Timachidas of Rhodes ( el, Τιμαχίδας ὁ Ῥόδιος) was an
ancient Greek poet and grammarian from the island of
Rhodes who lived in 2nd/1st century BC. He wrote a hexametric poem entitled ''
Deipnon In Greek, (; grc, δεῖπνον, ''deîpnon'') means the evening meal, usually the largest meal of the Ancient Greek day. One famous example from the Ancient Greek sources is "Hekate's Deipnon" which is, at its most basic, a religious offering m ...
'' or "Dinner Party" in at least four books (''Supplementum Hellenisticum'' 769–73 BC), a lexicographical work known as ''Glossai'' ("Glossary"), and commentaries on various authors and works (
Aristophanes' ''Frogs'',
Euripides' ''Medea'',
Menander
Menander (; grc-gre, Μένανδρος ''Menandros''; c. 342/41 – c. 290 BC) was a Greek dramatist and the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy. He wrote 108 comedies and took the prize at the Lenaia festival eight times. His rec ...
's ''Kolax'',
Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes of Cyrene (; grc-gre, Ἐρατοσθένης ; – ) was a Greek polymath: a mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. He was a man of learning, becoming the chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria ...
' ''Hermes''). He is often identified with the co-author of the so-called ''
Lindian Chronicle'', an inscription published in 99 BC containing a list of dedications to the temple of Athena on
Lindos
Lindos (; grc-gre, Λίνδος) is an archaeological site, a fishing village and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it ...
on the island of
Rhodes. However, this identification is far from certain. The most recent edition of the fragments of Timachidas include 1 testimonium and 35 fragments, mostly derived from
Athenaeus, the lexicographical tradition (
Harpocration,
Hesychius), and ancient scholia.
[Matijašić (2020).]
References
Sources
Ancient Rhodian grammarians
2nd-century BC Rhodians
Ancient Greek food writers
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