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Aeschylus of Alexandria

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Aeschylus of Alexandria (Greek Αισχύλος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) was an epic poet who must have lived before the end of the 2nd century, and whom Athenaeus calls a well-informed man. One of his poems bore the title "Amphitryon," and another "Messeniaca." A fragment of the former is preserved in Athenaeus.[1] According to Zenobius,[2] he had also written a work on proverbs.[3]

References

  1. ^ Athenaeus, xiii. p. 599
  2. ^ Zenobius, v. 85
  3. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Aeschylus (2)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, p. 44

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Aeschylus (2)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.