The Aethiopis or Aithiopis Greek language Greek polytonic , Aithiopis lang la Aethiopis is a lost Epic poetry epic of ancient Greek literature . It was one of the Epic Cycle , that is, the Trojan cycle, which told the entire history of the Trojan War in epic verse. The story of the Aethiopis comes chronologically immediately after that of the Homer ic Iliad , and is followed by that of the Little Iliad . The Aethiopis was sometimes attributed by ancient writers to Arctinus Arctinus of Miletus see Cyclic poets . The poem comprised five books of verse in dactylic hexameter . Date The Aethiopis was probably composed in the seventh century BC, but there is much uncertainty. Ancient sources date Arctinus to the eighth century but the earliest artistic representations of one of the most important characters, Penthesilea, date to about 600 BC, suggesting a much later date. Content In current critical editions only five lines survive of the Aethiopis original text. We are almost entirely dependent on a summary of the Cyclic epics contained in the Chrestomathy attributed to an unknown Proclus possibly to be identified with the 2nd century AD grammarian Eutychius Proclus . Fewer than ten other references give indications of the poem s storyline. The poem opens, shortly after the death of the Troy Trojan hero Hector , with the arrival of the Amazons Amazon warrior Penthesileia who has come to support the Trojans. She has a moment of glory in battle, but Achilles kills her. The Greek ... a dispute over them between Ajax and Odysseus. There the Aethiopis ends it is uncertain whether the judgment of Achilles armor, and subsequent suicide of Ajax, were told in the Aethiopis , in the next ... of the Aethiopis were popular among Pottery of Ancient Greece ancient Greek vase painters . Especially ... being poorly attested, the Aethiopis is frequently cited in modern scholarship on the Homeric Iliad ... sunsite.berkeley.edu OMACL Hesiod aethiop.html Fragments of the Aethiopis translated by H.G. Evelyn ... more details
taxobox image Salviaaethiopis.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Asterids ordo Lamiales familia Lamiaceae genus Salvia species S. aethiopis binomial Salvia aethiopis binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus L. Salvia aethiopis is a species of perennial plant known by the common name Mediterranean sage . It is best known as a noxious weed , particularly in the western United States. It is native to Eurasia and was probably introduced species introduced to North America as a contaminant of alfalfa seed. It is a weed of rangelands and pastures. It is unpalatable to livestock, it disrupts native floral communities, and it becomes a physical nuisance due to its habit of becoming an abundant Salsola tumbleweed . The Curculionidae weevil Phrydiuchus tau is used as an agent of biological pest control on this plant. External links http ucjeps.berkeley.edu cgi bin get JM treatment.pl?4745,4865,4866 Jepson Manual Treatment http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol SAAE USDA Plants Profile Plantarium Salvia aethiopis 33451 http calphotos.berkeley.edu cgi img query?query src photos index&where taxon Salvia aethiopis Photo gallery Category Salvia aethiopis Category Invasive plant species Lamiaceae stub az Salvia aethiopis de Ungarn Salbei es Salvia aethiopis hsb Wuherska elbija ru ... more details
Arctinus of Miletus or Arctinus Milesius was a Cyclic poets Greek epic poet whose reputation is purely legendary, as none of his works survive. Traditionally dated between 775 BC and 741 BC, he was said to have been a pupil of Homer . Phaenias of Eresus placed him in the 7th century BC and claimed that he was defeated by Lesches Lesches of Pyrrha in competition. One of the cyclic poets , Arctinus composed the epics Aethiopis and Sack of Troy , which were contributions to the Epic Cycle Trojan War cycle , and possibly Naupactia . These poems are lost, but an idea of the first two can be obtained from the Chrestomathy ascribed probably wrongly to Proclus the Neoplatonism Neo Platonist of the 5th century AD. The Aethiopis , in five books, is so called from the Aethiopian Memnon , who became the ally of the Troy Trojans after the death of Hector . According to Proclus, the poem took up the narrative from the close of the Iliad The Amazon Penthesilea arrives to aid the Trojans in war. She is the daughter of Ares and a Thracian by birth. Achilles kills her while she is fighting at her best, and the Trojans bury her. Achilles kills Thersites , who railed at him and reproached him for loving Penthesileia. The Aethiopis concluded with the death and burial of Achilles and the dispute between Ajax the great Ajax and Odysseus for his arms. The Sack of Troy Iliou Persis told the stories of the Trojan Horse , Sinon , and Laoco n , the capture of the city, and the departure of the Greeks pursued by the anger of Athena at the rape of Cassandra by Ajax the Lesser . The Little Iliad , usually ascribed to Lesches , bridged the gap in the story line between Aethiopis and the Sack of Troy . Sources Eusebius , Chronicle Olympiad 1.2, 5.1. Clement of Alexandria , Stromata 1.131.6. Suda s.lem. Arctinus Alpha, 3960 . DEFAULTSORT Arctinus of Miletus Category Ancient Milesians Category Early Greek epic poets Category 8th century BC Greek people Category 8th ... more details
Taxobox name Phrydiuchus tau image image width 240px regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Beetle Coleoptera familia Curculionidae genus Phrydiuchus species P. tau binomial Phrydiuchus tau binomial authority Warner, 1969 Phrydiuchus tau is a species of Curculionidae true weevil known as the Mediterranean sage root weevil . It is used as an agent of biological pest control against noxious weed Salvia aethiopis Mediterranean sage Salvia aethiopis . The adult weevil is dark gray to black and has a marking on its back that looks like a white letter T , or tau , hence its scientific name. The weevil is about 5 millimeters long. The female lays eggs at the base or on the underside of the leaf. The larva emerges in three to four weeks and burrows into the plant tissue. It tunnels all the way down to the root crown where it feeds and develops. The adult weevil does feed on the foliage, but most of the damage to the plant is done by the larva s feeding activity. Small plants can be killed by just the larval damage larger plants may be stunted or unable to reproduce. The weevil favors Mediterranean sage, but it will also readily attack Salvia sclarea clary sage Salvia sclarea , a similar but less troublesome weed in the area. This weevil is native to southern Eurasia. It was first introduced to the United States for invasive sage biocontrol in 1971. It is now established in much of the western United States. External links http www.cdfa.ca.gov PHPPS ipc weedinfo salvia.htm CDFA Invasive Sages References Coombs, E. M., et al., Eds. 2004 . Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States . Corvallis Oregon State University Press, 264. DEFAULTSORT Phrydiuchus Tau Category Curculionidae Category Biological pest control agents Curculionidae stub vi Phrydiuchus tau ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Bccenturyinbox in? in poetry cpa cpb 8th century BC c 7th century BC cn1 6th century BC Ancient Greece Poets by date of birth Homer , born near or before the beginning of the century Hesiod , born near or before the beginning of the century in Boeotia Archilochus of Paros born c. 700 Alcman dates unknown Semonides Solon ca. 638 558 BCE Mimnermus of Colophon floruit fl. 630 600 Stesichorus 640 555 BCE , Himera , Sicily Alcaeus born c. 620 in Mytilene Sappho c. 610 580 BCE Callinus c. 740 c. 665 BC Eumelus of Corinth late 7th century BC Tytaeus c. 700 c. 640 BC Works Odyssey Iliad Theogony Works and Days Homeric Hymns Aethiopis Little Iliad Iliou persis Sack of Troy Nostoi Telegony Cypria Oedipodea Thbaida Epigoni Alkmaionis Middle East Poets Works King Assurbanipal s library holds tablets that include versions of the Epic of Gilgamesh and En ma Elish China Poets by date of birth Lady Xu Mu Works DEFAULTSORT 7th Century Bc In Poetry Category Years in poetry Category 7th century BC Poetry ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Vulcaniella grandiferella image image width 220px image caption regnum Animal ia subregnum Eumetazoa zoodivisio Ditrysia phylum Arthropod a subphylum Hexapoda classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera infraordo Heteroneura zoosectio Tineina superfamilia Gelechioidea familia Cosmopterigidae subfamilia Cosmopteriginae genus Vulcaniella species V. grandiferella binomial Vulcaniella grandiferella binomial authority Sinev, 1986 synonyms Vulcaniella grandiferella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Serbia , Macedonia region Macedonia , Greece , Ukraine and southern Russia . The larvae feed on Salvia aethiopis and Salvia sclarea . They leafminer mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is irregularly shaped and is mostly located between two main veins near the leaf base. The larva makes several mines, and spends most of its time outside the mine, in a silken tunnel under the leaf. The frass is ejected and accumulates near the entrance of the mine. The larvae prefer lower leaves. Pupation takes place outside of the mine, often on the leaf. External links http www.bladmineerders.nl minersf lepidopteramin vulcaniella grandiferella grandiferella.htm bladmineerders.nl http www.faunaeur.org full results.php?id 362101 Fauna Europaea wikispecies commons category Vulcaniella Cosmopterigidae stub vi Vulcaniella grandiferella ... more details
Cyclic Poets is a shorthand term for the early Greek epic poets , approximate contemporaries of Homer . We know no more about these poets than we know about Homer, but modern scholars regard them as having composed orally, as did Homer. In the classical period, surviving early epic poems were ascribed to these authors, just as the Iliad and Odyssey were ascribed to Homer. Together with Homer, whose Iliad covers a mere 50 days of the war, they cover the complete war cycle , thus the name. Most modern scholars place Homer in the 8th century BC. The other poets listed below seemed to have lived in the 7th 5th centuries BC. Excluding Homer s, none of the works of the cyclic poets survive. List of named poets Homer Stasinus of Cyprus Creophylus of Samos Panyassis of Halicarnassus Arctinus of Miletus Lesches Lesches of Pyrrha Cinaethon of Sparta Thestorides of Phocaea the pseudo Herodotean Life of Homer Pseudo Herodotus Life of Homer says that Thestorides used writing Antimachos of Teos Antimachus of Teos Eumelus of Corinth Agias of Troezen Diodorus of Erythrae Hegesias of Salamis or Hegesinus Cyprias of Halicarnassus Carcinus of Naupactus Prodicus of Phocaea Eugammon of Cyrene Pisinous of Lindus Pisander of Camirus List of early Greek epics The Epic Cycle main Epic Cycle Cypria , ascribed to Homer or Stasinus of Cyprus or Hegesinus or Hegesias of Salamis or Cyprias of Halicarnassus Iliad , nearly always ascribed to Homer Aithiopis Aethiopis , ascribed to Arctinus of Miletus Amazonia once ascribed to Homer perhaps a different version of or another name for Aethiopis Little Iliad , ascribed to Lesches of Pyrrha or Cinaethon of Sparta or Diodorus of Erythrae or Homer Iliou persis Sack of Troy , ascribed to Arctinus of Miletus Nostoi Return from Troy , ascribed to Eumelus of Corinth or Agias of Troezen or Homer Odyssey , usually ascribed to Homer Telegony , ascribed to Cinaethon of Sparta otherwise said to have been stolen from Musaeus by Eugammon of Cyrene Thesprotis perhap ... more details
Marcus Furius Bibaculus 103 ? BC , Ancient rome Roman poet, flourished during the last century of the republic. According to Jerome , he was born at Cremona , and probably lived to a great age. He wrote satirical poems after the manner of Catullus , whose bitterness he rivaled, according to Quintilian Instit. x. i. 196 , in his iambics. He even attacked Augustus and perhaps Julius Caesar Caesar , who treated the matter with indifference. He was also author of prose Lucubrationes and perhaps of an epic poem on Caesar s Gallic Wars Gallic wars Pragmatia Belli Gallici . Otto Ribbeck attributes to him one of the shorter poems usually assigned to Virgil . It is doubtful whether he is the person ridiculed by Horace Satires , ii 5. 