Amarantus of
Alexandria ( grc-gre, Ἀμάραντος) was an ancient Greek writer who wrote a commentary on one of the
idyll
An idyll (, ; from Greek , ''eidullion'', "short poem"; occasionally spelt ''idyl'' in American English) is a short poem, descriptive of rustic life, written in the style of Theocritus' short pastoral poems, the ''Idylls'' (Εἰδύλλια).
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s attributed to
Theocritus, possibly from the writings of
Theon,
and a work titled ''On the Stage'' (), which is now lost. It probably contained biographical accounts of actors, and historical notes on stage performances. Regarding the time in which he lived, we know for certain that he lived after
Juba II, king of Mauretania (1st century BC) and was probably an elderly contemporary of
Galen in the 1st century AD.
[''Athen.'' viii. p. 343, e., x. p. 414, f.]
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Hellenistic writers
Ancient Alexandrians
1st-century BC Greek people
Ancient Egyptian writers
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