Antimachus of Heliopolis

Antimachus of Heliopolis (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίμαχος ὁ Ἡλιοπολίτης) in Egypt was a poet of ancient Greece who was mentioned in the Suda as having written a poem called Cosmopoia (Κοσμοποιΐα), that is, on the creation of the universe, consisting of 3780 hexameter verses.[1] Aside from one quotation, the poem is lost to us.

The Byzantine poet John Tzetzes quotes three lines from Antimachus,[2] but whether they belong to Antimachus of Heliopolis, or to either of the two other poets of the same name (see Antimachus (disambiguation)), cannot be ascertained.[3]

Notes
  1. Suda α 2682
  2. John Tzetzes, On Lycophron 245
  3. Johann Heinrich Joseph Düntzer, Fragm. der Episch. Poes. von Alexand., &c. p. 97

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Antimachus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 191.




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