other uses Weasel date March 2009 An epigram is a brief, interesting, usually memorable and sometimes ... epigram ref this literary device has been employed for over two millennia. Ancient Greek The Greek tradition ... as a short prose text might have done, but in verse. Epigram became a literary genre in the Hellenistic ... epigrams are usually thought of as very short, Greek literary epigram was not always as short as later examples, and the divide between epigram and elegy is sometimes indistinct they share a characteristic ... pressure to keep things concise. Many of the characteristic types of literary epigram look back to inscriptional contexts, particularly funerary epigram, which in the Hellenistic era becomes a literary exercise. Other types look instead to the new performative context which epigram acquired ... this way many are simply descriptive. Epigram is associated with point because the European epigram ... by among others his contemporary Juvenal . Greek epigram was actually much more diverse, as the Milan Papyrus now indicates. A major source for Greek literary epigram is the Greek Anthology , a compilation ... feel that it is happening, and am tormented greatly. The master of the Latin epigram, however, is Martial ... him closer to the modern idea of epigram as a genre. Here he defines his genre against a probably ..., write even a couplet too long. Another example of an epigram by Martial Mentula tam magna ... by the poetic epigram and proverb, especially in the translations of the Bible and the Greek and Roman ... Pope An Essay on Man . In Victorian times the epigram couplet was often used by the prolific American ... VIII of the sequence. During the early 20th century, the rhymed epigram couplet form developed ... Poetic epigrams What is an Epigram? A dwarfish whole Its body brevity, and wit its soul. &mdash Samuel ... lies in concealing art. This shows the epigram s tendency towards paradox . Dorothy Parker s witty one ..., so are the days of our lives can be considered an epigram, as the meaning of life is concisely ... more details
An epigram is a short poem with a clever twist, or a concise and witty statement. Epigram may also refer to Epigram programming language , a functional programming language with dependent types Epigram newspaper Epigram newspaper , the independent student newspaper of the University of Bristol Epigram horse , Canadian racehorse disambig fr pigramme homonymie ... more details
Infobox Newspaper name Epigram image Image Epigram newspaper front cover.jpg 180px type Fortnightly newspaper format Compact newspaper Compact tabloid newspaper format Tabloid foundation 1988 owners Independent circulation 6,000 headquarters University of Bristol Union editor Tom Flynn deputy editors Jon Bauckham and Hannah Stubbs website http www.epigram.org.uk epigram.org.uk Epigram is the independent student newspaper of the University of Bristol . ref http www.epigram.org.uk Epigram Online Bristol University s Independent Student Newspaper Bot generated title ref It was established in 1988 by James Landale , now a senior BBC journalist, who studied politics at Bristol. ref http www.epigram.org.uk view.php?id 1434 Epigram Online Scaling the heights of the BBC Bot generated title ref The former editor of The Daily Telegraph, William Lewis journalist William Lewis , was a writer for Epigram in its early years. ref http www.epigram.org.uk view.php?id 1350 Epigram Online Fleet Street s rising star Bot generated title ref Epigram is produced fortnightly during term time, and as of May 2012 ... section editor. ref name epigram.org.uk http www.epigram.org.uk contactlist.php Epigram Online Bristol University s Independent Student Newspaper Bot generated title ref Political stance Epigram often places itself as the voice of the students in a debate. In November 2006 Epigram published appeals ... published in Epigram was picked up by The Times newspaper and the BBC ref http e paper.timesonline.co.uk ... Education Tutorials hit by staffing cuts Bot generated title ref The Telegraph cites Epigram in stating ... stance when an Epigram story focusing on students becoming lap dancers and one Bristol University ... for fees Bot generated title ref An Epigram report into drugs use at the University was similarly was picked ... Cocaine found at university bars Bot generated title ref Well known Epigram contributors William ... http www.epigram.org.uk Epigram s website University of Bristol DEFAULTSORT Epigram Category United ... more details
