Ancient Greek & Roman

Bacchylides

6th century BC (Paton’s date)


Bacchylides is one of the epigrammatists whose short poems were gathered in the Greek Anthology. Paton's index of authors dates the poet to 6th century BC. Paton's index lists the poet among the writers of Meleager's Wreath, the Garland compiled about 100 BC.

This archive carries the 2 epigrams ascribed to the poet in the first volume of W. R. Paton's prose translation (Books I–VI) (Book VI: 53, 313).

  1. Book VI, 53
  2. Book VI, 313
  3. Book XIII, 28
  4. To the West Wind (Mackail)

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