Antagoras
historical figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 5 anchored passages
Antagoras of Rhodes · Antagoras the poet
spoken of as
2 expressionsAntagoras of Rhodes1 mention
Vitae philosophorum (Greek)
He welcomed Aratus also and Lycophron the tragic poet, and Antagoras of Rhodes, but, above all, he applied himself to the study of Homer and, next, the Lyric poets;
Antagoras the Chian1 mention
Aristides (Greek)
So Uliades the Samian and Antagoras the Chian conspired together, and ran down the trireme of Pausanias off Byzantium, closing in on both sides of it as it was putting out before the line.
in the texts
Vitae philosophorum
Poet who composed the epitaph for Crates and Polemo and verses on Love quoted by Crantor.
And it is said that there are extant these lines of the poet Antagoras, spoken by Crantor on Love:
Passing stranger, say that in this tomb rest godlike Crates and Polemo, men magnanimous in concord, from whose inspired lips flowed sacred speech, and whose pure life of wisdom, in accordance with unswerving tenets, decked them for a bright immortality.
He welcomed Aratus also and Lycophron the tragic poet, and Antagoras of Rhodes, but, above all, he applied himself to the study of Homer and, next, the Lyric poets;
Aristides
Chian commander who conspired with Uliades to ram Pausanias's ship off Byzantium.
So Uliades the Samian and Antagoras the Chian conspired together, and ran down the trireme of Pausanias off Byzantium, closing in on both sides of it as it was putting out before the line.
Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata
A poet found boiling a conger eel by Antigonus, who mocked him by asking if Homer did such things while writing of Agamemnon's deeds; Antagoras retorted by asking if Agamemnon himself peeped into his army to see who boiled congers.
Antagoras the poet was boiling a conger, and Antigonus, coming behind him as he was stirring his skillet, said: