Menecrates of Ephesus (/məˈnɛkrətiːz/;Ancient Greek:Μενεκράτης ὁ Ἐφέσιος; 330–270 BC) was aGreekdidactic poet of theHellenistic period.[1]Menecrates composed a poem titledWorks, which was inspired byHesiod'sWorks and Days, This poem also incorporated a discussion ofbees, drawing fromAristotle's studies.Menecrates served as the mentor toAratus, the renowned astronomical poet.[2] The remaining fragments of Menecrates' works were compiled byHermann Diels in his 1901 publicationPoetarum Philosophorum Fragmenta.[3]
^Oxford Classical Dictionary, ed. Hornblower, Simon, and Antony Spawforth. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.ISBN978-0-19-268767-8 p.958
^Philip Thibodeau, "Menekrates of Ephesos", p. 545 inThe Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists, ed. Paul T. Keyser and Georgia L. Irby-Massie. London & New York: Routledge, 2008.ISBN978-0-415-34020-5
Edition of his surviving works:Supplementum Hellenisticum, ed. Hugh Lloyd-Jones; P J Parsons; H -G Nesselrath; J U Powell. Berlin & New York : W. de Gruyter, 1983ISBN978-3-11-008171-8
H. Diels.Poetarum philosophorum fragmenta (1901), "Menecrates Ephesius". 171-172.
