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Choerilus of Samos, the Glossary

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Choerilus of Samos (Χοιρίλος ὁ Σάμιος) was an epic poet of Samos, who flourished at the end of the 5th century BC.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 19 relations: Achaemenid Empire, Agathon, Alexandrian school, Ancient Greek comedy, Antimachus, Archelaus of Macedon, Aristotle, Battle of Salamis, Classical Athens, Epic poetry, Greco-Persian Wars, Herodotus, Homer, Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Melanippides, Panathenaea, Peloponnesian War, Plato (comic poet), Samos.

  2. 5th-century BC poets
  3. Ancient Greek epic poets
  4. Ancient Samians
  5. Battle of Salamis
  6. Courtiers of Archelaus of Macedon
  7. Metics in Classical Athens

Achaemenid Empire

The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (𐎧𐏁𐏂), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.

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Agathon

Agathon (Ἀγάθων) was an Athenian tragic poet whose works have been lost. Choerilus of Samos and Agathon are 5th-century BC poets and Courtiers of Archelaus of Macedon.

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Alexandrian school

The Alexandrian school is a collective designation for certain tendencies in literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences that developed in the Hellenistic cultural center of Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

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Ancient Greek comedy

Ancient Greek comedy was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece (the others being tragedy and the satyr play).

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Antimachus

Antimachus of Colophon (Ἀντίμαχος ὁ Κολοφώνιος), or of Claros, was a Greek poet and grammarian, who flourished about 400 BC. Choerilus of Samos and Antimachus are ancient Greek epic poets.

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Archelaus of Macedon

Archelaus (Archélaos; died 399 BC) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon from 413 to 399 BC.

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Aristotle

Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.

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Battle of Salamis

The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle fought in 480 BC, between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles, and the Achaemenid Empire under King Xerxes.

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Classical Athens

The city of Athens (Ἀθῆναι, Athênai a.tʰɛ̂ː.nai̯; Modern Greek: Αθήναι, Athine or, more commonly and in singular, Αθήνα, Athina) during the classical period of ancient Greece (480–323 BC) was the major urban centre of the notable polis (city-state) of the same name, located in Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League.

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Epic poetry

An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.

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Greco-Persian Wars

The Greco-Persian Wars (also often called the Persian Wars) were a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire and Greek city-states that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC.

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Herodotus

Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος||; BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy.

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Homer

Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Choerilus of Samos and Homer are ancient Greek epic poets.

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Macedonia (ancient kingdom)

Macedonia (Μακεδονία), also called Macedon, was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, which later became the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece.

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Melanippides

Melanippides of Melos (Μελανιππίδης), one of the most celebrated lyric poets in the use of dithyramb, and an exponent of the "new music.". Choerilus of Samos and Melanippides are 5th-century BC poets, Courtiers of Archelaus of Macedon and Metics in Classical Athens.

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Panathenaea

The Panathenaea (or Panathenaia) was a multi-day ancient Greek festival held annually in Athens that would always conclude on 28 Hekatombaion, the first month of the Attic calendar.

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Peloponnesian War

The Peloponnesian War (translit) (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies for the hegemony of the Greek world.

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Plato (comic poet)

Plato (also Plato Comicus; Ancient Greek: Πλάτων Κωμικός) was an Athenian comic poet and contemporary of Aristophanes.

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Samos

Samos (also; Sámos) is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese archipelago, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the Mycale Strait.

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See also

5th-century BC poets

Ancient Greek epic poets

Ancient Samians

Battle of Salamis

Courtiers of Archelaus of Macedon

Metics in Classical Athens

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choerilus_of_Samos

Also known as Choirilos of Samos.