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Bianor (poet)

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Bianor was a first century Greek poet from Bithynia, the author of 22 epigrams in the Greek Anthology. His poetry is considered unexceptional.[1] His poetry was influenced by that of Leonidas of Tarentum.[2]

References

  1. ^ Henderson, W.J. (2019). "Some more ways to die: Accidental deaths in Hellenistic epigrams". In die Skriflig. 52 (2): 3.
  2. ^ Magnelli, Enrico (2007). "Meter and Diction: From Refinement to Mannerism". Brill's Companion to Hellenistic Epigram. p. 176.