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NicarchusNicarchus was a Greek writer of the first century AD, best known for his epigrams, of which 42 survive, and his satirical poetry. He was a contemporary of, and influence on, the better-known Latin writer Martial. A large proportion of his epigrams are directed against doctors. Some of his writings have been found at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. A fragment of Nicarchus: The Raven - The gloom of death is on the ravens wing,
- The song of death is in the ravens cries:
- But when Demophilus begins to sing,
- The raven dies.
Nicarchus is also the name of a character in a play of Aristophanes, The Acharnanians. Nicarchus was also the name of a Paionian king.
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