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Callimachus (Ancient Greek: Καλλίμαχος, romanized: Kallimachos; c. 310 – c. 240 BC) was an ancient Greek poet, scholar and librarian who was active in Alexandria during the 3rd century BC.
Callimachus (born c. 305 bce, Cyrene, North Africa [now Shaḥḥāt, Libya]—died c. 240) was a Greek poet and scholar, the most representative poet of the erudite and sophisticated Alexandrian school.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 17, 2023 · Callimachus of Cyrene was a poet and scholar of the 3rd century BCE who streamlined literary forms and developed the systematic catalog of the holdings of the Library of Alexandria, which is often cited as the first "card catalog" in history.
- Joshua J. Mark
May 29, 2018 · The Greek poet Callimachus (ca. 310-240 B.C.) is regarded as the most characteristic representative of Alexandrian poetry. Learning, polish, and contemporaneity characterize his work, which had enormous influence on the Roman elegiac poets.
- TO ZEUS. [1] At libations to Zeus what else should rather be sung than the god himself, mighty for ever, king for evermore, router of the Pelagonians, dealer of justice to the sons of Heaven?
- TO APOLLO. [1] How the laurel branch of Apollo trembles! How trembles all the shrine! Away, away, he that is sinful! Now surely Phoebus knocketh at the door with his beautiful foot.
- TO ARTEMIS. [1] Artemis we hymn – no light thing is it for singers to forget her – whose study is the bow and the shooting of hares and the spacious dance and sport upon the mountains; beginning with the time when sitting on her father’s knees – still a little maid – she spake these words to her sire: “Give me to keep my maidenhood, Father, forever: and give me to be of many names, that Phoebus may not vie with me.
Callimachus was a Greek sculptor, perhaps an Athenian, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital after witnessing acanthus leaves growing around a basket placed upon a young girl’s tomb. Although no sculptures by Callimachus survive in the original, he was reported to have carved the golden.
Learn about the life and works of Callimachus, the most influential poet of the Hellenistic age. Explore his poetry, prose, and his role in the literary culture of Ptolemaic Alexandria.
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