Eumelus of Corinth

Eumelus (Greek Εὔμηλος ) from Corinth was according to the tradition of the ancient authors, a Greek epic poet to 761 BC ( Eusebius ). He should have been a son of Amphilytos of the family of Bakchiads, the Corinthian kings. He is counted among the so-called Kyklischen poets ( Kykliker ) that the gods embellished stories in imitation of Homer in epic poems, but did not reach its potency. The tragedians later times have ample drawn from their materials.

The following works are Eumelus by the ancient authors attributed to:

• Korinthiaka
• Titans and return of Troy, probably belonging to the Nostoi the Trojan Kyklos
• Europia
• Bugonia
• Prosodion for the Delian Apollo

None of his works has survived. Only a small fragment from the Prosodion is cited by Pausanias. The Corinthia was Pausanias ago for his portrayal of the history of Corinth, but is missing.

According to Martin West, the works are to be dated later than previously common in classical philology. He dated to the late 7th or early 6th century BC According to Eusebius Eumelus was a struggle and contemporary of Archias, who founded around 734 BC Syracuse. Recently Klaus thousand has proposed BC to view the Prosodion a work of the fourth century, the Messenians the archaic poet attributed their independence from Sparta to emphasize its political identity through an alleged early connection to Corinth.