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Headword:
Mimnermos
Adler number: mu,1077
Translated headword: Mimnermus, Mimnermos
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Son of Ligyrtyades, from Colophon or
Smyrna or Astypalaea, elegiac poet. He flourished in the 37th Olympiad,[1] so he preceded the seven sages; but some say that he was their contemporary. He was also called Ligyastades[2] because of his harmony and sweetness [
ligu]. He wrote these many books.[3]
Mimnermos, Ligurtuadou, Kolophônios ê Smurnaios ê Astupalaieus, elegeiopoios. gegone d' epi tês lz# olumpiados, hôs protereuein tôn z# sophôn: tines de autois kai sunchronein legousin. ekaleito de kai Liguastadês dia to emmeles kai ligu. egrapse biblia tauta polla.
Notes:
M.L. West in OCD4 s.v.;
Cambridge History of Classical Literature 1.1, 214-15.
[1] 632-629 BCE.
[2] This is the form of the name in the epigram quoted by
Diogenes Laertius 1.61. Adler follows the
editio princeps of the Suda in preferring it to the variants given by the Suda mss.
[3] 'These' (
tau=ta) does not seem right, without a list appended. Adler notes suggested emendations:
e)rwtika\ ta\ (Bernhardy),
pa/nu (Gutschmid).
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 12 January 2002@17:23:27.
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