Nicias of Miletus
Nicias of Miletus (Νικίας; 4th–3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek physician, poet and epigrammatist from Miletus. A confidant of Theocritus (see Idylls 11, 13 and 28), he devoted himself to poetry and eight epigrams ascribed to his name survive in a fragmentary state.[1][2][3]
References
- Palatine Anthology, vi. 122, 127, 170; vii. 200; ix. 315, 564, 398. Planudean Anthology, xvi. 188, 189.
- Ókori Lexicon.
- Treccani.
Sources
- Pecz, Vilmos, ed. (1902–1904). "Nicias (6)". Ókori Lexicon I–II. Budapest: Franklin Publishing Co.
- "Nìcia di Mileto". Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti (online ed.). Treccani.
Further reading
- "Nicias [4] From Miletus; physician and poet, 3rd cent. BC". Brill’s New Pauly (online ed.). Brill. 2006.
- "Nicias Milesius 3. Jh. v. Chr". The Perseus Catalog.
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