About Nicias of Miletus
Born 350 BC. Nicias of Miletus was a physician, poet and epigrammatist.
Nicias of Miletus (; 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.
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Who was Nicias of Miletus?
physician, poet and epigrammatist
When was Nicias of Miletus born?
Nicias of Miletus was born in 350 BC in Miletus.
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Nicias of Miletus died in Alexandria.
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Nicias of Miletus was a physician, poet and epigrammatist.
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