Aratus

::There was also an Aratus of Sicyon.

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Aratus (Greek Aratos) (ca. 315 BC/310 BC – 240 BC) was a Macedonian Greek poet, known for his technical poetry.

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He was born in Soli on the island of Cyprus, later spending time at the Egyptian court of Ptolemy Philadelphus, and the Syrian court of Antiochus I. His principal patron was the Macedonian king Antigonus II Gonatas, whose victory over the Celts in 277 BC Aratus set to verse. He died in Pella, the capital of the Macedonian Kingdom (today central Republic of Macedonia in Greece).

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315 BC: Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC...

310 BC: Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC...