Epigrams from the Greek Anthology
Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Lush Diodorus sets the lads on fire,But now another has him in his net -Timarion, the boy with wanton eyes . . Its influence echoes not merely in the classic…
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Epigrams from the Greek Anthology
Lush Diodorus sets the lads on fire,But now another has him in his net -Timarion, the boy with wanton eyes . . Its influence echoes not merely in the classic tradition of the English epigram (Pope, Dryden) but in Rudyard Kipling, Ezra Pound, Virgina Woolf, T. S. .Meleager, AP 12.109Encompassing four thousand short poems and more, the ramshackle classic we call the Greek Anthology gathers up a millennium of snapshots from ancient daily life.
Its variety is almost infinite. Eliot, H.D., and the poets of the First World War. Victorious armies, ruined cities, and Olympic champions share space with lovers' quarrels and laments for the untimely dead - but also with jokes and riddles, art appreciation, potted biographies of authors, and scenes from country life and the workplace.This selection of more than 600 epigrams in