Bibliograph

The Greek anthology, with an English translation by W.R. Paton

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The Greek anthology, with an English translation by W.R. Paton

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographies and indexes

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

The Greek anthology

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

757649145

Responsibility statement

with an English translation by W.R. Paton

Series statement

Loeb classical library online

Summary

The Greek Anthology (Gathering of Flowers) is the name given to a collection over many centuries of about 4500 short Greek poems (called epigrams but usually not epigrammatic) by about 300 composers. Meleager of Gadara (first century BCE), an outstanding contributor, also assembled the Stephanus (Garland), a compilation fundamental to the Anthology., The Greek Anthology ("Gathering of Flowers") is the name given to a collection of about 4500 short Greek poems (called epigrams but usually not epigrammatic) by about 300 composers. To the collection (called "Stephanus, " wreath or garland) made and contributed to by Meleager of Gadara (1st century BCE) was added another by Philippus of Thessalonica (late 1st century CE), a third by Diogenianus (2nd century), and much later a fourth, called the "Circle, " by Agathias of Myrina. These (lost) and others (also lost) were partly incorporated, arranged according to contents, by Constantinus Cephalas (early 10th century?) into fifteen books now preserved in a single manuscript of the Palatine Library at Heidelberg. The grand collection was rearranged and revised by the monk Maximus Planudes (14th century) who also added epigrams lost from Cephalas's compilation. Outstanding among the poets are Meleager, Antipater of Sidon, Crinagoras, Palladas, Agathias, Paulus Silentiarius--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

v. I. Book 1: Christian epigrams. Book 2: Christodorus of Thebes in Egypt. Book 3: The Cyzicene epigrams. Book 4: The proems of the different anthologies. Book 5: The amatory epigrams. Book 6: The dedicatory epigrams -- v. II. Book 7: Sepulchral epigrams. Book 8: The epigrams of St. Gregory the Theologian -- v. III. Book 9: The declamatory epigrams -- v. IV. Book 10: The hortatory and admonitory epigrams. Book 11: The convivial and satirical epigrams. Book 12: Strato's musa puerilis -- v. V. Book 13: Epigrams in various metres. Book 14: Arithmetical problems

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general

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