THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIHUARY EDITED ny B I LAPPS, Pu.D., LL.D T B PAGE, LiiT.U W II D HOUSE, THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY I LiiT.D THE (iREEK ANTHOLOGY Volume II SEPULCHRAL EPIGRAMS THE EPIGRAMS OF SAIXT GREGORY THE _ THEOLOGIAN Volume III THE DECLAMATORY EPIGRAMS VOLUMK THE HORTATORY IV AND EPIGRAMS THE CONVIVIAL AND GRAMS ADMONITORY SATIRICAL EPI- STRATO'S MUSA PUERILIS Volume V EPIGRAMS IN VARIOUS METRES ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS, RIDDLES, ORACLES MISCELLANEA EPIGRAMS OF THE PLANUDEAN ANTHOLOGY NOT IN THE PALATINE MANUSCRIPT //^y/t>/A '- ^ ^ THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY W R IN FIVE PATON VOLUMES I LONDON : NEW YORK WILLIAM HEINEMANN G P PUTNAM S SONS : MCMXX 4-S^ - V First printed 1916 Puprinted 1920 PREFACE The drew the Stephanus, or Wreath, of (1) : the beginning of the Meleager, collected in century b.c by all that no poems except his own.^ to own classical age, far as (as and pferiod of b.c.^ i.e Greek his collection we know) It consists of centuries third most worthy of preserva- is Meleager was a quite unique tion in these pages personality in his Augustus The spirit of Italy, com- of that age, poems of the seventh of all literature phanus of Philippus, made probably descended on first master of the elegiac epigram this and comprising ]irises He Cephalas from three older Anthologies of widely date different is Heidelberg, was composed in century by Constantine chiefly it unique manuscript of the the Library at Palatine the tenth because Antliology, so called Palatine contained only in the (2) great The or Ste- in the reign of poesy had in the interval rather than on Greece, and Roman poets, such as Crinagoras of Mytilene, arc those who please the most (3) The Cycle of Agathias, made in the age of Justinian and here the most comprising strictly contemporary work ^ Antipater of Sidon is however Tlicre his coiitemporary is PREFACE inucli tenderness and beauty in many of the poems, but the writers wrote in a language which they did not command, but by which they were commanded, as all who try to write ancient Greek are Cephalas included also in addition to the poems drawn from these main sources : (1) a certain number of epigrams derived from well-known authors and a few copied from stones ; (2) the Miisa Puerilis of Strato (Book XII), a collection on a special subject made at an uncertain date ^ ; (3) a collection of Love poems largely by Rufinus (beginning of Book V) (1) the epigrams of the Alexandrian Palladas century Book V a.d.).^ At the beginning onwards) I try to indicate due to each source what is certainly In Book IV will be found the proems of the three chief sources that above (fifth of each book (from I mention Books I-III explain themselves In the twelfth or thirteenth of astounding industry, century, a Maximus Planudes, scholar to whom learning owes a heavy debt, rearranged and revised the work of Cephalas and to him alone we owe For the sources of tliis book and also of the satirical epigrams of Book XI see the special prefaces to these books .Some at least of