Nicias of Miletus
Nicias of Miletus (4th–3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek physician, poet and epigrammatist from Miletus. A confidant of Theocritus (see Idylls 11, 13 and 28), he devoted himself to poetry and eight epigrams ascribed to his name survive in a fragmentary state.
Nicias of Miletus
- Born
- 350 · Miletus.
- Occupation
- physician · poet · epigrammatist
- Languages
- Ancient Greek
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Nicias of Miletus (4th–3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek physician, poet and epigrammatist from Miletus. A confidant of Theocritus (see Idylls 11, 13 and 28), he devoted himself to poetry and eight epigrams ascribed to his name survive in a fragmentary state.
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Born at Miletus in 350, died in Alexandria.
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- 1.Palatine Anthology, vi. 122, 127, 170; vii. 200; ix. 315, 564, 398. Planudean Anthology, xvi. 188, 189.
- 2.Ókori Lexicon.
- 3.Treccani.
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