Greek Anthology

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ancient Greek literature epigram collection poetry anthology

The Greek Anthology is a celebrated collection of ancient Greek epigrams and short poems compiled over many centuries, preserving the work of numerous poets from the classical and Hellenistic periods.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Greek Anthology canonical	9
Greek Anthology tradition	1
Greek Anthology, Book IX	1
Greek Anthology, Book VII	1

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Target entity: Greek Anthology
Context triple: [Antipater of Sidon, workPreservedIn, Greek Anthology]

A. Hymns of Callimachus
Hymns of Callimachus is a celebrated collection of learned, stylistically refined religious poems by the Hellenistic poet Callimachus, dedicated to various Greek deities.
B. Hellenistic poetry
Hellenistic poetry is a body of Greek literature from the post-Classical period characterized by learned allusion, refined style, and innovative approaches to traditional myth and genre.
C. Book of Odes
The Book of Odes is one of the oldest and most revered classics of Chinese literature, comprising a canonical anthology of ancient poems and songs traditionally attributed to Confucius.
D. Homeric Hymns
The Homeric Hymns are a collection of ancient Greek devotional poems celebrating various gods, traditionally attributed to Homer but actually composed by multiple anonymous poets.
E. Epodes
Epodes is a collection of iambic poems by the Roman poet Horace, known for its sharp satire and political commentary in the early Augustan age.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Greek Anthology
Target entity description: The Greek Anthology is a celebrated collection of ancient Greek epigrams and short poems compiled over many centuries, preserving the work of numerous poets from the classical and Hellenistic periods.

A. Hymns of Callimachus
Hymns of Callimachus is a celebrated collection of learned, stylistically refined religious poems by the Hellenistic poet Callimachus, dedicated to various Greek deities.
B. Hellenistic poetry
Hellenistic poetry is a body of Greek literature from the post-Classical period characterized by learned allusion, refined style, and innovative approaches to traditional myth and genre.
C. Book of Odes
The Book of Odes is one of the oldest and most revered classics of Chinese literature, comprising a canonical anthology of ancient poems and songs traditionally attributed to Confucius.
D. Homeric Hymns
The Homeric Hymns are a collection of ancient Greek devotional poems celebrating various gods, traditionally attributed to Homer but actually composed by multiple anonymous poets.
E. Epodes
Epodes is a collection of iambic poems by the Roman poet Horace, known for its sharp satire and political commentary in the early Augustan age.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek literature ⓘ epigram collection ⓘ poetry anthology ⓘ
approximateNumberOfPoems	over 4000 ⓘ
basedOnEarlierCollection	Cycle of Agathias ⓘ Garland of Meleager ⓘ Garland of Philippus ⓘ
containsWorkType	dedicatory epigram ⓘ ecphrastic epigram ⓘ epitaph ⓘ erotic epigram ⓘ satirical epigram ⓘ short poem ⓘ sympotic epigram ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ancient Greece ⓘ linked to: Greek Antiquity
earliestPoemsDateTo	Hellenistic period ⓘ classical period ⓘ
genre	epigram ⓘ lyric poetry ⓘ
hasCanonicalDivision	16 books ⓘ
includesPoet	Agathias Scholasticus ⓘ linked to: Agathias Antipater of Sidon ⓘ Anyte of Tegea ⓘ Asclepiades of Samos ⓘ Callimachus ⓘ Julian the Egyptian ⓘ Leonidas of Tarentum ⓘ Marcus Argentarius ⓘ Meleager of Gadara ⓘ Nossis of Locri ⓘ linked to: Locri Epizephyrii Palladas ⓘ Paulus Silentiarius ⓘ Rufinus ⓘ linked to: Rufinus of Syria Strato of Sardis ⓘ
influenced	European epigram tradition ⓘ Renaissance humanist poetry ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
majorCompilationPhase	Byzantine period ⓘ
notableCompiler	Agathias Scholasticus ⓘ linked to: Agathias Constantine Cephalas ⓘ Maximus Planudes ⓘ Meleager of Gadara ⓘ Philippus of Thessalonica ⓘ
preservedIn	Palatine Anthology ⓘ Planudean Anthology ⓘ
significance	major source for ancient Greek epigram ⓘ preserves otherwise lost works of many Greek poets ⓘ
timeSpanOfCompilation	many centuries ⓘ
usedIn	classical philology ⓘ study of Byzantine literature ⓘ study of Hellenistic poetry ⓘ

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Antipater of Sidon → workPreservedIn → Greek Anthology ⓘ

Leonidas of Tarentum → workPreservedIn → Greek Anthology ⓘ

Leonidas of Tarentum → mentionedIn → Greek Anthology, Book VII ⓘ

linked to: Greek Anthology

Leonidas of Tarentum → mentionedIn → Greek Anthology, Book IX ⓘ

linked to: Greek Anthology

Philodemus → hasWorksIn → Greek Anthology ⓘ

Meleager of Gadara → influenced → Greek Anthology ⓘ

Meleager of Gadara → contributedTo → Greek Anthology ⓘ

Posidippus of Pella → partOf → Greek Anthology tradition ⓘ

linked to: Greek Anthology

Posidippus of Pella → hasWorkInCollection → Greek Anthology ⓘ

Epigrams → includedIn → Greek Anthology ⓘ

Agathias → contributedTo → Greek Anthology ⓘ

Ἀντίπατρος ὁ Σιδώνιος → associatedWith → Greek Anthology ⓘ

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