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Hermocles of Cyzicus
Author(s) : Gioni Olympia (30/5/2002)Translation : Chrysanthopoulos Dimitrios
For citation: Gioni Olympia, "Hermocles of Cyzicus",Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia MinorURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=8135>
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SUMMARY
A lyric poet from Cyzicus, who mainly wrote paeans. He composed poems for Antigonus I and Demetrius Poliorcetes. His only surviving work is a prosodion in trimetre with interjecting verses in ithyphallic metre, handed down to us by Athenaeus.
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Lyric poet
Date and Place of Death
3rd cent. BC, unknown
Date and Place of Birth
4th cent. BC, Cyzicus
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