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This article first gives a survey of the origins and the history of the genre of the carmen figuratum in the hellenistic tradition. Then one significant example is discussed in greater detail: the Egg, the masterpiece of the most important writer of technopaegnia, Simias (ca 300 BC).
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How to Cite: Winderickx, W. (2004) “Over een babbelzieke moeder: Het 'Ei' van Simias en de hellenistische figuurgedichten”, Tetradio. 13(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/tetradio.91758