Callimachus

[ kuh-lim-uh-kuh s ]

/ kəˈlɪm ə kəs /

c310–c240 b.c., Greek poet, grammarian, and critic.

Example sentences from the Web for callimachus

Egypt seems to have been the birthplace of the mournful elegy, and Callimachus was the chief of the elegiac poets.

History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 10 (of 12) |S. Rappoport
In writing epigrams Callimachus was careful to preserve the pointed character of the composition.

Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2) |John Addington Symonds
When he read it at Alexandria, it was rejected through the influence of Callimachus and his party.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 |Various
Callimachus, the head librarian, was also the most eminent man of letters.

Theocritus, Bion and Moschus |Theocritus

Callimachus takes notice of the same mares in his hymn to the Shepherd God Apollo.

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) |Jacob Bryant

Callimachus

/ (kəˈlɪməkəs) /

late 5th century bc, Greek sculptor, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital

?305–?240 bc, Greek poet of the Alexandrian School; author of hymns and epigrams