Pigres of Halicarnassus

Pigres of Halicarnassus in wikipedia

Pigres, a native of Halicarnassus, either the brother or the son of the celebrated Artemisia, satrap of Caria. He is spoken of by the Suda (s.v. where, however, its author makes the mistake of conflating Artemisia, the wife of Mausolus, with Artemisia, the advisor of Xerxes in the Histories of Herodotus) as the author of the Margites, and the Batra...

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Pigres in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

（Πίγρης). A Greek poet of Halicarnassus, regarded by Baumeister and others as author of the Batrachomyomachia (q. v.). He is said to have been either the brother or son of Queen Artemisia (q.v.) of Caria. Besides the work mentioned, a poem called Margites is ascribed to him by Suidas (s. v.) and by Plutarch. He also inserted a pentameter line after...

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