(Φωκυλίδης), of Miletus, an Ionian poet, contemporary with Theognis, both having been born, according to Suidas (s. v.) in the 55th Olympiad, B. C. 560, which agrees with Eusebius, who places Phocylides at Ol. 60 (B. C. 540) as a contemporary of the lyric poet Simonides.
[P.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890