Heraclitus of Halicarnassus
Elegiac poet
About Heraclitus of Halicarnassus
Lived 300 BC – 260 BC. Heraclitus of Halicarnassus was an epigrammatist.
Heraclitus of Halicarnassus (; 3rd century BC) was an elegiac poet of the Hellenistic period.
Heraclitus was from the Greek-Carian city of Halicarnassus on the south-west coast of Anatolia. He was a contemporary and friend of Callimachus of Cyrene, who wrote a memorial epigram on him which is preserved in Diogenes Laërtius. Only one poem by Heraclitus himself – an epigram on a mother who died in childbirth giving birth to twins – is extant in the Greek Anthology.
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Who was Heraclitus of Halicarnassus?
elegiac poet
When was Heraclitus of Halicarnassus born?
Heraclitus of Halicarnassus was born in 300 BC in Halicarnassus.
When did Heraclitus of Halicarnassus die?
Heraclitus of Halicarnassus died in 260 BC.
What was Heraclitus of Halicarnassus's occupation?
Heraclitus of Halicarnassus was an epigrammatist.
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