these seem to have been incorporated It is not neces'^ary to mention l)y Agathias in hi^ Cycle here matter included in the Palatine MS but not reproduced in the printed texts •^ ; GENERAL INDEX 247, 288 (Pamtis = the weaver) 289, 297, (of Coryphasum = Pylos) 129, (of Iton, in Thessaly), 130 Auge, mother of Telephus (q.v.), by Heracles, ll 139 r I, and nis Leo(?), T sons 109 century, Constantine and Basil, St bishop of Caesarea, 4th cent 86 92 Beroea in Macedonia, VI 116 VI Italy), vi 132 Cabiri (mystical divinities), dedications to, Boeotian vi 245 Samothracian, vi 164, 301 Caesar, Julius, n 92 Caesarea, l 92 Calchas, Homeric prophet, ll 52 Calclus, in Euboea, vi 343 Canopus, in Egypt, vi 142 Carpathian (sea near Rhodes), VI 245 Carthaeans vi 313 Casius Mons, near Antioch, where was a temple of Zeus, vi 332 Cassandra ll 189 Charidemus, Athenian general, 4th cent B.C II 241 Chryses, priest, v II I ll 86 Cimmeria = northern Europe, V 223, 283 Clymene, beloved by the Sun God, v 223 ; Clytius, Lampon 146), Thy- Pantl.ous, moetes (Trojiin elders, r II Ui II 246-2.' ") patients) I 11 Cratinus, poet of the old of and Comedy, Corinth, 342 vi 2G6 Damian, v Cosmas Danae (wooed by Zeus in the form of a golden shower), v 31, 33, 34, 217, 257 Daniel Stylites (5th cent A.D.).I 9!) mythical (the piperDaphnis shepherd), VI 73, 78 Dares and Entellus, boxers io Aen V 368 etc II 222 Deiphobus, Trojan, 2nd husband ; of Helen, li Delos VI 273 Delphi, dedications at, VI 6, 49 Demeter, dedications to vi 36, 40, 41, 95, 98, 104, 258; Chthooiao or infernal = Persephone, 31 Democritus, philosopher of Abdem in Thrace, 5th cent B.C ll 131 Demophoon, lover of Phyllis, who killed herself, believing that he had deserted her, v 265 Demosthenes, ll 23 Dindymus mountain in Phryjria.' where (Jybele was worshipped VI 45, 281 Diomedes, VI 49 i 88 Dionysus, dedications to, 45, 56, 74, 77, 87, 142, 154, 159, 165, vi 134, 169, 44; 140, 172 339 355 Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, dedications to, VI 149 Dryads, dedications to, vi 176 whose daughter Glauce was poisoned by Medea, v 288 494 VI angels, saints physicians (called the silverless, because the only fee they accepted was the conversion of their II 357 Creon, king and Joannes, physicians martjTS under Diocletian, Dionysius St the supposed author of wTitings on the hierarchy ol Constantine ti.e (ircat I 10 Constantinople passim Corinth, vi 40 Cosmas and Damian, ; 3rd cent I 90 Cyrus the younger, n 389 Cynthus, mountain in Delos, vi 121 Cyzicus, city on the sea of Mar- Damaretus, 341 Bruttium (south of and mora, Blachernae, I 2, 120 Boeotia, VI 343 Bosporus, Goddess, crowned dedications 260 173, 217-220, Phrygian v.ith towers, v to VI 51, 94, 234, 237, 281 Cyrus Dionysus Emperor 9th Bacchus, Basil Creusa, wife of Aeneas, n 148 the great Rhea), Cybele (or Echo, nvmph, beloved by NarciBBOSi VI, 79, 87 ; GENERAL IXDEX Endymion, Entellus, Hesiod,.lI 338 Hiero, tvrant of Syraru.se, his brother Gelo, vi 214 58 Dares 307 36, 95 VI r Epici/iiiU, VI Ephesus, I Erinna, poetess of cent B.C n lOa Homer, Rhodes, 7th Erymanthus, mountain in Arcadi? V 19; VI Ill Etna, VI 203 