The Greek anthology / translated by W.R. Paton.

Other author Paton, W. R. (William Roger), 1857-1921, translator.
Other author Tueller, Michael A., translator.
Format Electronic
Editionrevised / by Michael A. Tueller.
PublicationCambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014-
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental Contentv.1
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SeriesLoeb Classical Library ; 67
Loeb classical library ; 67. ^A467228
Incomplete 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
Abstract The Greek Anthology contains some 4,500 Greek poems in the sparkling, diverse genre of epigram, written by more than a hundred composers, collected over centuries, and arranged by subject. This Loeb edition replaces the earlier edition by W. R. Paton, with a Greek text and ample notes reflecting current scholarship. The Greek Anthology contains some 4,500 short Greek poems in the sparkling and diverse genre of epigram, written by more than a hundred poets and collected over many centuries. To the original collection, called The Garland (Stephanus) by its contributing editor, Meleager of Gadara (first century BCE), was added another Garland by Philip of Thessalonica (mid-first century CE) and then a Cycle by Agathias of Myrina (567/568 CE). In about 900 CE these collections (now lost) and perhaps others (also lost, by Rufinus, Diogenianus, Strato, and Palladas) were partly incorporated and arranged into fifteen books according to subject by Constantine Cephalas; most of his collection is preserved in a manuscript called the Palatine Anthology. A second manuscript, the Planudean Anthology made by Maximus Planudes in 1301, contains additional epigrams omitted by Cephalas. Outstanding among the poets are Meleager, Antipater of Sidon, Crinagoras, Palladas, Agathias, and Paulus Silentiarius. This Loeb edition of The Greek Anthology replaces the earlier edition by W. R. Paton, with a Greek text and ample notes reflecting current scholarship. Volume I contains the following books: 1. Christian Epigrams; 2. Description of the Statues in the Gymnasium of Zeuxippus; 3. Epigrams in the Temple of Apollonis at Cyzicus; 4. Prefaces to Various Anthologies; and 5. Erotic Epigrams.
Bibliography noteIncludes indexes.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web.
LanguageText in Greek with English translation on facing pages.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: The Greek anthology. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2014 9780674996885(v.1)
Genre/formEpigrams, Greek Translations into English.
Genre/formEpigrams, Greek.
ISBN(v. 1) print version