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-249–-169 · 2nd century BC Greek scientist and poet

Also known as: Nikandros aus Kolophon, Nicander of Colophon, Nicandrus of Colophon, Nikander, Nikander von Kolophon, Nikandros of Colophon

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Hellenistic didactic hexameter poetry turning technical science (astronomy) into learned verse, closely parallel to Nicander's versified toxicology. (AI reason)
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Callimachus-305–-239
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Erudite Alexandrian poetics with rare vocabulary, aetiological myth and learned allusion. (AI reason)
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Apollonius of Rhodes-294–-214
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Learned Hellenistic hexameter epic rich in obscure mythological and geographical lore. (AI reason)
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Lycophron-319–-279
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Deliberately obscure, glossy Hellenistic diction and dense mythological allusion. (AI reason)
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Antoninus Liberalis
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Prose collection of metamorphosis myths that preserves summaries of Nicander's Heteroeumena. (AI reason)
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Ovid-42–17
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Metamorphoses draws on the same tradition of transformation myths, and his didactic poems share a playful instructive mode. (AI reason)
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Theocritus-400–-259
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Hellenistic hexameter poetry with refined, allusive craftsmanship. (AI reason)
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Hesiod
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Founding model of Greek didactic hexameter poetry on practical knowledge and myth. (AI reason)
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Virgil-69–-18
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The Georgics adapts Hellenistic didactic verse, including Nicander's lore on snakes and farming. (AI reason)
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Oppian149–180
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Later Greek didactic hexameters on fishing and hunting with zoological detail similar to the Theriaca. (AI reason)
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