Posidippus (disambiguation)

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Posidippus, Poseidippus, or Poseidippos (Ancient Greek: Ποσείδιππος) may refer to:

  • Posidippus of Pella (c. 310 BC-240 BC), epigrammatic poet
  • Posidippus (comic poet) 316 BC – ca. 250 BC, poet of New Comedy
  • Poseidippus historian on Cnidus (perhaps the epigrammatist)
  • Poseidippos of Pella priest of Persephone[1] (perhaps the epigrammatist)[2]
  • Poseidippos son of Eupolis from Miletos, city president(stephanophoros) honouring Selecus I Nikator[3]

References

  1. SEG 42:619,b
  2. Greek Mysteries: The Archaeology of Ancient Greek Secret Cults Page 215 By Michael B. Cosmopoulos ISBN 0-415-24873-6
  3. A Seleukid Prosopography and Gazetteer Page 661 By John D. Grainger ISBN 90-04-09630-2
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