← CallimachusAetiaby CallimachusPoetic work on origins of religious cults and customs with mythological narrativesFind on Amazon↗About the authorCallimachusHellenistic Greek poet and scholar at the Library of Alexandria who shaped the aesthetics of small-scale, polished poetry. His Hymns and Epigrams were enormously influential on Roman poets.More by CallimachusHymnsReligious hymns honoring Olympian deities with learned mythological references→Epigrams→HecaleEpyllion about maiden saved by gods, blending myth and personal narrative→Iambi→