Eudocia wife of Theodosius II 5th cent A.D., I 10, 105 Eudo.xia, daugliter of the above, wife of Valeutinian 3rd, I 12 Euphemia, mart>T, 4th cent I 311 II son of Moero, Poet of Byzantium, about 280 B.C., II 406 HoDier, 12,16 Greek name 222 lapygia, Ilj-thyia, I Artemis v (afterwards Leucothea), and son Melicertes, afterwards Palaemon, drowned and turned into sea deities, dedications to, no her VI 164, 223, 214 Getae = Dacians, Isis, VI U 400 dedications to, vi 60, 231 332 dedications to, Glaucus (who exchanged gifts -nith Diomede, 11 vi 234), vi 310 Gorgon's liead, vi 126 Gregory of Nyssa, brother of St Basil, I 86 I • i Hecuba, n 175 Helen, n 167 Helenus, Trojan prophet and warrior, II 155 Hephaestus, dedications to, vi 101,117 Hepione, vi 244 Hera, dedications to, 243, 244, 265 341 flesh up to Tereus, cut out the tongue of Philomela Procne was changed into a swallow, Philomela to nightingale, a Tereus to a hoopoe, v 237 served lus who had her sister Joannes and Cyrus, r Cyrus Juliana, Byzantine Princess, 6th cent A.D I 10, 12, 14-17 Justin I, Emperor, 518-527 I ; 3, 97, VI 133, Justin I 98 Emperor, II, 565-578 Emperor, 527-565 Justinian, cent B.C II 354 Hermaplu-oditus ii 102 296, dedications to, VI 5, 23, 28, 29, 63-65, 67, 68, Lacinium, promontory in Bruttium, where was a temple of Hera VI 265 Ladon, river of Arcadia, VI Ill ll 135, Hermes, n 92, 100, 143 144, 282, 294, 296, '; Isthmus (of Corinth) and Isthmian games, vi 246, 259 Itylus or Itys, son of Procne and Tereus Procne killed him and dedications to, VI 3, 93, 114-116, 178, 351 Heraclitus, Ionian philosopher, 6th Heracles, \ 349 Inopus, river in Delos, vi 273 lo, dedication to, vi 150 Isauria, district in Asia Minor V, 65 Glauce, » C'reon Glaucus, sea-god, VI 164 for S.E of Italy, VI Ida mountain in Plirygia, VI 218 Gelo, son of Deinomenes, tjTant of Syracuse, 5th cent B.C vi Ganymede, I after (of the wayside) 299, 306, 309, 334, 346 Hero, beloved swam over visit iicr atid V 263, 293 Herodotus, II 8, 91, 97, Lais, by Leander, who the 377 Hellespont finally to drowned, I the celebrated 18-20, 71 courtesan VI 1, Lanipon, was ; 98 Clytius Lapithe, town in Thessaly vi 307 Lasion towii in Elis, vi ill r Leander, r Hero Leto (mother of Ajvjllo and Artemis), dedication to, vi, 215 495 GENERAL INDEX Leucas, island on the west coast of r.reeoe, vi 251 Leucothea r Ino Locri (western, in Italy), vi 132 Lucania, vi 120 130 Lycomedes, at whose court Achilles was brought up as a girl, v 255 Lycoris, peak of Parnassus, vi 54 Lyctus, city in Crete, vi 75 Machaon, Homeric surgeon, son of Asclepius, V 225 Maeander, river in Lydia, vi 110, 286, 287 Maenalus mountain in Arcadia, VI 112 Mardrocles, of Samos, arcliitect, VI 341 Marcellus VI IGl Melampus, supposed founder of prophecy and medicine, II 243 Melicertes, r luo Melite (Malta or Meleda ?), I 97 Menander, comic poet, 4th cent B.C U 361 Menelaus, ii 165 Michael, Emperor, 9th cent A.D I 106, 107 Moon-goddess, dedication to, vi o8 Muses, dedications to, vi 62, 66, 295, 308, 310, 336, 338 Xaucratis (m the Delta), vi 207 Nemea, games of (in the Peloponnesus), VI 259 Neoptolemus or Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, II 