A xenia epigram is an epigram attached to a gift, sometimes as represented in a xenia motif xenia mosaic . Originally found in Latin literature , it was revived in the nineteenth century. An example With a Mosaic Forget me not Accept and wear this constant flower, Thus copied out by art. It blooms in Nature but its hour, For ever in the heart. Affections into habits grown, Lives fastened in one lot, The flower has strengthened into stone We name Forget me not. References cite book author Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham title Metrical Pieces Translated and Original location Boston publisher Croby, Nichols date 1855 url http books.google.com books?id xZIL7EBAuQUC&pg PA349&dq xenia mosaic&lr lang en 7Clang el&ei VK UR8SVCpvU7AKj48izBw&ie ISO 8859 7 page 349 Category Genres of poetry Category Latin literature ... more details
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename Epigram image caption sire Flares horse Flares grandsire Gallant Fox dam Hasty Bet damsire Reigh Count sex Stallion horse Stallion foaled 1949 country Canada colour Bay horse Bay breeder E. P. Taylor owner Three Vs Stable trainer 1 Gordon J. McCann br 2 Stanley V. Bowden record 25 3 6 4 earnings Canadian dollar Can 24,062 race William Hendrie Memorial Handicap 1952 Canadian Classic Races Canadian Classic Race wins br Queen s Plate 1952 awards honours updated April 4, 2010 Epigram foaled 1949 in Ontario was a Canada Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing racehorse best known for winning the 1952 Queen s Plate , Canada s most prestigious race and North America North America s oldest annually run stakes race. Bred and raced by E. P. Taylor , his dam was Hasty Bet, a daughter of Reigh Count , the 1928 Kentucky Derby winner and a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. Epigram was a son of the American bred winner of the 1938 Ascot Gold Cup , Flares horse Flares , who in turn was a son of Gallant Fox , the 1930 United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing U.S. Triple Crown winner and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. ref http www.pedigreequery.com epigram2 Epigram s pedigree and partial racing stats ref In a rare mistake by the E. P. Taylor racing team, Epigram was entered in a September 1951 claiming race and was taken for 2,500 by Three Vs Stable, owned by the Veal brothers, Frank, Lawrence and Gordon, proprietors of a Studebaker dealership in Toronto . ref Cauz, Louis E. The Plate . 1984 Deneau Publishers ISBN 0 88879 104 6 ref Epigram entered the 1952 Queen s Plate having never won a race and having only earned 75. At the time when the distance was set at one and an eighth miles, in a twenty one horse field Epigram won the Queen s Plate by defeating E. P. Taylor s horse Dress Circle and Acadian ... 23, 1952 Ottawa Citizen article on Epigram winning the Queen s Plate ref References refs Category 1949 ... more details
Use mdy dates date January 2012 Infobox Company company name Epigram Books company logo File Epigram Books Logo.jpg Epigram Books foundation 1991 location Singapore industry Publishing and Design products Literary Fiction, Cookbooks, Food guides, Children s books, Poetry, Memoirs, Art and Photography, Special interests, Coffee table books, Custom publishing homepage http www.epigram.com.sg Epigram Books Epigram Books is a Singapore based independent publisher that publishes fiction and non fiction with a focus on Asiatic themes and a strong emphasis on design. They also produce commemorative books and coffee table books for galleries, corporations and other institutions. The company was established in 1991 as a design consultancy called Epigram. They branched into publishing with the release of mountaineer David Lim s first book, Mountain to Climb The Quest for Everest and Beyond . Since, they have published various books ranging from literary fiction to cookbooks, food guides, children s books and memoirs. The design arm continues to provide services such as art direction, publication design, branding, signage and way finding, and editorial development. Epigram Books is also well known in the Singapore arts and literary scene. They continuously publish fiction and poetry by Singapore based writers, poets and playwrights like Jean Tay, Haresh Sharma and Kevin Keane. In 2005, they published a photography book featuring the work of Singapore born Hollywood celebrity photographer Russel Wong . In 2011, Epigram Books introduced the Omnibus series. So far the series, which collect the works of local playwrights, consists of works by Tan Tarn How and Chong Tze Chien. In 2010 they published There s No Carrot in Carrot Cake , a guide book to Singapore s street food or Hawker centre ... The Diary of Amos Lee I m Twelve, I m Tough, I Tweet was launched in November 2010. Epigram ... in December 2010. Popular titles published by Epigram Books The Syonan Years Singapore Under Japanese ... more details
