Menecrates of Ephesus

Menecrates of Ephesus (/məˈnɛkrətz/; Greek: Μενεκράτης; 330–270 BC) was a Greek didactic poet of the Hellenistic period.[1] He wrote a poem called the Works which was modeled upon Hesiod's Works and Days and included a discussion of bees based on the work of Aristotle. He was the teacher of the astronomical poet Aratus.[2]

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  1. Oxford Classical Dictionary, ed. Hornblower, Simon, and Antony Spawforth. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 978-0-19-268767-8 p.958
  2. Philip Thibodeau, "Menekrates of Ephesos" , p. 545 in The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists, ed. Paul T. Keyser and Georgia L. Irby-Massie. London & New York: Routledge, 2008. ISBN 978-0-415-34020-5

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