John Tzetzes ( Ancient Greek : Ἰωάννης Τζέτζης , romanized : Iōánnēs Tzétzēs ; c. 1110 , Constantinople – 1180, Constantinople) was a Byzantine poet and grammarian who lived at Constantinople in the 12th century. He is known for making significant contributions in preserving much valuable information from ancient Greek literature and scholarship. Of his numerous works, the most important one is the Book of Histories , also known as Chiliades ('Thousands'). The work is a long poem containing knowledge that is unavailable elsewhere and serves as commentary on Tzetzes's own letters. Two of his other important works are the Allegoriai on the Iliad and the Odyssey , which are long didactic poems containing interpretations of Homeric theology.
21-543: Disambiguation page [REDACTED] The Harpy Celaeno (1902) by Mary Pownall , at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow In Greek mythology , Celaeno ( / s ɪ ˈ l iː n oʊ / ; Ancient Greek : Κελαινώ Kelaino , lit. 'the dark one', also Celeno or Kelaino , sometimes Calaeno ) referred to several different figures. Celaeno , one of
42-400: A lack of written material, he was obliged to trust to his memory; therefore caution has to be exercised in reading his work. However, he was learned, and made a great contribution to the furtherance of the study of ancient Greek literature . Tzetzes published a collection of 107 of his Letters addressed partly to fictitious/unidentified personages, and partly to influential men and women of
63-469: A list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Celaeno&oldid=1255054704 " Categories : Set index articles on Greek mythology Amazons (Greek mythology) Characters in
84-457: A revised edition with marginal notes in prose and verse (ed. T. Kiessling, 1826; on the sources see C. Harder, De J. T. historiarum fontibus quaestiones selectae , diss., Kiel, 1886). Tzetzes supplemented Homer 's Iliad by a work that begins with the birth of Paris and continues the tale to the Achaeans' return home. The Homeric Allegories , in "political" verse and dedicated initially to
105-618: Is a gloss on a literary, historical, or other learned reference in one of his published letters. The first 141 histories serve as poetic footnotes to a verse letter Tzetzes addressed to John Lachanas, an official in Constantinople. This collection of literary, historical, theological, and antiquarian miscellanies provides an important snapshot of the intellectual world of Constantinople in the mid-12th century, and also preserves fragments of more than 200 ancient authors, including many whose works have been lost. The author subsequently brought out
126-465: Is that elucidating the obscure Cassandra or Alexandra of the Hellenistic poet Lycophron , usually called "On Lycophron" (edited by K.O. Müller , 1811), in the production of which his brother Isaac is generally associated with him. Mention may also be made of a dramatic sketch in iambic verse, in which the caprices of fortune and the wretched lot of the learned are described; and of an iambic poem on
147-713: The Antehomerica , Tzetzes recalls the events taking place before Homer's Iliad . This work was followed by the Homerica , covering the events of the Iliad , and the Posthomerica , reporting the events taking place between the Iliad and the Odyssey . All three are currently available in English translations. Tzetzes also wrote commentaries on a number of Greek authors, the most important of which
168-725: The Paris Salon from 1893 to 1899 and received an honourable mention for her work at the 1899 Exposition Universelle. She then studied in Rome from 1898 to 1901. In Rome she lived at 53b Via Margutta. Between 1897 and 1925 she regularly showed pieces at the Royal Academy in London. In 1902 she married Alfred Bromet, a barrister, but she continued to use her maiden name for her work. From 1903 to 1931 they lived at Lime Lodge, Pinner Road in Watford . Pownall
189-588: The Pleiades . She was said to be mother of Lycus and Nycteus , of King Eurypylus (or Eurytus ) of Cyrene , and of Lycaon , also by Poseidon Celaeno, one of the Harpies , whom Aeneas encountered at Strophades . She gave him prophecies of his coming journeys. Celaeno, one of the Danaïdes , the daughters of Danaus . Her mother was Crino . She married and killed Hyperbius , son of Aegyptus and Hephaestine . She
210-711: The Aeneid Characters in the Argonautica Children of Poseidon Danaïdes Female lovers of Apollo Harpies Libyan characters in Greek mythology Pleiades (Greek mythology) Princesses in Greek mythology Women of Poseidon Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text All set index articles Mary Pownall Mary Pownall , later Mary Bromet , (1862–1937)
