Callimachus

Callimachus

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. A representative of Ancient Greek literature of the Hellenistic period, he wrote over 800 literary works, most of which do not survive, in a wide variety of genres. He espoused an aesthetic philosophy, known as Callimacheanism, which exerted a strong influence on the poets of the Roman Empire and, through them, on all subsequent Western literature. Born into a prominent family in the Greek city of Cyrene in modern-day Libya, he was educated in Alexandria, the capital of the Ptolemaic kings of Egypt. After working as a schoolteacher in the city, he came under the patronage of King Ptolemy II Philadelphus and was employed at the Library of Alexandria where he compiled the Pinakes, a comprehensive catalogue of all Greek literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Callimachus is the 330th most popular writer (up from 339th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Libya (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Libyan Writer.

Callimachus was a Greek poet and scholar who was born in Cyrene. He is most famous for his work the "Hymns" which are poems written in honor of various gods.