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Tzetzes

Proper noun

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Tzetzes

A surname from Byzantine Greek — famously held by:
John Tzetzes (circa 1110–1180), Byzantine poet and grammarian

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According to Lycophron 's Alexandra (808) and John Tzetzes ' scholia on the poem (795 - 808), however, Circe used magical herbs to bring Odysseus back to life after he had been killed by Telegonus. Source: Internet

Other sources give different numbers: The Bibliotheca 50; Epitome 5.14 Tzetzes 23; Posthomerica 641–650 and Quintus Smyrnaeus gives the names of 30, but says there were more. Source: Internet

Tzetzes, Scholiast on Lycophron 999. Achilles slew Thersites, and after a dispute sailed to Lesbos, where he was purified for his murder by Odysseus after sacrificing to Apollo, Artemis, and Leto. Source: Internet

Tzetzes ad Lycophroon 18. He did not come directly from Ethiopia, but either from Susa in Persia, conquering all the peoples in between, Pausanias 10.31.7. Source: Internet

Tzetzes ad Lycophroon 609. According to later traditions, he had some adventures and founded Canusium and Argyrippa in Southern Italy. Source: Internet

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