Alcaeus (3), of Messene, fl. 200 BCE

Alan Douglas Edward Cameron; Christopher Pelling

doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.256

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Alcaeus(3)

, of Messene, fl. 200 BCE

Alcaeus(3)

, of Messene, fl. 200 BCE

Alan Douglas Edward Cameron
and Christopher Pelling

https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.256
Published online: 22 December 2015

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Alcaeus (3) of Messen (fl. 200 bce), author of 22 epigrams from the Garland of *Meleager (2) on various themes, notably political attacks on *Philip (3) V of Macedon (who replied to one of them; Plut. Flam. 9). Also wrote abusive iambics (now lost).

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