Colluthus of Lycopolis

Colluthus of Lycopolis

▪ Greek poet
flourished AD 500

      Greek epic poet now represented by only one extant poem, The Rape of Helen (which was discovered in Calabria, Italy). The short poem (394 verses) is in imitation of Homer and Nonnus and tells the story of Paris and Helen from the wedding of Peleus and Thetis down to Helen's arrival at Troy. According to the Suda lexicon, Colluthus was also the author of Calydoniaca (probably an account of the Calydonian boar hunt), Persica (an account of the Persian wars), and Encomia (laudatory poems in epic verse).

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  • Coluthus — This article is about the Greek poet. For the priest who spawned a sect, see Colluthians. Coluthus, often Colluthus, of Lycopolis in the Egyptian Thebaid, was an epic poet writing in Greek, who flourished during the reign of Anastasius I (491… …   Wikipedia

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