The Alexandrian scholar-poet Callimachus a. rejected poetry as unequal to scholarly work. b. rejected Greek philosophy as unequa
l to the epics of Homer. c. urged poets to write long epic works to rival Homer. d. urged his fellow poets to write short, finely crafted works rather than epics.
He was at loggerheads with Apollonius of Rhodes which led to a personal feud, Callimachus. So it is not unusual for both poets to be mentioned alongside each other.
He believed in the viability of the Homeric tradition (in modified form) for epic poetry.
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