Greek Lyric
Eumelus
Testimonia Vitae Atque Artis
1 Clem. Alex. Strom. 1. 21. 131 (ii 82 Stählin)
Εὔμηλος δὲ ὁ Κορίνθιος πρεσβύτερος ὢν ἐπιβεβληκέναι Ἀρχίᾳ τῷ Συρακούσας κτίσαντι.
2 Euseb. Chron.
(a) Ol. 5. 1 (p. 87 Helm, ii 80s. Schöne)
Eumelus poeta, qui Bugoniam et Europiam, et Arctinus, qui Aethiopidam composuit, et Ilii Persis agnoscitur.
(b) Ol. 9. 1 (p. 89 Helm, ii 82s. Schöne)
Eumelus Corinthius versificator agnoscitur et Sibylla Erythraea.
Eumelus
Eumelus
Life and Work1
1 Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies
Eumelus the Corinthian, who was older (sc. than Callinus, Archilochus and Semonides), is said to have overlapped with Archias, the founder of Syracuse.2
2 Eusebius, Chronicle 1
(a) Olympiad 5.1 (760/759 b.c.): Eumelus the poet, who composed the Bugonia and Tales of Europa, and Arctinus, who composed the Aethiopis, and The Sack of Troy are all well-known.
(b) Olympiad 9.1 (744/743 b.c.): Eumelus the Corinthian poet is well-known; also the Sibyl of Erythrae.
- 1For the fragments of epic poems attributed to Eumelus, viz. Corinthian History, Bugonia, Tales of Europa, Battle of the Titans, Homecomings, see Kinkel Epic. Gr. Fragm. 185 ff., Jacoby F. Gr. H. iii B 378 ff. (with commentary p. 297 ff.); also T. J. Dunbabin, J.H.S 68 (1948) 66 ff, É. Will, Korinthiaka 124 ff., G. L. Huxley, Greek Epic Poetry 60 ff.
- 2Founded from Corinth c. 734 b.c.
- 1See A. A. Mosshammer, The Chronicle of Eusebius 198–203.