Aeschylus of Alexandria

Ancient Greek poet

Aeschylus of Alexandria (Greek Αισχύλος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) was an epic poet who must have lived before the end of the 2nd century, and whom Athenaeus calls a well-informed man. One of his poems bore the title "Amphitryon," and another "Messeniaca." A fragment of the former is preserved in Athenaeus.^[1] According to Zenobius,^[2] he had also written a work on proverbs.^[3]

References

^ Athenaeus, xiii. p. 599
^ Zenobius, v. 85
^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Aeschylus (2)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, p. 44

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aeschylus (2)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.