Lycophron
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Lycophron ( ; ; born about 330–325 BC) was a Hellenistic Greek tragic poet, grammarian, and commentator on comedy, to whom the poem Alexandra is attributed (perhaps falsely).
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- 17
Top works
- [Isaakiou kai Iōannou tou Tzetzou Scholia eis Lykophrona]
- La profezia della Cassandra
- La Cassandre de Lycophron
- Lykophronos tou Chalkideōs Alexandra
- Hymns and epigrams
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Recent publications · Crossref
3 total works indexed
- Alexandra
· 1921 · cited 4x
- Testimonia, Part 1: Person (P)
· 2016
- Testimonia, Part 2: Doctrine (D)
· 2016
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Lycophron, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![Lykophronos Alexandra :to skoteinon poiēma ... = Lycophronis Clachidensis Alexandra, siue, Cassandra : poema quidem obscurum etiam doctis appellatum, sed ita eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis grammatici commentarijs (quae & doctissimo cuiq[ue] uehementer desiderata sunt hactenus & simul nunc primùm in lucem eduntur) illustratum atq[ue] explicatum, ut tam historiarum & fabularum quàm aliarum quoque reconditarum scitúq[ue] dignarum rerum studiosi,horum editione magno se thesauro ditatos, agnoscere meritò possint](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bsb-muenchen-digital.de%2Fweb1013%2Fbsb10138714%2Fimages%2Fbsb10138714_00001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Lykophronos Alexandra :to skoteinon poiēma ... = Lycophronis Clachidensis Alexandra, siue, Cassandra : poema quidem obscurum etiam doctis appellatum, sed ita eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis grammatici commentarijs (quae & doctissimo cuiq[ue] uehementer desiderata sunt hactenus & simul nunc primùm in lucem eduntur) illustratum atq[ue] explicatum, ut tam historiarum & fabularum quàm aliarum quoque reconditarum scitúq[ue] dignarum rerum studiosi,horum editione magno se thesauro ditatos, agnoscere meritò possint
Lycophrontis Chalcidensis Alexandrae, Sive Cassandrae uersiones duae = Lykophronos Tu Chalkideōs Alexandra
Chalkideōs Alexandra = Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandrae, Sive Cassandræ uersiones duæ: una ad uerbum, and Gvlielmo Cantero: altera carmine expressa, per Iosephvm Scaligervm, Ivlii F. [...] (scales: 1 - 264)
Alexandra cum glossis
Lycophron cum scholiis Isaac
Lycophron
Lycophron
Lycophronis Alexandra
Lycophron
![Lykophronos Alexandra :to skoteinon poiēma ... = Lycophronis Clachidensis Alexandra, siue, Cassandra : poema quidem obscurum etiam doctis appellatum, sed ita eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis grammatici commentarijs (quae & doctissimo cuiq[ue] uehementer desiderata sunt hactenus & simul nunc primùm in lucem eduntur) illustratum atq[ue] explicatum, ut tam historiarum & fabularum quàm aliarum quoque reconditarum scitúq[ue] dignarum rerum studiosi,horum editione magno se thesauro ditatos, agnoscere meritò possint](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bsb-muenchen-digital.de%2Fweb1013%2Fbsb10138712%2Fimages%2Fbsb10138712_00005.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Lykophronos Alexandra :to skoteinon poiēma ... = Lycophronis Clachidensis Alexandra, siue, Cassandra : poema quidem obscurum etiam doctis appellatum, sed ita eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis grammatici commentarijs (quae & doctissimo cuiq[ue] uehementer desiderata sunt hactenus & simul nunc primùm in lucem eduntur) illustratum atq[ue] explicatum, ut tam historiarum & fabularum quàm aliarum quoque reconditarum scitúq[ue] dignarum rerum studiosi,horum editione magno se thesauro ditatos, agnoscere meritò possint
Lycophrontis Chalcidensis Alexandrae, Sive Cassandrae uersiones duae = Lykophronos Tu Chalkideōs Alexandra
Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra :Poëma obscurum
Lykophronos tu Chalkideōs Alexandra = Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandrae, sive Cassandrae uersiones duae
Alexandra :poëma obscurum
Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra = Lycophronos Tu Chalkideōs Aalexandra
Lykophronos tou Chalkideōs Alexandra :kai eis auto touto Isaakiou tou Tzetzou exēgēma = Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra : cum Graecis Isaacii Tzetzis commentariis ; acc. versiones, variantes lectiones, emendationes, annotationes, & indices necessarii
Lykophronos Tu Chalkideōs Alexandra = Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra, Sive Cassandra