56, 192 Xereus, dedications to, vi 164 Nero, dedication to, VI 321, 328 Nicolas, St, Bishop of Myra, 3rd century, I 89 , ^ Niobe, who when turned into stone, did not cense to mourn 220 v death, for her children's and theological hermit Nil us, writer, 4th cent A.D I 100 Nymphs, dedications to, vi 25, 26, 154, 156, 159, 203, (of Anigrus) 189, (of the Grotto) 224 Odrysae, people of Thrace, vi 122 Odysseus, ii 172; vl 314 Oedipus, VI 323 Oetione, nymph beloved by Pans, II 215 496 Oeta, mountain in Thessaly, VI Olybrius c Placidia Omphale, Queen of Lydia, vi 358 Orbelus, mountain in Macedonia, VI 114-116 Orchomenus (in Arcadia), VI 109 Ortygia=Delos, VI 121, 273 Paeanian, the " deme " of Demosthenes II 23 Palaemon, r Ino Palaephatus, mytliical (?) epic poet of Athens, 11 36 Pallas, V Athena Pallene, isthmus of, VI 195 Pan, dedications to, vi, 11-16, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 42, 57, 73, 78, 70, 82, 90, 99, 106-109, 154, 158, 167, 168, 170, 176, 177, 179-188, 196, 221, 232, 334 Panthous, v Clytius Paris II 215 Patroclus, vl 49 Pausanias, victor of Plataea, 470 B.C VI 197, V Thuc I 132 Peitho, goddess of persuasion, v 137, 195, dedications to, VI 55 Pellene, city of Achaea, vi 151 Pelorium, promontory of Sicily, VI 224 Penelope, vi 289, 314 Pericles, n 117 Pherecydes, teacher of Pythagoras, II 351 Philip, son of Demetrius, king of Macedonia, 2nd cent B.C VI 114-116 Plulomela, i' Itylus Pholoe, mountain in Elis, 111 Phrygia (Burnt), vi 281 Phryne (the courtesan), Phyllis, V VI VI 3, 260 Demophoon Piraeus, VI 340 Pisa (near Olympia), vi 350 Piso, dedication to, VI 335 Eudoxia of dau^'hter Placidia, (q.v.) and Valentinian 111., wife of Olybrius, I 12 Plate, I 34 Plato, II 07 Polycarp, martyr, 2nd cent I 87, 80 Polyclitus, the celebrated sculptor, 5th c«nt B.C., V 15 I GENERAL INDEX martyr, I'dlycuctUB, I 3rd cent 10 Folyidiis, siK)thsayor (?) v II v 148, but there is also a dithyraiiibic poet of this name about 400 B.C II 42 Polyxena, daughter of Priam, ii 19G Tompey, n 398 Poseidon, VI 4, II 65, dedications to, 30, 38, 69, 70, 90, 240, (Isthmian) 233 Pra.\it«le3, the celebrated sculptor, 4thcent D.C.,V 15; VI 317 Priapus dedications to, vi 21, 22, 102, 254, (of tlie beach) 33, 89, 192, 193, 232, 292 Prometheus, Ptolemy I, 352 277 241 ^'eoptolemus VI VI Pylaemenes, vi Pyrrhus, r Pyrrhus king of Epirus, 3rd cent u.c VI 130 PythaRoras, n 121 Pytho = Delphi, vi 141 Uhea, r Cybele Rhodes, Colossus St Sopliia I Samothracian Strymon, river VI 208 Tantalus, V 236 Tapliii or Teleboae, inhabitants of islands olf the west coast ot Greece, Teleboae, Telephus, ll, v Achilles (r note, page 285), V 225, 291 Terpander, poet and musician, 7th cent B.C II Ill Theodora, wife of Justinian, I 91 Theodorus (Byzantine ollicial), I 36, 97, 98 Theodorus (Martyr, a.d 300), I Theodosius I, Emperor, 379-395, I 10 Theodosius II, Emperor, 408-450 I 105 Thespiae, city of Boeotia, VI 344, dedication to, 260 vi Sappho, II 69 Sarpedon, Trojan hero, killed by Patroclus, ll 277 Saturnalia, vi 322 Syria 10 Scrapis, Kcvptian god, dedication:^ to, VI 148 Simonides, of t'eos, Gth and 5th cent B.C II 45 jopliia wife of Justin II, I., 2, 11 Sophocles, VI 145 Stesichorus, lyric poet, 7th cent B.C n 125 bore this name), VI II 372 vi 234 deities, r Cabiri Satyrs, dedication to, vi 41 Seleucus (several kings of : v Clytius Tiberius, dedicition to, vl 235 Tmolus, mountain in Lydia, 171 Sancarins, river in Asia Minor, 220, 234 3G9 VI Taphii wounded bv Thucydides, Thymoetes, of, vi northern Greece, in Sim-Rod, dedications to, vi 171 Syniaethus, river in Sicily, VI 203 Syrian goddess, v Astartc Trachis, city in the north of Greece VI Trajan, VI 332 first Trophimus, St supposed bishop of Aries I 18 Tyrrhenian = Etruscan, VI 151, 350 Ulysses, Virgil, v II Odysseus 414 Xenophon, n 388 Zephyr, dedication to, VI 53 Zeus, dedications to, VI 84, 135, (Casian) 3:12, (Liberator) 50, (Perfector) 242, (Panomphoeau author of aU uracles), 52 = 497 \NTH K K ; INDEX OF AUTHORS INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME M Wreath Wreath Ph Ag of Meleaper of Pliilippus Cycle of Aguthias (For explanation of these terms, Addaeus of Macedon (Ph), VI 228, 258 Aeschines (the Orator, 4th cent B.C.), VI 330 Agathias Scholasticus (Byzantine, 6th cent A.D.), I 34-30; iv 3, v 216, 218, 220, 222, 237, 261, 263, 267, 269, 273, 276, 278, 280, 282, 285, 287, 289, 292, 294, 296, 297, 299, 302 VI 32, Proem, ; ; 41, 59, 72, 74, 76, 79, 80, 167 Agi3 (M, 4th cent B.C.), VI 152 Alcaeus of Lesbos (M, 7th cent B.C.), V 10; VI 218; cp iv 1, 13 Alexander of Magnesia (M), vi 182 cp IV 1, 39 Alpheius of Mitylene (Ph, Augustan age), VI 187 Anacreon (M, 6th cent B.C.) (attributed to him, VI 134-145), 346 cp IV 1, 35 Antipater of Sidon (M, 1st cent, ; ; 93, 109, 174, 14, 15, 46, 47, 115, 118, 159, 160, cp 209, 219, 223; 10 B.C.), VI, (?), HI, 208, IV 1, 42 Antipater of Thessalonica (Ph, age), v 3, 30, 31, 198 ; VI 2.50, 252, 257 ; cp IV, 2, of Thessalonica whether Antipater, or Sidon uncertain, Vl, 10, 109, 219, 174,208,209, 118, 111, 115, Augustan 223, 241, 249, 256, 276, 287, 291, 335 Antiphanes of Macedonia (Ph, Augustan age ?), VI 88 cp iv 2, 10 ; Antiphilus of Byzantium (I'h, 1st cent A,D,), V Ill, 307, 308 (?) 498 v Ititrodtiction, page v.) VI 95, 97, 199, 250, 252, IV 2, 257 cp ; Antistius (Ph), vi 237 Anvte (M), VI 123, 153, 312 cp IV 1, Apollonides (Ph, 1st cent A.D,), vi 105, 238, 239 Archias (possibly second of tin; ; VI 16, name), v 58, 59, 98 179-181, 192, 195, 207 Archilochus (M, circ 700 B.C.) 133; cp IV 1, 37 Aristo (M), VI 303, 306 3'J ; vi Asclepiades (M, 3rd cent B.C.), v 7, 44(?), 64,85, 14i3, 150, 1.53.158, 161 (?), 162, 164, 167, 169, 181, 185, 189, 194(?), 202(?), 203,207, 209(?), 210 ; VI 308; cp IV 1, 46 Automedon (Ph, 1st cent B.O ), v 129 cp IV 2, 11 ; Bacchylides (M, 6th cent, B,C,), vi, 53, 313; cp IV 1, 34 Bassus (Ph, 1st cent, a.d,), v, 125 Ca41imachus (M, 3rd cent B.C.), V 6, 23, 146 ; VI 121, 140-150, 301, 310, 311, 347, 351 c-p IV 1, 22 Capita, V, 67 ; C'hristodorus of Thebes poet) Book II (Byzantmc Cillactor, V 29, 45 Claudianus (Byzantine poet), 20; V 86 Cometas Chartularius (Ag), Constantine Cephalas, v Cornelius Lougus, vi 191 v I 19, 2Cy ; INDEX OF AUTHORS Crinagoraa of Mitylone (Ph, Au