Artemon Melopoios

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Artemon (Ancient Greek: Ἀρτέμων), called "Melopoios" (Μελοποιός), from his being a Melic poet, appears to have been a contemporary of the comic playwright Aristophanes.^[1]^[2]

It is usually believed that he is the author of the two epigrams still extant in the Greek Anthology.^[3]

References

^ Scholiast on Aristophanes, The Acharnians 830
^ Suda s.v. ὄζων
^ Greek Anthology, 12.55, 124

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Artemon (6)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 377.

[1] Scholiast on Aristophanes, The Acharnians 830

[2] Suda s.v. ὄζων

[3] Greek Anthology, 12.55, 124

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