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1 online resource
ISBN:
9780674990746
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9780674990753
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9780674990937
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9780674990944
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9780674990951
Series Statement:
Loeb Classical Library 67
Content:
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
Content:
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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Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages
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ISBN 9780674990746(v.1)
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ISBN 9780674990753(v.2)
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ISBN 9780674990937(v.3)
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ISBN 9780674990944(v.4)
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ISBN 9780674990951(v.5)
Additional Edition:
Druckausg.: The Greek anthology Cambridge [u.a.] : Harvard Univ. Press, 19XX
Additional Edition:
Print version The Greek anthology Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press, 1916
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Epigrams, Greek
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Epigrams, Greek
Author information:
Paton, W. R. 1857-1921
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