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The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor: Moero of Byzantium




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Judy Chicago (American, b. 1939). The Dinner Party (Heritage Floor; detail), 1974–79. Porcelain with rainbow and gold luster, 48 x 48 x 48 ft. (14.6 x 14.6 x 14.6 m). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation, 2002.10. © Judy Chicago. Photograph by Jook Leung Photography

Moero of Byzantium
Flourished circa 250 B.C., Byzantium, ancient Greece

Moero (Myro) of Byzantium was a famous poet of the third century B.C. who wrote epigrams (short witty poems) as well as epic poetry; a fragment of one epic, called Mnemosyne, survives.

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Last updated January 29, 2007.
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