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The Poet From the Darkness. the Story of Posidippus of Pella, Epigrammatist.

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The poet from the darkness. About thirty years ago, a mummy was found in Alexandria, Egypt. It was the mummy of a poor man. When unwrapping its wrapping, it was discovered to be made from a rolled-up papyrus scroll, containing hundreds of verses by Posidippus of Pella, an epigrammatist from the third century BC. First, the sea. Posidippus invokes Arsinoe, an Egyptian queen later deified, who ensures "good navigation and calm winds." And the Thra…
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The poet from the darkness. About thirty years ago, a mummy was found in Alexandria, Egypt. It was the mummy of a poor man. When unwrapping its wrapping, it was discovered to be made from a rolled-up papyrus scroll, containing hundreds of verses by Posidippus of Pella, an epigrammatist from the third century BC. First, the sea. Posidippus invokes Arsinoe, an Egyptian queen later deified, who ensures "good navigation and calm winds." And the Thra…

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pangea.news broke the news on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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