Philetas

Philetas or Philitas (* around 340 BC, probably on Kos ; † probably around 280/270 BC) was an ancient Greek poet and grammarian from Kos. He was a friend of the poet Theocritus and teacher of Zenodotus of Ephesus , the first librarian of Alexandria .

Philetas last lived in Alexandria as the teacher of the Egyptian king Ptolemaios II. His erotic elegies , the subject of which was a mistress of Batti, were highly valued by Alexandrians and Romans. However, apart from a few fragments, none of it has survived.

The Roman poet Properz names Philetas as an important source of inspiration for his own works.

literature

Albrecht von Blumenthal : Philetas 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIX, 2, Stuttgart 1938, Col. 2165-2170.
Doris Meyer: Philitas . 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. 54-61

Web links

Literature by and about Philetas in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Philetas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Philetas of Kos; Philitas <cous>
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek poet and grammarian
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr.