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Callimachus
(Cal¦lima|chus)
Pronunciation:
/kəˈlɪməkəs/
(
circa
305-
circa
240
bc
)
, Greek poet and scholar. He is famed for his hymns and epigrams, and was head of the library at Alexandria.
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