Image Mandelstam Stalin Epigram c.jpg thumb Autograph of Stalin Epigram written down at the time of Mandelstam s interrogation in prison. The Stalin epigram , also known as The Kremlin Highlander lang ru is a satire satirical poem by the Russia n Acmeism Acmeist poet Osip Mandelstam , dated as being written in November 1933. Only 16 lines in length, the poem was in large part responsible for Mandelstam s arrest, imprisonment and ultimate death it is both a suicide note and a searing indictment of leader Joseph Stalin and his entourage. The Kremlin North Caucasus Highlander , of course, is Stalin, referring to his Caucasus Mountains origin. The last words in the poem about Ossetian torso refer to a rumor that Stalin was born from a person of Ossetian people Ossetian ethnicity rather than from his official father, Besarion Jughashvili , who was a Georgian people Georgian . The poem describes the climate of fear in Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Russia ref http wikilivres.info wiki Stalin Epigram Translation by Dmitri Smirnov , can be reproduced if non commercial ref class toccolours style float left margin left 2em margin right 1em font size 90 background c6dbf7 width 30em max width 40 cellspacing 5 style text align middle center center We are living, but can t feel the land where we stay, More than ten steps away you can t hear what we say. But if people would talk on occasion, They should mention the Kremlin Caucasian. His thick fingers are bulky and fat like live baits, And his accurate words are as heavy as weights. Cucaracha s moustaches are screaming, And his boot tops are shining and gleaming. But around him a crowd of thin necked henchmen, And he plays with the services of these half men. Some are whistling, some meowing, some sniffing, He s alone booming, poking and whiffing. He is forging his rules and decrees like horseshoes Into groins, into foreheads, in eyes, and eyebrows. Every killing for him is delight, And Ossetian ... more details
Infobox programming language name Epigram logo paradigm Functional programming Functional year 2004 designer Conor McBride and br James McKinna developer the Epigram group latest release version 1 release date mf yes 2006 10 11 latest release date release date mf yes 2006 10 11 typing strong typing strong ... OS X license Unspecified website http www.e pig.org file ext Epigram is the name of a functional programming language with dependent type s. Epigram also refers to the Integrated development environment IDE usually packaged with the language. Epigram s type system is strong enough to express program ... programs and proofs whose correctness can be checked and certified by the compiler . Epigram exploits the propositions as types principle , and is based on intuitionistic type theory . The Epigram ... is continued by the Epigram group in Nottingham , Durham , St Andrews and Royal Holloway in the United Kingdom UK . The current experimental implementation of the Epigram system is freely available together ... , Microsoft Windows Windows and Mac OS X . Syntax Epigram uses a two dimensional syntax, with a LaTeX version and an ASCII version. Here are some examples from http www.e pig.org downloads epigram notes.pdf The Epigram Tutorial Examples The natural numbers The following declaration defines the natural ... case x plus zero y y plus suc x y suc plus x y pre Dependent types Epigram is essentially a typed lambda ... takes. Full dependent types, as implemented in Epigram, are a powerful abstraction. Unlike in Dependent ... capabilities dependent types bring may be found in http www.e pig.org downloads epigram notes.pdf The Epigram Tutorial . It is planned that the forthcoming version of Epigram, Epigram 2, will be based ... pdf , Journal of Functional Programming Conor McBride 2004 , http www.e pig.org downloads epigram system.pdf The Epigram Prototype, a nod and two winks pdf Conor McBride 2004 , http www.e pig.org downloads epigram notes.pdf The Epigram Tutorial pdf Thorsten Altenkirch, Conor McBride and James McKinna ... more details
Platonism italic title Eighteen Epigrams are attributed to Plato , most of them considered spurious. These are short poems suitable for dedicatory purposes written in the form of elegiac couplet s. ref name cooper John Madison Cooper, D. S. Hutchinson, 1997 , Plato, Complete works , page 1742. Hackett Publishing. ref Figures mentioned Notable figures referenced in the epigrams include Dion of Syracuse Dion , the political figure of Syracuse, Italy Syracuse whose campaign is discussed at length in the Platonic Epistles Plato Epistles , mourned in Epigram 3. Phaedrus and Agathon , two Classical Athens Classical Athenians featured in the Socratic dialogues , mentioned in Epigrams 4 and 6 respectively. Xanthippe , perhaps the wife of Socrates , ref name cooper a lover mentioned in Epigram 8. Sappho , the Archaic Greece Archaic poet celebrated as the tenth Muses Muse in Epigram 16. Aristophanes , the Classical comic playwright described reverently as inspired by Charites the Graces in Epigram 18. References Reflist Category Works by Plato Category Ancient philosophical literature philo book stub ... more details
