Posidippus

Person

Greek epigrammatist and poet (c.310–c.240 BC)

Poseidippus or Posidippus is a Greek theophoric name. It may refer to a number of individuals from classical antiquity, including:Poseidippus or Posidippus, c. 316–250 BC, a celebrated poet of the New Comedy at Athens, known for his novel use of language, and influence on the Latin poets. Poseidippus or Posidippus of Pella, c. 310–240 BC, an epigrammatic poet at Samos and Alexandria, some of whose poems are included in the Greek Anthology. Poseidippus, a historian who wrote about Cnidus, and whose work discusses the Venus of Praxiteles. He may be identical with the epigrammatist. Poseidippus, a priest of Persephone at Pella. Poseidippus, son of Eupolis, stephanophorus of Miletus during the reign of Seleucus I.

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