Timachidas of Rhodes
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Timachidas of Rhodes was an ancient Greek
philologist from the island of Rhodes
who lived in c. 100 BC. He was known for composing a work entitled Deipna or "Dinners". Timachidas is quoted fourteen times by Athenaeus
(once on Rhodian wine) and occasionally by others.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
philologist from the island of Rhodes
Rhodes
Rhodes is an island in Greece, located in the eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007, and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within...
who lived in c. 100 BC. He was known for composing a work entitled Deipna or "Dinners". Timachidas is quoted fourteen times by Athenaeus
Athenaeus
Athenaeus , of Naucratis in Egypt, Greek rhetorician and grammarian, flourished about the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 3rd century AD...
(once on Rhodian wine) and occasionally by others.