Menecrates of Ephesus (; grc-gre, Μενεκράτης ὁ Ἐφέσιος; 330–270 BC) was a

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didactic poet of the

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. He wrote a poem called the ''Works'' which was modeled upon

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's ''

Works and Days ''Works and Days'' ( grc, Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι, Érga kaì Hēmérai)The ''Works and Days'' is sometimes called by the Latin translation of the title, ''Opera et Dies''. Common abbreviations are ''WD'' and ''Op''. for ''Opera''. is a ...

'' and included a discussion of bees based on the work of

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. He was the teacher of the astronomical poet

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.Philip Thibodeau, "Menekrates of Ephesos" , p. 545 in ''The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists'', ed. Paul T. Keyser and Georgia L. Irby-Massie. London & New York: Routledge, 2008.

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*Edition of his surviving works: ''Supplementum Hellenisticum'', ed. Hugh Lloyd-Jones; P J Parsons; H -G Nesselrath; J U Powell. Berlin & New York : W. de Gruyter, 1983 {{authority control Ancient Greek poets 3rd-century BC Greek people 3rd-century BC poets Ancient Ephesians Ancient Greek didactic poets 330 BC births 270 BC deaths