed, by Laertius, Clytemnaestra, Fif∣teen of whose Fables are remembred by Athenaeus, and for the excellent conduct of his Action, P••llux calls him 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 and Stephanus 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, se∣veral S••nary Iambics also are quoted by Stobaeus. Tigretus, otherwise called Pigres (the Brother of Artemisia) who turned Homers Ilias into an Elegiac Po∣em by subjoyning a Pentameter after e∣very Hexameter; some likewise attri∣bute to him Margites, Batrachomyomachia, and some other things. Also Ephippas, a writer of Media Comaedia, out of whose Codoniastae, Philyra, and Obeliaphori, cer∣tain passages are cited by Athenaeus. Al∣so Epicrates of Ambracia, a writer of Media Comoedia, among whose Come∣dies (in some of which he is said to have been somewhat Scoptic against Plato and Speucippus) his Amazones and Emp••ros are mentioned by Suidas: and much of the same time Philippus, a writer in like manner of Media Comoedia, whose 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉

is remembred by Suidas from Athenaeus as he saith, perhaps confoun∣ding it with 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, which is in∣deed mentioned by Athenaeus, also Xe∣noclides whom Vlpian affirms to have been an Athenian; he is commended by Demosthenes for a very good Poet.

Thespis, see Epimenides.

Thuscus, see Publius Ovidius.

Tiberianus, see Rhemnius Fannius.

Ticida, an old Latin Epigrammatist, Contemporary with Catullus.

Tigretus, see Theopompus.

Timachidas, a Rhodian; who as saith Suidas, wrote in Verse the manner of setting forth of Feasts and Banquets out of which work Athenaeus cites cer∣tain Verses of the fish Pompilius.

Timesitheus, a Tragic Poet of whose writing there are remembred his Danai∣des, and a 11 more Tragedies.

Timocles, an Athenian Comic Poet, whose Demosatyri, Centaurus, Cauniae E∣pistolae, Epichaerecacus, and Philodicast•• are remembred by Suidas, together with Dionysiazusae, Polypragmon and E∣leven more of another Comic Poet of the same name.

Timocreon of Rhodes, a writer of Ve∣tus Comaedia, who flourisht about the 75th. Olympiad: he wrote among o∣thers, as Suidas testifieth, a Comedy a∣gainst Simonides Melicus and Themisto∣cles, with both of whom he was at ve∣ry great enmity; what his Epitaph was, is to be seen in Athenaeus.

Timon of Phliasus, see Callimachus.

Timotheus of Gaza, see Christodo∣rus.

Timotheus of Miletus, see Oen••∣maus.

Titianus, a Rhetorician, who erected a School at Lyons; he is remembred by Ausonius for his Apologies in Trimeter Iambics.

Titinnius, a Latin Comic Poet, whose Barathrum, and 7 other Comedies are cited by Charisius.

Titius Septimius, see Publius Ovi∣dius.

Titus Annianus, see Annianus.

Titus Calsurinus Piso, a Sicilian Poet, whose Bucolic Eglogues are commonly printed with Gratius, the Faliscan, his Poem of Hunting.

Titus Lucretius Carus, one of the most

ancient, for he flourisht about 168th. Olympiad, in the time of the Cymbrian War, and for Majesty and Elegancy of Style, to be rankt among the best of Latin Poets; whoever shall observe his neat Digressions, for there he chiefly shews himself, his main Subject being a kind of System of Epicurean Philoso∣phy, in Heroic Verse, Entitled de Rerum Natura. There is also another Titus Lucretius, a Roman Knight, and wri∣ter of Mimes, in the time of Julius Coesar.

Titus Pomponius Atticus, see Decius Laberius.

Titus Quintius Atta, an old Latin writer of those sort of Comedies, called, from the kind of Garment used by the Actors, Togatae.

Titus Valgius, an old Latin Poet, of whom several Verses are cited by Cri∣nitus and Servius,

Titus Vespatianus, a Roman Empe∣rour, who besides his great actions in War, for which he is renowned in Hi∣story, was considerable in Poetry, ha∣ving written Tragedies in Greec, with several other Poems both in Greec and

Latine by the Testimony of Eutropius, Isidorus and Suidas,

Toxotius, a Roman Senator, whose Poems were extant in the time of Capi∣tolinus.

Trabea, a Comic Poet, quoted by Cicero and Charisius, see Qu. Trabeas.

Tribonianus Sidetes, see Agathias.

Triphyllius a Cyprian Bishop, who, as Suidas testifieth, wrote the life and mi∣racles (in Iambic Verse) of Spiridion, Bishop of Tremithus in Cyprus, who was present at the Nicene Councell.