Lycophronis Alexandra. 1
![Lykophronos Alexandra :to skoteinon poiēma ... = Lycophronis Clachidensis Alexandra, siue, Cassandra : poema quidem obscurum etiam doctis appellatum, sed ita eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis grammatici commentarijs (quae & doctissimo cuiq[ue] uehementer desiderata sunt hactenus & simul nunc primùm in lucem eduntur) illustratum atq[ue] explicatum, ut tam historiarum & fabularum quàm aliarum quoque reconditarum scitúq[ue] dignarum rerum studiosi,horum editione magno se thesauro ditatos, agnoscere meritò possint](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bsb-muenchen-digital.de%2Fweb1013%2Fbsb10138721%2Fimages%2Fbsb10138721_00001.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Lykophronos Alexandra :to skoteinon poiēma ... = Lycophronis Clachidensis Alexandra, siue, Cassandra : poema quidem obscurum etiam doctis appellatum, sed ita eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis grammatici commentarijs (quae & doctissimo cuiq[ue] uehementer desiderata sunt hactenus & simul nunc primùm in lucem eduntur) illustratum atq[ue] explicatum, ut tam historiarum & fabularum quàm aliarum quoque reconditarum scitúq[ue] dignarum rerum studiosi,horum editione magno se thesauro ditatos, agnoscere meritò possint
Lykophronos tu Chalkideōs Alexandra = Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandrae, sive Cassandrae uersiones duae
Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra, sive Cassandra = Lykophronos Tu Chalkideōs Alexandra
Lycophronis Alexandra
![Lykophronos Alexandra :to skoteinon poiēma ... = Lycophronis Clachidensis Alexandra, siue, Cassandra : poema quidem obscurum etiam doctis appellatum, sed ita eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis grammatici commentarijs (quae & doctissimo cuiq[ue] uehementer desiderata sunt hactenus & simul nunc primùm in lucem eduntur) illustratum atq[ue] explicatum, ut tam historiarum & fabularum quàm aliarum quoque reconditarum scitúq[ue] dignarum rerum studiosi,horum editione magno se thesauro ditatos, agnoscere meritò possint](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bsb-muenchen-digital.de%2Fweb1013%2Fbsb10138720%2Fimages%2Fbsb10138720_00007.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Lykophronos Alexandra :to skoteinon poiēma ... = Lycophronis Clachidensis Alexandra, siue, Cassandra : poema quidem obscurum etiam doctis appellatum, sed ita eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis grammatici commentarijs (quae & doctissimo cuiq[ue] uehementer desiderata sunt hactenus & simul nunc primùm in lucem eduntur) illustratum atq[ue] explicatum, ut tam historiarum & fabularum quàm aliarum quoque reconditarum scitúq[ue] dignarum rerum studiosi,horum editione magno se thesauro ditatos, agnoscere meritò possint
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Life and miscellaneous works
- Tragedies
- The ''Alexandra''
- Debate over the author of ''Alexandra''
- Editions
- Translations
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Lycophron ( ; ; born about 330–325 BC) was a Hellenistic Greek tragic poet, grammarian, and commentator on comedy, to whom the poem Alexandra is attributed (perhaps falsely).
==Life and miscellaneous works== He was born at Chalcis in Euboea, and flourished at Alexandria in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus (285–247 BC). According to the Suda, the massive tenth century Byzantine Greek historical encyclopaedia, he was the son of Socles, but was adopted by Lycus of Rhegium. It is believed that Lycophron was acquaintances with Greek philosopher Menedemus, who may have influenced some of Lycophron's tragedies and even wrote a satyr drama about the man. At an unknown date Lycophron was intrigued by the literary movement in Alexandria and settled there. He was entrusted by Ptolemy with the task of arranging the comedies in the Library of Alexandria; as the result of his labours he composed a treatise On Comedy. Lycophron is also said to have been a skillful writer of anagrams. Like most of his life, the end of Lycophron's life is not documented, but there is some evidence of his death. Although it is not known if he stayed in Alexandria for the rest of his life, what may be his end is told in Ovid's Ibis, "Tuque cothurnatus cecidesse Lycophrona narrant, Haereat in fibris fixa sagitta tuis" (And they say that Lycophron fell in his boots, and let his arrow stick in his bones.)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lycophron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.