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3rd-century BC Greek poets
Apollonius of RhodesAncient biographers wrote two texts called Life of Apollonius, yet these accounts contradict each other on almost every major point.
TheocritusTheocritus was born in 300 BC, a Greek poet hailing from Sicily. He referred to Polyphemus, the Cyclops of Homer's Odyssey, as his countryman.
EratosthenesEratosthenes arrived in the world during 276 BC within the city of Cyrene. This settlement now exists as part of modern Libya and was founded by Greeks…
CallimachusCallimachus entered the world around 310 BC within a prominent family in Cyrene, a Greek city on the coast of modern-day Libya.