The Rape of Helen
Lycopolis (Egypt)
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Colluthus of Lycopolis
Colluthus of Lycopolis
c. 470 CE–c. 520 CE · Lycopolis (Egypt)
Colluthus was a Greek epic poet from Lycopolis in Egypt, active around the late 5th and early 6th century CE under the eastern emperor Anastasius. He is known for the short mythological epic 'The Abduction of Helen,' which survives and recounts events leading up to the Trojan War in the elaborate style of late antique Greek verse. Other poems attributed to him are lost.
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About Lycopolis (Egypt)
Lycopolis, modern Asyut in Upper Egypt on the west bank of the Nile, was a Greco-Egyptian city. It is generally given by ancient sources as the birthplace of the Neoplatonist philosopher Plotinus, founder of Neoplatonism. The later epic poet Colluthus was also a native of Lycopolis.
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