Moschus, ancient Greek bucolic poet

Moschus in laurel wreath, ancient Greek bucolic poet and student of the Alexandrian grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace. Born at Syracuse and flourished about 150 BC. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor's Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as FavissE utriusque antiquitatis tam RomanE quam GrEcE in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716

18th Century Ancient Greek Antique Images Deorum Et Heroum Gods And Heroes Greek Myth Henricus Spoor Laurel Wreath Medallion Men And Women Moschus Pieter Bodart Roman Myth Syracuse

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