and to Augustus niece Antonia Minor . In other epigram, Crinagoras speaks of a sea voyage that he undertook from Asia to Italy , visiting Cyclades and Corfu on the way. However, the most well known epigram that Crinagoras wrote was the epigram below , that is considered to the eulogy of Ptolemaic dynasty ... light in common, And mingled her own darkness with her death. Crinagoras had written the above epigram ... more details
dablink For the consul, see Marcus Lollius . Lollius Bassus is the author of ten epigrams in the Greek Anthology . He is called, in the title of the second epigram, a native of Smyrna . His time is fixed by the tenth epigram, on the death of Germanicus , who died 19 AD. Perhaps the same Lollius to whom Horace wrote an Ode. References reflist Tacitus . Ann. ii. 71. SmithDGRBM Category Ancient Smyrnaeans Category Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology Category Roman era poets Category People from Izmir Category 1st century Romans Category 1st century poets fr Lollius Bassus ... more details
For other uses, see Rufinus . Rufinus is the author of approximately thirty eight epigram s, found in the fifth Book of the Greek Anthology . The poet may have lived in the early Byzantine period, and his verses are of the same light amatory character as those of Agathias , Paul the Silentiary Paulus Silentiarius , Macedonius of Thessalonica Macedonius , and others but beyond this there is no other indication of his period. In the Anthology of Planudes , there is also an epigram ascribed to an otherwise unknown Rufinus Domesticus . He is not considered to be the same person as the Rufinus who wrote the previously mentioned epigrams of Book V. References SmithDGRBM Category Roman era Greeks Category Byzantine poets Category Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology Ancient Greece writer stub el nl Rufinus Anthologia Palatina ... more details
Alpheus Mytilenaeus ancient Greek Gr. lang grc was the author of about twelve epigram s in the Greek Anthology , some of which seem to point out the time when he wrote. ref name DGRBM cite encyclopedia last Smith first Philip authorlink title Alpheus Mytilenaeus editor William Smith lexicographer William Smith encyclopedia Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 134 publisher Little, Brown and Company location Boston year 1867 url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0143.html ref In the seventh epigram he refers to the state of the Roman Empire , as embracing almost all the known world in the ninth he speaks of the restored and flourishing city of Troy and in the tenth he alludes to an epigram by Antipater of Sidon . Antipater lived under Augustus , in the second half of the 1st century BC, and Troy had received great favors from Julius Caesar and Augustus. ref Strabo , Geographica xiii. p. 889 ref Therefore it is not improbable that Alpheus also wrote under Augustus. It is true that in the fourth epigram he addresses a certain Macrinus, but there is no reason to suppose that this was the emperor Macrinus . Another difficulty has been stated, on the ground that the eleventh epigram was inscribed, as we learn from Pausanias geographer Pausanias , ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , Description of Greece viii. 52. 3 ref on the statue of Philopoemen in Tegea , and that it is very improbable that such a statue should have stood without an inscription till the time of Alpheus. ref Jacobs, Anthol. Graec. xiii. p. 839 ref References reflist SmithDGRBM Category Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology Category Ancient Mytileneans Category Roman era Greeks Category 1st century BC poets ca Alfeu Mitileneu ... more details
cleanup link rot date November 2011 notability Academics date November 2011 Infobox person name Dr Conor McBride nationality British occupation Lecturer in Computing Science at University of Strathclyde homepage http www.strictlypositive.org Dr Conor McBride is a lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Strathclyde . ref http www.cis.strath.ac.uk cis staff index.php?uid conor ref In 1999 he completed a PhD at Edinburgh University for his work in type theory . ref http www.lfcs.inf.ed.ac.uk reports 00 ECS LFCS 00 419 ECS LFCS 00 419.pdf ref He has worked at Durham University and is now a member of the academic staff at the University of Strathclyde . Research His most notable research is in the field of type theory. He co created the programming language Epigram programming language Epigram with James McKinna . ref http www.e pig.org darcs Pig09 web ref Several of his articles, including the joint written article defining the Epigram language, have been published in the Journal of Functional Programming ref http journals.cambridge.org action quickSearch?quickSearchType search specific&inputField1 Conor McBride&fieldStartMonth 01&fieldStartYear 1800&fieldEndMonth 12&fieldEndYear 2011&searchType ADVANCESEARCH&searchTypeFrom quickSearch&fieldScjrnl All&fieldSccats All&selectField1 23&jnlId JFP&journalSearchType journal ref Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mcbride, Conor ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mcbride, Conor Category Computer scientists ... more details
