---
name: Nicander of Colophon
name_greek: Νίκανδρος ὁ Κολοφώνιος
eul_aid: lcw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/nicander-of-colophon-lcw"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine
works_count: 5
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Nicander of Colophon

*Νίκανδρος ὁ Κολοφώνιος*

**eul_aid:** `lcw` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/nicander-of-colophon-lcw)

Nicander of Colophon, Hellenistic poet of the 2nd century BCE. Didactic poems on toxicology and remedies. Free to read and download from the Greek archive.

## Works

- [Alexipharmaca](https://eulogikon.org/works/nicander-colophon-alexipharmaca-lcw-ab) — *Αλεξιφάρμακα* · `lcw-ab`
- [Epigrams](https://eulogikon.org/works/nicander-colophon-epigrams-lcw-ae) — *Ἐπιγράμματα* · `lcw-ae`
- [Fragments on Sea and Nature](https://eulogikon.org/works/nicander-colophon-sea-nature-lcw-ac) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Θαλάσσης καὶ Φύσεως* · `lcw-ac`
- [Fragments on the Trojan Cycle](https://eulogikon.org/works/nicander-colophon-trojan-cycle-lcw-ad) — *Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τοῦ Τρωικοῦ Κύκλου* · `lcw-ad`
- [On Wild Animals](https://eulogikon.org/works/nicander-colophon-wild-animals-lcw-aa) — *Θηριακά* · `lcw-aa`

## License and provenance

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