House of the Tragic Poet House of the Tragic Poet The House of the Tragic Poet (also called "The Homeric House" or "The Iliadic House") is a Roman house in Pompeii, Italy dating to the 2nd century BCE. The house, or villa, is famous for its elaborate mosaic floors and frescoes depicting scenes from Greek mythology. Discovered in November 1824 by the archaeologist Antonio Bonucci, the House of the Tragic Poet has interested scholars and writers for generations. Although the size of the house itself is in no way remarkable, its interior decorations are not only numerous but of the highest quality among other frescoes
Automedon (poet) Automedon (poet) Automedon was an ancient Greek poet known from his poems in the Greek Anthology. Twelve epigrams of his are still extant and he is mentioned by Philippus of Thessalonica in the proem of his anthology Garland of Philippus. He is placed from the 1st century B.C to the 1st century A.D. The epigrams entitled "ΑΥΤΟΜΕΔΟΝΤΟΣ" ("of Automedon") are: 11.325 "Yesterday I ate tough mutton" "and a cabbage ten days old;" "I won't say where I went to dinner," "for my host is of a cold" "revengeful temper, and he might" "invite me back another night." The poems attributed