Alexandrian Pleiad

The Alexandrian Pleiad is the name given to a group of seven Alexandrian poets and tragedians in the 3rd century BC (Alexandria was at that time the literary center of the Mediterranean) working in the court of Ptolemy II Philadelphus. The name derives from the seven stars of the Pleiades star cluster. * Homerus the Younger, son of Andromachus, from Byzantium, associated with "Tragic pleiad" * Philiscus of Corcyra * Lycophron * Alexander Aetolus, tragic poet * Sositheus of Alexandria, dramatist * Aeantides, a poet traditionally associated with the "Tragic pleiad"

Alexandrian Pleiad

The Alexandrian Pleiad is the name given to a group of seven Alexandrian poets and tragedians in the 3rd century BC (Alexandria was at that time the literary center of the Mediterranean) working in the court of Ptolemy II Philadelphus. The name derives from the seven stars of the Pleiades star cluster. * Homerus the Younger, son of Andromachus, from Byzantium, associated with "Tragic pleiad" * Philiscus of Corcyra * Lycophron * Alexander Aetolus, tragic poet * Sositheus of Alexandria, dramatist * Aeantides, a poet traditionally associated with the "Tragic pleiad"