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Callimachus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Greek poet, born in Cyrena; taught grammar and belles-lettres at Alexandria; was keeper of the library there; of his writings, which are said to have been on a variety of subjects and very numerous, only a few epigrams and hymns remain; was admired by Catullus, Ovid, and Propertius, and flourished in the 3rd century B.C.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Callimachus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/callimachus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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