Cinaethon of Sparta
Cinaethon of Sparta (Kinaithon ho Lakedaimonios) was a legendary Greek poet to whom different sources ascribe the lost epics Oedipodea, Little Iliad and Telegony. Eusebius says that he flourished in 764–3 BC. Cinaethon's poetry is preserved only in fragments, primarily preserved by Pausanias. The surviving fragments of Cinaethon are from a genealogical poem, and are not attributable to any of the poems he was said to have written.
Cinaethon of Sparta
- Born
- 800 · Sparta.
- Died
- 800
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Cinaethon of Sparta (Kinaithon ho Lakedaimonios) was a legendary Greek poet to whom different sources ascribe the lost epics Oedipodea, Little Iliad and Telegony. Eusebius says that he flourished in 764–3 BC. Cinaethon's poetry is preserved only in fragments, primarily preserved by Pausanias. The surviving fragments of Cinaethon are from a genealogical poem, and are not attributable to any of the poems he was said to have written.
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•. (The link is to the 1st edition of 1914.) English translation with facing Greek text; now obsolete except for its translations of the ancient quotations. •. Greek text with facing English translation.
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800
Cinaethon of Sparta born at Sparta.
800
Cinaethon of Sparta died.
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