Background
Alexander Aetolus was born in 320 BC. He was the son of Satyrus and Stratocleia, and was a native of Pleuron in Aetolia.
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Alexander Aetolus was born in 320 BC. He was the son of Satyrus and Stratocleia, and was a native of Pleuron in Aetolia.
He flourished about 280 BC.
He was appointed by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Macedonian king of Egypt, to work on the tragedies in the library at Alexandria.
Nothing remains of his own tragic writing except the title of one play, Astragalistae (“The Dice Players”), which may well be a satyr play.
A few fragments of his shorter writings, chiefly elegiacs, are extant, including a brief appreciation of Euripides, an epigram on Alcman’s homeland and career, and other biographical sketches of earlier poets.
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