231-567: The German-born empress Irene and then to Constantine Cotertzes , are two didactic poems, the first based on the Iliad and the second based on the Odyssey, in which Homer and the Homeric theology are set forth and then explained by means of three kinds of allegory : euhemeristic ( πρακτική ), anagogic ( ψυχική ) and physic ( στοιχειακή ). These works were translated into English in 2015 and 2019 by Adam J. Goldwyn and Dimitra Kokkini. In
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#1732877214054252-711: The Perseus Digital Library . Gaius Julius Hyginus , Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Maurus Servius Honoratus , In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii; recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. Online version at
273-703: The Perseus Digital Library . Pausanias , Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols . Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library . Apollodorus , The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at
294-457: The Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website . Strabo , The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] This article includes
315-1000: The commentary by Servius ^ Apollodorus , 2.1.5 ^ Strabo , 12.8.18 ^ Pausanias , 10.6.3 ^ Scholia on Euripides , Orestes 1094 ^ Murray, John (1833). A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index . Albemarle Street, London. p. 78. ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron , 132 ^ Diodorus Siculus , 4.16.3 References [ edit ] Diodorus Siculus , The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather . Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2 . Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at
336-657: The writer's time. They contain a considerable amount of social and biographical information, and are full of learned allusions to history, rhetoric, and mythology. These letters became the springboard for what became during the Renaissance perhaps the most influential of his many works, the Book of Histories , usually called Chiliades ("thousands") from the arbitrary division by its first editor (N. Gerbel, 1546) into books each containing 1,000 lines. The work consists of 12,674 lines of political verse , divided into 660 topics, each of which
357-651: Was a British sculptor. She was active from 1890 until 1937 and was particularly associated with Watford . Pownall was born in Leigh in Lancashire in 1862. In the 1890s she was living in Birkenhead . She studied in Frankfurt in 1896 and in Paris from 1897 to 1898 where she was taught by Jean-Baptiste Champeil and Denis Puech. She was also tutored by Auguste Rodin . Pownall exhibited at
378-571: Was a relative of the Georgian Bagratid princess Maria of Alania who came to Constantinople with her and later became the second wife of the sebastos Constantine Keroularios , megas droungarios and nephew of the patriarch Michael Keroularios . He worked as a secretary to a provincial governor for a time and later began to earn a living by teaching and writing. He was described as vain, seems to have resented any attempt at rivalry, and violently attacked his fellow grammarians. Owing to
399-440: Was also believed to have had a son Celaenus by Poseidon. Celaeno, a Phocian princess as the daughter of King Hyamus of Hyampolis , son of Lycorus . Her mother was Melantheia ( Melantho ), daughter of Deucalion . Celaeno or her sister Melanis became the mother of Delphus by Apollo . Celaeno, daughter of Ergea by Poseidon. She was the mother of Lycus and Chimaereus by Prometheus . Celaeno, an Amazon . She
420-698: Was elected an associate member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1932. In 1935 she wrote an illustrated autobiography, "Response", under the name Mary Pownall Bromet. She died in Oxhey in Hertfordshire on 25 February 1937. 9 artworks by or after Mary Pownall at the Art UK site Tzetzes Tzetzes described himself as pure Greek on his father's side and part Iberian ( Georgian ) on his mother's side. In his works, Tzetzes states that his grandmother
441-481: Was killed by Heracles whilst he was undertaking the ninth labour. Astronomical objects [ edit ] Celaeno , a star in the constellation of Taurus. Notes [ edit ] [REDACTED] Ancient Greece portal [REDACTED] Myths portal ^ Apollodorus , 3.10.1 ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius , 4.1561 ^ Hyginus , Fabulae Preface & 14 ^ Virgil , Aeneid 3.209-211 and 245-258, with
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