The Greek Anthology

Harvard University Press, 1969 - History - 516 pages

"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.

Contents

• A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT BOOKS: 1
• CHRISTODORUS OF THEBES IN EGYPT: 43
• THE CYZICENE EPIGRAMS: 93

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Greek Anthology; Volume 1 of Greek anthology : in five volumes / with an Engl. transl. by R. Paton; Loeb classical library; Loeb classical library: Greek authors; The Greek Anthology, William Roger Paton
• Translated by: William Roger Paton
• Edition: 2, illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1969
• ISBN: 0674990749, 9780674990746
• Length: 516 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / Greece; History / General; Literary Collections / Ancient & Classical; Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical; Philosophy / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical