Adrianus (poet)

Adrianus (Gr. Αδριανός) was a Greek poet who wrote an epic poem on the history of Alexander the Great, which was called the Alexandriad (Αλεξανδριάς). We chiefly know of this poem from a mention of the seventh book in the Suda,[1] but we possess only a fragment consisting of one line.[2] The Suda mentions, among other poems, a work by a poet "Arrianus" called Alexandriad or Αλεξανδριάς,[3] and there can be no doubt that this is the work of Adrianus, which is mistakenly attributed to this "Arrianus".[4][5]

For other uses, see Adrianus (disambiguation).

References
  1. Stephanus of Byzantium, s v. Σάνεια
  2. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Αστραία
  3. Suda, s.v. Αρριανός
  4. Meineke, in the Abhandl. der Berlin. Akademie, 1832, p. 124
  5. Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Adrianus (2)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, p. 22

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

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