Adrianus (poet)

Adrianus (Gr. Αδριανός) was a Greek poet who wrote an epic poem on the history of Alexander the Great, which was called the Alexandriad (Αλεξανδριάς). We chiefly know of this poem from a mention of the seventh book in the Suda,^[1] but we possess only a fragment consisting of one line.^[2] The Suda mentions, among other poems, a work by a poet "Arrianus" called Alexandriad or Αλεξανδριάς,^[3] and there can be no doubt that this is the work of Adrianus, which is mistakenly attributed to this "Arrianus".^[4][5]

References

1. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, s v. Σάνεια
2. ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Αστραία
3. ↑ Suda, s.v. Αρριανός
4. ↑ Meineke, in the Abhandl. der Berlin. Akademie, 1832, p. 124
5. ↑ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Adrianus (2)", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, p. 22 

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.