Posidippus (disambiguation)

Posidippus, Poseidippus (Ancient Greek: Ποσείδιππος Poseidippos) may refer to:

• Posidippus of Pella (c. 310 BC – c. 240 BC), epigrammatic poet
• Posidippus (comic poet) (316 BC – c. 250 BC), poet of New Comedy
• Poseidippus historian on Cnidus (perhaps the epigrammatist)
• Poseidippos of Pella priest of Persephone^[1] (perhaps the epigrammatist)^[2]
• Poseidippos son of Eupolis from Miletos, city president(stephanophoros) honouring Selecus I Nikator^[3]

References

1. SEG 42:619,b
2. Greek Mysteries: The Archaeology of Ancient Greek Secret Cults Page 215 By Michael B. Cosmopoulos ISBN 0-415-24873-6
3. A Seleukid Prosopography and Gazetteer Page 661 By John D. Grainger ISBN 90-04-09630-2

• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Poseidippus