EUPHORION  , See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek poet and grammarian, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CHALCIS

Chalcis in See also:

• EUBOEA (pronounced Evvia in the modern language)

Euboea about 275 B.C . He spent much of his See also:

• LIFE

life in See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, where he amassed See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WEALTH

wealth . About 221 he was invited by See also:

• ANTIOCHUS

Antiochus the Great to the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria . He assisted in the formation of the royal library at See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch, of which he held the See also:

• POST

post of librarian till his See also:

• DEATH

death . He wrote mythological epics, amatory elegies, epigrams and a satirical poem ('Apal, " curses ") after the manner of the See also:

• IBIS

Ibis of See also:

• CALLIMACHUS

Callimachus . See also:

• PROSE

Prose See also:

• WORKS

works on antiquities and See also:

• HISTORY

history are also attributed to him . Like See also:

• LYCOPHRON

Lycophron, he was fond of using archaic and obsolete expressions, and the erudite See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of his allusions rendered his See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language very obscure . His elegies were highly esteemed by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans• they were imitated or translated by See also:

• CORNELIUS
• CORNELIUS, CARL AUGUST PETER (1824-1874)
• CORNELIUS, PETER VON (1784–1867)

Cornelius See also:

• GALLUS, C
• GALLUS, CORNELIUS (c. 70-26 B.C.)
• GALLUS, GAIUS AELIUS
• GALLUS, GAIUS CESTIUS
• GALLUS, GAIUS SULPICIUS

Gallus and alsc by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Tiberius . Fragments in See also:

• MEINEKE, JOHANN ALBRECHT FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1790-1870)

Meineke, " De Euphorionis Chalcidensis vita et scriptis," in his Analecta Alexandrina (1843); for a recently discovered fragment of about 30 lines see Berliner Klassikertexte, v . 1 (1907) .