Nicias of Miletus explained

Nicias of Miletus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Νικίας; 4th–3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek physician, poet and epigrammatist from Miletus. A confidant of Theocritus (see Idylls 11, 13 and 28), he devoted himself to poetry and eight epigrams ascribed to his name survive in a fragmentary state.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Sources

• Encyclopedia: 1902–1904 . Nicias (6) . Ókori Lexicon I–II . Franklin Publishing Co. . Budapest . Pecz . Vilmos .
• Encyclopedia: Nìcia di Mileto . Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti . Treccani . online.

Further reading

• Encyclopedia: 2006 . Nicias [4] From Miletus; physician and poet, 3rd cent. BC ]. Brill’s New Pauly . Brill . online.
• Web site: Nicias Milesius 3. Jh. v. Chr . The Perseus Catalog.

Notes and References

1. Palatine Anthology, vi. 122, 127, 170; vii. 200; ix. 315, 564, 398. Planudean Anthology, xvi. 188, 189.
2. Ókori Lexicon.
3. Treccani.