Antipater of Sidon
Antipater of Sidon (Greek: Ἀντίπατρος ὁ Σιδώνιος, Antipatros ho Sidonios) was an ancient Greek poet of the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE. Cicero mentions him living in Rome during the time of Quintus Lutatius Catulus, and calls him a brilliant epigrammist, sometimes too fond of imitation. His poems, about 75 of which are preserved in the Greek Anthology, are mostly epitaphs and ecphrastic poems. 96 poems in the Greek Anthology are attributed simply to "Antipater", without an indication of whether they are by Antipater of Sidon or the later Antipater of Thessalonica, and it is difficult to identify which are his.
Also recorded as Antipatros of Sidon
Antipater of Sidon
- Born
- 200 · Sidon.
- Died
- 100
- Occupation
- poet · epigrammatist · writer
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Antipater of Sidon (Greek: Ἀντίπατρος ὁ Σιδώνιος, Antipatros ho Sidonios) was an ancient Greek poet of the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE. Cicero mentions him living in Rome during the time of Quintus Lutatius Catulus, and calls him a brilliant epigrammist, sometimes too fond of imitation. His poems, about 75 of which are preserved in the Greek Anthology, are mostly epitaphs and ecphrastic poems. 96 poems in the Greek Anthology are attributed simply to "Antipater", without an indication of whether they are by Antipater of Sidon or the later Antipater of Thessalonica, and it is difficult to identify which are his.
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Born at Sidon in 200, died in 100.
The recorded working language is Ancient Greek.
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- 1.Cicerone, De oratore, III 194.
- 2.Cicerone, De orator, III 50; De Fato, 5.
- 3.AP, VII 428.
- 4.AP, XII 97.
- 5.Cfr. G. Benedetto, Su alcuni epigrammi di Antipatro di Sidone in relazione al nuovo Posidippo, in «Eikasmos», XV (2004), pp. 189-225; M.L. Chirico, Topoi ed imitazione in alcuni epigrammi di Antipatro Sidonio, in «AFLN», n.s. IX (1978-1979).
- 6.Sul quale cfr. S. L. Tarán, The Art of Variation in the Hellenistic Epigram, Leiden 1979, pp. 124-137.
- 7.G. Benedetto, Su alcuni epigrammi di Antipatro di Sidone in relazione al nuovo Posidippo, in "Eikasmos", XV (2004), p. 192.
- 8.Cita web http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/antipatro-di-sidone/ Antìpatro di Sidone nell'Enciclopedia Treccani
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