Definition: Poseidippus (fl. 289 B.C.) was a Macedonian poet of New Comedy.

Examples: "The S?pos 'Heap (of grain for winnowing)* by Posidippus offers an analogy for a Satura, a 'Salad-dish' of s?µµe??ta or ata?ta, 'miscellanies', 'bits and pieces' in a variety of metres."
The Cambridge History of Classical Literature Volume 2; "Latin Literature (1982)," "The satires of Ennius and Lucilius," by A. S.

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