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COLUTHUS , or COLLUTIius, of Lycopolis in the See also:Egyptian Thebaid, See also:Greek epic poet, flourished during the reign of See also:Anastasius I . (491–518) . According to Suidas, he was the author of Calydoniaca (probably an See also:account of the Calydonian See also:boar See also:hunt), Persica (an account of the See also:Persian See also:wars), and Encomia (laudatory poems) . These are all lost, but his poem in some 400 hexameters on The See also:Rape of See also:Helen (`Apra^yr) 'EMin7s) is still extant, having been discovered by See also:Cardinal See also:Bessarion in See also:Calabria . The poem is dull and tasteless, devoid of See also:imagination, a poor See also:imitation of See also:Homer, and has little to recommend it except its harmonious versification, based upon the technical rules of See also:Nonnus . It related the See also:history of See also:Paris and Helen from the See also:wedding of See also:Peleus and See also:Thetis down to the elopement and arrival at See also:Troy . The best See also:editions are by See also:Van See also:Lennep (1747), G . F . Schafer (1825), E . See also:Abel (188o) . |
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