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Μουσαῖος

Mousaios, Musaeus

Translated by David Whitehead8 Aug 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 29 words
of Ephesus; an epic poet, one of those who moved in the Pergamene circles. He wrote a Perseis in 10 books; also [poems] in honour of Eumenes and Attalus.1

Greek original · Adler’s text

Μουσαῖος, Ἐφέσιος, ἐποποιός, τῶν εἰς τοὺς Περγαμηνοὺς καὶ αὐτὸς κύκλους. ἔγραψε Περσηΐδος βιβλία ιʹ· καὶ εἰς Εὐμένη καὶ Ἄτταλον.

Betacode
*mousai=os, *)efe/sios, e)popoio/s, tw=n ei)s tou\s *pergamhnou\s  kai\ au)to\s ku/klous. e)/graye *pershi/+dos bibli/a i#: kai\ ei)s *eu)me/nh kai\ *)/attalon.

Notes (1)

  1. C3 BCE; known only from this entry; OCD4 s.v. Musaeus(2).
  2. 1Two Attalid (Pergamene) kings of the era: Eumenes I (ruled 263-241) and his adopted son Attalus I (ruled 241-197). ↩

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Revision history4 revisions · last 9 Aug 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. tweaked tr; augmented notes — David Whitehead
  4. cosmeticule, status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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