LYCOPHRON, a famous Greek poet and grammarian, born at Colchis in Eubœa, flourished about 304 B. C. and, according to Ovid, was killed by an arrow. He wrote 20 tragedies; but all his works are lost, except a poem intitled Cassandra, which contains a long train of predictions, which he supposes to have been made by Cassandra, Priam's daughter. This poem is extremely obscure. The best edition of it is that of Dr Potter, printed at Oxford, in 1697, folio.
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