Quintus Smyrnaeus: Quick Facts


Facts

Flourished c.201 - c.300
Notable Works “Ta met’ Homeron”

Homer
Homer
Greek poet
Hesiod
Hesiod
Greek poet
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Mimnermus
Greek poet
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Antimachus of Colophon
Greek poet and scholar
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Nonnus
Greek poet
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Choerilus
Greek epic poet
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Rhianus
Greek poet and scholar
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Panyassis
epic poet
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Ion of Chios
Greek poet
Hear a reading of ancient Greek poet Pindar's first Olympic ode, commissioned by Sicilian prince Hiero
Pindar
Greek poet
Lawrence Alma-Tadema: Sappho and Alcaeus
Alcaeus
Greek poet
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Simonides of Ceos
Greek poet
Lawrence Alma-Tadema: Sappho and Alcaeus
Sappho
Greek poet
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Archilochus
Greek author
Anacreon, Roman copy of a 5th-century-bc bust by Phidias; in the Louvre, Paris.
Anacreon
Greek poet
Fragment of Bacchylides' work, from a papyrus roll of the 2nd century ad; in the British Museum, London.
Bacchylides
Greek lyric poet
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Callimachus
Greek poet and scholar