40 and whether he is identical with the turgidus Alpinus Satires, i. 10. 36 , the author of an Aethiopis dealing with the life and death of Memnon and of a poem on the Rhine . Some critics, on the ground that Horace would not have ventured to attack so dangerous an adversary, assume the existence of a poet whose real name was Furius or Cornelius Alpinus. Bibaculus was ridiculed for his high flown and exaggerated style and manner of expression. See also Latin poetry Roman Poetry References 1911 See Weichert, De M. Furio Bibaculo, in his Poetarum Latinorum Reliquiae 1830 fragments in L. M ller s edition of Catullus in the Teubner Series 1870 . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bibaculus, Marcus Furius ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Roman Poet DATE OF BIRTH 103 BC PLACE OF BIRTH Cremona DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bibaculus, Marcus Furius Category Roman era poets Category Golden Age Latin writers Category 1st century BC Romans Category 1st century BC poets Poet stub bg de Marcus Furius Bibaculus it Marco Furio Bibaculo hu Marcus Furius Bibaculus sk Marcus Furius Bibaculus sh Marko Furije Bibakul ... more details
Aristotle does not extend his criticism to the other epics in the Cycle the Aethiopis , Iliou ... of the Cycle and drew upon them extensively Fact date September 2007 , and it is likely that the Aethiopis ... of Patroclus and Priam coming to Achilles to ransom Hector s body valign top Aithiopis Aethiopis .... blockquote an alternative reading is preserved which is designed to lead directly into the Aethiopis ... more details
For the gastropod of Camaenidae family Thersites gastropod Trojan War In Greek mythology , Thersites was a soldier of the Greek army during the Trojan War . In the Iliad , he does not have a father s name, which may suggest that he should be viewed as a commoner rather than an aristocratic hero. However, a quotation from another lost epic in the Trojan cycle, the Aethiopis , gives his father s name as Agrius . Homer described him in detail in the Iliad , Book II, even though he plays only a minor role in the story. He is said to be bow legged and lame, to have shoulders that cave inward, and a head which is covered in tufts of hair and comes to a point. Vulgar, obscene, and somewhat dull witted, Thersites disrupts the rallying of the Greek army blockquote He got up in the assembly and attacked Agamemnon in the words of Achilles calling him greedy and a coward . . . Odysseus then stood up, delivered a sharp rebuke to Thersites, which he coupled with a threat to strip him naked, and then beat him on the back and shoulders with Agamemnon s sceptre Thersites doubled over, a warm tear fell from his eye, and a bloody welt formed on his back he sat down in fear, and in pain gazed helplessly as he wiped away his tear but the rest of the assembly was distressed and laughed . . . There must be a figuration of wickedness as self evident as Thersites the ugliest man who came to Troy who says what everyone else is thinking . ref The Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy by Seth Benardete, 1991, p100 101. ref blockquote He is not mentioned elsewhere in the Iliad , but it seems that in the lost Aethiopis , Achilles eventually killed him for having torn out the eyes of the Amazon Penthesilea that the hero had just killed in combat. ref analyses et r flexions sur Gorgias by Luc Brisson, p152 ref In his Introduction to The Anger of Achilles , Robert Graves speculates that Homer might have made Thersites a ridiculous figure as a way of dissociating himself from him, because his ... more details
