Antonius of Argos

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Antonius of Argos (Ancient Greek : Ἀντώνιος ὁ Ἀργεῖος) was a poet of ancient Greece. One of his epigrams is still extant in the Greek Anthology . [1]

Notes

  1. Greek Anthology , 9.102; comp. Jacobs, ad Anthol. vol. xiii. p. 852

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