Timocreon

5th-century BC Greek lyric poet

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Also known as Timocreon of Rhodes

Born: 5th century BCE
Died: 5th century BCE
Birthplace: Ialysos
Occupation: poet
, writer
, epigrammatist
+1 more
Languages spoken, written or signed: Ancient Greek

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Timocreon of Ialysus in Rhodes was a Greek lyric poet who flourished about 480 BC, at the time of the Persian Wars. His poetry survives only in a very few fragments, and some claim he has received less attention from modern scholars than he deserves. He seems to have composed convivial verses for drinking parties. However, he is remembered particularly for his bitter clashes with Themistocles and Simonides over the issue of his medizing, for which he had been banished from his home around the time of the Greek victory at the Battle of Salamis. He was also an athlete of some distinction and reputedly a glutton.

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Sex or gender: male
Floruit: 480 BCE sourcing circumstances: circa · instance of: statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584
Movement: Old Comedy
Writing language: Ancient Greek
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Genre: lyric poetry
Significant place: Rhodes
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1.Stated in Deipnosophistae
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