The Greek Anthology, Volume I

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W. R. Paton, Michael A. Tueller

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Harvard Uni.Press Academi
20 October 2014

Anthologies (non-poetry); Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; History; Ancient Greek

Series: Loeb Classical Library

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.

Revised by: Michael A. Tueller
Translated by: W. R. Paton
Imprint: Harvard Uni.Press Academi
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 67
Dimensions: Height: 162mm, Width: 108mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 354g
ISBN: 9780674996885
ISBN 10: 0674996887
Series: Loeb Classical Library
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 20 October 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for The Greek Anthology, Volume I: Books 1–5

Under the auspices of the Loeb Classical Library, Michael A. Tueller has published the first volume (books one to five of sixteen) of a projected complete edition of the whole gigantic thing-a fully updated revision of W.R. Paton's five-volume Loeb from a hundred years ago. It is an ambitious and worthy enterprise. -- Hayden N. Pelliccia * New York Review of Books *