refimprove date September 2009 Image J G Trautmann Das brennende Troja.jpg thumb right 250px The fall of Troy, by Johann Georg Trautmann 1713 1769 . From the collections of the Grand Duchy of Baden Grand Dukes of Baden , Karlsruhe. The Iliupersis Greek language Greek polytonic , Iliou persis , Sack of Ilium , also known as The Sack of Troy , is a lost Epic poetry epic of ancient Greek literature . It was one of the Epic Cycle , that is, the Trojan cycle, which told the entire history of the Trojan War in epic verse. The story of the Iliou persis comes chronologically after that of the Little Iliad , and is followed by the Nostoi Returns . The Iliou persis was sometimes attributed by ancient writers to Arctinus Arctinus of Miletus see Cyclic poets . The poem comprised two books of verse in dactylic hexameter . Date The Iliou persis was probably composed in the seventh century BCE, but there is much uncertainty. Ancient sources date Arctinus to the eighth century, but evidence concerning another of his poems, the Aethiopis , suggests that he lived considerably later than that. Content Only ten lines of the original text of the Iliou persis survive. For its storyline we are almost entirely dependent on a summary of the Cyclic epics contained in the Chrestomathy written by an unknown Proclus possibly to be identified with the 2nd century CE grammarian Eutychios Proklos Eutychius Proclus . A few other references give indications of the poem s storyline. A further impression of the poem s content may be gained from book 2 of Virgil s Aeneid written many centuries after the Iliou persis , which tells the story from a Trojan point of view. Note that different sources record some details differently for example the manner of Aeneas departure from Troy, or the identity of Astyanax killer. The version told here specifically follows what is known of the early epic poem, rather than any other source. The poem opens with the Trojans discussing what to do with the woo ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Coccophagus regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Hymenoptera subordo Apocrita superfamilia Chalcidoidea familia Aphelinidae genus Coccophagus genus authority John Obadiah Westwood Westwood , 1833 diversity about 250 species, see text diversity link biodiversity Coccophagus is a large genus of chalcid wasp s belonging to the family Aphelinidae . Species valign top Coccophagus acanthosceles C. acanthosceles Coccophagus adumbratus C. adumbratus Coccophagus adustus C. adustus Coccophagus aethiopis C. aethiopis Coccophagus aethochreus C. aethochreus Coccophagus afrangiatus C. afrangiatus Coccophagus africanus C. africanus Coccophagus albiapicella C. albiapicella Coccophagus albicoxa C. albicoxa Coccophagus albifuniculatus C. albifuniculatus Coccophagus albusus C. albusus Coccophagus amblydon C. amblydon Coccophagus anchoroides C. anchoroides Coccophagus angolensis C. angolensis Coccophagus anthracinus C. anthracinus Coccophagus apricus C. apricus Coccophagus argenteus C. argenteus Coccophagus argentifascia C. argentifascia Coccophagus argentiscutellum C. argentiscutellum Coccophagus argocoxa C. argocoxa Coccophagus assamensis C. assamensis Coccophagus asterolecanii C. asterolecanii Coccophagus aterrimus C. aterrimus Coccophagus atratus C. atratus Coccophagus aurantifrons C. aurantifrons Coccophagus aureonotus C. aureonotus Coccophagus auricaput C. auricaput Coccophagus avetianae C. avetianae Coccophagus baldassarii C. baldassarii Coccophagus bartletti C. bartletti Coccophagus basalis C. basalis Coccophagus berzeliae C. berzeliae Coccophagus biguttatus C. biguttatus Coccophagus bimaculatus C. bimaculatus Coccophagus bivittatus C. bivittatus Coccophagus bogoriensis C. bogoriensis Coccophagus brasiliensis C. brasiliensis Coccophagus brethesi C. brethesi Coccophagus brevisetus C. brevisetus Coccophagus brunneus C. brunneus Coccophagus burksi C. burksi Coccophagus candidus C. candidus Coccophagus caophongi C. caophongi Coccophagu ... more details
