Asios of Samos
Asios of Samos , the son of Amphiptolemus, was an ancient Greek poet of the Archaic period.
Perhaps he lived as early as 700 BC. BC, but more likely after Hesiod , perhaps in the 6th century BC. He came from Samos and Athenaios calls him the "old Sami poet" . Asios wrote epics and elegies , the content of which is not known. Pausanias mentions that he uses his works for their mythological information. From his epics only quotations from other ancient writers (Athenaios, Pausanias, Strabo , Apollodor and a few others) have been preserved, who deal exclusively with family relationships. His elegies, written in the usual meter , have been lost with the exception of a few given by Athenaeus.
literature
- Erich Bethe : Asios 6 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Col. 1606.
Remarks
- ^ Pausanias, Journeys in Greece , 2, 6, 4--5.
- ^ Pausanias, Journeys in Greece , 2, 29, 4.
- ^ Pausanias, Journeys in Greece , 7, 4, 1 - 2.
- ^ Pausanias, Journeys in Greece , 5, 17, 8.
- ^ Pausanias, Journeys in Greece , 4, 2, 1.
- ^ Strabo, Geographica , 265.
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 100.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Asios of Samos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 8th century BC BC and 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 7th century BC BC and 5th century BC Chr. |