Hermesianax
Hermesianax was an ancient Greek elegiac made of colophon . He lived around 300 BC Chr.
Hermesianax was a friend and student of the Greek poet and grammarist Philetas from Kos . Following the example of the poet Antimachus of Colophon, he wrote erotic elegies in three books, under the heading Leontion , the name of a hetaera who was his lover. Of this work, 98 verses that have been handed down in very poor condition have survived.
literature
- Doris Meyer: Hermesianax. In: Bernhard Zimmermann , Antonios Rengakos (Hrsg.): Handbook of the Greek literature of antiquity. Volume 2: The Literature of the Classical and Hellenistic Period. CH Beck, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-406-61818-5 , pp. 145-147
- Stephan Heibges : Hermesianax (2) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII, 1, Stuttgart 1912, Col. 823-828.
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| SURNAME | Hermesianax |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hermesianax from Colophon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC Chr. |