... Antimachus , who was ranked second after Homer among epic poets by Hellenistic commentators and whose work must have largely replaced the Cyclic Thebaid . Yet , as it stands , the sparse fragments of Antimachus cannot be shown to have ...
... Antimachus carved out his independ- ence . To legitimize his position he issued commemorative medals and adopted the ... Antimachus Theos , and indirectly more with the Diodotids than with the Euthydemids.60 He was no doubt later ...
... Antimachus of Colophon , on the ground that Antimachus was called a " cyclic " poet . But the word " cyclic " applied once to a poet does not justify one in reasoning back from the " Cyclic " Thebais to Antimachus as its author . The ...
... Antimachus , but whether p . 171 , ed . Bekker . ) they belong to Antimachus of Heliopolis , or to either of the two other poets of the same name , cannot be ascertained . ( Düntzer , Fragm . der Episch . Poes . von Alexand . , & c . p ...
... Antimachus , but whether p . 171 , ed . Bekker . ) they belong to Antimachus of Heliopolis , or to either of the two other poets of the same name , cannot be ascertained . ( Düntzer , Fragm . der Episch . Poes . von Alexand . , & c . p ...
... Antimachus . Perhaps he found that Antimachus ' practice was close to his own , but in a manner which he could not appreciate . On the other hand , it appears that Antimachus was not rejected whole- sale by the Hellenistic poets ( cf ...
... Antimachus , by contrast , was always appropriately dignified . 149 It was precisely this feature of Antimachus's style that Asclepiades had character- ized as σεμνοτέρη . These are not casual allusions to Callimachus's criticisms ...
... Antimachus either at Athens or in Asia Mi- nor . A similar anecdote to that related by Cicero is also told of the poet Antagoras of Rhodes , who likewise wrote a Thebais , and Welcker has adduced good ... ANTIMACHUS . ANTIMACHUS .
... Antimachus presented the mythological stories in the context of consoling himself after the death of the woman he loved , Lyde . The Lyde's personal frame would have made it unsuitable for a festival or public performance , whereas its ...