About Tymnes
Tymnes was a poet.
Tymnes (Greek: Τύμνης) was an epigrammatic poet, whose epigrams were included in the Garland of Meleager, but respecting whose exact date we have no further evidence; for the grounds on which Reiske supposes that he was a Cretan, and that he was contemporary with Meleager, are very slight. There are seven of his epigrams in the Greek Anthology.
Namesake Tymnes occurs, as a Carian name, in Herodotus.
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ancient epigrammatic poet
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Tymnes was a poet.
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