of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion

Bion was an ancient Greek bucolic poet from Phlossa near Smyrna, probably active around the late 2nd or early 1st century BCE. Ancient tradition places him among the three canonical pastoral poets alongside Theocritus and Moschus.

Only a small portion of his writing survives: one longer poem on Adonis and a group of shorter fragments. Reference works describe his poetry as playful, emotional, and often centered on love, even when it moves within the pastoral tradition.

Later readers kept his name alive through the Adonis lament, which became his best-known surviving piece. Because so little biographical information remains and no reliable modern portrait exists for this ancient poet, a profile image is not included.