Choerilus of Iasus
Choerilus of Iasus was an epic poet of Iasus in Caria, who lived in the 4th century BC. He accompanied Alexander the Great on his campaigns as court-poet. He is well known from the passages in Horace according to which he received a piece of gold for every good verse he wrote in celebration of the glorious deeds of his master. The quality of his verses may be estimated from the remark attributed to Alexander, that he would rather be the Thersites of Homer than the Achilles of Choerilus.
Choerilus of Iasus
- Born
- Choerilus of Iasus was born in 350 BC. · Iasos.
- Died
- Choerilus of Iasus died in 400 BC.
- Nationality
- Macedonia
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Choerilus of Iasus was an epic poet of Iasus in Caria, who lived in the 4th century BC. He accompanied Alexander the Great on his campaigns as court-poet. He is well known from the passages in Horace according to which he received a piece of gold for every good verse he wrote in celebration of the glorious deeds of his master. The quality of his verses may be estimated from the remark attributed to Alexander, that he would rather be the Thersites of Homer than the Achilles of Choerilus.
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The epitaph on Sardanapalus, said to have been translated from the Chaldean, is generally supposed to be by Choerilus.
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Choerilus of Iasus was born at Iasos.
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- 1.Chisholm, 1911 cites Epistles, ii. 1, 232; Ars Poetica, 357
- 2.Chisholm, 1911 notes quoted in Athenaeus, viii. p. 336
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- In this article, he is the third poet named Choerilus discussed. This article cites
- G. Kinkel. Epicorum Graecorum Fragmenta. Lipsiae, in aedibus B.G. Teubneri. i. 1877.
- August Ferdinand Näke. De Choerili Samii Aetate Vita et Poesi aliisque Choerilis. 1817.
- Pauly-Wissowa. Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft. iii. 2. 1899.
- Walsh, J. (2011) “The Lamiaka of Choerilus of Iasos and the Genesis of the term ‘Lamian War,’” CQ 61.2: 538–44.
- Pelucchi, M. (2022). Cherilo di Iaso. Testimonianze, frammenti, fortuna. De Gruyter: Berlin; Boston.
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