ALEXANDER AETOLUS

flourished c. 280 BC Greek poet of Pleuron, in Aetolia. He was appointed by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Macedonian king of Egypt, to arrange and catalog the tragedies in the library at Alexandria. Nothing remains of his own tragic writing except the title of one play, Astragalistae (The Dice Players). A few fragments of his shorter writings are extant, including a brief appreciation of Euripides. The titles of Alexander's other works are known only because they were quoted by other writers.