Philitas of Cos

• Philitas of Cos (340-285 BCE) was a highly influential Greek scholar, poet and grammarian.
• He is considered to have founded the Hellenistic School of Poetry in Alexandria, Egypt. All his Works are Lost with only about 50 verses of his Works having survived.

Works

• Disorderly Words
  • A dictionary of rare words.
• Demeter
  • An Elegiac poem.
• Hermes
  • A mythological story about Odysseus.
• Playthings
  • A collection of poems.