Antagoras of Rhodes (, born on
Rhodes
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about 270 B.C.)
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(ed) (1870) Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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''from within'' was a Greek poet. He was also noted for his cookery.
Biographical information
Antagoras wrote a
Theban epic whilst in
Pella
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, and (extant) epigrams. Also was one of two attendant in the court of
Antigonus II Gonatas
Antigonus II Gonatas (, ; – 239 BC) was a Macedonian Greek ruler who solidified the position of the Antigonid dynasty in Macedon after a long period defined by anarchy and chaos and acquired fame for his victory over the Gauls who had inv ...
, ruler of
Macedonia
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Is recorded as having had some personal contact in his own time, with
Philocydes (possibly envoy to
Pharnabazus, son of Artabazus
Pharnabazus III (Old Iranian: ''Farnabāzu'', Ancient Greek: ''Φαρνάβαζος''; 370 BC - after 320 BC) was a Persian satrap who fought against Alexander the Great. His father was Artabazos II, and his mother a Greeks, Greek from Rhodes.
...
) and was known to
Hegesander.
Famed for his repartee Antagoras was described by contemporaries as;
Conger eels account
Whilst on campaign in the Balkans, King
Antigonos Gonatas
Antigonus II Gonatas (, ; – 239 BC) was a Macedonian Greek ruler who solidified the position of the Antigonid dynasty in Macedon after a long period defined by anarchy and chaos and acquired fame for his victory over the Gauls who had inva ...
—who had journeyed with Antagoras—found Antagoras inside camp to be cooking
conger
''Conger'' ( ) is a genus of marine congrid eels. It includes some of the largest types of eels, ranging up to or more in length, in the case of the European conger. Large congers have often been observed by divers during the day in parts of t ...
eels. When asked as to the likelihood of Homer being able to produce the Iliad should he have decided instead to use his time in cookery, Antagoras replied that he thought it unlikely that Agammemnon would have involved himself in any exploits at all if he had chosen to wander around his camp looking for men cooking conger eels.
In one account of the story
Plutarch
Plutarch (; , ''Ploútarchos'', ; – 120s) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo (Delphi), Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ''Parallel Lives'', ...
first writes of the value of seafood above the common staple (lentils) and, showing the relative costs of foods against each other, uses the examples of the persons
Philoxenus the son of Eryxis,
Androcydes the painter and Antagoras as examples for the preference of fish (a delicious food):
See also
*
Thebaid (a region of ancient Egypt)
*
Thebais (a poem ) by
Publius Papinius Statius
Publius Papinius Statius ( Greek: Πόπλιος Παπίνιος Στάτιος; , ; ) was a Latin poet of the 1st century CE. His surviving poetry includes an epic in twelve books, the ''Thebaid''; a collection of occasional poetry, the '' ...
*
Θηβαΐς (Thebaid)
References
External links
Luard, E (2008
amazon.com''open book'' showing traditional ways of cookery for the European peoples
Edward Phillips
Edward Phillips (August 1630 – c. 1696) was an English author.
Life
He was the son of Edward Phillips, of the Crown Office in Chancery, and his wife Anne, only sister of John Milton, the poet. Edward Phillips the younger was born in Stran ...
(1675
page 20 of '' Theatrum poetarum: or A compleat collection of the poets, especially the most eminent, of all ages. The antients distinguish't from the moderns in their several alphabets (Google eBook)''
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Ancient Rhodian poets
3rd-century BC Greek poets
3rd-century BC Rhodians
270s BC births