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The "Idaean Dactyls" ( grc, Ἰδαῖοι Δάκτυλοι, ''Idaioi Daktyloi'') is a
lost poem that was attributed to
Hesiod
Hesiod (; grc-gre, Ἡσίοδος ''Hēsíodos'') was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded by western authors as 'the first written poet ...
by the tenth-century encyclopedia known as the ''
Suda''. The ascription is doubtful, but two quotations of "Hesiod" in other ancient authors do concern the discovery of metals and have been tentatively assigned to this poem by modern editors.
[.] Details of this sort were presumably a focus of the poem, for the
Idaean Dactyls of the title were mythological smelters who were credited with the invention of
metallurgy, as is attested in this quotation from
Clement of Alexandria
Titus Flavius Clemens, also known as Clement of Alexandria ( grc , Κλήμης ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; – ), was a Christian theologian and philosopher who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria. Among his pupils were Origen an ...
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[Clement, '' Stromata'' 1.16.75 = ''Idaean Dactyls'' fragment 282 .]
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Ancient Greek epic poems
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