Phanocles ( grc, Φανοκλῆς) was a
Greek
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elegiac
poet
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who probably flourished about the time of
Alexander the Great
Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...
.
His extant fragments show resemblances in style and language to
Philitas of Cos
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,
Callimachus
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and
Hermesianax. He was the author of a poem on
pederasty
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, entitled ''Loves or Beautiful Boys'' ( grc, Ἔρωτες ἢ Καλοί). A lengthy fragment in
Stobaeus
Joannes Stobaeus (; grc-gre, Ἰωάννης ὁ Στοβαῖος; fl. 5th-century AD), from Stobi in Macedonia, was the compiler of a valuable series of extracts from Greek authors. The work was originally divided into two volumes containin ...
(''Florilegium'', 64) describes the love of
Orpheus
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for the youthful Calaîs, son of Boreas, and his subsequent death at the hands of the Thracian women. ''Erotes e Kaloi'' describes among others the love between
Dionysos
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and
Adonis
In Greek mythology, Adonis, ; derived from the Canaanite word ''ʼadōn'', meaning "lord". R. S. P. Beekes, ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, p. 23. was the mortal lover of the goddess Aphrodite.
One day, Adonis was gored by ...
,
Cycnus :''The butterfly genus ''Cycnus'' is now synonymized with ''Panthiades.
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and
Phaethon
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,
Tantalos and
Ganymedes, and of
Agamemnon
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and
Argynnos. It is one of the best extant specimens of Greek elegiac poetry.
References
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*Katherina Alexander, A stylistic commentary on Phanocles and related texts. (Amsterdam, 1988)
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External links
Phanocles, Fragment 1 translation by S. Burges Watson
Living Poets (Durham, 2014)
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