Eugamon

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Eugamon (or Eugammon ) was an ancient Greek Cyclic poet from Cyrene of the 6th century BC. According to a relatively late ancient attribution, he is said to have been the author of the epic poem Telegonie , which was counted as part of the epic cycle and, following the Odyssey, depicting the last fate of the legendary hero Odysseus .

Proklos , who gave a description of the contents of the individual poems of the Epic Cycle in his excerpts from Chrestomathie , names Eugamon as the author of Telegonie , as does Eusebios of Caesarea , the Eugamons Akme to 568-565 BC. BC (53rd Olympiad of the ancient Greek calendar). The statement by Eustathius of Thessalonike in his Homer commentary that the author of the telegony was a Cyrenaic is correct. Modern research also sees compelling reasons to believe that telegony took place in the 6th century BC. It was compiled from older epics in Cyrene because in it an Arkesilaos appeared as the son of Odysseus and Penelope, which was the name of several kings of Cyrene who were then ruling. Hence the assumption that these kings should be represented by the Cyrenean author of Telegonia as descendants of Odysseus. Whether the name of the author was actually Eugamon remains to be seen. For example, Eusebios of Caesarea also mentions a kinaithon from Lakedaimon as the alleged author of a telegony .

According to Clemens of Alexandria , Eugamon is said to have committed intellectual theft by copying a book by the mythical Greek author Musaios about Odysseus' experiences in Thesprotia without citing its source and issuing it as a separate work when he was writing Telegonie .

In the two books, only very fragmentary preserved Telegonie reported about two journeys of Odysseus, the first of which took him to Elis and the second to Thesprotien, where he married Queen Kallidike and supported her in the fight against the Thracian tribe of the Bryger . When Odysseus returned to Ithaca , he was killed by his son Telegonus , begotten with Kirke, who had been looking for his unknown father and, after discovering the error, regretted his unfortunate deed.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Eusebios of Caesarea in Hieronymus , Chronik 102, 1st ed. Helm.
  2. ↑ Eustathios of Thessalonike, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey , p. 1796.
  3. ^ Alois Rzach : Kyklos. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XI, 2, Stuttgart 1922, Col. 2431.
  4. ^ Clement of Alexandria, Stromateis 6, 2, 25, 2.
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SURNAME Eugamon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eugammon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Greek writer, alleged author of Telegonia
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 6th century BC Chr.