Callinus

Ancient Greek poet

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Also known as Callinus of Ephesus

Born: 7th century BCE
Died: 7th century BCE
Birthplace: Ephesus
Citizenship: Ephesus
Occupation: poet
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1.Stated in Perseus Digital Librarycatalog.perseus.tufts.edu/catalog/urn:cite:perseus:author.310Retrieved 2020-01-10
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, elegist
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1.Stated in Perseus Digital Librarycatalog.perseus.tufts.edu/catalog/urn:cite:perseus:author.310Retrieved 2020-01-10
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Languages spoken, written or signed: Ancient Greek
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1.Stated in CONOR.SI
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Callinus was an ancient Greek elegiac poet who lived in the city of Ephesus in Asia Minor in the mid-7th century BC. His poetry is representative of the genre of martial exhortation elegy in which Tyrtaeus also specialized and which both Archilochus and Mimnermus appear to have composed. Along with these poets, all his near contemporaries, Callinus was considered the inventor of the elegiac couplet by some ancient critics.

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Sex or gender: male
Commons Creator page: Callinus
Name in native language: Καλλῖνος
Writing language: Ancient Greek
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Significant place: Ephesus
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1.Stated in Bibliotheca
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