When Your Name Becomes A Verb: Cleomachus' Fame, Tricha On Meters p. 34

“To Cleomachize:” When Your Name Becomes a Verb

Name:   Tricha Date:     Unknown     Region:      Unknown Citation:    On Metres p.34

“To Cleomachize” is to use the poetic meter that Cleomachus used to use. Cleomachus was a boxer at first, then fell in love with some guy (or so it goes), and began to write poetry.

τοῦτο δὲ καὶ κλεομάχειον λέγεται, ὅτι πολλῷ αὐτῷ  ὁ ποιητὴς Κλεόμαχος χρῆται, ὅς πύκτης μὲν πρότερον, ὡς φασὶν, ἦν, ἐρασθεὶς δε τινος νέου, τὴν ποιητικὴν μετεχειρίσατο.

Quod “Cleomachare” dicitur, est quibusdam metris uti, quibus Cleomachus poeta uti solebat. Qui primum pugil fuit, deinde in iuvenis cuiusdam amore  raptus, versus componere incepit. Translated into Latin by Kris Masters

Tricha Little is known about the life of Tricha, but this author’s work On Metres preserves numerous quotes of otherwise lost poets. It can be found in Appendix ad Draconem Stratonicensem (Teubner, 1814).