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Chersias
Chersias () of Orchomenus (Boeotia), Orchomenus (fl. late 7th century BCE) was an Archaic Greece, archaic Greek epic poet whose work is all but lost today. Plutarch presents Chersias as an interlocutor in the ''Banquet of the Seven Sages of Greece, Seven Sages'', making him a contemporary of Periander and Chilon. Chersias is also said to have been present when Periander's father Cypselus dedicated a treasury at Delphi. According to Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias, Chersias' poetry had already fallen out of circulation by his day, but the geographer quotes the only extant fragment of his epic poetry, citing a speech delivered by Callippus of Corinth (5th century BCE) to the Orchomenians as the source: This fragment suggests that Chersias, like his apparent contemporary Asius of Samos, composed in the genre of genealogical epic best represented today by the fragmentary Hesiodic ''Catalogue of Women''. Pausanias goes on to relate that Chersias composed the epitaph which the Orchomen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mideia
In Greek mythology, Mideia or Midea (Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek: Μιδειη) may refer to: *Midea, a Phrygian slave, mother of Licymnius by Electryon. *Midea, a nymph, mother of Aspledon by Poseidon. The town Lebadea was believed to have previously been named Mideia after her. *Midea, one of the Danaïdes. She married (and killed) Antimachus, son of Aegyptus. *Midea, daughter of Aloeus and eponym of a city in Ancient Argos, Argos.Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''Mideia'' Notes References * Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |