Ancient Greek & Roman

Bassus

1st century AD (Paton’s date)


Bassus is one of the epigrammatists whose short poems were gathered in the Greek Anthology. Paton's index of authors dates the poet to 1st century AD. Paton's index lists the poet among the writers of the Wreath of Philippus, the Garland compiled in the first century AD.

This archive carries the 1 epigram ascribed to the poet in the first volume of W. R. Paton's prose translation (Books I–VI) (Book V: 125).

  1. Book V, 125
  2. Book VII, 243
  3. Book VII, 372
  4. Book VII, 386
  5. Book VII, 391
  6. Book IX, 236
  7. Book IX, 279
  8. Book IX, 289
  9. Book X, 102
  10. Book XI, 72

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