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There are several conflicting lists of the greatest poets of the Alexandrian age (traditionally ascribed to Aristophanes Of Byzantium and Aristarchus Of Samothrace ) which include the "Alexandrian Pleiad", some with tragic poets, other which include lyric or epic poets. The following members are usually always included in the "Alexandrian Pleiad":

The other members are variously:


SEE ALSO

The name "Pléiade" was adopted in 1323 by a group of fourteen poets (seven men and seven women) in Toulouse and is used as well to refer to the group of poets around Pierre De Ronsard and Joachim Du Bellay in France in the 16th century (see " La Pléiade ").


REFERENCES

  • ''The Oxford Classical Dictionary.'' London: Oxford University Press, 1949.