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Ĕpĭcharmus

= Ἐπίχαρμος.
A famous Pythagorean philosopher and comic poet of Cos; who resided; after his early youth
A famous Pythagorean philosopher and comic poet of Cos, who resided, after his early youth, in Syracuse (whence his surname of Siculus), Cic. Tusc. 1, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 58; Plin. 20, 9, 34, § 89 al.—Hence,
The name of a poem by Ennius
The name of a poem by Ennius, Cic. Ac. 2, 16 fin. al.; v. Vahlen, Ennianae Poesis Reliquiae, p. 167 sq.
Perseus ID: n15916 Key: Epicharmus