Poseidippus

Poseidippus

Poseidippus , Posidippus or Poseidippos (Greek: polytonic|Ποσείδιππος) may refer to:

*Poseidippus of Pella epigrammatic poet
*Poseidippus of Cassandreia comic poet
*Poseidippus historian on Cnidus (perhaps the epigrammatist)


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