LYCOPHRON, a famous Greek poet and gram-
marian, 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.