{"product_id":"the-greek-anthology-volume-i-9780674996885","title":"The Greek Anthology, Volume I","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gathering of poetic blossoms.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Greek Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eGarland\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eStephanus\u003c\/em\u003e) by its contributing editor, Meleager of Gadara (first century BC), was added another \u003cem\u003eGarland\u003c\/em\u003e by Philip of Thessalonica (mid-first century AD) and then a \u003cem\u003eCycle\u003c\/em\u003e by Agathias of Myrina (AD 567\/8).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn about AD 900, 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 \u003cem\u003ePalatine Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e. A second manuscript, the \u003cem\u003ePlanudean Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e, made by Maximus Planudes in 1301, contains additional epigrams omitted by Cephalas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOutstanding among the poets are Meleager, Antipater of Sidon, Crinagoras, Palladas, Agathias, and Paulus Silentiarius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis Loeb edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Greek Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e replaces the earlier edition by W. R. Paton, with a Greek text and ample notes reflecting current scholarship. Volume I contains the following: Book 1. Christian Epigrams; Book 2. Description of the Statues in the Gymnasium of Zeuxippus; Book 3. Epigrams in the Temple of Apollonis at Cyzicus; Book 4. Prefaces to Various Anthologies; Book 5. Erotic Epigrams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471783084268,"sku":"9780674996885","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674996885-the-greek-anthology-volume-i.jpg?v=1775254143","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-greek-anthology-volume-i-9780674996885","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}