Menecrates of Ephesus (; ; 330–270 BC) was a Greek didactic poet of the Hellenistic period.Oxford Classical Dictionary, ed. Hornblower, Simon, and Antony Spawforth. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. p.958 Menecrates composed a poem titled Works, which was inspired by Hesiod's Works and Days, This poem also incorporated a discussion of bees, drawing from Aristotle's studies. Menecrates served as the mentor to Aratus, the renowned astronomical poet.Philip Thibodeau, "Menekrates of Ephesos", p. 545 in The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists, ed. Paul T. Keyser and Georgia L. Irby-Massie. London & New York: Routledge, 2008. The remaining fragments of Menecrates' works were compiled by Hermann Diels in his 1901 publication Poetarum Philosophorum Fragmenta.Diels, 1901. p. 171-172
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References Edition of his surviving works: Supplementum Hellenisticum, ed. Hugh Lloyd-Jones; P J Parsons; H -G Nesselrath; J U Powell. Berlin & New York : W. de Gruyter, 1983