Meleager of Gadara
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Meleager of Gadara was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for compiling one of the earliest anthologies of epigrams, which later formed a core part of the Greek Anthology.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic-period person
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ancient Greek poet ⓘ anthologist ⓘ epigrammatist ⓘ |
| activeIn | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| anthologyMetaphor | flowers as poets in a garland ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Stoic philosophy ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Coele-Syria
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Gadara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiled | Garland of Meleager NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiledAnthologyType | literary garland of poets ⓘ |
| compiledFromAuthors |
Anyte of Tegea
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Asclepiades of Samos NERFINISHED ⓘ Callimachus NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonidas of Tarentum NERFINISHED ⓘ Mnasalcas NERFINISHED ⓘ Nossis NERFINISHED ⓘ Philetas NERFINISHED ⓘ Posidippus of Pella NERFINISHED ⓘ Sappho NERFINISHED ⓘ Simonides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Greek Anthology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Hellenistic Greek culture ⓘ |
| describedAs | cosmopolitan poet ⓘ |
| educatedIn | philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| genre |
epigram
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erotic poetry ⓘ sympotic poetry ⓘ |
| hasSurvivingWorkCountApprox | over 130 epigrams ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
beauty
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love ⓘ mortality ⓘ wine ⓘ |
| hasWorkIn |
Palatine Anthology
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Planudean Anthology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Greek Anthology
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later Byzantine epigrammatists ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Garland of Meleager
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compiling an anthology of epigrams ⓘ epigrams ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| movement | Hellenistic poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
| selfDescribedAs | citizen of the world ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cos
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Tyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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