Lycophron

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Lycophron was a Hellenistic Greek poet and grammarian best known for his obscure and allusive poem "Alexandra."

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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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