Philitas of Cos

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Hellenistic poet ancient Greek poet elegiac poet grammatian scholar

Philitas of Cos was an early Hellenistic Greek poet and scholar, renowned as a pioneer of elegiac poetry and as an influential teacher of later poets such as Theocritus.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic poet ⓘ ancient Greek poet ⓘ elegiac poet ⓘ grammatian ⓘ scholar ⓘ
activePeriod	early Hellenistic period ⓘ
country	Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Hellenistic Greek culture ⓘ
deathPlace	Cos NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Hellenistic era NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
floruit	early 3rd century BCE ⓘ
genreOfWork	Demeter is an elegiac poem ⓘ Glossai is a lexicographical work NERFINISHED ⓘ Paegnia is a collection of playful poems NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Callimachus NERFINISHED ⓘ Propertius NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman elegiac poets ⓘ Theocritus NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	influence on later Hellenistic poets ⓘ pioneering elegiac poetry ⓘ scholarship on rare and obscure words ⓘ
languageOfWork	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryGenre	elegy ⓘ epigram ⓘ
literaryReputation	considered a model of learned poetry ⓘ highly esteemed by later Hellenistic scholars ⓘ
movement	Hellenistic poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Philetas of Cos NERFINISHED ⓘ Philitas of Cos NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
occupation	grammatian ⓘ literary critic ⓘ poet ⓘ scholar ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Cos NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Cos NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	court poet in Alexandria ⓘ tutor of Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
specialization	lexicography ⓘ mythological interpretation ⓘ philology ⓘ
studentOrTeacherOf	Ptolemy II Philadelphus NERFINISHED ⓘ Theocritus NERFINISHED ⓘ
textualStatus	survives mainly in fragments ⓘ
work	Demeter NERFINISHED ⓘ Disorderly Women NERFINISHED ⓘ Glossai NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermeneumata NERFINISHED ⓘ Paegnia ⓘ Telephus NERFINISHED ⓘ

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