PisiNOBi,  I. an  early  Greek  poet,  bom  at  Camima,
in  the  island  of  Rhodes,  and  suppoeed  to  have  flonr-
tabed  about  690  B.C.,  although  some  made  Um  eariier
than  Hcsiod,  sad  oontemporaiy  with  Eumolptis. He
wrote  a  poem,  entitled  "  Heracles,"  on  the  labours
and  exploits  of  Hercnles,  of  vriiich  freqnent  meotion  ia
mdn  by  the  giammirMiw. The  Alezandfau  cnUce
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aaaigned  bim  a. tank  among  epic  poeu  aftcf  Hmm,
Heaiod,  Panyasis,  and  Antimaehns. We  have  o  tf-
igram  in  his  praise,  among  those  aacribcd  lo  Tbeocn-
tus  {ep. 30),  and  Strabo  likewiae  meMions  bin  smsif
the  eminent  natives  of  Rhodes. (Strth.,  666  —11,
688.— Compere  Qtmtiliam,  10,  1,  66.)  Raiikc  k>t
advanced  the  opinitm,  that  the  S4th  ud  35tb  I^ylt
of  Theocritus  are  portiona  of  the  poem  of  IhsudtL
Both  these  Idyls,  though  of  considerable  Icagik,  us
imperfect. One  is  entitled  TipmMTLteKac,  '*  Tkt  Yrn^

la,  the  Um^tlajitr.''  There  is  also  an  bhl  «f  Has-
choa,  the  4th,  entitled  Jteyapa,  ywrn  'BpOMlmf,
"  Mtgara,  vife  of  HercuUw,"  which  Reisks  swgM
to  the  same  sonrce  with  the  two  other  pitcc*  jnl
mentioned. (Consolt  Jfaries,  ai  TTteoerU  ,  U.,ii  —
Heyne,  Exairt.,  1,  #d  £n  ,  3,  p. 386.)— 11. A  Gmk
poet,  born  at  Luanda  a  city  of  Lycaonia,  ■  Aab
Hinor,  and  who  lived  dariDg  the  reiga  ef  Alma-
der  Severua. He  composed  a  long  poem,  salilM
'H^mIkiu  Qeayofuai,  in  which  be  sang  of  the  ao^
of  gods  and  heroes. The  16th  book  of  thisFeMiii
oitra,  end  Suidas  calls  the  whole  prodnction  ahiuatj
varied  after  the  epic  manner. One  of  the  ietwlots-
tors  in  the  SaWmalia  of  Maerabina  (6^  1)  wsasaiT»
gil  «f  having  translated  from  Piaaoder  abaottsB  ihi
second  book  of  the  .£neid,  and  panicolariy  the  wq
of  the  wooden  horse. It »  evident  that  HacnbiDi  »■
fers  in  this  to  Pisander  of  Camirus  :  bat  be  ii  liu-

f ether  wrong. We  know,  from  the  Cbrestusth  sT
'rocliu,  that  Virgil  borrowed  (rom  Arctinas  sad  L»
cbes  the  bistwy  of  the  hone ;  and. ia  fact,  ihs  law
Pisander,  who  fired  in  the  time  of  Sevena,  banswW
from. Virgil  himaelf. (Heyw,  Exeurt.,  i,aiE*:l,
p. 387.— SdloU,  Hitt. LU. Gr.,  vol. 6. p. 381.)-UL
An  epigrammatic  poet,  auMMwed  by  Jacobs  to  balk
same  with  the  native  of  Caminia  above  Bwotiooci
{Cattd. PvU. Epigr.,  p. 938.)  Heyne,  bovtew,
thinks  that  he  was  identical  with  the  youngw  Piaa-
der. 