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Philitas of Cos

Scholar and poet
Philitas of Cos, sometimes spelled Philetas, was a Greek scholar, poet and grammarian during the early Hellenistic period of ancient Greece. He is regarded as the founder of the Hellenistic school of poetry, which flourished in Alexandria after... Wikipedia
Born: 340 BC, Kos, Greece
Died: 285 BC (age 55 years)
Parents: Telephos
Genre: Elegiac, epigram, epyllion