Philetas of Cos
Ancient Greek scholar and poet · Writers · Lived 400 BC to 360 BC · aged 40
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Something wrong?Philitas of Cos, sometimes spelled Philetas, was a Greek scholar, poet and grammarian during the early Hellenistic period of ancient Greece. He is regarded as the founder of the Hellenistic school of poetry, which flourished in Alexandria after about 323 BC.
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The Ptolemaic Kingdom, c. 300 BC, was centered on Alexandria in ancient Egypt; Cos was on its northwest frontier.![A 2nd century AD papyrus fragment, written in Greek, copies part of Apollodorus' 2nd century BC mythography On the Gods, which quotes Philitas' Demeter (outlined in red) while discussing the etymology of the word ἌΟΡ (aor; "sword" or "spear").[19]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/POxy.XX.2260.i-Philitas-highlight.jpeg/330px-POxy.XX.2260.i-Philitas-highlight.jpeg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
A 2nd century AD papyrus fragment, written in Greek, copies part of Apollodorus' 2nd century BC mythography On the Gods, which quotes Philitas' Demeter (outlined in red) while discussing the etymology of the word ἌΟΡ (aor; "sword" or "spear").[19]
The Narrative of Philetas by Rodolfo Amoedo, 1887![A 3rd century BC coin depicts the co-rulers of Ptolemaic Egypt: Ptolemy II Philadelphus (left), patron and ex-pupil of Philitas; and Philadelphus' sister and wife Arsinoe II, possibly also an ex-pupil.[9]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Oktadrachmon_Ptolemaios_II_Arsinoe_II.jpg/330px-Oktadrachmon_Ptolemaios_II_Arsinoe_II.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
A 3rd century BC coin depicts the co-rulers of Ptolemaic Egypt: Ptolemy II Philadelphus (left), patron and ex-pupil of Philitas; and Philadelphus' sister and wife Arsinoe II, possibly also an ex-pupil.[9]Writers born in the 400s BC 6
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Philitas of Cos, sometimes spelled Philetas, was a Greek scholar, poet and grammarian during the early Hellenistic period of ancient Greece. He is regarded as the founder of the Hellenistic school of poetry, which flourished in Alexandria after about 323 BC. Philitas is also reputed to have been the tutor of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and the poet Theocritus. He was thin and frail; Athenaeus later caricatured him as an academic so consumed by his studies that he wasted away and died.
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