Alcaeus of Messene

300 BC–260 BC

ancient Greek poet

writer · poet · epigrammatist

Born in Messene

Contemporaries

People who walked the earth at the same time as Alcaeus of Messene:

• Archimedes (286 BC–211 BC)
• Euclid (333 BC–284 BC)
• Ashoka (303 BC–231 BC)
• Epicurus (341 BC–269 BC)
• Chanakya Kautilya (374 BC–282 BC)
• Eratosthenes (275 BC–193 BC)
• Zeno of Citium (333 BC–262 BC)
• Mencius (371 BC–288 BC)

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