Cleomenes of Rhegion

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Cleomenes of Rhegion (Latin form: Cleomenes of Rhegium ) was an ancient dithyramb poet .

He was criticized by Chionides and Aristophanes . He seems to have written erotic literature, since Epicrates names him together with Sappho , Meletus and Lamynthios . His allusions to other authors make a date in the late 5th century BC. BC probably. Among other things, he wrote a work called Meleager , which has not survived and dealt with Meleager and the hunt for the Calydonian boar .

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  • Scholien 332–333 to Aristophanes: The clouds ( [1] ).
  • Athenaios , Deipnosophistai , 9, 65; 13, 84; 14, 43.
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SURNAME Cleomenes of Rhegion
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cleomenes of Rhegium
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Greek poet
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: 5th century BC Chr.