this article has used the BCE CE convention since its inception, 21 June 2005 The Little Iliad Greek language Greek polytonic , Ilias mikra lang la Ilias parva is a lost Epic poetry epic of ancient Greek literature . It was one of the Epic Cycle , that is, the Trojan cycle, which told the entire history of the Trojan War in epic verse. The story of the Little Iliad comes chronologically after that of the Aethiopis , and is followed by that of the Iliou persis Sack of Troy . The Little Iliad was variously attributed by ancient writers to Lesches of Pyrrha, Cinaethon of Sparta , Diodorus of Erythrae, Thestorides of Phocaea , or Homer himself see Cyclic poets . The poem comprised four books of verse in dactylic hexameter , the heroic meter. Date The Little Iliad was probably composed in the latter half of the seventh century BCE, but there is much uncertainty. Ancient sources date Lesches to the seventh century but it is typical for ancient writers to place archaic literary authors earlier sometimes centuries earlier than they actually lived. Content The Little Iliad is one of the better attested epics in the Epic Cycle nearly thirty lines of the original text survive. Nevertheless, we are almost entirely dependent on a summary of the Cyclic epics contained in the Chrestomatheia see also chrestomathy attributed to an unknown Proclus possibly to be identified with the 2nd century CE grammarian Eutychius Proclus . Numerous other references give indications of the poem s storyline. The poem, a fast paced episodic epic with a lot of ground to cover ref Philip Holt, Ajax s Burial in Early Greek Epic , The American Journal of Philology 113 .3 Autumn 1992 319 331 p. 319. ref which opened it to Aristotle s criticism, that it had more plot than an epic should have ref Aristotle, Poetics Aristotle Poetics , 1459b. ref opens with the judgment of Achilles arms, which are to be awarded to the greatest Greek hero the contest is between Ajax mythology Ajax and Odysseus , ... more details
Refimprove date April 2010 Image Eos Memnon Louvre G115.jpg thumb 300px The so called Memnon piet The goddess Eos lifts up the body of her son Memnon Red figure pottery Attic red figure cup , ca. 490 480 BC, from Capua , Italy In Greek mythology , Memnon Greek M was an Ethiopia Mythology Ethiopian king and son of Tithonus and Eos . As a warrior he was considered to be almost Achilles equal in skill. During the Trojan War , he brought an army to Troy s defense and was killed by Achilles in retribution for killing Antilochus . The death of Memnon echoes that of Hector , another defender of Troy whom Achilles also killed out of revenge for a fallen comrade, Patroclus . After Memnon s death, Zeus was moved by Eos tears and granted her immortality. Memnon s death is related at length in the lost epic Aithiopis Aethiopis , composed after The Iliad circa the 7th century BC. Quintus of Smyrna records Memnon s death in Posthomerica . His death is also described in Philostratus Imagines work by Philostratus Imagines . Memnon in Quintus of Smyrna s Posthomerica Memnon arrives at Troy in the immediate aftermath of an argument between Polydamas Iliad Polydamas , Helen , and Priam that centers on whether or not the Aethiopian King will show up at all. Memnon s army is described as being too big to be counted and his arrival starts a huge banquet in his honour. As per usual the two leaders Memnon and, in this case, Priam end the dinner by exchanging glorious war stories, and Memnon s tales lead Priam to declare that the Aethiopian King will be Troy s saviour. Despite this, Memnon is very humble and warns that his strength will hopefully be seen in battle, although he believes it is unwise to boast at dinner. Before the next day s war, so great was the divine love towards Memnon, Zeus makes all the other Olympians promise not to interfere with the fighting. In battle, Memnon kills Nestor mythology Nestor s son, Antilochos , after Antilochos had killed Memnon s dear comrade, A ... more details
. The most immediate implication is that the poet of the Iliad borrowed material from the Aethiopis . The debatable points are the poet s reasons for doing so the status and condition of the Aethiopis ... from, or something less concrete, like a traditional legend and the extent to which the Aethiopis ... more details
were told in the poems of the Epic Cycle , also known as the Cyclic Epics the Cypria , Aethiopis ... was then killed by Achilles ref name PC2A Proclus, Chrestomathy 2, Aethiopis . ref who fell in love ... more details
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