Ablabius Greek lang grc or Ablavius was the name of several different people in the ancient world. Ablabius, a physician on whose death there is an epigram by Theosebia in the Greek Anthology Ablabius consul 331 was Praetorian prefect of the East of Constantine I, from 329 to 337 338 Ablabius floruit 4th 5th century wrote a history of the Goths based on Gothic legends and sources, which was used by Cassiodorus and Jordanes Ablabius assassin , a man who attempted to kill Justinian I in 562. hndis bg ca Ablavius de Ablabius ru ... more details
Philippus of Thessalonica Ancient Greek Greek 1st century or Philippus Epigrammaticus was the compiler of an Anthology of epigram Epigrammatists subsequent to Meleager of Gadara and is himself the author of 72 epigrams in the Greek Anthology . Philippus has one word which describes the epigram by a single quality he calls his work an oligostikhia or collection of poems not exceeding a few lines in length. Philippus own epigrams, of which over seventy are extant, are generally rather dull, chiefly school exercises, and, in the phrase of Jacobs, imitatione magis quam inventione conspicua . But we owe to him the preservation of a large mass of work belonging to the Roman period. His collection of epigrams was called Garland of Philippus , copying the name of recently published at the time in the same century Garland of Meleagros . References http ancienthistory.about.com od anthology ss GkAnthBio4c.htm About.com http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 2622.html Ancient Library http www.fullbooks.com Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology1.html Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by J. W. Mackail Ancient Greece writer stub Category Anthologists Category Roman era poets Category Ancient Thessalonians Category Ancient Macedonian poets Category Ancient Macedonian anthologists Category Ancient Greek anthologists Category Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology Category 1st century poets ca Filip de Tessal nica el ... more details
The xenia motif in Roman mosaic is a still life motif visual arts motif consisting of a grouping of various items, mostly edible, representing a generous offering a xenia from a wealthy host to his guests. Typical elements of a xenia motif include game hanging from hooks, fish, baskets of fruit often overturned , and the like. Vitruvius lists specifically poultry, eggs, vegetables, and other country produce . ref de Architectura , http penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer E Roman Texts Vitruvius 6 .html 7.4 VI 7 4 ref Xenia motifs are typically found in reception rooms. Xenia Greek The word xenia is Greek, and means hospitality in Latin, it came to mean presents for guests, and later presents in general. It also came to include a class of epigram matic inscription attached to the presents, xenia epigram s. Notes references References Katherine M.D. Dunbabin, Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World , Cambridge 1999. Stella Grobel Miller, A Mosaic floor from a Roman villa at Anaploga , Hesperia 41 3 332 July 1972 . Category Mosaic Category Visual motifs Category Ancient Roman art Category Iconography ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Other people2 Parmenion disambiguation Parmenion was a Macedon ian epigrammatic poet, whose verses were included in the collection of Philip of Thessalonica in Greek Anthology whence it is probable that he flourished in, or shortly before, the time of Augustus . Brunck gives fourteen of his epigrams in the Analecta vol. ii. pp. 201 203 , and one more in the Lectiones p. 177 Jacobs, Antli. Graec. vol. ii. pp. 184 187 . Reiske refers to him one of the anonymous epigrams No. cxxi. , on the ground of the superscription Parmenontos in the Vatican MS , but that is the name, not of the author of the epigram, but of the victor who dedicated the statue to which it forms the inscription, as is clear from the epigram itself comp. Brunck , Led. p. 265 Jacobs, Animadv. in Anih. Graec. vol. iii. pt. i. p. 356 . The epigrams of Parmenion are characterized by brevity, which he himself declares Ep. 1 that he aimed at unfortunately, they want the body, of which brevity is said to be the soul, wit. References SmithDGRBM Category Ancient Macedonian poets Category Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology Category 1st century BC Macedonians Category 1st century BC poets ca Parmeni poeta ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Godfrey of Winchester ref Geoffrey of Winchester, Godefridus Prior. ref died 1107 was an English satirical poet writing in Latin, known for his epigram s. He is known also as Martialis Coccus or pseudo Martial. One of his poems occurs in the Carmina Burana . ref http www.athenapub.com 14carmina.htm Carmina Burana Bot generated title ref Notes Reflist External links http www.intratext.com X LAT0622.HTM Epigrammata , online text http www.intratext.com X LAT0623.HTM Epigrammata Historica , online text http freespace.virgin.net angus.graham Godfrey.htm Persondata name Godfrey of Winchester alternative names short description date of birth place of birth date of death 1107 place of death Category 1107 deaths Category English poets Category Neo Latin poets ... more details
