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Leonides of Alexandria ( Greek: Λεωνίδης) was a Greek early Christian martyr who lived in the second and early third centuries AD. [1] Biography. According to the Christian historian Eusebius, Leonides' son was the early Church father Origen. [1] . Eusebius also says that he was of Greek nationality. [1] .
Jun 27, 2024 · Against the backdrop of Chapter 1’s diachronic study, this chapter examines in details the output of a single Graeco-Roman poet of the mid-first century ce and his engagement with counting as a form of poetic criticism: Leonides of Alexandria and his isopsephic epigrams.
Leonidas of Alexandria (/ l i ˈ ɒ n ɪ d ə s,-d æ s /; Greek: Λεωνίδας; Latin: Leonidas Alexandrinus; fl. 1st century AD) was a Greek epigrammatist active at Rome during the reigns of Nero and Vespasian.
composed by Leonides of Alexandria. Isopsephy in this context aimed to produce epigrammatic couplets of equal value or lines of equal value in a single distich. In modern scholarship, Leonides has received short shrift. Johannes Geffcken’s 1925 Realencyclopädie article on the epi-grammatist describes him as a ‘conceited versifier’,a ...
Summary. LEONIDES AND HIS EPIGRAMS. When Leonides gave up astrology and took to poetry, he became, he tells us, ‘everybody's darling’. The world has not lately regarded him with much affection or indeed troubled itself to cultivate his acquaintance.
Two further panellists analyse the reception of Alexandrian poetics in later authors – Alcaeus of Messene and Leonides of Alexandria – and demonstrate that Roman ‘Callimacheanism’ was only one among numerous interpretations of the Alexandrian’s work.
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Nov 5, 2013 · Leonides carefully cultivated the brilliant intellect of his son Origen from the latter's childhood, and imparted to him the knowledge of Holy Scripture. The feast of St. Leonidas of Alexandria is celebrated on 22 April.
