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Rhianus, the Glossary

Rhianus (Greek: Ῥιανὸς ὁ Κρής) was a Greek poet and grammarian, a native of Crete, friend and contemporary of Eratosthenes (275–195 BC).^[1]

19 relations: Alexandria, Aristomenes, Athenaeus, Constantine P. Cavafy, Crete, Epigram, Eratosthenes, Greek Anthology, Greek language, Greeks, Hercules, Iliad, Odyssey, Palaestra, Panyassis, Pausanias (geographer), Second Messenian War, Slavery, Suda.
3rd-century BC poets
Ancient Cretan poets
Ancient Greek epic poets
Ancient Greek slaves and freedmen
Hellenistic Crete

Alexandria

Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.

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Aristomenes

Aristomenes (Ἀριστομένης) was a king of Messenia, celebrated for his struggle with the Spartans in the Second Messenian War (685–668 BC), and his resistance to them on Mount Eira for 11 years.

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Athenaeus of Naucratis (Ἀθήναιος ὁ Nαυκρατίτης or Nαυκράτιος, Athēnaios Naukratitēs or Naukratios; Athenaeus Naucratita) was a Greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourishing about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century AD. Rhianus and Athenaeus are ancient Greek grammarians.

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Constantine P. Cavafy

Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis (Κωνσταντίνος ΠέτρουΚαβάφης; 29 April (17 April, OS), 1863 – 29 April 1933), known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C.

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Crete

Crete (translit, Modern:, Ancient) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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Epigram

An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, sometimes surprising or satirical statement.

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Eratosthenes

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (Ἐρατοσθένης; –) was a Greek polymath: a mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. Rhianus and Eratosthenes are 3rd-century BC Greek people and 3rd-century BC poets.

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Greek Anthology

The Greek Anthology (Anthologia Graeca) is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the Classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature. Rhianus and Greek Anthology are Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Greeks

The Greeks or Hellenes (Έλληνες, Éllines) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world..

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Hercules

Hercules is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena.

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Iliad

The Iliad (Iliás,; " about Ilion (Troy)") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.

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Odyssey

The Odyssey (Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.

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Palaestra

A palaestra (or; also (chiefly British) palestra; παλαίστρα.) was any site of an ancient Greek wrestling school.

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Panyassis

Panyassis of Halicarnassus, sometimes known as Panyasis (Πανύασις), was a 5th-century BC Greek epic poet from Halicarnassus in the Persian Empire (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey). Rhianus and Panyassis are ancient Greek writer stubs.

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Pausanias (geographer)

Pausanias (Παυσανίας) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD.

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Second Messenian War

The Second Messenian War was a war which occurred ca.

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Slavery

Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour.

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Suda

The Suda or Souda (Soûda; Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas (Σουίδας).

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References

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

Also known as Rhyanus.