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Simmias of Rhodes (Ancient Greek: Σιμμίας ὁ Ῥόδιος), was a Greek poet and grammarian of the Alexandrian school, which flourished under the early Ptolemies. He was earlier than the tragic poet Philiscus of Corcyra, whose time is about 300 BC, at least if we accept the assertion of Hephaestion (p. 31), that the choriambic hexameter, of which Philiscus claimed the invention, had been previously used by Simmias.

The 10th-century encyclopaedia, the Suda, reports that Simmias wrote three books of Glossai (collections of obscure words) and four books of miscellaneous poems (ποιήματα διάφορα, poiemata diaphora);[1] the latter part of the article in the Suda is obviously misplaced, and belongs to the life of Semonides of Amorgos. Of his grammatical works nothing more is known; but his poems are frequently referred to, and some of them seem to have been, epic. His Gorgo is quoted by Athenaeus (xi. p. 491); his Months and Apollon by Stephanus Byzantinus and a fragment of thirteen lines from the latter poem is preserved by Tzetzes (Chil. vii. 144), and has been edited by Brunck.

As an epigrammatist, Simmias had a place in the Garland of Meleager, and the Greek Anthology contains six epigrams ascribed to him, besides three short poems of that fantastic species called carmina figurata, that is, pieces in which the lines are so arranged as to make the whole poem resemble the form of some object; those of Simmias are entitled, from their forms, the Pteryges (Wings), the Oon (Egg), and the Pelekys (Hatchet).

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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- [en] Simmias of Rhodes

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[es] Simias de Rodas

Simmias de Rodas (en griego antiguo, Σιμμίας ὁ Ῥόδιος) fue un poeta y gramático griego de la escuela alejandrina, que vivió en la época de los Ptolomeos. Fue anterior al poeta trágico Filisco de Corcira, que vivió en torno al 300 a.C., al menos si aceptamos la afirmación de Hefestión (p. 31), de que el hexámetro coriámbico, cuya invención reclamaba Filisco, había sido usado previamente por Simias.

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[fr] Simmias de Rhodes

Simmias de Rhodes (en grec ancien : Σιμμίας ὁ Ῥόδιος / Simmías ho Rhódios) est un poète et grammairien de la fin du IVe siècle av. J.-C.

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