The Greek Anthology, Volume V: Books 13-16 [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

by William Roger Paton

A gathering of poetic blossoms.

The Greek Anthology (literally, "Gathering of Flowers") is the name given to a collection of about 4500 short Greek poems (called epigrams but usually not epigrammatic) by about 300 composers. To the collection (called Stephanus, literally, "wreath" or "garland") made and contributed to by Meleager of Gadara (1st century BC) was added another by Philippus of Thessalonica (late 1st century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Greek, Ancient (To 1453)
• ISBN: 0674990951
• ISBN13: 9780674990951
• Release Date: January 1918
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.5" x 6.7"