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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 466 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CRINAGORAS , of Mytilene,

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Greek epigrammatist, flourished during the reign of

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AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

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STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo xiii. p . 6r7) . A number of epigrams appear under his name in the Greek

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ANTHOLOGY

Anthology . From

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INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions discovered at Mytilene, he appears to have been one of the ambassadors sent from that

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CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city to

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Rome in 45 and 26 B.C . The epigrams have been edited by M . Rubensohn (1888) .

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