Bion of Smyrna
1st century BC Greek bucolic poet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bion (Βίων /ˈbaɪɒn/) was an ancient Greek bucolic poet from Smyrna, probably active at the end of the second or beginning of the first century BC. He is named in the Suda as one of three canonical bucolic poets alongside Theocritus and Moschus. One long poem about Adonis and seventeen shorter fragments of his poetry survive.