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Hipponax ( Ancient Greek: Ἱππῶναξ; gen. Ἱππώνακτος; fl. late 6th century BC ), [1] of Ephesus and later Clazomenae, was an Ancient Greek iambic poet who composed verses depicting the vulgar side of life in Ionian society.
Hipponax was an iambic poet who used curse and blame in his work, and was exiled by the tyrants of Ephesus. He was also the earliest source for the pharmakos ritual, a scapegoat custom that he used to attack his enemies.
…issued by the satirical poet Hipponax. In the Arabic poetic tradition, hijāʾ (“lampooning”) has been present since the tradition’s earliest days. Such satires could be hurtful, if not fatal, and were easily weaponized; the poet could lead his people into battle, hurling his verses as he would hurl a spear.…
Jan 18, 2012 · Hipponax (c. 540 BCE) is known as a satirist with a “malicious disposition” but, if his work on women is supposed to be in any way funny, it misses the mark completely. It is little wonder that he was exiled from his hometown of Ephesus and finally died in poverty.
Hipponax, then, lived in the latter half of the sixth century B. C., about half a century after Solon, and a century and a half later than Archilochus. Like others of the early poets, Hipponax was distinguished for his love of liberty.
Hipponax. (Ἱππω̑ναξ), poet of Ephesus and Clazomenae (late 6th cent. bc ), composed entertaining monologues and songs, probably for a popular festival (see iambic poetry, Greek ). His favourite metre was the scazon (choliambus) with its deliberate ‘wrong’ ending.
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Hipponax (fl. 540 BC) was a Greek poet who wrote iambic verse and satire. He was banished from Ephesus for insulting the tyrants and invented the choliambic meter.
