Lycophron
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Lycophron was a Hellenistic Greek poet and grammarian best known for his obscure and allusive poem "Alexandra."
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic poet
ⓘ
Hellenistic scholar ⓘ ancient Greek grammarian ⓘ ancient Greek poet ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hellenistic Alexandria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ptolemaic court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Greek world ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
ⓘ
dramatic monologue ⓘ |
| hasWorkTheme |
Greek heroic legend
ⓘ
Trojan War myths ⓘ prophecy ⓘ |
| influenced | later Alexandrian scholarship ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex mythological references
ⓘ
enigmatic style ⓘ obscure vocabulary ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
allusive
ⓘ
obscure ⓘ |
| movement | Hellenistic literature ⓘ |
| name | Lycophron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Greek ⓘ |
| notableWork | Alexandra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
grammatian
ⓘ
poet ⓘ |
| referencedBy | later ancient grammarians ⓘ |
| referencedIn | Suda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Byzantine commentaries
ⓘ
ancient scholia ⓘ |
| survivingWork | Alexandra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textualTransmission | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| traditionallyAssociatedWith | Library of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionallyIdentifiedAs | author of tragic plays (disputed) ⓘ |
| work | Alexandra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workAlternateTitle | Cassandra (Alexandra) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workForm | iambic trimeter (Alexandra) ⓘ |
| workLength | over 1400 lines (Alexandra) ⓘ |
| workSpeaker | Cassandra (Alexandra) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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