Athenaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀθήναιος) was an epigrammatic poet whose work was mentioned by the historian Diogenes Laërtius.[1] He was the author of two epigrams in the Greek Anthology.[2] Of his date, we know only that he lived in or before the 3rd century CE.
References
edit- ^ Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 6.14, 7.30
- ^ Richard François Philippe Brunck, Analecta veterum Poetarum Graecorum ii. p. 257
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Mason, Charles Peter (1870). "Athenaeus (2)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 400.