File Anthologia Palatina p101.jpg thumb right 250px A page of the Palatine Anthology Codex Palatinus 23 , 10th century, from the Library of the University of Heidelberg The Palatine Anthology is the collection of Greek poems and epigrams discovered in 1606 in the Palating Library in Heidelberg. ref name epigram cite book url http books.google.gr books?id ZowJ29dRWPkC&lpg PA12&ots ekAmavSzDM&dq Greek 20poems 20and 20epigrams 20discovered 20in 201606&pg PA12 v onepage&q&f false title Epigram publisher Classical Association Great Britain , Cambridge University Press year 2010 accessdate October 2, 2011 author Niall Livingstone, Gideon Nisbet pages 12 ref It is based on the lost collection of Constantine Cephalas of the 10th century, which has been composed using older anthologies. It contains material from the 7th century B.C. until 600 A.D. and later on was the main part of the Greek Anthology which included also the Anthology of Planudes ref name epigram2 cite book url http books.google.gr books?id ZowJ29dRWPkC&lpg PA12&ots ekAmavSzDM&dq Greek 20poems 20and 20epigrams 20discovered 20in 201606&pg PA13 v onepage&q&f false title Epigram publisher Classical Association Great Britain , Cambridge University Press year 2010 accessdate October 2, 2011 author Niall Livingstone, Gideon Nisbet pages 13 The Greek Anthology as we have it today consists of the fifteen Books of the Palatine Anthology followed by a Planudean Appendix of 388 poems occurring in Planudes but not in the Palatine manuscript... ref and more material. The manuscript of the Palatine Anthology was discovered by Saumaise Salmasius in 1606 in the Palatine library at Heidelberg ref name epigram Codex Palatinus 23 . In 1623, after the Thirty Years War , it was sent with the rest of the Palatine Library to Rome as a present from Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria Maximilian I of Bavaria to Pope Gregory XV and it was kept in the Vatican Library. In 1797 it was taken to Paris by order of the French Directory and in 1 ... more details
Nicaenetus of Samos lang el was a Greek language Greek Epic poetry epic and epigram matic poet of the 3rd century BC, an Abdera, Thrace Abderite who lived in Samos Island Samos island. There are four epigrams of his in the Greek Anthology . References http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 2281.html Ancient Library DEFAULTSORT Nicaenetus Of Samos Category Ancient Greek epic poets Category Abderites Category Ancient Samians Category 3rd century BC Greek people Category 3rd century BC poets Category Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology Ancient Greece writer stub de Nikainetos ... more details
Other people2 Antiphanes disambiguation Antiphanes Orphan date February 2009 Antiphanes of Macedon is the author of ten epigram s in Greek Anthology one of these is headed as Antiphanes of Megalopolis and may be by another poet. References Poems from the Greek Anthology in English Paraphrase Page 45 By Dudley Fitts, Anthologia Graeca Selections ISBN 0313210179 Select epigrams from the Greek anthology Page 324 By John William Mackail reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Antiphanes Of Macedon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Author DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Antiphanes Of Macedon Category Ancient Macedonian poets Category Ancient Greek poets Ancient Greece bio stub ca Ant fanes poeta epigram tic ... more details
In Greek mythology , Polystratus was a handsome youth beloved by Heracles . He is solely known from an epigram uncovered in Dyme , Achaea , which is ascribed to Alcaeus of Messene according to it, Polystratus accompanied Heracles in his campaign against the Eurytus and Cteatus Molionidae and was killed in the battle, whereupon Heracles cut the hair off the top of his own head as a sign of grief. Polystratus is likely the same as Sostratus of Dyme Sostratus there is a possibility that the name was altered because the youth was honored by the Dymaeans as savior of the city s being the Greek stem with the meaning save . ref Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher ed. Ausf hrliches Lexikon der griechischen und r mischen Mythologie. Band 3. 2 Pasikrateia Pyxios , Leipzig, 1902 1909, ss. 2717 2718 ref References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Mythology of Achaea ... more details
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