Meleager of Gadara

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Meleager of Gadara was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for compiling one of the earliest anthologies of epigrams, which later formed a core part of the Greek Anthology.

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Meleager of Gadara canonical 3

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instanceOf Hellenistic-period person
ancient Greek poet
anthologist
epigrammatist
activeIn 1st century BCE
anthologyMetaphor flowers as poets in a garland
associatedWith Stoic philosophy
birthPlace Coele-Syria
Gadara
compiled Garland of Meleager
compiledAnthologyType literary garland of poets
compiledFromAuthors Anyte of Tegea
Asclepiades of Samos
Callimachus
Leonidas of Tarentum
Mnasalcas
Nossis
Philetas
Posidippus of Pella
Sappho
Simonides
linked to: Simonides of Ceos
contributedTo Greek Anthology
culture Hellenistic Greek culture
describedAs cosmopolitan poet
educatedIn philosophy
ethnicGroup Greek
genre epigram
erotic poetry
sympotic poetry
hasSurvivingWorkCountApprox over 130 epigrams
hasTheme beauty
love
mortality
wine
hasWorkIn Palatine Anthology
Planudean Anthology
influenced Greek Anthology
later Byzantine epigrammatists
knownFor Garland of Meleager
compiling an anthology of epigrams
epigrams
language Ancient Greek
movement Hellenistic poetry
region Levant
linked to: Levant region
religion ancient Greek religion
selfDescribedAs citizen of the world
workLocation Cos
Tyre

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Hellenistic poetry hasNotableAuthor Meleager of Gadara
Greek Anthology notableCompiler Meleager of Gadara
Greek Anthology includesPoet Meleager of Gadara