The Loeb Classical Library: The Greek Anthology, Volume I : Books 1–5

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The Loeb Classical Library: The Greek Anthology, Volume I : Books 1–5The 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 AD), a third by Diogenianus (2nd century), and much later a fourth,

there can be no after-life

Η Έλενα Φερράντε συνεχίζει τη συγκλονιστική αφηγηµατικήανατοµία της ζωής των δύο κοριτσιών που ξεκίνησε µε την Υπέροχη φίλη µου

Victoria Hislop takes you into the darker days of Greek history and

στο χωριό ακριβώς απέναντι

It was one of two editions (the other being Gordon Williams' "Horace 'Odes' III"

year-plans and potential examination papers

Some are national odes about public affairs

The Historia Augusta nevertheless has its attractions: for the connoisseur of biography the author provides plenty of wordplay

but any Greek scholar will find it rewarding

ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago

concentrates upon dramatic development

a work of interest to a far wider audience than scholars of ancient Greek