1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARCTINUS, of Miletus, one of the earliest poets of Greece and contributors to the epic cycle. He flourished probably about 744 B.C. (Ol. 7). His poems are lost, but an idea of them can be gained from the Chrtstomathy written by I'roclus the Neo-Platonist of the 5th century or by a grammarian of the same name in the time of the Antonines. The Afthiopis (AldiorU), in five books, was so called from the Aethiopian Memnon, who became the ally of the Trojans after the death of Hector. As the opening shows, it took up the…
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- Vol. 2, pp. 447-447