Diophilus or Diophila (Διοφίλος ἢ Διοφίλα)

Life No biographical information exists for Diophilus or Diophila. The name is absent from major encyclopedias and digital libraries of classical texts, including the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics, and the Perseus Digital Library. The figure is identified in metadata as a 3rd-century BCE Hellenistic poet, but no corroborating details regarding geography or associations are available.

Works A single, untitled poetic work is attributed to this author, transmitted only in fragmentary form in the Koine dialect. No description or content from the work is recorded in the consulted sources.

Significance The historical importance and influence of Diophilus or Diophila cannot be determined. The absence from standard reference works suggests the figure is extremely obscure, the subject of highly specialized scholarship, or the name may be an alternate reference to a more known individual.

Sources * Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Stanford University): https://plato.stanford.edu * Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (University of Tennessee at Martin): https://iep.utm.edu * Encyclopædia Britannica (Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.): https://www.britannica.com * Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics (Oxford University Press): https://oxfordre.com/classics/ * Perseus Digital Library (Tufts University): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu * Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (via Perseus): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104 * World History Encyclopedia (World History Foundation): https://www.worldhistory.org * ToposText (Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation): https://topostext.org