Menecrates
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Menecrates is the name of:
- Menecrates of EphesusMenecrates of EphesusMenecrates of Ephesus was an ancient Greek didactic poet of the Hellenistic period. He wrote a poem called the Works which was modeled upon Hesiod's Works and Days and included a discussion of bees based on the work of Aristotle. He was the teacher of the astronomical poet...
, ancient Greek poet - Menecrates of SyracuseMenecrates of SyracuseFor other uses, see MenecratesMenecrates of Syracuse was the physician at the court of Philip of Macedon, 359—336 BC. He seems to have been a successful practitioner, but to have made himself ridiculous by calling himself Zeus, and assuming divine honours...
, physician to Philip of Macedon - Menecrates of Xanthus, ancient Greek historian
- Menecrates (sculptor)Menecrates (sculptor)Menecrates was an ancient Greek sculptor who flourished during the 2nd century BC. Little is known about him except that, according to Pliny the Elder, he was the teacher of Apollonius of Tralles and Tauriscus, the sculptors of the Farnese Bull....
, ancient Greek sculptor - A pirate in William Shakespeare's play Antony and CleopatraAntony and CleopatraAntony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony...