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Nossis (Greek: Νοσσίς) was a Hellenistic Greek poet from Epizephyrian Locris in today's Calabria (Southern Italy).[1] She seems to have been active in the early third century BC, as she wrote an epitaph for the Hellenistic dramatist Rhinthon.[2] She primarily wrote epigrams for religious dedications and epitaphs.[3] Her epigrams were inspired by Sappho, whom she claims to rival.[4] She may have also been influenced by Erinna and Anyte.[5] Antipater of Thessalonica included her in his canon of nine female poets.[6]

Nossis
Nossis (marble bust by Francesco Jerace)
Native name	Νοσσίς
Citizenship	Locrian
Years active	c. 300 BC

Nossis is one of the best preserved Greek women poets, with twelve epigrams attributed to her preserved as part of the Greek Anthology, the majority of which are about women.[7] One of these poems (preserved as A. P. 5.170) is modelled after Sappho's fragment 16.[8] Meleager of Gadara mentions Nossis in his Garland, where he describes her as a love poet, though only one of her surviving epigrams is about love.[9]

Nossis states in her work that her mother was named Theuphila, the daughter of Cleouchas. In another epigram, she mentions that she had a daughter named Melinna.[10]

References

Further reading

• Skinner, Marilyn B. "Aphrodite Garlanded: Erôs and Poetic Creativity in Sappho and Nossis". in Rabinowitz, Nancy Sorkin and Auranger, Lisa. Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic in the Ancient World. University of Texas Press, Austin. 2002.
• Bowman, L. 1998. “Nossis, Sappho and Hellenistic Poetry.” Ramus 27.1: 39–59.
• Gigante, M. 1974. “Nosside.” PP 29: 22–39.
• Gow, A. S. F., and D. L. Page, eds. 1965. The Greek Anthology: Hellenistic Epigrams. 2 vols. Cambridge.
• Gutzwiller, K. J. 1998. Poetic Garlands: Hellenistic Epigrams in Context. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London.
• Skinner, M. B. 1989. “Sapphic Nossis.” Arethusa 22: 5–18.
• Skinner, M. B. 1991. “Nossis Thêlyglôssos: The Private Text and the Public Book.” In S. B. Pomeroy, ed., Women’s History and Ancient History. Chapel Hill and London: 20–47.
• Skinner, M. B. 2001. “Ladies’ Day at the Art Institute: Theocritus, Herodas, and the Gendered Gaze.” In A. Lardinois and L. McClure, eds., Making Silence Speak: Women's Voices in Greek Literature and Society. Princeton, N.J., 201–22.

External links

•  Greek Wikisource has original text related to this article: Νοσσίς
• Text of her 12 surviving epigrams

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[fr] Nossis

Nossis (grec ancien Νοσσίς) est une poétesse grecque du IIIe siècle avant Jésus-Christ, originaire de Locres, dans le Bruttium, en Grande Grèce. Sa vie ne nous est pas autrement connue.

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[ru] Носсида

Носсида (др.-греч. Νοσσίς) — древнегреческая поэтесса из Локр в Южной Италии, жившая ок. 115—120 или 320—300 гг. до н. э., принятая в канон 9 лирических поэтесс (9 муз), автор эпиграмм, вдохновленных творчеством Сапфо. Сохранилось всего 12 её эпиграмм.

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