Apostle of creativity and individuality, Callimachus suggested we "abhor all common things.” Descended from the first Greek Royal family that reigned in Africa, he was one of the first critic-poets and led the trend of rejecting the Homeric epic style in favor of epigrams and short poems. A major influence on Ovid and Latin poetry in general, he invented for libraries what may have been the first bibliographical survey that listed, categorized, and identified where literary works could be found. Teacher to Eratosthenes, he wrote one of the earliest love stories in all literature with a theme since retold by millions of poets and novelists.
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Greek Historians / Journalists Poets Stoic
“Drive your wagons on untrodden fields.”
Chapters:
38. Fruit Over Flowers
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“A good man never dies.”
Chapters:
39. Oneness
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“I abhor the roaming lover, nor do I drink from every well - I loathe all things in common.”
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