Greek Anthology

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ancient Greek literature epigram collection poetry anthology

The Greek Anthology is a celebrated collection of ancient Greek epigrams and short poems compiled over many centuries, preserving the work of numerous poets from the classical and Hellenistic periods.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Greek Anthology, Book IX	1
Greek Anthology, Book VII	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek literature ⓘ epigram collection ⓘ poetry anthology ⓘ
approximateNumberOfPoems	over 4000 ⓘ
basedOnEarlierCollection	Cycle of Agathias NERFINISHED ⓘ Garland of Meleager NERFINISHED ⓘ Garland of Philippus NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsWorkType	dedicatory epigram ⓘ ecphrastic epigram ⓘ epitaph ⓘ erotic epigram ⓘ satirical epigram ⓘ short poem ⓘ sympotic epigram ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
earliestPoemsDateTo	Hellenistic period ⓘ classical period ⓘ
genre	epigram ⓘ lyric poetry ⓘ
hasCanonicalDivision	16 books ⓘ
includesPoet	Agathias Scholasticus NERFINISHED ⓘ Antipater of Sidon NERFINISHED ⓘ Anyte of Tegea NERFINISHED ⓘ Asclepiades of Samos NERFINISHED ⓘ Callimachus NERFINISHED ⓘ Julian the Egyptian NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonidas of Tarentum NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcus Argentarius NERFINISHED ⓘ Meleager of Gadara NERFINISHED ⓘ Nossis of Locri NERFINISHED ⓘ Palladas NERFINISHED ⓘ Paulus Silentiarius NERFINISHED ⓘ Rufinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Strato of Sardis NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	European epigram tradition ⓘ Renaissance humanist poetry ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
majorCompilationPhase	Byzantine period ⓘ
notableCompiler	Agathias Scholasticus NERFINISHED ⓘ Constantine Cephalas NERFINISHED ⓘ Maximus Planudes NERFINISHED ⓘ Meleager of Gadara NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippus of Thessalonica NERFINISHED ⓘ
preservedIn	Palatine Anthology NERFINISHED ⓘ Planudean Anthology NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	major source for ancient Greek epigram ⓘ preserves otherwise lost works of many Greek poets ⓘ
timeSpanOfCompilation	many centuries ⓘ
usedIn	classical philology ⓘ study of Byzantine literature ⓘ study of Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antipater of Sidon → workPreservedIn → Greek Anthology ⓘ

Leonidas of Tarentum → workPreservedIn → Greek Anthology ⓘ

Leonidas of Tarentum → mentionedIn → Greek Anthology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Anthology, Book VII

Leonidas of Tarentum → mentionedIn → Greek Anthology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Anthology, Book IX

Philodemus → hasWorksIn → Greek Anthology ⓘ