Syagrus Gouveiana
Syagrus may refer to: *Syagrus (legendary poet), a legendary Greek oral poet *Syagrus (plant), a genus of palm trees *Syagrus (beetle), a genus of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae, the leaf beetles {{disambig ...
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Syagrus (legendary Poet)
Syagrus ( grc, Σύαγρος) is a legendary ancient Greek oral poet. He is said in a traditional list to have been a rival of Homer; elsewhere it is said that he followed Orpheus and Musaeus in chronological sequence and was the first maker of an epic on the Trojan War. This would have been a forerunner of the later poems in the Epic Cycle. Sources * Diogenes Laërtius, ''Lives of the Philosophers'' 2.46. * Aelian, ''Varia Historia'' 14.21. *Eustathius of Thessalonica Eustathius of Thessalonica (or Eustathios of Thessalonike; el, Εὐστάθιος Θεσσαλονίκης; c. 1115 – 1195/6) was a Byzantine Greek scholar and Archbishop of Thessalonica. He is most noted for his contemporary account of the ..., ''Commentary on the Iliad'' 1.6. {{Authority control Early Greek epic poets Oral epic poets ...
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