EUPHORION, Greek poet and grammarian, born at Chalcis in Euboea about 275 B.C. He spent much of his life in Athens, where he amassed great wealth. About 221 he was invited by Antiochus the Great to the court of Syria. He assisted in the formation of the royal library at Antioch, of which he held the post of librarian till his death. He wrote mythological epics, amatory elegies, epigrams and a satirical poem ('Apai "curses"). Prose works on antiquities and history are also attributed to him. His elegies were esteemed by the Romans ; they were imitated or translated by Cornelius Gallus and also by the emperor Tiberius.
Fragments in Meineke, "De Euphorionis Chalcidensis vita et scriptis," in his Analecta Alexandrina (1843) ; for another fragment of about 3o lines see Berliner Klassikertexte, v. i. (19o7) .