Tryphon, the Son of Ammonius a Grammarian and Poet of Alexandria, cited by Athenaeus and Suidas. There is a Tetrastich of Tryphon, sirnamed Mer∣curius, in the first Book of the Greec An∣thology.

Tryphiodorus, see Christodorus.

Turanius, see Publius Ovidius.

Turcius Rnfus Festus Asterius, a Ro∣man Consul, together with Flavius Prae∣sidius, in the time of Anastatius; he is said to have written in Verse a Compa∣ration of the Old Testament with the New, which some nevertheless attribute to Sedulius, others to Momertus.

Turnus, see Curiatius Maternus.

Turpilius, see Statius Caecilins.

Tyrtaeus, an Elegiac Poet, who as Suidas saith, flourisht about the 35th. Olympiad. In the Messinian War he was once chosen by the Lacedemonians (into whom he inspired courage by the Mar∣tial spirit which his Verses breathed) General against the Messenians.

V

VAgellius, an old Latin Poet, re∣membred by Seneca, of whom he was an intimate friend.

Valerius Aedituns, an old Latin Epi∣grammatist, in whose Verses, his two Mistresses Pamphilia and Philerote are very much celebrated.

Valerius Cato, a Grammarian and Po∣et, who flourisht in the time of Sylla: Besides what he wrote in Grammar, he wrote also several Poems, among which his Lydia and Diana are principally approved. He is mentioned most par∣ticularly by Suetonius in his Book de Il∣lustribus Grammaticis.

Venantius Honorius Clementianus For∣tunatus,

a Christian Poet, who flourisht in the time of the Emperour Justinus the younger; he wrote in Verse, de par∣tu Virginis, de Beneficiis Christi, de B. Martino; besides his Hymns, and seve∣ral divine Poems mentioned by Giral∣dus, among which are thought to be some which have been attributed to La∣ctantius.

Vestritius Spurina, a no less famous Souldier (for he overcame King Breve∣terius, for which he was honoured with a Statue) than Lyric Poet, in the time of the Vespatians. He addicted him∣self much to the Imitation of Horace.

Victorinus Pictaviensis, see Caecilius Cyprianus.

Victorius, a Contemporary of Sido∣nius Apollinaris; by whom he is celebra∣ted in the last Epistle of his fifth Book.

Virgilius Romanus, a Comic Poet, in the time of the Emperour Trajan; he is mentioned with great commendati∣on by Pliny, in his Epistle to Caninius Rufus.

Voconius Victor, see Curiatius Maternus.

Volcatius Sedigitus, the Authour of a Treatise of the old Latin Poets, both

before and in his time, in Senary Iambic verse.

Vomanus, one of the 12. sirnamed Scolastici, of whom see in Julianus.

Votienus, see Curiatius Maternus.

X

XEnarchus, a Comic Poet remem∣bred by Aristotle in his Poetics; several of his Comedies are reckon'd up by Athenaeus and Suidas.

Xenoclides, see Theopompus.

Xenophanes, a Physical Poet of Colo∣phon, who Flourish'd until the 72^d O∣lympiad, and farther, as appearr from Athenaeus; he is deliver'd by Laertius, who wrote his Life, to have written of the Foundation and Antiquities of Co∣lophon, and of the Colonie transplanted from thence to Elea, in Verse, & by Hie∣ronymus, in his Eusebian Chronicle, to have Composed several Tragedies, though with what ground I know not; but there is nothing Extant of his, except certain Fragments in H. Ste∣phanus his Collection; it is doubted by Vossius whether Xenophanes, cited by

Athenaeus be this of Colophon, or ano∣ther; but that Xenophanes, mentioned by Fulgentius was of Heracleopolis. A∣bout the same time flonrisht Ibycus (not he of Rhegium) otherwise Hippicus, Hip∣pias or Hipys; certain fragments of whom are to be seen in H. Stephanus his Collection of the fragments of the Ly∣ric Poets. Phocylides, a Milesian, com∣monly reputed the Authour of that Nu∣thetic Poem, printed among the Minor Poets, though Vossius judgeth the Au∣thour thereof, of a much later time, an Alexandrine Jew, or else Christian of the same name also. Hipponax, a Poet men∣tioned by Pliny, l. 35. c. 5. and perhaps the same Ephesian Poet, whose Senary Iambics are quoted by Stobaeus; his Pa∣rodia and Synonyma by Athenaeus, and who is also mentioned by Suidas.

Z

ZEnodotus of Ephesus, see Menan∣der.

Notes

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