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  2. Epigram - Wikipedia

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    An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, sometimes surprising or satirical statement. ... and Lucan, more famous for his epic Pharsalia.

  3. List of anthologies of Greek epigrams - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known dateable anthology of epigrams is the Attic Epigrams collected by Philochorus in the late fourth century BC. This, and the second-century collection of Theban epigrams collected by Aristodemus of Thebes , were collected on a geographical basis, and were perhaps largely or entirely made up of epigrams found in local ...

  4. Epigrams (Plato) - Wikipedia

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    From Book IV of the Planudean Anthology, Epigrams on monuments, statues, etc. Cypris, seeing Cypris in Cnidus, said, "Alas! alas! where did Praxiteles see me naked?" "Cypris" refers to Aphrodite. This epigrams is considered anonymous by the Paton edition of the Greek Anthology, but J.M. Edmonds considers spurious the previous two on the same ...

  5. Martial - Wikipedia

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    Epigrams Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial / ˈ m ɑːr ʃ əl / ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman poet born in Hispania (modern Spain ) best known for his twelve books of Epigrams , published in Rome between AD 86 and 103, during the reigns of the emperors Domitian , Nerva and Trajan .

  6. Meleager of Gadara - Wikipedia

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    Meleager is famous for his anthology of poetry entitled The Garland (Greek: Στέφανος). Polemon of Ilium and others had created collections of monumental inscriptions, or of poems on particular subjects earlier, but Meleager first did so comprehensively. He collected epigrams by 46 Greek poets, from every lyric period up to his own.

  7. Callimachus - Wikipedia

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    Epigrams, brief, forceful poems originally written on stone and on votive offerings, were already an established as a form of literature by the 3rd century BC. [11] Callimachus wrote at least 60 individual epigrams on a wide range of topics. While some of them are dedicatory or sepulchral, others touch on erotic and purely literary themes. [12]

  8. Epigrams (Homer) - Wikipedia

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    The Epigrams are thought to antedate the Pseudo-Herodotian Life of Homer which was apparently written around the epigrams to create appropriate context. Epigram III on Midas of Larissa has also been attributed to Cleobulus of Lindus , who was considered to be one of the Seven Sages of Greece .

  9. Metrodorus (grammarian) - Wikipedia

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    Many of the epigrams lead to simple equations, and they are of the same type as those found in the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (17th century BC). [3] Among the problems Metrodorus collected are: [3] Twenty-three simple equations with one unknown, one of which is the famous epigram which reveals the age of Diophantus. [4]