Menecrates of Ephesus in Wikipedia Menecrates of Ephesus (330-270 BC) was an ancient Greek didactic poet of the Hellenistic period. [1] He wrote a poem Works after the model of Hesiod's Works and Days, which included a discussion of bees based on the work of Aristotle. He was the teacher of the astronomical poet Aratus.[2].

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