Epigrams
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Epigrams is a collection of short, witty, and often pointed poetic compositions attributed to the Hellenistic Greek poet Callimachus.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epigrams canonical | 1 |
| Épigrammes | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poetry collection ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Callimachus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Callimachus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorshipStatus | partly uncertain attribution ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Hellenistic Greek literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | epigram ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalAuthor | Callimachus of Cyrene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
pointed
ⓘ
short ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| hasReception | studied in modern classical scholarship ⓘ |
| includedIn | Greek Anthology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman epigram
ⓘ
later Greek epigrammatists ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Greek lyric poetry ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Alexandrian school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | elegiac couplet ⓘ |
| nationalityOfAuthor | Greek ⓘ |
| originalMedium | manuscript ⓘ |
| partiallySurvivesAs | fragments ⓘ |
| preservation | indirect tradition ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Aetia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hymns (Callimachus) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyField |
Hellenistic poetry studies
ⓘ
classics ⓘ |
| style |
allusive
ⓘ
concise ⓘ learned ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
literary criticism
ⓘ
love ⓘ mythological themes ⓘ |
| textualState | incomplete ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Épigrammes